America Essays

Is attending school on a daily basis something that makes you feel safe? Although some students and teachers may not view school as a hazardous environment at first, their perception can change dramatically after incidents of school shootings. A tragic example of this occurred on April 16, 2007 in Blacksburg, Virginia when a college student […]

Many different things affected the shaping of colonial America in the new world. Factors such as colonialism, geography, and religion affected the way North America was formed and dictated how other people look at colonial America. Colonialism affected America’s demographic and also the ease of forming colonies in the new world. Geography also played a […]

The South Carolina Exposition and Protest, also known as Calhoun’s Exposition, was written in 1828 by John C. Calhoun, the Vice President of the United States under Andrew Jackson. The document was a protest against the Tariff of 1828, also known as the Tariff of Abominations. The document stated that if the tariff was not […]

The New England and Chesapeake colonies, while both founded by England and settled mainly by Englishmen, ended up being very different settlements by the 1700s. The reasons for this were differences in geography, religion and reasons for funding, and the types of settlers who emigrated to each settlement The Chesapeake and New England colonies while […]

The play discusses the importance of self-perception through the representation of how self- delusions lead to more destruction and stasis in an individual’s life. George and Martha create an illusory barrier to repress feelings such as self-inadequacy, fear and self- contempt. But this Illusion simply exacerbates their self-loathing. This sense of entrapment that evolves from […]

Recycling, Reducing and Reusing Dasheen M. Jennings Ecology and Environmental Sustainability | SCI201 A05 Instructor: Jennifer Parker-wright July 31, 2013 Recycling, Reducing and Reusing 1 “Richmond, VA (WTVR) – More people are living in Virginia. According to a new study, Virginia’s population is outpacing the rest of the nation. Virginia’s population grew between 2.3%between 2010 […]

The Presence of Baby Symbolism in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee is packed with babe imagination. Albee seems to add an image of a babe to about every page of the drama. The ground for this type of imagination is to typify babes. which has great importance […]

Review of Virginia Woolf’s shakespeare’s sister By Gabriel Gyamfi University of Cape Coast Department of English INTRODUCTION Virginia Woolf’s ‘Shakespeare’ Sister’ is the third chapter from her literary essay A Room of One’s Own. In this chapter, which is the essay on Shakespeare’s Sister, she considers the question of why no women writers are represented […]

Bluefield, located in southern West Virginia, is surrounded by the stunning East River Mountain valley. It holds the title of being the highest incorporated community in the state. Known as “Nature’s Air Conditioned City,” Bluefield maintains a relatively cool average temperature of 35o F in January and 71o F in July. The Greater Bluefield Chamber […]

Woolf’s novel, published in 1927, was a groundbreaking work that defied traditional narrative and plot-based storytelling. Instead, it embraced impressionistic and modernist approaches borrowed from the visual arts. In his essay, Jonathan Culler examines five aspects of literature, providing an interesting opportunity to analyze their relevance to Woolf’s novel. This essay contends that Woolf’s novel […]

In an excerpt from Virginia Woolf’s memoir “Moments of Being”, she constructs a memoir with optimistic diction to convey to humanity that the significant moments from the past are a lesson to be used in the future. In Woolf’s excerpt she reflects upon her childhood memories with her brother Thoby and her father at a […]

Alienation, Isolation, and Loneliness The New Dress Virginia Woolf -Woolf was born into a privileged household on January 25th, 1882. -She began writing when she was young and published her first novel in 1915. -She was known as an advocate for women rights and feminist movements helped influence her writings. -Virginia Woolf was known for […]

Referred to by some as the “Florence Nightingale of the twentieth century,” Virginia Henderson made many contributions to nursing (Butts & Rich, 2011). She was born in 1987, in Kansas City, MO, and devoted more than 60 years of her life as a nurse, teacher, author, and researcher (2011). Henderson became interested in nursing during […]

Ernest Hemingway, Sylvia Plath, and Virginia Woolf – names that ring familiar to individuals that are close to literature, but for those that aren’t, the names might not spark a definite image. Perhaps the only thing that might be known is that each of these talented authors committed suicide after battling mental illness. Despite the […]

Virginia Wolf’s anecdote recounts men’s suppression that impeded women’s intellectual progress in the 20th century. She uses metaphors and similes to portray how women yielded to the educational limits set upon them. In her description, Wolf draws on metaphors to express her thought process and how it was influenced by men. She likens her contemplation […]

In his speech to the Virginia House of Burgesses, Patrick Henry tries to persuade the members that it is time to take up arms against the British. Targeting both the hearts and minds of his listeners through emotional and logical appeals, Henry uses rhetorical questions, figurative language, and repetition to convince them that it is […]

How does Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway intentionally show Woolf’s lesbian-feminist critique of the institution of marriage and acknowledge the competing discourses of lesbianism and male homosexuality? Eileen Barrett’s “Unmasking Lesbian Passion: The Inverted World of Mrs. Dalloway” answers the question showing that Woolf used her text to inform the reader of her views. The probable […]

John Smith’s biography John Smith (1580 – 1638) had have a heroic life since he was not only a English soldier but also became explorer and author. He contributed a part of his life to be the Captain of the first ship which made a landfall at Massachuselts in 1602 to explore New England. He […]

DB Essay Chesapeake Colonies vs.. New England Colonies The English had no desire to colonize the new world prior to defeating the Spanish Armada. However, once they defeated the Spanish in 1588, thus ending Spanish colonization, the English became the rulers of the Atlantic and a newly found patriotism flourished in England. The English had […]

Regulating religion was nearly impossible, and without government intervention, colonists had the freedom to cultivate and use their money as they pleased. The distance of governing a colony from thousands of miles away led the colonies to develop their own governing system. In this context, Britain adopted a policy known as salutary neglect, allowing North […]

Nursing theorist concept Application in the Nursing practice Abstract Nursing theorist Virginia Henderson (1897-1996), often referred to as the “First Lady of Nursing”, developed a nursing model based on the 14 components of activities of daily living. The paper discusses the importance of applying these components to the nursing practice. She emphasized the importance of […]

The Gap of Two Experiences and the Problem of Gender Inequality In two passages, Virginia Wolf describes her experience at a two cafeterias, one for a men’s college, and the other for a women’s college. Virginia Wolf uses complex diction, imagery and detail to convey her negative attitude towards women’s place in society. She also […]