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The Coquette by Hannah Webster Foster is a story of the life, love, relations and end of a lady who gets wrapped up in herself and her emotions. There are many themes in novel and one of the more prominent is that of slavery and freedom. These ideas are especially related to the idea of […]

Julius Caesar achieved success in his rule, but he overlooked Roman traditions, including religion, and effectively became the de facto king of Rome. However, following his dictatorship and subsequent assassination, the Roman Republic entered a period of decline. The term ‘Republic’ denoted that Roman citizens could participate in politics by electing a representative to hold […]

The word ‘effective’ in the title of this paper has two meanings, which have the potential to cause ambiguity. This being, that the definition of ‘effective’ can have a meaning of, ‘having a desired effect’ and also, ‘having definite effect’. Thus, the question can be restated for clarity as being ‘Did the Stoics Have a […]

In essence, my argument is illustrated by Robert McNamara’s declaration regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis. He asserted that luck prevented a nuclear conflict and that even rational leaders like Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro were close to destroying their countries. Despite the disastrous implications of human mistake and nuclear weapons showcased in the Cuban missile crisis, […]

The aim of this research was to investigate opinions about gender roles in cultural context. A short interview was conducted with a White female British Students on her opinions about gender roles. The following themes form the basis of the interview: opinions about the preferred sex of first babies, how household task is divided between […]

The performance of gender refers to the societal norms and expectations imposed on individuals based on their sex. Such standards are often rooted in narrow and limiting stereotypes. The traditional gender roles of men being interested in football, cars, career and beer and women being interested in makeup, housework, family and wine have been distorted […]

She leaned against the window of the car and felt the cool glass on her forehead. She felt the steady drumming of the raindrops against her temples through the glass. She saw the raindrops bounce off the cobbled streets and she saw herself in them. She saw them scatter into pieces as they hit the […]

Through the study of eyewitness testimony, we have gained insights into the processes involved in memory encoding, updating and retrieval. The purpose of this project is to explore how misleading information affects recollection of both central and peripheral details in a crime event. Our approach involves conducting a mixed design experiment where misinformation serves as […]

The Argentine invasion of the British controlled Falkland Islands in April 1982 transformed the South Atlantic into a grand military battlefield that would captivate the world’s attention for the next seventy four days (Gibran, 2007:5). The War raised a number of compelling issues within the realm of international relations including territorial conflict and the continuous […]

Following the 9/11 terrorist attack, America’s perception of security and trust, both domestically and internationally, was re-evaluated. President Bush, also known as the Commander in Chief, demonstrated a firm dedication to safeguarding our liberty in the United States and thwarting terrorists from undermining it. In response to the terrorist attack, he established the Department of […]

In a world of continuous armed conflicts, whenever and wherever they break out, they incite tension and fear. These features explain why states are preoccupied with threats to their security and why preparing for defence is nearly a universal preoccupation. Because the anarchical international system requires that states rely on themselves for protection, national security […]

With their idealistic storylines and faultless protagonists, fairytales have always had a certain effect on a reader. These fantasies have a way of pulling a reader out of reality, and disconnecting them from true-to-life outcomes. Unlike real life, fairytales never fail to provide a happy ending. For example, as Fay Weldon accurately puts it, “Mere […]

Metonymy doesn’t substitute like metaphor something like the thing that is meant for the thing itself, but substitutes some attribute or cause or effect of the thing for the thing itself. As an elaborate and repetitive device, it fulfils two functions in modernist poems. It depicts a fragmentation of perception – which it in part […]

The Roman Republic enjoyed reasonable success in its early stages, the conquest of Italy and overseas territories lead to rapid expansion and a surge in population, wealth and culture. However, as this essay will demonstrate this growth of population and increase of wealth was not sustainable; the allies with which Rome went to battle were […]

‘The Bell Jar’ by Sylvia Plath and ‘Oranges are not the only fruit’ by Jeanette Winterson are two quite diverse novels in more respects than one. ‘The Bell Jar’ is a semi-autobiographical critically acclaimed novel that explores the effects of insanity in the form of depression on a gifted academic, who was popular amongst her […]

Ousmane’s Black Docker is a tragic and moving novel centred on one black man’s struggle to find the liberation, equality and fraternity promised by the modern society of mid 20th century Marseille and Paris. Diaw Falla, originally from Senegal, slaves away on the docks to further his passion for writing and aspirations for becoming an […]

Background of the Project: Bangladesh, situated in South Asia’s northeastern region, shares borders with India to the west and north, as well as India and Myanmar to the east. Its southern side is bordered by the Bay of Bengal (refer to Map). The country’s flatlands are intersected by numerous rivers, small channels, and backwaters. These […]

Gender construction begins early in life, even before birth, according to John Bowlby (1953). A child’s sex can be determined prenatally, leading parents to buy gender-specific clothing and toys such as blue for boys, pink for girls, dolls for girls, and cars for boys. Thus, gender construction starts at birth and maybe even before. The […]

The period in Spain between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries witnessed what has come to be known as the greatest era of Spanish history. Not only did Spain see the peak of its power as an empire, the era also produced magnificent pieces of art and literature. This was all in a time where new […]

Gender refers to the psychological and emotional characteristics of individuals. Defined broadly, gender includes such aspects as personality traits but also involves psychological makeup, attitudes, beliefs and values as well as sexual orientation and gender-role identity.In the following assignment I am going to take a look at socially imposed patterns in relation to gender, and […]

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM) was published in 1960, addressing the key tension in this story, the issue of “race” against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement in America. Race relations in America were wrought with injustice in the 1930s, especially between “white” and “black” Americans. It highlights the realities of rampant […]

Expecting her death in the accident, she had desired to be freed from the burden of an unwanted child and progress in her life. Unfortunately, she had not predicted the subsequent neck injury. Despite her body being damaged, it was too late for her as she was rushed to the hospital. However, I was fortunate […]