The Twelfth

Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor, activist, humanitarian, and a great leader for the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. His legal name was Michael King and so was his fathers but the reason they changed their names is to honor the great reformer Martin Luther. King made a friend with a white boy when he was six and the father found out and he told his son to never be friends with Martin every again because of his color. King fell into…

A mortal woman's Pregnancy is divided by three trimesters from their last menstrual cycle. Which totals up to 40 weeks from the first trimester is with week one till the twelfth week for the second one it is thirteen to twenty seven and the final one is from week twenty eight until the birth of their offspring. Their offspring will continue to change week by week. During the first trimester weeks after the fertilized egg it will begin to cause physical and hormonal changes to the human body.…

Shakespeare’s use of mistaken identity in his plays creates humor that is popular today. Among the thirty-seven plays he wrote, mistaken identity often using disguise is a common theme. Mistaken identity is a plot device that dates back to the writers named Menander and Plautus in ancient Greek and Roman times (Kiryakakis 1). Shakespeare borrowed the idea to create comedies that are still read and performed over four hundred years after they were written. Authors today still follow Shakespeare’s…

chance to perform in the United States, actresses were often seen as fallen or disgraced women because respectable women were not supposed to engage in public activity” (Matthews, 315). Examples of sexism in theatric productions include, Macbeth, The Twelfth Night, Hairspray and the Taming of the Shrew. Macbeth may be empowering to women, however the idea of women always portraying the part of witches may be a bit misogynistic. The reason it is offensive to cast women as witches is…

Men should not have any feminine traits. It is universally known that big boy’s don’t cry and instead, they are ‘expected’ to maintain a stiff upper lip and keep going because men take it that have to always be manly. I disagree with this stereotype. “Be a man,” “suck it up,” are only a few phrases chosen from a plentiful basket of ego damaging creations built into today’s society. Men are born loving people, but at a very young age, they are told to follow the main traits and mindsets that…

Austria-Hungary who wish to safeguard should be guaranteed the right of freedom. The eleventh Point states that Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated and restored and of course be guaranteed the political and economic independence. The Twelfth Point explains that the Turkish portion should be freed. The thirteenth point says that the Polish state should be freed. And finally the fourteenth Point states that there should…

There is a certain amount of irony in this new world of scholasticism. For a tradition that continuous to this day, began in these universities; that is, the tradition of academics arguing with one another through the publication of their work. The faculty of the university had, in addition to a degree of control over who was practicing medicine, control of the material taught, and the method of its instruction. As a result, the Greek teachings being studied were adhered to unbendingly,…

as a cheap source of labor, and used up greater amounts of resources in an area than was necessary, depleting the availability of such resources to native tribes. Following Columbus, Spanish explorer Ponce de León reached land in Florida on the twelfth…

qualities, if any. In contrast, Grendel takes on an informal tone with its first person narrative. This tone enables the reader to understand the narrator better as they are actually able to see inside their mind. For example, “And so begins the twelfth year of my idiotic war. The pain of it! The stupidity” (Grendel 5). Grendel knows his war on Herot is wrong and yet he continues it still.…

Every Spring Frontier High School puts on a Spring Musical. This year it was “All Shook Up,” a musical based off Shakespeare's “Twelfth Night,” all set to Elvis Presley songs. The cast consisted of eleven main characters and an ensemble. Everyone wanted to be apart of the show, but only twenty five students would be selected. Before Thanksgiving break, the students were given five songs they could sing for at auditions. All break the actors were practicing and researching the musical, so when…