Harold Innis

One of my earliest childhood memories was in a huge playground with kids the same age as me, laughing and talking in a foreign language, except I was the only one lost in translation. The memory was of a time when my parents sent me to an all-girls boarding school in India at five years of age. Learning how to adjust to a new culture was difficult, to say the least. However, I have grown from this unique experience. I developed a new mentality to adapt to any situation, and truly believe friends

To begin with, memory in The Importance of Being Earnest is used as pieces of a puzzle to find the true heritage of Jack Worthing. Interestingly, John likes to go bunburying as Ernest Worthing in the city of London. He falls in love with a woman named Gwendolen Fairfax and proposes to her. Jack is delighted to discover that Gwendolen returns his affections. However, he finds out that Gwendolen is fixated on the name Earnest in which the name “inspires absolute confidence.” She makes it clear that

One late summer afternoon Antínoös was sitting by an open window in Odysseus’ hall which overlooked the sea. The sun was just starting to set over the water, casting an orangey glow over the whole of Ithaca. A late summer breeze was wafting in through the window, rustling the leaves of the olive trees below. Antínoös was lost in deep thought when a servant girl dropped a tray behind him. It clattered to the ground and dishes fell everywhere. Startled, he jumped up and turned around. Just as he was

King Henry VIII, the second son of King Henry VII, was born at Greenwich, England in 1491. He succeeded the throne upon the death of his brother King Arthur in 1509. He married six wives in the hopes of getting a son as he could be the heir to the throne and become the next king of England. His first two wives failed to do so, but his third wife Jane Seymour, had given birth to a son and he was later named Edward VI. He then married three more wives, and his last wife Catherine of Parr, outlived

Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape is a dismally brooding play where Krapp, the protagonist, converses with himself through his disassociated recorded personal accounts. The old man, Krapp, recounts and reflects on his life through his relationships with darkness and vision. Krapp’s last tape unfolds onstage in lightness and darkness between the dichotomous interplay of open and closed eyes which when used as a lens to understand Krapp’s emotions highlights his unconventional moments of vulnerability

The study of the period of 1066 has been hard for historians due to the lack of contemporary sources. Therefore, much of the surviving material is Norman in focus and written some time after 1066. After the death of the King, Harold readied himself for the Norman invasion which he knew must come, and it is this fact when considered alongside the Norman perspectives, which suggest Harold’s awareness of a broken oath. He posted sentries along the coast in order that he should be given ample warning

Normandy won the battle because he was well prepared, had enough to time to organize, rest, had good weapons and had a well trained army including archers, infantry and Calvary. In total, William had approximately 7500 men ready to battle whereas King Harold unfortunately had only 4500 voluntary village people who volunteered to battle and only five hundred professionally trained soldiers. They prepared carefully for the battle. The Normans had knights on horseback (Calvary) who were skilful fighters

Selfless Harold and Maude depict selfless love; that is, not trying to mold the other, but a love that realizes the beauty of life through the other. Harold is a 19-year old kid obsessed with death. He passes his time with his obsession since his mother couldn’t figure out his needs. He fakes his death to get his mother’s attention but to no avail. He got himself a hearse from a junkyard to his mother’s disgust, so she replaces it with a Jaguar which he turns into a mini-hearse. Maude is a 79-year

WHY DID WILLIAM WIN THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS? The Battle of Hastings took place in 1066 because Edward the Confessor died leaving no heir to the throne. Almost immediately Harold Godwinson seized the throne and declared himself king but he had two opponents, Harald Hadrada and William of Normandy. William eventually won the battle and was crowned King of England, this piece of writing explains why. One major reason why William won the Battle of Hastings is that Harold’s army was not prepared to fight

Chariots of Fire presents two main characters that are vastly different from one another. Eric Liddel is a religious man who values his beliefs and runs for God’s pleasure. Harold Abrahams is a determined Jewish man who runs to prove that he is more than what others see. The director purposely films Chariots of Fire by presenting characterization in Abrahams’ character by using different dialogue and internal action, and in Eric’s character by using different external action and the reactions of