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The complexity of the English language reaches an all time high when one attempts to discover the varying meaning and historical uses of a word in the Oxford English Dictionary. In Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, she often uses the same word to transcend one definition and create depth in her writing. The novel Sense and Sensibility focuses on the lives of the Dashwood women following the death of their father and husband; the novel follows them through their blossoming romances,…

to Korea, waiting for the plane to take off, I was staring out the window and thinking about my past. What all I had to endure and accomplished that had led me to this exact moment. My name is Vanessa James, I was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1989. I lived in Oxford up until I turned 11, and I am the youngest of four children. I have two older brothers and a twin brother, who is thirty minutes older than me, which he likes to remind me of every chance he gets. My parents separated…

C. S. Lewis and His Reasoning Young children are easily fooled with mystical beings that are created for joy, like the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus. As we grow older however, we lose our sense of wonder as well as our beliefs in such characters, we can still look back on our childhood and when we did believe with the help of well known author C.S. Lewis. Lewis are able to bring back the wonder that older people were able to feel when they were at a young age by telling stories about magical…

Faulkner, the American short-story writer and novelist, was born on September 25, 1897, in New Albany, Mississippi. From an early age, Faulkner new he wanted to be a writer just like his great-grandfather, William C. Falkner. Faulkner’s family moved to Oxford, Mississippi,…

Stephen Hawking, a brilliant man who lives with Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Born in Oxford, England on January 8th, 1942. Son of Frank Hawking and a philosophy .Isobel Hawking. Diagnosed at the age of 21 with ALS Stephen Hawking started to lose hope after 2 years of losing his nerves and being able to do daily functions of life, his symptoms started to slow down very drastically and steadied out for him and he took this as a sign to start his life up again. Soon meeting a women Jane Wilde, and…

There are several characters from the General Prologue of the Canterbury Tales that reflect the social classes of medieval society. From the Knights to the Nun, to the Monk and the Friar- they all have different social classes. In the medieval time your class was important. You have those that are rich, and those that are poor. You have the ones dressed elegantly and the ones dressed in the worst. It all depending on where they fall in the social class. The author’s purpose for having different…

Being named all these high ranked religious labels, studying at Oxford University, working under powerful people for example King Henry VII. He lived a fruitful life. We can say that Thomas More had many contributions in his lifetime. On February 7, 1478 a child by the name of Thomas More was brought into this world in the town of London, England. Thomas More attended St. Anthony school in London and the. Later studied at Oxford University where he spent two years mastering Latin and…

online to indicate that they are excited about something? I have, but I have also seen ‘woot’ used as text language, particularly as an acronym for “waste of our time”. The Concise Oxford Dictionary, however, has recently included ‘woot’, defining it as an exclamation of triumph or success (“‘Retweet’ and ‘woot’ Make Oxford Dictionary Debut”, 2011). The word ‘woot’ has been used to express enthusiasm, victory, desire, and irritation in music, television, games, online, and as acronyms. The…

to keep the death count low. Clara Barton for instance was determined to keep the death count low. Since Clara Barton was born during the 19th Century, she was able to change the face of medical history. Clara Barton was an American girl from North Oxford, Massachusetts with a purpose. She was born on Christmas Day in 1821. Additionally,…

Slangs? What are slangs? Slangs is often words that are regarded as being very informal and is often used when you speak or chat with your peers. Slangs have a lot of controversy around them, due to the fact that a lot of people view slangs as being as a linguistic atrocity, and is often looked down upon by the society. Slangs is often linked with young people, especially teenagers or with the working class and lack of intellectual intelligence. The three articles, written by Robert McCrum…