William Wilberforce

While often regarded as an Elizabethan playwright, Shakespeare’s career straddled two epochs: the reign of Queen Elizabeth (1562 to 1603) and the reign of King James (1603 to 1625). While it is notoriously difficult to find details about Shakespeare’s personal life, he taps into what was happening around him in his writing. This was the year in which two of Shakespeare’s best-known plays were crafted: Macbeth and, the subject of this notebook, King Lear. The latter play tells the story of the…

Women are always held in higher standards then man. This is especially true for those that lived in the time of William Shakespeare. All had to have certain virtues before a man could ever think of marrying her. Women in Shakespearean time had to have been kind, had chastity and was faithful, and had to have been obedient to their husbands. Women who did not have or follow these standards were more than likely killed. In Shakespeare 's play, Othello, the character Desdemona shows all these…

The passage in Act I Scene III is an important passage in the beginning of the play. It takes place after Macbeth and Banquo meet with the witches. This passage takes place after they meet with the witches for the second time and the first predictions have come true for Macbeth. Now he is considering even killing the king and wondering why he thinks that. Shakespeare uses literary features, internal struggles, and motifs to set up the hamartia of the tragic hero Macbeth in the novel. This…

them as humans? Why does an immortal declaration “All Men Are Created Equal” deny its own definition by rejecting the innocent Frankie Jr.? Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851), an English novelist who was raised by a political philosopher father William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist who promoted women’s rights and education. Mary’s mother was dead when Mary was eleven days old and her father married another woman when Mary was four. Godwin provided his daughter with…

Madness from Isolation Insanity or madness can be defined as incompetence and thoughtless behavior. One can also see it as a never ending inner fight between reality and imagination. A person battles this destructive poison that can break down his or her mind with the slightest touch. Isolation can intensify the chaos one is struggling with. Once he or she gives in even a little, the tar-like toxin tightly grasps on, making it almost impossible to escape. Finally, the dark pit of insanity takes…

Each generation generally have differences it what they like, what they feel is important and inevitably as technology advances how they do things. Different things will appeal to them, different things will appeal to them. So each generation will face its own version of reality. This is because they grew up being taught different things, they grow up with different technology and people don’t like to change so they can 't keep up. When we are young we learn a lot of things, it is during our…

“Speak, Strike, and Redress”: The Rise and Fall of Brutus’ Moral Compass Julius Caesar Act II, Scene I, lines 10-236 In Act III of William Shakespeare’s play ‘Julius Caesar’, Julius Caesar, Emperor of Rome, is murdered. Prefacing this, in Act II, Brutus contemplates the necessity of this end to Caesar’s life and sovereignty. It has been suggested that power or the quest for it causes Caesar’s death, however it is in fact the opposite. Brutus does not seek power, in fact he fears for his…

The idea of sports has been around since humankind. Ancient Greece introduced the Olympic Games in 776 BC which still to this very day encourages athletes to train for early on in their lives (“’History’”). Cristiano Ronaldo for example was only ten when he was deemed “A phenomenon—a kid who ate, slept and drank the game” (Christiano). George Jr, or better known as “Babe Ruth”, was only seven when he was introduced into baseball (Babe). How do children grow up to be talented in a sport? The…

William Shakespeare, one of the world’s most popular satirists, was special for his time, but his ideas were different from what we know today. However, the idea of humorists providing a conduit to express ideas that are not typically spoken in circadian…

The polar bear is part of the Ursidae family and it’s scientific name is, Ursus Maritimus. It’s physical characteristics are that it is white, six to nine feet and 800 to 1,300 pounds. It feeds upon seals and fish for nutrients. The polar bear population is decreasing drastically because of global warming and is at an all time low of about 22,000. Even though they live most of their lives in the water, their home is on the ice nursing and taking care of their cubs. They were marked as threatened…