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The 17th century up to the early 18th century is considered one of my favorite time periods. It is just something about the way the people spoke to one another, the way they wore their hair, and the way they dressed that always caught my eye, especially the women. Madame de Pompadour was the person I have chosen to write about for my research paper. I chose Pompadour because I read a brief summary of her life story seeing that she was born into the 17th century and I happened to like that time…

I have always had a rough time writing essays in my academic career. The hardest thing for me in writing is structuring essays and making them flow. It wasn’t in till the 9th grade that I had a teacher who showed me how to set up an essay so that it is easier to read. One of the simplest things I struggle with in my writing career was spelling. Starting in elementary I would memorize words for a spelling test instead of actually learning how to spell them. This snow balled into a bad habit of…

Elizabethan Theatre and Hamlet The Elizabethan era is named after the Queen of England - Queen Elizabeth I who reigned in the years of 1558 to 1603. During this time theatre became central in the social lives of society, whereas they used to be public executions and cockfighting. Elizabethan theaters was extemporary, loud, and dirty, however, it attracted audiences as large as 3000 people from all social classes. Though, mostly the upper classes because they could afford watching plays during…

Graffiti is the act of drawing scribbled, scratched or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place. Graffito (plural graffiti), in the archaeological context, is a deliberate mark made by scratching or engraving on a large surface such as a wall. The marks may form an image or writing. In archaeology, the term may or may not include the more common modern sense of an "unauthorised" addition to a building or monument. Sgraffito, a decorative technique of partially scratching…

The twentieth century can be considered a highway in which the writers produced or reproduced various ideas not only in science but also in humanities. Some writers gave a birth to new ideas while the others reproduced the old ideas or themes and decorated them in a new mold. The significant theme in the twentieth century, particularly after colonization, which is widespread in literature, history, and politics, is the theme of exile. Nevertheless, the theme of exile is never born in the…

The Latin term bona fides, often also used in the inflected forms bonae fidei and bona fide, means good faith Now, the principle of ‘Good Faith’ though has not been conclusively defined in any International Law document, but, attempts at finding its true content and meaning have been made by several notable International Legal scholars. One such definition being “the principle of good faith in international law is a fundamental principle from which the rule Pacta Sunt Servanda and other legal…

Survival was hard because families did not have the technologies available to them to help them clothe, feed, and protect themselves as we have today. Family members had to work the land to produce food, build suitable shelter, and produce yarn or leather for clothing. Each family member was responsible for contributing in one way or another to the expanded families’ needs for food, shelter, and protection. Members of an extended family tended to have a fierce loyalty to other members of…

The Lightning Thief Many people have probably seen the movie Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lighting Thief, but what some people might not have known is that this movie was based on a book series by Rick Riordan. In the book, a twelve-year-old boy named Perseus “Percy” Jackson is a demigod, half-god and half-human, son of Poseidon, learns who is truly is and go through a few complications on the way. To summaries the story, Poseidon is accused of steal Zeus’s lightning bolt and Percy has 10…

Their soul and rhythm captivated many whites that even their Masters would make them play for them. Fredrick Douglas through his experiences wrote that Slave-owners expected them to sing while they were working. There were many variations of slave songs. There were field hollers, usually sung by themselves. Then there were work songs, it was sung by a group of slaves working together. (Digital) Slaves used singing to express their beliefs and views towards each other. Most of the slaves relied…

A wonderful night full of suicide drama and love. The play that I am critiquing is Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare. This play is a tragedy. I saw the play on 04 21st 2016. On the campus on the USCB hilton head gateway campus. It was performed to by the department of english theater in liberal studies collaboration with the sea island classical studios. The plays main theme is love and death. While that is the main theme of the play the truth drama of the play comes form the two…