The Heiress

As life goes on, everyone will go through their own personal struggle dealing with a seemingly easy behavioral choice: good or evil. Many Christians believe that there are many rules humans must follow in order to live sin-free lives, with the Ten Commandments being some of the most important. The seventh commandment is referenced throughout the entirety of the novel The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne; “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” In this novel, Hester Prynne has committed this…

From Friend to Fiend The human race is an evolving species over millions of years or in a character’s case, over a few hundred pages in a book. Roger Chillingworth is a character that falls in the category of evolving and changing throughout the text. In the beginning of The Scarlet Letter, he can be viewed as someone who can be related to the poem “If” written by Rudyard Kipling, but as the plot is twisted and turned so is the character of Chillingworth. His innocence and sympathy is quite…

Royalty, it is a creation of sovereignty which is perceived as an influential terror. Sovereignty is what Britain had created to destroy their chaos, the ruler is chosen by blood. Alexandrina Victoria was one of those blood royals and has proven that bloodline power has no specific control. The British monarchy must be preserved along with the antique way of living. Standing alone on her own, she brought an exclusive way of leadership to the table when she began as queen. She gave persuasive…

that he was born on April 23, 1564, this is the date that is acknowledge as Shakespeare’s birthday. Shakespeare was the third child of five born to John and Mary Arden Shakespeare. Jon was a local leather merchant and Mary Arde was a local landed heiress. Jon later held several official positions such as alderman and…

only 10 days, and in 1921 she founded the American Birth Control League, which ultimately became the basis for the Planned Parenthood Federation (PBS- The Pill, People and Events: Margaret Sanger). Margaret Sanger later met Katharine McCormick, the heiress of the International Harvester Company during the Women’s Suffrage movement, which McCormick was extremely passionate about. McCormick believed that a woman’s right to control her body was just as important as the fact that women should have…

biographer said: “of quite an ordinary occurrence” (Guiley). UNFINISHED Saint Francis Xavier was born on April 7th 1506, in the Spanish kingdom Navarre at the castle of Javier. His father, Juan de Jasso, was a king’s counselor. His mother was an heiress to two houses. He was the youngest in his family (like Saint Ignatius). He and his family were Basques. When he was very young he showed ability for study. At the age of nineteen he was sent to Paris for his education. In 1530 he received…

Great Disappointments Has one of your parents ever told you that someone is a bad influence? In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens there are many characters that have an influence on others. The main character Pip supports Dickens theory that acquaintances affect how you act by misbehaving more and respecting less when he interacts with a bad influence he also shows this by becoming a gentleman when meeting good people in his life. Throughout Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Pip…

The Historic Tale of Sir Francis Drake A wise man once said, “There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory” (Means 1). This influential man was none other than one of the most prominent explorers Sir Francis Drake.This quote, in my opinion, expresses Drake’s determination to see everything he does through to the end, especially his apprehensible voyages to near ends of the earth. This quote was documented…

There is an old saying that claims individuals not only marry their future spouse, but also their family. This saying is as true today as it was in Victorian England where the aristocracy made many matches based upon what a family had to offer. Young people searched for spouses that not necessarily brought love, but instead brought power, prestige or even just security by way of the family, the connections they possessed, and the possibility of inheriting fortunes depending on the family.…

Charles Mason was a killer who has been deemed the “Boogeyman” without really killing a single person that he is known for, himself. He was the leader of the “Family” and used the people he recruited as tools to do what he wanted. He used the Beatles and race wars as a way to have people kill for him, with the excuse that it is what needs to happen to ensure their survival. He used his wit and charm to lead and enslave young men and women into his psychopathic thought process. In this paper, I…