Life Essays

In historic times the Indians lived the broad expanse of Americas heartland between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains, and from the Saskatchewan River Basin in Canada to Central Texas. Both their culture and history lent themselves to the works of writers and dramatists who romantised the hard riding …

Mrs Helena Kingshaw has spent the years since the death of her husband moving from place to place with her son Charles, determinedly seeking stability, companionship and comfort for herself, desperate not to be alone. The fact that she has “not so very many friends”, meaning that they have to …

Segregation of schools is when coloured and white children were taught in separate schools. Desegregation of schools is when coloured and white children go to the same school together. In the 1950’s the southern states of America had segregation in schools and the black schools had poorer teaching qualities Black …

The Weimar Republic was formed in six weeks, after Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated and Germany replaced a monarchy with a Republic at the end of the First World War. Any government facing the task of rebuilding a nation after a war undertakes a very difficult task, and this is even more …

When Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933 he was pledged to reverse the treaty of Versailles and to increase German territory. Hitler was pledged to reverse the treaty of Versailles and to increase German territory because he said he would in his book Mein kampf. He was pledged …

The Cuban missile crisis was a major test for containment. Containment was the policy that was to try and prevent the USSR from spreading further into the world. The policy first came into action on 12th March 1947 when Truman made a speech. Kennedy later used this in 1962 when …

In Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure’, Isabella is a most complex character. Her nature showing often conflicting sides during different parts of the play. This ambiguity of her true character means Shakespeare can constantly keep his audience on edge, never truly defining Isabella as either good or bad, tying in with …

In this essay I am going to explore how E.A. Poe and H.G. Wells create a sense of fear and horror in the reader of their books ‘The Tell-tale Heart’ and ‘The Red Room’ by pointing out things like the historical context, analysing the words which are used, discussing the …

There is a large contrast regarding context between the two short stories. A reason for this is due to the different eras in which they were written. ‘Red Room’ was written back in the Victorian times around the late Nineteenth Century, whereas ‘Farthing House’ is set around the late Twentieth …

Sometimes people say I resemble Harvey Specter from the legal drama Suits which is popular in the United States. Maybe, it is something about my appearance; I am tall and well-built. I have short light-brown hair and brown eyes. Or perhaps it is my life principles. I hate losing and …