Richard Connell

n 1974, President Richard Nixon resigned from his second term in the Oval Office. President Nixon was involved in a scandal at the Watergate complex in Washington D.C. The Republican president Nixon was believed to have ordered the burglars to go to the Democratic National committee for a crime of wire tapping and stealing documents. President Nixon tries to console, defending his honor, and remind the public all that has been accomplished. Richard Nixon tries to console the public by using…

Thoughout history there have always been scandals. In The Histories, Herodotus was a fan of discussing the scandal in Persia with two impostor kings, which when exposed led to Darius assuming the throne, or the scandal in Delphi when the high priestess was bribed to make fake oracles that resulted in Sparta attacking Athens. Nowadays we hear about scandals quite frequently, usually to do with a minister of Parliament misusing public funds, or a celebrity saying something controversial. The…

The Racial Injustices in Native Son Imagine being segregated and treated differently because of a skin color like Bigger Thomas is in Native Son by Richard Wright. Bigger Thomas is a man in his early twenty’s who lives with his mother and two siblings in a small apartment. Native Son mostly takes place in the 1930s, in the south side of Chicago. In the novel, Bigger gets a job with a rich white family named the Dalton’s. They treat him very nicely but, because Bigger had never been treated this…

A commotion in the hall startled Saban. He opened his eyes and sat up on the cot confused by the unrecognizable surroundings. A dim light seeped into the dark room through cracks in the wooden door. On his way to the door, he stumbled into Elisaveta’s cot jarring her awake. He opened the door, peered down the hall, and shuffled toward the sounds. A hand touched his shoulder. Turning, he saw Elisaveta. She smiled, and he took her hand as they walked toward the activity. Four people had gathered…

There are many significant elements in film that one may overlook. Funnel: Released in 2009, the the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Hamlet, staring David Tennant, is film stays true to the plot, all while having a modernistic twist. In an uncommon way to view the film, a stylistic choice was made to illustrate madness and create a viewpoint for the film, all by implementing cameras into the film. Whether security cameras or personal ones, director Gregory Doran finds creative ways in…

Richard Wright was an excellent author in the 1930’s. He wrote about hunger, poverty, race, prejudice, and various protest movements. Many of Wright’s characters were a product of their background; angry and uneducated. He was an author, a journalist, and a poet, but his best known works are “Black Boy” and “Native Son”. His friend, James Baldwin, was also a writer during this time as a novelist and essayist. He wrote about race, homosexuality, interracial relationships, and many other…

Robena Griffin Dr. Campbell ENG 232-800 16 October 2015 Trachetenberg, Zev. “Good Neighbors make Good Fences: Frost's 'Mending Wall'”. Philosophy and Literature 21.1 (1997): 114-22 Pro Quest. Web. 1 Oct. 2015. The poem by Robert Frost “Mending Wall” is a poem about two neighbors getting together every spring to repair the wall separating their property. Robert Frost “Mending Wall” is one of those poems that gets one to think. There are two neighbors in this poem that meet at the same time…

Analyzing the speech from an action model, first we have to determine who the sender is, what the message is, what channels are being used, what kind of noise there is, and who the receiver is. The sender in this speech is none other than John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Kennedy is challenging the American people by asking them to think about what they can do for their country, and not what their country can do for them. Kennedy is speaking in a serious tone, with little facial expressions. He wants…

Elizabethan Theatres The Globe Theatre, a London playhouse, was built in 1598 by James Burbage, with the help of his friends and family. Most of Shakespeare's plays, such as “Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, and Hamlet,” were first played in this theatre (Alchin). It was burned down in 1613, rebuilt in 1614, and destroyed by the Puritans in 1644 (”Globe Theatre”). A cannon that was fired during a performance caused the thatched roof, made up of straw, to catch fire,…

Richard Wagner was a great German composer of 19th century. Wagner was born in Leipzig on May 22, 1813. His father died couple months after he was born. Wagner grew up with Ludwig Geyer who was his stepfather. One of the interesting facts, he started to play piano at the age of 7. The young student was intelligent and smart in the music development, he transcribed Beethoven’s 9th symphony for piano at the age of 15. Remarkably, Wagner was a composer, theatre director, conductor, and writer.…