To be successful, the possession of specific skills and the ability to perform certain tasks has an underlying process of learning that one must go through in life. In ‘Learning to read and write’ by Frederick Douglass, the author shares his background as a young…
Essays on Historical Figures
The renowned philosopher Aristotle formally outlined the parameters of the tragic hero in his work “On Poetics”. Aristotle primarily based his tragic hero model on oedipus, a king from Greek mythology. He outlined the John Proctor tragic hero as a person of noble birth who…
There are many questions raised concerning the taciturn confrontation amid U.S.A and U.S.S.R. People still raise concerns about whether the cold war was unavoidable and if so, what the factors that made it inevitable were. The cold war was coined on politically aware, monetary as…
In the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Douglass critically describes how slavery was terrible for all of society. It broke down families on both sides of the human tragedy. It treated slaves barbarically by taking all human dignity from slaves, treating them as…
In the process of slavery, enslaved people were able to resist the dehumanization of slavery. The way Frederick Douglass and the people he knew struggled against authority and control of their owners and overseers is Frederick Douglass overcame the owners and overseers tactic of keeping…
Born in the 1400s amidst the battle for the French throne, Joan of Arc, the brave French teenager stepped out with instructions from her visions to redeem France from the English. She died in the course of this venture and was named a saint. Joan…
Africa has suffered the most from the ravages of slave trade. An estimated eighteen (18) million Africans were taken to Europe and the ‘new world’ to meet the increasing demand for slaves. With the colonization of the Americas starting in the 16th century, a new…
In the verses of Billy Joel’s ‘we didn’t begin the fire’, an imperative verifiable name is referenced, Joseph Stalin. What’s more, I will jump at the chance to relate some data about whom he genuinely was. At whatever point his name is referenced, what rings…
Jeanne d’Arc, otherwise called Joan of Arc. She was laborer from France, who God had driven France to triumph in its war with England. Joan was the daughter of a servant. Her mother showed her since early on the historical backdrop of The Catholic church…
Harriet Tubman quoted after crossing the Underground Railroad, “When I found I had crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything; the sun came like gold through trees, and over…
Harriet Tubman Davis’s legacy at the end of the 19th century has caused controversy because of her service in the Civil War as a nurse and a spy. It is important to mention that Harriet Tubman is profoundly known for her service in the underground…
Today, this paper is going to talk about Joseph Stalin’s life, where he grew up, where he went to school and so on. Then how he got chosen to rule Russia, and how he got to the top by creating Communism, and how he sadly…
“I have reasoned this out in my mind, there is one of two things I have a right to do; Liberty or death. If I could not have one I would have the other.” once said Harriet Tubman. This report is about all the amazing…
Everyday something either something bad or good happens to me everyday, sometimes even both things happen. My life is not perfect and it will never be that way. I have a short story about what I mean, everyday I wake up for school and usually…
Joseph Stalin was a feared dictator of Russia, who rose to power at the expense of others. He wasn’t always a ruthless Russian dictator. He was just like any other kid but didn’t go to school, but he did some terrible deeds in his life….