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Hillsborough soccer disaster April 15, 1989 that’s when this rival game took place the Hillsborough stadium.The game was between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. They had to install a metal security fence because they didn't want nobody on the field. It was also a FA Cup semi-final which is a very big game . Sometimes humans can act like animals. That’s what happened at the Hillsborough soccer stadium. It all started at the front gates when there was to many people flooded in.…

Beowulf is the longest surviving Old English poem. For many years the only way the story was told was orally, but sooner or later it was transcripted by monks during the eighth and ninth centuries. The epic poem is set in Scandinavia and mostly involves the Geats, Danes and Swedes, it was based on Christianity and Pagan beliefs. Beowulf was a Hero who fought many demons such as Grendel, Grendel’s mom and the treacherous fire breathing dragon. Beowulf was an honest and faithful King, and was well…

The Exeter Book, an ancient Anglo-Saxon manuscript, remained intact through years of disregard and disdain. This composition contained several unauthored poems written in Old English that were completed in about A.D. 950 (Allen et. al, eds. 102). Three of these translated Anglo-Saxon poems incorporate remarkably comparable material. These poems demonstrate the difficulty of life at sea from multiple points of view. In "The Seafarer," "The Wanderer," and "The Wife's Lament," Anglo-Saxon poets…

Settling in Charles Town If an explorer found open land without hostile native tribes then he would be as happy as a clam at high tide! Back then many countries wanted to claim and create settlements in new land. Settlers wanted to settle in Charles Town but it was very difficult, many died, but after a lot of hard work Charles Town was settled. Charles Town was difficult to settle because of three things geography, resources, and disease. One of the difficulties of settling Charles Town was…

The trade boom made Virginia one of the trade powerhouses in England, and it developed as one of the most valuable assets in America’s economy. However, Jamestown didn’t have such a great start. When Jamestown was founded in 1607, life in Jamestown was described as “bleak and miserable...full of disaster….disease……

Our great nation has an abundance of popular, historic spectator events in which innumerable people attend such as the Super Bowl, World Series, and the US Open. Explicitly, on the first weekend in May, Louisville, Kentucky hosts one of the most traditional events in history. Dating back to 1875, the Kentucky Derby brings in about 170,000 people a year. This past year, I had the privilege of being one of those 170,000 people at Churchill Downs attending the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby…

Ambition is a quality most people have trouble locating. Having ambition can often cloud judgement, impacting allegiances which can later affect self and others. In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, every character has an ambition in order to have a role. Many suffer the consequences when they covet ambitious desires and fail to control that motivation. Lady Macbeth represents how her ambition impacts the judgement of her decisions, her loyalty towards her husband and King Duncan, and her…

Cummings has a beautiful understanding of the world around him which is evident through all of his works, but through this poem in particular. His claim that most people are too busy with themselves to find true love, is a problem I myself also believe when it comes to the lives we as human beings live. Cummings may have written this poem in 1940, but seventy-eight years later, the message still applies. If you were to take a step back from your daily life and look around, it’s easy to see that…

During the American Revolution there was a group of people known as the United Empire Loyalist, these people wanted to stay part of the British Empire, rather then separating. It was documented by an author at the time about every third American was said to be a Loyal to the Crown. These people were able to perceiver through the abuse and various mental and physical maltreatments that were aimed at them and the rest of the Loyalist. Revolutionist viewed Scottish settlers in Virginia as being…

Noah Webster was a man of many words. He is most widely known for his dictionary company, The Webster Dictionary, but he wasn’t just the man behind the dictionary. Noah Webster was a man of God. He not only tried to live the life of a Christian but he also spoke much about it. Even, his last words were about God. Throughout his life like any person he endured struggles, illness, and the hardships of Christianity and living for God. But, he was also blessed with profound knowledge. He didn’t want…