King George Sound

country and the convicts sent there also to spend out their sentencing. The play focuses on how the group of convicts, along with Second Lieutenant Clark, put on a play for the King because he was suffering from an illness during that time. Second Lieutenant Clark decides to put on a play called the Recruiting Officer by George Farquhar, which was a very popular play in the time period. Many things come into play after the announcement of the play being put on by convicts. There are several themes

Another great artist of this time was Robert Johnson. Robert Johnson was one of the greatest guitarists in history. He’s the one and only guitarist that sounds like there are multiple guitars in one song. There are even some who say he’s one of the few who sold his soul to the devil for his mad guitar playing skills. One of his songs that really stuck out to me and related well to this era was “Walkin’ Blues”

enforcement official that protect and serve the people, and they are not supposed to abuse the power and violate the rights of the people. Police brutality and racial profile are not issues of the past that are just reemerging today. The beating of Rodney King happened twenty-four years ago on March 3, 1991. Has the police community progressed or regressed? Police brutality is the use of unnecessary or excessive force on an individual. The answer to the first question, “has the police community progressed

* Mainstream popularity is the ‘peak’ * Genres tend to develop underground and aren’t written about historically during these years (subcultures) Musical Form: * The way different sections in a song are organized Rhythm: the way music sounds are organized in time; beat is the pulse Meter: organization of rhythm and beats into music * Simple; one &

well-organized essay in which you analyze how the poem's organization, diction, and figurative language prepare the reader for the speaker's concluding response. 1990 Poem: Soliloquy from Henry IV, Part II (William Shakespeare) Prompt: In the soliloquy, King Henry laments his inability to sleep. In a well-organized essay, briefly summarize the King's thoughts and analyze how the diction, imagery, and syntax help to convey his state of mind. 1991 Poem: “The Last Night that She lived...” (Emily Dickinson)

daughter of Samuel Batts, keeper of the Bell Inn, Wapping[8] and one of his mentors, on 21 December 1762 at St. Margaret's Church in Barking, Essex. The couple had six children: James (1763–94), Nathaniel (1764–81), Elizabeth (1767–71), Joseph (1768–68), George (1772–72) and Hugh (1776–93). When not at sea, Cook lived in the East End of London. He attended St Paul's Church, Shadwell, where his son James was baptised. Cook has no direct descendants—all his children either pre-deceased him or died without

understanding can be reached to why, when, where and who are the reasons for musical evolution. Middle Ages Beginning with fall of Rome in 476a.d. the first half of this millennium is referred to as the "dark ages". In society, all power flowed from the king with the

In the days of good King Harry the Second of England—he of the warring sons—there were certain forests in the north country set aside for the King 's hunting, and no man might shoot deer therein under penalty of death. These forests were guarded by the King 's Foresters, the chief of whom, in each wood, was no mean man but equal in authority to the Sheriff in his walled town, or even to my lord Bishop in his abbey. One of the greatest of royal preserves was Sherwood and Barnesdale forests near the

Burns’ documentary on jazz. (Burns, Ken,Jazz, BBC, 2001) He was known to have better spirit in music rather than technical ability. One example of Armstrong’s incredible spirit is heard in his rendition of “West End Blues”, composed by his idol Joe King Oliver. The introduction to this number features an improvised cadenza in which Louis Armstrong plays with immense feeling. William Russel, a jazz writer, has commented saying that “other jazz trumpeters would be better off avoiding the too frequent

The Antebellum period, meaning “pre-war” in Latin, is defined in American History as the period before the Civil War and after the War of 1812. It was marked by the rise of abolition and the steady polarization of the nation between the viewpoints of pro and anti-slavery and the people behind them. The two sides bitterly argued for their cause. Advocates of slavery included religion, economics, morals, politics, and even the Constitution to further their arguments; likewise, abolitionists used similar