John of England

The American news spends a lot of time discussing the events that take place Iran, Syria, Eqypt, England, and a few others. Some countries are not a majorly discussed country in the news in the United States. There are several others that could be mentioned more, as well. Scotland, Ireland, Australia, Denmark, Switzerland, and Sweden are just a few that we rarely hear anything about in our media. American news networks seem to only discuss a fraction of countries that make up the world.…

were a big part of its rise. New lifestyles were made and new laws and systems were beginning to form. Soon people began questioning the government of England and its rules. They contrived new ideas of their own government that will assure equality for everyone. In the end, colonial America was formed from the queries of English rule, by its…

Summary of “Politics and the English Language” by George Orwell Orwell immediately addresses his concern for the decline in the English language. He calls it “ugly” and “stale.” This decline in language induces “foolish” thinking, which, in turn, leads to more ugly language. It is a vicious cycle. However, Orwell suggests that this is a reversible process, considering there is enough people willing to get the job done. He then goes on to explain exactly what the “ugly” modern language is. It…

QUESTION: An essay about the influence of religion in the life of Catherine McAuley. Catherine McAuley was born in 1778, during the time Ireland had two tired societies, Ireland of the Wealthy who were educated Anglo-Irish who were Protestant. The second was Ireland of the Poor, who were usually Catholic, uneducated city workers and peasants. Dublin was also a city where the vast majority lived in miserable destitution. Catherine was in the first group, being in the wealthy society even though…

opposing it. This Act of Parliament was made to help with the corruption issue that was going on and also to change the electoral system in England. The Reform Act of 1832 eradicated old parliamentary boroughs and added new boroughs to the cities that prospered because of the Industrial Revolution. This allowed more representative seats to be re-dispersed throughout England. One problem that arouse from the reform bill was the new boroughs were not made based on the population. Wealthy land…

For the purpose of this essay I am going to discuss the Novella ‘Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorf’ by Gottfried Keller. “Romeo and Juliet in the village" is similar to Shakespeare's play. The plot was, however, transferred to the rural milieu of the 19th century. In the novella, there are children of peasant families, Sali and Vrenchen, who fall in love with each other. The fathers of the children are enemies because of a dispute over Land. Because of this bitter enmity and feud they lose…

Structurally, Blake composes the poem as a dramatic monologue utilizing an ABAB rhyme scheme and simple vocabulary. Much of the work uses an anapestic poetic meter, which is often characterized with childish cadence of literature. The composition therefore resembles perhaps a children’s hymn -- establishing the innocence of the boy which narrates it. Ergo, the very nature of youthful innocence is tied inextricably to the overall tone of the poem. Blake not only addresses the reader, but…

brighter future is lost. Even the church is jaded and has lost it ability to comfort the people as expressed in the following lines: How the Chimney-sweeper’s cry Every black’ning Church appalls; The very lines prompt an even bleaker view of England in the nineteenth-century. The lines/sentences introduce us to the chimney-sweeper who are none but the destitute children and to the church which was a domineering and powerful institution devoid of light and goodness at the time. The…

Some people value their childhoods and would give anything just to return to that moment for a day, others, however, disregard it, and couldn’t care less. Billy Collins’s poem “On Turning Ten” communicates this idea by describing his childhood as enjoyable, mesmerizing, and remorseful. Through poetic devices such as similes, metaphors, and imagery, Billy Collins offers powerful ideas about the journey of growing up. During the beginning of the poem, the author uses similes to convey the idea…

Some of the earliest double entendres are found in the Exeter Book, or Codex exoniensis, at Exeter Cathedral in England. The book was copied around 975 AD. In addition to the various poems and stories found in the book, there are also numerous riddles. The Anglo-Saxons did not reveal the answers to the riddles, but they have been answered by scholars over the years. Some riddles were double-entendres, such as Riddle 25 ("I am a wondrous creature: to women a thing of joyful expectation, to…