Jenny Lind

The Rolling Stones listed it as one of the greatest songs of all time in 2011 (Top 40 Charts). In Swedish history two of the world's most famous opera singers were Swedes. They are Jenny Lind, best known for her performance entitled Der Freischütz (or the marksman in english). The other is Birget Nilsen. She is best known for being named for a prize awarded by the Birgit Nilsson foundation every two to three years to a concert opera…

No collection of fairy tales is complete without the influential and innovative works of Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The profound literature of Andersen has impacted both children and adults alike. From The Little Mermaid to The Snow Queen, Andersen’s works have been translated into thousands of languages, allowing the whimsical tales to reach all walks of life. This paper intends to discuss the Andersen’s early life spent perseverance in writing, the struggles he endured, and the…

The second half of the 19th century was a period of significant change in American Cities. Industrialism, growing of labor unions, change in immigration Patters, growth in entertainment, development of political machines and bossism and significant changes in quality of life made the latter half of the 19th century full of dramatic growth, diversity and transformation of American Cities. The era of Reconstruction (1870) to the end of the 19th century, the United States underwent an economic…

Throughout the novel “Who Would Have Thought It?” by María Amparo Ruiz de Burton, the variety of female characters perform a substantial amount of action in the core plots of the novel. Each female character serves to play a different role with their own motivations. For example, Lola serves as an example of a wealthy outsider that is being taken advantage of by the Northeasterners. On the other side, Ms. Norval is a hypocritical, critical character who cares mostly about money and image. Many…