...This essay will be about the fall of the Russian tsar, Nicholas II and his family, how it all started and the consequences of the tsar's decision. When it all began to go downhill and where it all ended. The reason that the people overthrew the government will also be included. The end of the Russian empire happened because of the Tsar's decisions and actions. The people were protesting and rioting to get rid of the current of the government and tsar because of the economy isn't doing so good. Inflation, and the loss of the Russo-Japanese war, and mistakes in war and treaties angered the people causing them to dislike the current tsar. The movements started by the people to show their ideas on how to improve the safety of workers and the people were disbanded by the tsar, Nicholas II, and he considered everyone who opposed him despite their views of the government as conspirators. and shut down their ideas as quickly as possible. Soon after the revolution started the tsar went back to stop the riots but before arriving he abdicated leaving Russia without a ruler. Later the tsar and his family were shot dead in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Tsar Nicholas II was the...
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...is the question. The tragic story of Hamlet written by William Shakespeare in the 1600’s invites us into the minds of many ruthless characters. Claudius was appointed king after his brothers’ suffering death followed by his marriage to the queen. Claudius plays a confident king to the eye of Denmark,; yet inside he is unstable and hides an unforgiving secret that he himself killed the king. His erratic behavior begins to worry him about his choices and eventually leads him into destroying his relationships with the people closest to him. This essay will investigate the process Claudius went through as he descends from his aspiration to be king, to guilt, to finally, self-defeat. Claudius made a courageous speech to the court about his sorrows towards the kings’ death. However, he was just trying to cover up how he betrayed his own brother. Claudius shows confidence and leadership in his speech, he started with saying “Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother’s death/The memory be green, and that it us befitted/To bear our hearts in grief and our whole kingdom/To be contracted in one brow of woe” (1. 2, 1-4). This shows the reader that Claudius is taking charge of the situation and telling the people of the court to stay strong and move on; displaying his ambition to be king. As declared by Nicholas J. Bonnet, “This speech seems carefully planned out, as if Claudius had written it out before he delivered it” in his article on Student Pulse, displays that Claudius is passionate about...
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...supposed to remain seated until the credits came up at the end? Or walk out? If I knew before entering the cinema that I would be put in this predicament, would I have continued to go inside? These were the questions that have played on my mind since April 14th 2010. But now, I’m glad I went inside as it allowed me to show emotion through physical tears after seeing my life story being played out on screen. Being a teenage girl, Miley Cyrus is one of the greatest people alive; hence, when she releases a new movie, box offices are bombarded and overwhelmed by teenagers, much like my friends and I. The Miley Cyrus film was titled “The Last Song”, directed by Julie Anne Robinson and based on the book written by Nicholas Sparks. I had previously read several books by Nicholas Sparks, but not this one; this story had obviously been kept for a time that I would be able to truly relate to; a time when I was ready to fully accept what had happened. “When the waves are flooding to shore and I can’t find my way home anymore, that’s when I look at you” Growing up, my best friend was my Dad. In my eyes, he was the greatest man alive; he was some form of superhero, powered to make everything in my life better again. Before I could even speak, my Dad and I spoke our own language, a language that only the two of us could comprehend. I was forever told by spectators that we had something not every father and daughter had, a bond. A bond that for all those years I thought was unbreakable...
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...before she has to leave again. While she is away, I get a few text messages here and there, and mostly see how she is doing, and where she is at via Facebook updates and Snapchat “story” updates. For someone that I have known for eight years, I find it sad that our friendship has taken this unfulfilling turn. Unfortunately, situations like mine are beginning to happen more and more, across the nation and across the world. As Facebook becomes the best way to catch up with far away family and Twitter the source of our news, we feel like we are more connected than ever, when in fact, we couldn’t be more wrong. Sherry Turkle, a radio and media commentator, evaluates how technology effects our relationships in her essay “Connectivity and Its Discontents.” In the essay, Turkle tells about an...
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...Chaucer Essay “The Battle of the Miller and Knight” The Miller's Tale, the second tale introduced to us in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales brings us the saga of a carpenter named John, and his young wife Alison, whom he is very possessive of, afraid that if he let her out of her 'cage', she would fly away. Nicholas, an Oxford student whose talent involved "making love in secret", was a boarder at John and Alison's home, and had taken quite a liking to Alison. Also included in the tale, Absalon, a parish clerk serving the church and best described as a 'pretty boy', was in love with Alison too, and took daily nighttime strolls outside her window, singing love songs and strumming an old guitar. This tale of sexual adventures contains similarities and differences when compared to the first installment in Chaucer's book, The Knight's Tale. The Knight's Tale also included a pair of love-birds, though this time it was two men, two "knight brothers", who had fallen in love with the same girl. They ended up going against each other in a fight to win her hand. In the end, one man, Palamon, ended up winning Emily's hand in matrimony and they lived through a long, healthy marriage. After the Knight had finished his story, the Host pronounced the Monk to share the next tale with the group, assuming they would be going down the royal rankings of the people surrounding him. As the Knight had just told his tale, it would make sense to let the Monk go next. However, as the spotlight...
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...“The Family Man”: Film Essay by Kara Douglas Eng 101, section 20650 Dr. S. Federico April 19, 2010 “The Family Man”: Film Essay Do you like movies that show you how someone’s life could have been had they done things a different way? Are romantic comedies what peak your interest? Then The Family Man (2000) is the next movie you should watch. With the help of a magnificent cast, an uncomplicated plot, and captivating dialogue this movie is bound to become a classic. Directed by Brett Ratner, this movie follows in the footsteps of It’s a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol. All of these films start with the main character living life one way, going back through time and seeing things in a different way which leaves them wanting to change the way they currently live their lives. Nicholas Cage and Téa Leoni’s characters complement each other fantastically. They really make you feel like the characters are truly in love. Cage, who plays Jack Campbell a president on Wall Street whose life completely changes in one night, really made the character feel like a real person. Viewers are able to believe his story. You actually see him coming into his own as this "new" person. His newfound responsibilities are quite humorous and easy to chuckle at. Jack deals with the problems a true family man would. Kate on the other hand, played by Leoni, is a pro-bono lawyer. She helps him get through the days, although she doesn’t know why he...
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...An example of an autobiographical essay/personal narrative [Written by a student in the Labour Studies program, used with permission] My name is Carlo, and I was born in June, 1958, in Italy. Our family, made up of my mother, father, and a brother, emigrated to Noranda, Quebec, when I was five years old. I encountered my first, but not last, taste of racism when kids in the neighbourhood laughed at my poor command of English. As fast as I could I learned not only English, but French as well. I became trilingual, speaking fluent French and English, as well as Italian. In the process, I made new friends from a lot of different cultural backgrounds. We then moved to Toronto, Ontario, where my Dad got work in a rubber factory. From my earliest days, I knew our family had to struggle for every penny. My Mom baked pizza which my brother sold by the slice, door to door. I caddied at the local golf courses and brought home all the money that I made. I hated it when other kids made fun of working people, like garbage collectors, who cleaned up trash for a living. When I was in grade six, I was ill in hospital for two months with a kidney infection, and it changed my whole life. I seriously took up playing guitar. I began to do photography, and joined the audiovisual club. I discovered I was artistic with an interest in graphic art, although I didn’t always agree with the kind of art assignments the teacher gave us. However, I had no idea what to do after high school graduation...
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...Social Media Argumentative Essay Social media is the reason for many of the world’s problems and solutions. It can be used to raise awareness for an important cause, but it can also be used to spread hate, especially between teenagers. Being a teenager, I can be the first to say that social media is how most teens run their life, but is it the right way? Austen McCann makes a brilliant point in his article, “Social media has allowed them to take their life online and instead of saying goodbye to friends at school and waiting to see them the next day...”Although social media can connect teens to the world and friends and family around them, it is actually one of the highest ranking causes of suicide amongst teenagers in the 21st century. As important as connection via the internet can be, social media does not have to be the primary source for teenagers. The average teenager spends a minimum of 2 hours and 20 minutes on social media every day. In Austin McCann’s Impact of Social Media on Teens articles he brings up that “social media is becoming more than a part of their world, it’s becoming their world.” Teens complain about constantly being stressed with homework, but maybe homework isn’t the main source of the stress. EveryDay Health magazine states that, on statistics, a teenager who spends more time outdoor is generally a happier and healthier kid. However, since 2000, the time teenagers spend outside has decreased significantly causing more depression and obesity. Not only...
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...Michelle Feldner English 1302 March 28, 2013 Literary Analysis Essay At first glance, “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story can be confusing to read. You may think you are reading about a woman who is losing her mind, or as the narrators husband says “there is nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression”(9), but in all actuality it’s about a woman who is suffering from post partum depression. Even though the plot of this story is based around her illness, there is another objective to the story, to deliver a completely unrelated message. Gilman seeks instead to evoke a message of individual expression and successfully does so by recording the progression of the illness, through the state of the wallpaper. In the story it’s apparent that the women allows herself to be inferior to men, particularly her husband, John. John is a physician and he orders her to not do anything, simply to rest. “Personally I disagree with their ideas,” she writes. ”Personally, I believe that congenial work, with excitement and change, would do me good. But what is one to do?”(12-14) This statement shows her lack of self-confidence and feeling of inferiority. She is very accepting that her thoughts and opinions do not count. She belittles herself throughout the story several more times. Many people, in our society today, go through not being able to speak up for themselves with doctors. Although one knows what makes themselves feel better, but they...
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...An example of an autobiographical essay/personal narrative [Written by a student in the Labour Studies program, used with permission] My name is Carlo, and I was born in June, 1958, in Italy. Our family, made up of my mother, father, and a brother, emigrated to Noranda, Quebec, when I was five years old. I encountered my first, but not last, taste of racism when kids in the neighbourhood laughed at my poor command of English. As fast as I could I learned not only English, but French as well. I became trilingual, speaking fluent French and English, as well as Italian. In the process, I made new friends from a lot of different cultural backgrounds. We then moved to Toronto, Ontario, where my Dad got work in a rubber factory. From my earliest days, I knew our family had to struggle for every penny. My Mom baked pizza which my brother sold by the slice, door to door. I caddied at the local golf courses and brought home all the money that I made. I hated it when other kids made fun of working people, like garbage collectors, who cleaned up trash for a living. When I was in grade six, I was ill in hospital for two months with a kidney infection, and it changed my whole life. I seriously took up playing guitar. I began to do photography, and joined the audiovisual club. I discovered I was artistic with an interest in graphic art, although I didn’t always agree with the kind of art assignments the teacher gave us. However, I had no idea what to do after high school graduation...
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...Shenice Rolle English 120/16 Dr. Craig Smith Informal Text- based Argumentative Essay Let’s Take a Stand Nicholas D. Kristoff stated, “In the nineteenth century, the central moral challenge was slavery. In the twentieth century, it was the battle against totalitarianism. We believe that in this century the paramount moral challenge will be the struggle for gender equality around the world.” Traditionally, men have always been known as the superior gender, while women were seen as inferior. One would think that since time has progressed and ways of thinking has evolved, the world would now be a place where men and women have equal rights; however, this is not the case. While in some countries women have been granted the same opportunities as men, there are still countries where women have little or no rights at all. Some of these countries include Afghanistan, Iraq, Nepal, Sudan and Pakistan. Consequently, women who reside in these countries run the risk of being punished or even killed, if they were to stand up for their rights. A wise author once said “Great leaders are often defined not by their beliefs, but by how they react when those beliefs are tested to the limit.” Despite the fact that she lived in Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai demonstrated her bravery by fearlessly petitioning for women’s rights and girl’s education. Yousafzai is a sixteen year old girl who was shot by the Taliban for being an advocate for girl’s education. Yousafzai survived the shooting and continues...
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...Running head: STAGES OF GRIEF 1 Healthy Grieving: A Comparative Analysis Author Grand Canyon University: HLT 310 Summer 19, 2016 2 HEALTHY GRIEVING: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Stages of Grief Introduction Here in this essay we examine the stages of grief as defined by the renowned thanatologist Elizabeth KüblerRoss. In conjunction with this review of grief we will consider the work of Nicholas Wollsterstorff in his epic Lament for a Son, written to express his still lingering grief at the loss of his son Eric, who tragically fell to his death while mountainclimbing at the age of 25. As we study the process of grief, one must bear in mind that for people suffering grief a range of emotions will come to the forefront"disbelief, sadness, anger, guilt, and selfreproach, panic, anxiety, loneliness, listlessness, and apathy, shock, yearning, numbness, depersonalization" (Bruce 2007) . Also, one must remember that grief is a natural response to losing a loved one. While looking at grief’s lingering effects, we will also discover how Wolsterstorff managed to find meaning, even joy, after the loss of his son. Stages of the Grieving Process All people experience grief and mourn at the loss of a loved oneit is a universal experience. To understand the grieving process better, it helps to focus on the five stages of grief as proposed by KüblerRoss in response to ...
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...The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet, Claudius's brother and Prince Hamlet's father, and then succeeding to the throne and taking as his wife Gertrude, the old king's widow and Prince Hamlet's mother. The play vividly portrays both true and feigned madness – from overwhelming grief to seething rage – and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption. Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play and among the most powerful and influential tragedies in the English language, with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and adaptation by others." The play was one of Shakespeare's most popular works during his lifetime It has inspired writers from Goethe and Dickens to Joyce and Murdoch, and has been described as "the world's most filmed story after Cinderella". Shakespeare based Hamlet on the legend of Amleth, preserved by 13th-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus in his Gesta Danorum as subsequently retold by 16th-century scholar François de Belleforest. He may also have drawn on or perhaps written an earlier Elizabethan play known today as the Ur-Hamlet. He almost certainly created the title role for Richard Burbage, the leading tragedian of Shakespeare's time. In the 400 years since, the role has been performed by highly acclaimed actors and actresses from each successive age. Three...
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...an omniscient third-person point of view, providing the reader with the thoughts as well as actions of the characters. TONE · The Canterbury Tales incorporates an impressive range of attitudes toward life and literature. The tales are by turns satirical, elevated, pious, earthy, bawdy, and comical. The reader should not accept the naïve narrator’s point of view as Chaucer’s. TENSE · Past SETTING (TIME) · The late fourteenth century, after 1381 SETTING (PLACE) · The Tabard Inn; the road to Canterbury PROTAGONISTS · Each individual tale has protagonists, but Chaucer’s plan is to make none of his storytellers superior to others; it is an equal company. In the Knight’s Tale, the protagonists are Palamon and Arcite; in the Miller’s Tale, Nicholas and Alisoun; in the Wife of Bath’s Tale, the errant knight and the loathsome hag; in the Nun’s Priest’s Tale, the rooster Chanticleer. MAJOR CONFLICT · The struggles between characters, manifested in the links between tales, mostly involve clashes between social classes, differing tastes, and competing professions....
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...Issue 4 December December 1989 Article 6 Natural Supernaturalism in "Riders to the Sea" Keith N. Hull Colby Library Quarterly, Volume 25, no.4, December 1989, p.245-252 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@Colby. It has been accepted for inclusion in Colby Quarterly by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Colby. For more information, please contact swcole@colby.edu,kjgillum@colby.edu. Hull: Natural Supernaturalism in "Riders to the Sea" Natural Supernaturalism in "Riders to the Sea" by KEITH N. HULL "Riders to the Sea" most allow the validity of of her dead sea's I Maurya's visionwide-ranging, son and thecritics supernatural identity. Nicholas Grene, a illuminating commentator, states at one N DISCUSSING point in his essay on "Riders" that "Synge wins from his audience the willing suspension of disbelief by the strength and actuality of his dramatic image. . . . We not only believe that Maurya saw Michael on the grey pony, we believe Michael was there."! Robin Skelton, general editor of Synge's Collected Works, states directly that the play's "emphasis upon the dominance of the sea makes the sea itself into a power, a god."2 On the other hand some critics take a rationalistic view of "Riders," emphasizing its naturalism. Weldon Thornton says, "Synge . . . did not attempt to define a genre for the play, since his concern was with reality and the service of the truth."3 Malcolm Pittock, harshly rationalistic, criticizes...
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