Samuel Anders

American politics and social views cost a war to achieve. In order for the new American government to stay in place successfully the old one had to be thrown out and the new one given sovereignty. This independence and time for a new rising government came at the price of roughly 25,300 American lives during the American Revolution (“Number of Americans”). The Revolutionary War gave New England the power and want to set up a new government, as well, the revolution changed the way women were…

Racism in the 1930’s was at its peak in its intensity, and in a courtroom, it was bound to affect the final verdict whether the accused was Black or white. Whites were favored and Blacks were usually the ones blamed for actions of white people, and this is what happened in both, Tom Robinson’s case in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and The Scottsboro Boys trials. To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel meant to represent The Scottsboro Boys case in a way that young adults can easily understand.…

what he says. Then next morning a carriage arrives with a package for Franklin, which contains a letter from Hutchinson which pisses off Franklin. Next back in Boston Adams gets word of the letters that Franklin received and is discussing them with Samuel Adams, the letters say the governor is independent of and representative and will do what he pleases. Also in the letter is that if colonists won’t behave that they should use stronger force. A few weeks after he and his wife take a walk…

Do you believe in Satan, the devil, or even witches? In the years 1692-1693, in a town called Salem, two-hundred people were accused of being witches, and twenty of those people were executed. Many other places such as England were very religious at the time. The Witch Trials were caused by the fear of the devil and anyone associated with him. Not only were women incriminated as witches, men were accused too. Modern day witch hunts continue to be a superlative example of man’s inhumanity to man,…

Hard Times is a novel written by Charles Dickens which judge the English society and tells us about the social and economic pressures of the 19th century. Hard Times is a Victorian novel and is very realistic. Victorian novels bring about realism in literature. Dickens novels are realistic depiction of Victorian society like class consciousness, rapid urbanization, poverty, child labor etc. Dickens talk about love, aspiration, human passion and Hard Times is a novel written by Charles Dickens…

is an unusual woman in this era. Women were usually more submissive characters, however, she is the complete opposite which goes against the Puritan beliefs and causes the society to resent her. Shortly after that, Martha and Sarah had traveled to Samuel Preston’s land to complain about his cow eating and trespassing onto their lands. Preston is used to intimidating women. “I don’t think, until that moment, a woman had ever met his anger without a bowed head and a curved back” (118). Martha…

“The Morse instrument was ticking furiously. Mr. Cashell interpreted: […] ‘Can make nothing of your signals.’ A pause. […] ‘Signals unintelligible. […] Examine instruments to-morrow.’” As two soldiers try and fail to communicate through a wireless telegraph due to mechanical failures, an eavesdropper unknowingly sits at the center of a manmade storm of misinterpretations in Rudyard Kipling’s Wireless. In the story, we follow an as he arrives at an apothecary to witness Mr. Cashell, the nephew…

“Waiting for Godot” uses stage direction, parallels, uncertainty, and a tragicomedy approach in order to show that Estragon and Vladimir’s lives are meaningless. This also extends to eventually convey Samuel Beckett’s larger commentary on the purpose of human existence. Beckett wants to show how every individual’s life has no purpose or meaning. Before any thorough analysis can be made, it is important to understand the larger, extended metaphor that is this play—a metaphor for humankind. This…

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is a play about what happened during the Salem Witch Trials. It gives insight about what people had to deal with in this situation and how they handled it. The trials were basically a big test which helped figuring out whether or not people were guilty of witchcraft. This is an example of what a crucible is. In our world today we still have crucibles and even though they are different than back then, they all relate to each other because of what influence they have…

Though brief and comedic, Jean-Paul Sartre’s play “No Exit” offers insight into the basic ideas of his philosophy about freedom vs confinement. Sartre is able to portray the applicability of this philosophy to daily life though the commonplace setting of the work and the diversity of the basic character types found throughout the play. The main principles behind this one of Sartre’s philosophies are detailed through the three main characters, Cradeau Inez and Estelle, and their confinement to a…