Henry James

abide to these Victorian standards, both Dr. Jekyll and Dorian Gray were forced to hide their other evil beings, and in doing so created monsters. Unlike Mary Shelley’s monster in Frankenstein, who was formed by sewing together body parts, Dorian and Henry create monsters that divide the good and evil in their soul’s, known as their doppelgängers. In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,…

Basketball was played by only Caucasians till 1947, Wataru Misaka the first non-Caucasian and of Asian decent to play in the NBA. Henry Biasatti was the first international player in the NBA, originated from Italy. The first black NBA player was Earl Lloyd in 1950. The NBA shows a large amount of diversity. USA today says; “African-Americans comprised 76.3 percent of all NBA players…

James Monroe Patriot and President, written by Harriet Clement Marble an author who has published stores and poetry in several magazines depicts the life of James Monroe from birth to death in a chronological order. The book was published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons New York in 1970. Harriet Marble does an excellent job of depicting and portraying Monroe’s life from, “Student to Soldier” to his most impactful action on the world, The Monroe Doctrine. This book is contains several dozen sources and…

The novel, Frankenstein, was born out of what Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley described as a “waking dream”, one she had while falling asleep. Under the induced hallucinations of the hypnagogic state, she envisioned a pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. In her classic 1823 novel, Shelley writes about Victor Frankenstein, a fledgling science student who embarks on an experiment that most would consider unorthodox and putrid. During his stay at the University…

John Quincy Adams was an ardent expansionist. What actions did he support to help the United States become the “first and mightiest nation in the world”? While James Monroe’s secretary of state he drafted part of the Monroe Doctrine which “would oppose any further efforts at colonization by European powers in the Americas” (Foner 386) This would ensure that the U.S would not get involved in any further conflicts with European powers whilst expanding westward as well as establishing diplomatic…

Convention and the debate over the ratification of the constitution in 1787 is a struggle between two points of view. On one side you have the Federalists and on the other Anti-federalists. Leading the Federalist enterprise was Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay who wrote eighty-five essays that were to convince the people of New York to vote for the newly written Constitution. The new…

James Madison Background James Madison, being referred to as the “Father of the Constitution” had played a essential role in the ratification of the Constitution by writing the Federalist Papers. During his years as a politician, he had accomplished to become America’s fourth President during the years of 1809 through 1817. His college years in Princeton, Military services during the revolutionary war and his early political career had a large effect on the creation of the Federalist Papers…

Despite the lack of political segregation at the birth of the constitution, by conclusion of federalist John Adams’ presidency, two distinct parties emerged: the Jeffersonian Republicans and the Federalists. These political parties held opposing views on numerous topics including states’ rights, the power of the federal government, and most importantly, the interpretation of the Constitution. While both political parties signed to the laws written in the Constitution, the Jeffersonian…

Basketball was created by Dr. James Naismith in December 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was created to condition young athletes during cold months.It consisted of a peach basket and a type of soccer ball,but when he made it he only had 13 rules for it.The NBA started on this day in 1949, after a damaging three-year battle to win both players and fans, the rival Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National Basketball League (NBL) merge to form the National Basketball Association…

from the consent of the governed” (Jefferson). By stating this it was absolute that those who were in a position of power are there because the people they over-see. Some of the men behind the support for the Constitution were Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. Although the Federalist strongly supported this change there were many disagreements from the Anti-Federalist group. The main argument came from those who believed this new Constitution would strengthen government at the…