Honour

In Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, the presence of jealousy is one of the main driving forces of the development of the plot. Don John is jealous of his brother’s reputation and takes it out on Claudio. Claudio then undergoes strong envious feelings after Don John’s jealous rage leads him to tricking Claudio. These men are taken over by the ‘green eyed monster’, jealousy, which eventually turns out to do them only harm. Don John resents his brother, and this causes him to commit evil…

Similarities and Differences between Charlotte Temple and Franklin’s Autobiography Charlotte Temple by Susan Rowson and The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin have similar purposes by both having moral lessons. Rowson writes a true, disguised as fictional, story of the misfortune of a naive young girl to warn other naive young girls about such misfortunes that should, and can absolutely, be avoided. Franklin’s purpose is to record his experiences in the New World and hope that others will learn…

remembers them mention that he will be king soon after being named Thane of Cawdor. With the King coming over the next night, it would make sense to… but who was Macbeth kidding, he couldn’t kill Duncan, especially after he presented him with the honour of being Thane of Cawdor. Is there anyone who could persuade him otherwise? Lady Macbeth, arguably Shakespeare’s most famous female character was influential in ruining…

To An Athlete Dying Young This poem talks about a well known runner that returns to his hometown. He had just won a race and the town was celebrating his victory by carrying him through the town. Then, in the second stanza, it’s showing that this famous athlete died at a young age, and describes how the townspeople carried him through the town during the best time of his life, then carrying him through the town for the end of his life. It’s describing how little life gives to people and no…

In the 17th Century, Anne Hutchinson challenged the beliefs of the Puritan society and religion. Anne Hutchinson was accused by the court of “casting reproach upon the faithful Ministers of this Countrey, and raising a prejudice against them, and partly by maintaining weekly and publick meetings in your house . . .” Religion was a major key in the Puritans society possessing the most power in the government. Puritans leaders believed in strong religious and moral codes to be good in the eyes…

Animism is the belief that all life, including plants and animals, is produced by a divine force and see all natural phenomena as having souls. The Na’vi have an ‘animistic’ religious system. An aesthetics based society cannot be scrutinized using the dualisms of Western viewpoint, and individuals cannot be understood independent from the social relations which they are a part of. Therefore, it in its essence the Sky people cannot view criticize the Na’vi for their ‘animistic’ perspective. Jake…

MIchael, it was a pleasure meeting you today. Chris showed me around your facility before and after we met and it was very impressive. Chris is an amazing talent and it was an honour that he felt highly enough of my skills to set up the visit and meeting. At your request I’ve attached the digital copy of my resume with embedded HTML links in my credit list. Of note, the documentary The Slippers, which screened at Hot Docs and SXSW is a production I’m particularly proud of my work on. And…

We can achieve success in different ways. What is defined as success? Is my success the same as your success? How does one achieve success? Success is defined as “someone or something that is successful: a person or thing that succeeds”. Each individual has their own idea of success, and what I consider success you wouldn’t necessarily regard it as succeeding to your standards. Success comes in many forms for a number of reasons. It can change because of religion, age, race, gender, and mental…

Tonight, we honour one of our nation’s youngest, yet extremely accomplished environmental activists. Severn Cullis-Suzuki has shown an interest in the environment and its preservation from an early age on, as she explored the nature surrounding Vancouver together with her father, famous environmentalist David Suzuki. She founded the Environmental Children’s organization at age 9, still in Elementary School. By age 12, she had become so invested in environmental activism that she was invited to…

Cyrus McCormick invented another significant agricultural invention that revolutionized farming, the mechanical reaper. He invented the reaper so it would cut the grain. It came in handy because before this, people would have to do it by hand and it took several hours. He spent all of his time in his father's workshop trying to figure out stuff to do A lot of other people tried to invent the reaper and they kept failing and couldn't figure it out. In 1832 Cyrus tried to make the reaper himself.…