Gunpowder

Function: Macbeth utilizes the literary term of asyndeton by removing all conjunctions and replacing them with commas to speed up the flow of his dialogue. The usage of asyndeton allows for the reader to understand the increased excitement Macbeth felt. Concept: Macbeth feels the urge to kill Banquo and Fleance since he wants to achieve as much power as possible. In Act III, Macbeth must act quickly, due to the fact that he feels compelled to kill Banquo before the dinner party occurred.…

There are many elements needed to create a stable empire. Two great empires that will help asses this subject are the Han Dynasty and Alexander the Great’s rule over the Greek empires. The Han Dynasty offered a somewhat peaceful and free community conducive to stability, while Alexander led an empire that crashed after his death due to poor decisions that did not benefit the populous and allow for much progression. They key to the Han Dynasty’s success was the way the leaders made an empire that…

In the year 1066, after William the conqueror established his rule over England, he built many castles. The first few castles ever made were made as a form of defense against anyone attacking and were a symbol of power for the people living there. After a few years these castles started to evolve in terms of shape, location, substance and reason. The first castles were mainly made from timber. This was a great disadvantage as the castle could be burnt very easily and could simply be broken down…

he would ask why him, if he had and packed the gunpowder wrong, none of that would have happened. The deer and Alan are similar in the fact that they both were stuck in their situation and couldn't really find a way out. The deer was ironic because 2 boys came up to it just to free its legs to continue its suffering. Alan’s was ironic in the way that it was all his fault he got burned a second time, so if had been more careful with packing the gunpowder, the situation could have been…

When the Europeans came to the Americas they left a profound impact on Native American cultures. The reciprocal of that is how the Europeans were also affected by this colliding of cultures. All though the Europeans culture effected the Native American culture in a mostly harmful, and negative way. I believe it was for the greater good, and the establishment of this nation. The Europeans stumbled across the America’s in search for a quicker passage to India, their interests quickly changed…

and the decline of small farm led to employment in cities for wage labor and spurred the machinery advancement. New techniques of warfare occurred, the impact of the “gunpowder revolution” it was even more powerful as before, which added with the roman drill and march born the most powerful and efficient armies.The result of gunpowder gave western civilization the second military factor of being sophisticated and stronger to resist artillery.Another was fortress which have advantage to western…

For as far as Jingyan could see, the serpentine fissures that spanned the width of a house wound out from a steep sinkhole in the center of the land, creating an additional depth to the already sunken land. There was a heavy stench of lingering gunpowder and the fissures were filled with uprooted trees and crumpled earth. According to the maps, Jingyan once committed to memory, this was where the old Xu Qing coal mine was. Xu Qing was a coal mine that the Hua Kingdom won from North Qi in the…

it of to only knock out again and wake up at the camp where she would meet the colonel. El Mulato took her to colonel. Yet when she met him had a very soft voice and offered her a sip of liquor laced with gunpowder, not only showing how tough he was that he had to have liquor laced with gunpowder showing the outside of him, the inside being totally different with him having a soft voice. The colonel asked who she was and if she was the woman who sells words and Belisa replied yes but at that…

There are many definitions to define what an absolute ruler is. An absolute ruler is someone that has complete authority over the government and the lives of the people that they govern. Absolute rulers should have a strong control over their land and people without having too many negative effects from their actions. Out of the absolute rulers that were studied, I think that Akbar the Great was the strongest absolute ruler. Even though Akbar the Great was illiterate, he was still a strong ruler…

William Shakespeare is known as one of the greatest writers or poets in history. He is widely known as the greatest writer in the English language, and also known as the “Bard of Avon”. Some of Shakespeare’s first plays were performed at the Globe including: Julius Caesar, Hamlet, King Lear and some others. The Globe is one of the most famous theatres there is. The first Globe was built by the company Shakespeare was in, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. Richard Burbage was the company’s leading…