Katherine Routledge

“In Easter Island...the shadows of the departed builders still possess the land...the whole air vibrates with a vast purpose and energy which has been and is no more. What was it? Why was it?" said Katherine Routledge, an explorer and archaeologist. People across the globe have marveled at the wonders of Easter Island for centuries. The remains of the island are huge statues called moai, which seemed to be an impossible feat for people of the time. Archaeologists everywhere are gathering together

Similarities and differences are what make things so interesting. Would you be happy if everyone was the same. Every looked the same, and liked the same things and hated the same things. No you wouldn’t because you would want to be you and no one can tell you what you want to be or what you don’t want to be. Even the buildings you make would be the same from a normal house to a normal office building. The “Panama Canal” was one of the most useful canals ever built and they were made to for one reason

Easter Island What happened to Easter Island? Oliver Kirby - 14 November 2017Easter Island My name is Oliver Kirby and I am a historian. For many years now I have been deeply invested in the study of South American and Polynesian history. The magazine ‘The Good Weekend’ approached me with an opportunity to write an article discussing the rise and expansion of Easter Island and then its decline. I will also be discussing if what happened to Easter Island is a microcosm of what might happen to

The Choices Societies Make and the Challenges Surrounding Them The choices the Greenland Norse, the people of Easter Island, and the people of Haiti made directly contributed to their societal collapse. Their environmental fragility advanced their downfall, but ultimately their poor decision-making led to their collapse. The Greenland Norse’s and people of Easter Island’s incorrect choices were mostly due to social challenges and reluctance to abandon traditions, but the incorrect choices of the

Introduction: This report will discuss Katherine Gorge. The Katherine gorge is a narrow valley in between hills/valleys, with some steep rock walls and streams running through it into a pool. In this report, it will include the geographic location, landscape, climate, formation, culture views, major threats as well as a conclusion. Geographic Location: The Katherine Gorge is located in the Northern Territory, 244km southeast of Darwin. The area of the Katherine Gorge is 2.947km2 and the latitude and

Miss Brill is a short story written by Katherine Mansfield and it was published in a collection of stories called The Garden Party in 1922. The story is about a woman who goes to her usual Sunday afternoon walk on Jardins Publiques and what happened there with her that day. In order to provide a study guide about this short story, this paper will analyze the the structure of Plot and the Characters created by the author on Miss Brill. Considering Plot, Miss Brill is a story about a lonely woman who

Innocence versus Sexual Awakeming The transition from childhood to adulthood is a complex but universal passage. Both Katherine Mansfield's "The Wind Blows" and D.H. Lawrence's The Virgin and the Gipsy embody adolescent angst in their characterization. Matilda and Yvette search for meaning beyond the lives they perceive they are condemned to lead. Both bring about greater understanding of the struggle between a young girl's struggle of innocence versus sexuality. In similar uses of

In Katherine Mansfield’s “Miss Brill,” the main character is an elderly woman known as Miss Brill. This short story focuses in on a Sunday afternoon spent with Miss Brill during her weekly ritual of visiting a park in her hometown. The character’s traits are told by the narrator through the eyes of the main character. It is obvious that Miss Brill is a very complex, intricate character. Digging deeper into her thoughts allows the central theme of distorted reality come to light. Looking at a day

An Analysis of the Characterization of “Miss Brill” In “Miss Brill,” Katherine Mansfield utilizes Miss Brill’s thoughts and actions and the surroundings to characterize Miss Brill as a lonely character. Mansfield immediately introduces Miss Brill with a very odd scene that shows her conversation with the fur coat. This quickly and effectively establishes the type of person Miss Brill is. As a result, Mansfield suggests that Miss Brill is a lonely and an “abnormal” person to illustrate to the audience

Through her short stories you feel the emotional connection within the characters. She was a young New Zealand who was dying with a disease called Tuberculosis, dying at the age of 34. Successfully, she wrote three books with a fourth and fifth book following after her death. There were many trigger points that led her to become a writer, they were moving back to New Zealand, her brother’s death in World War 1, and her sensations with how women were treated. Her stories were described as blurred