Apa Essay Examples

By eliminating fear, individuals can progress with love and bravery, ultimately reducing uncertainties. War is defined as a condition of conflict or hostility involving disputes over land or peace. The military serves as the means through which governments instill fear in opposing countries. While the Army defends the nation, it must also obey orders from […]

We saw the play ‘Bouncers’ at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley on the 29th January 2002 at 19:45. I have never been to the theatre before and I knew very little about this play. All I knew was that four male actors were going to play the roles of at least three characters each, including […]

Alfred Lord Tennyson crafted the poems ‘Mariana’ and ‘The Lady of Shallot’ with inspiration drawn from Shakespeare’s play, ‘Measure for Measure,’ as well as Arthurian legend. Both poems revolve around women who find themselves secluded from the external realm; Mariana experiences depression, while the lady yearns profoundly. Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), a highly skilled and accomplished […]

“Why, this is hell; nor are we out of it”. Brighton seems to be a town of suffering and reflects it through the inhabitants that are the characters of Brighton Rock. These main characters all suffer in one way or another, whether it’s by the emerged issues of their repressed childhood or by the struggles […]

Turgenev opens the novel with the first comparison of many, setting the pace for the rest of the text, where Arkady and Bazarov are ceaselessly contrasted and compared. Turgenev initially portrays Arkady as a youth and Bazarov as a man. Arkady is described frequently as being boyish, whereas words such as ‘virile’ help the reader […]

Atonement conveys a dichotomous message. Ian McEwan – the reality, the tangible author – is supplemented by a deeper layer; his construct – the potentially unreliable narrator – Briony Tallis. Essentially, branding any of the enigmatic individuals offered to us in Atonement as ‘heroes’ and ‘villains’ is impossible – and indeed unjust – simply because […]

What makes a landscape? Landscape according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is defined as “a: a picture representing a view of natural inland scenery and b: 1the art of depicting such scenery. “1 Malcolm Andrews’ leads off the first chapter of Landscape and Western Art with the statement “A ‘landscape’, cultivated or wild, is already artifice […]

The full black figure style emerged by the mid-7th century and the red figure technique emerged around 530 BC. The Amasis Painter worked in the black figure style, using a red background and black figures, and the Kleophrades Painter in the red style, using a black background and red figures. The differences in techniques afforded […]

Sir Richard Arkwright, the inventor of the water frame was born in Preston in 1732. Sir Richard lived in Rock House which overlooked the mill. Richard Arkwright was knighted by George III and had two daughters and one son in his first marriage. He went to Cromford at the age of 39 in 1771 and […]

1640 saw the eleven year period of Charles’ Personal Rule come to an end with the MP’s and the majority of the country’s people hoping that the grievances and problems created by this period would now be coming to a similar fate, restoring the country’s peace, balance and religious stability. England was by no means […]

a) How is an understanding of the person and teaching of Jesus assisted by His conversations with: i) The Samaritan Woman Women feature prominently in Johns Gospel, and Jesus seems to have included a group of women amongst his regular followers and supporters. His attitude to, and inclusion of, women is sharply contrasted with the […]

As I got the book named “An Introduction to Literature”, its chapter 27 caught my attention immediately since its printings not only more subtle but also with some famous paintings in it. Being an Arts teacher in junior high school, I have to admit that it is relatively difficult for junior high school students to […]

This is the inconvenient truth- wars have been a part of our history from the beginning of time. Conflicts arising from different countries, colonies or communities have led to wars; sometimes for the greater good or sometimes for greed. What the people of the country fail to realize is the aftermath of these wars- the […]

The main descent to savagery in the novel could be seen in the choir. They begin as boys who accept the discipline of a choir school and acknowledge Jack’s position as head chorister. They become hunters, when Jack claims this role for them. Then, as Jack releases his savage instincts by creating his mask, they […]

Throughout the “Withered Arm” the main characters: Rhoda Brook and Gertrude Lodge experience lots of tragedy, and due to this, the book makes the audience empathise with the two of them. The following paragraphs will examine the lengths and extremes of these tragic events, and therefore conclude who deserves our sympathy. Rhoda Brook is a […]

In the modern age, the use of plastics has caused a heated discussion amongst many parties. Politicians, environmentalists, the media, corporations, the general public etc. have argued for and against the use of plastics. This assignment will look into the importance of plastics in our society and the damage that it causes. The first type […]

I awoke that morning just like a normal day. It was not just another day. That was the start of a change, strangeness and sadness in my family. I did not really understand everyone’s grief and shock. I was only 11 years old. Everybody seemed to be keeping me in the dark, they always did, […]

I lifted my head off the cool glass and opened my sleepy eyes, wondering what had woken me. I lifted my legs off the seat and rummaged in my bag for my drink. I found it and tipped back my head to let the warm water trickle down the back of my dry throat. Pulling […]

Often in America, citizens are placed into mental institutes due to mental breakdowns, but do you know the real reason behind them? Holden, a main character in the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger, goes through many mental breakdowns, but he struggles through many issues throughout his life that lead him […]

“Aakash! Aakash!” I shouted with all my might across the noisy train station. I looked frantically for Aakash’s familiar back. My heart was thumping, sweat dripping from running. I breathed deeply and closed my eyes, trying to focus on the sound of my breath to calm myself down. “He’ll be here, he must be here […]

The wind was howling as I shut the window of the hut I was living in. “Poof” I said “lucky the hut didn’t fall off”. I was scared and hungry. My mother and father had gone to sell the meager amount of crops we had managed to ravage from the storm three weeks ago. Last […]

Grace Nichols is a poet who has written poems about immigration. These three poems that will be compared in these essays are all written by her and about the experience of immigration. However not all of them are necessarily from her point of view. ‘Island Man’ has been from a man’s point of view. In […]