Superlative

In the essay Federalist No. 69, Alexander Hamilton addresses the people off New York, and requests that the president would be a selective ruler he outlines what the presidents powers should be. His introduction was very strong and made the reader want to hear his points. Alexander Hamilton discusses the character of the executive branch by comparison to the king of Great Britain and state governors. He introduced to the reader that the president would be elected for a term of four years; he…

Most people want to be remembered as a prom queen, a state champion or a superlative scholar. My classmates will remember me as the girl who was always on crutches. Although it was problematic, it taught me some extremely valuable lessons. I have torn my MCL and ACL in my right knee, and my ACL and meniscus in my left knee. This resulted in four surgeries within three years. I attended my first day of high school on crutches only six days after my first surgery. I was not able to participate in…

The dictionary defines resilience as "the ability to recover readily from adversity", or as it's more commonly known, the ability to "bounce back". Adversity is something we, as humans, will unquestionably have to endure throughout our lives. In the biography Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, Louis Zamperini, or Louie, faces his own form of adversity. As Louie demonstrates through his constant tribulations, the utmost essential component for being a "resilient individual" is having an internal…

Renaissance, which in translation means rebirth, is the name of one of most important era in European civilization. Renaissance itself, is not just a name of a style, but it is frequently used that way. Italy was the main location of the Renaissance and undeniably lots of people historically associate it with Italy, mainly because of the abundant physical presence of the Roman Empire that has never vanished. “The period between the Roman Empire and the Renaissance soon came to be called simply…

Cottey College is my desired destination to pursue higher education because Cottey is the place where a young woman, like myself, attends to study comprehensively to expand one’s perspective about the changing world, to grow as a woman and become a leader in society, to empower the next generation and to be empowered by other woman who has similar goals and come together to break-barriers. I want to use the knowledge gained at Cottey as a seed for me to bloom where I am planted. I am a…

When I was a freshman and sophomore I really was not impelled to do extremely well academically. I just tried to do enough to get by and not get a grade less than a ‘C’. Not only are my grades becoming better, this class draws me to become a superlative person.…

in this world, a beautiful little fool.” The superlative “best” suggests that being a “fool” is a positive and intelligent thing for a woman to do as it will benefit their own cause of gaining more superiority by doing things such as marrying a wealthier man or the like. However, the syntax of the sentence, which includes an opinionated phrase followed by a profound declarative statement, creates a tone of sombreness, which combined with this superlative also suggests that this is the only way…

I hope that towards the end of the semester we have a small gathering where we have fun and give different superlatives throughout the different classes and mentors. I also think that at the end of the year we hold a reunion type event. This will allow us to reconnect again and explain to our former classmates how our second semester is going. I feel as though…

‘Macbeth and Lady Macbeth commit monstrous acts, but they are not monsters. Discuss.’ ‘Fate’ and ‘Ambition’ are the two keys components that drive the play Macbeth forward. In terms of plot and characterization, the two powerful characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth take fate into their hands to reach towards their goals which lead to a series of misfortunes and sins which turns them from an ambitious person into a monster. The play starts with the three witches quoting, ‘Fair is foul, and foul…

activists of the 19th century were Booker Washington and Fredric Douglass. In their autobiographies “Up from Slavery” and “Narrative on the Life of Fredric Douglass” they both wrote about their hardships and how they overcame them. The both of these superlative men started out as slaves. However how they dealt with this horrendous reality was quite diverse. All persons, after reading these majestic manuscripts, will agree that both Washington and Douglass were slaves in their early years. Some…