House arrest

"Our soldiers mixing with theirs entered the fortress and conquered the city which I set in fire". Facts,myths and legends about a long dead ruler come back to life by an Irish author named Bram Stoker in a new form but carries the same name Dracula a character placed in many good and bad films but many people in the United states don't know his real name but in Romania people know him as vlad the impaler. The terrifying legend of Vlad the impaler or more commonly known as Dracula. A man that…

Victorian Age society was one that was extremely conservative and did not tolerate those who they assumed to be, was, or simply just acted unnatural or different, which is an extremely large reason as to why Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll House sparked so much controversy. The play had involved a woman named Nora Hemer, and the events leading up to as well as causing her to leave her husband, Torvald Helmer. Audiences in the Victorian Era had been stunned by this event, disgusted and astonished…

father. Many years after getting married and having kids, her husband has obtained characteristics of her father. After years of trying to sustain her “flawless marriage”, she finally has the boldness to walk away from her toxic relationship. Her reasons for leaving are undoubtedly rational. Firstly, the dominance Nora experiences from Torvald can be depicted throughout the beginning of the play. Nora is put in a rugged position when she has to choose between her macaroon…

Even though it is hard to undertake a mission, there are always many motivations that drive people to undertake a mission.For example, Farah Ahmedi was determined to survive so she climbs up a mountain and thought about the good life she can get after this. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was a young mongoose who could kill snakes and make himself proud. Aengus didn't give up looking for someone who he only met once and decided to fall in love with her. Farah Ahmedi had the determination to survive,…

10 of the Most haunted roads in America The US is known for having some of the longest and visually impressive roads in America. On the other hand, it also features a wide array of Haunted Roads. Yes, there are dozens of haunted roads in America, many of which are avoided by the locals and many tourists due to the horror stories which appeared throughout the years. But not all roads are truly haunted, as you can imagine. But this does bring the question, what roads are exactly haunted in the…

To have a name which lights at least a little tiny spark of interest from almost every human being on Earth, is a talent that not many people have much claim to. If he was still alive, there is barely any doubt that Napoleon Bonaparte would be very proud. Bonaparte, who died close to two hundred years ago, still seems to be in the land of the living. This man changed the course of history, shaping the world into what it is today. All of this may sound as though he were some kind of priest, but…

Hedda was extremely trapped by the society she was living in, and had been in part since her birth. As the general’s daughter, growing up, the public eye was always upon her, and she “always had so many admirers” (Ibsen 225). Not only was she a public figure, but Hedda was also a woman who had a hunger for an “intensity of life which life almost never provides” (Marowitz). Hedda simply wasn’t a typical woman for her time, which trapped her more. With Hedda always being in the spotlight growing…

like hers. She was raised being called a doll and treated like a doll her entire life and that is all she ever knew. So basically, Nora only payed attention to her children when she wanted to and when she was done she put them to the side. “But our house has been nothing but a play-room. Here I have been your doll-wife, just as at home I used to be papa's doll-child. And the children, in their turn, have been my dolls. I thought it fun when you played with me, just as the children did when I…

I found Brunelleschi's design of the dome for Florence's cathedral to be a fascinating topic on scientific discovery. I also chose this topic because several years ago I watched a documentary that showed the construction of a one-fifth scale model of Brunelleschi’s dome and the possible construction methods that he may have used. The story begins in Florence, Italy in the year 1296 when the fathers of the city had decided to build a church to “showcase the status of Florence as one of Europe’s…

In the play, “A Doll House”, by Henrik Ibsen, Torvald Helmer is a condescending, hypocritical, childish middle aged man. As a lawyer and newly promoted bank manager, Torvald lives in a middle class family with his wife Nora and their three small children which he spends little time with. He is shown to be overtly petty, excessively conscious of what others think of him, and is keen up keeping appearances. When Torvald finds out that Nora borrowed money he reacts poorly, causing his marriage to…