The Dutchess

Erastus “deaf” Smith gun slangin’ cowboy scout! Erastus “Deaf” Smith, Son of Chilaib and Mary Smith was a great Texas frontiersmen and scout for Stephen F. Austin’s Army. It all started in Dutchess County, New York, on April 19, 1787. Erastus developed a disease at a very young age causing him to lose his hearing, hence the name “deaf”. Erastus was neutral in the Texas and Mexico revolt, later siding with the Texans. Deaf was a man of few words. Being the best scout Sam Houston has, Sam used Erastus

In the poem My Last Duchess, love is portrayed as a very robust emotion. It is never stated in the poem that the Duchess was killed, but the readers are able to entail that is what happened. The Dutch was a very envious and controlling man, with high status which is what the readers imply lead to the killing of the character the Duchess. A major theme of the poem is jealousy which ended up in a murder, but that should not include that Dutch did not love the Duchess, but that he did. It is important

My Last Duchess Robert Browning wrote “My Last Duchess” in 1842 at the age of 32. This poem is the tragic tale of the Duchess’s death. The speaker is the late Duchess’s husband, the Duke. He comes across a portrait of the Duchess, lovely and young, and begins to remark upon her life. He tells how she was charming and that this portrait could not recount her love of everything, her blushing at the attention of men. He then leads into how she never quite appreciated him and how unimpressed she was

Humans love violence almost to the point where it is part of our nature. We have tales of people being tortured, suicide, and even senseless beatings and humans enjoy it. The stories that will be discussed use violence in them, but they are not war stories. They are Dante’s Inferno, Decameron, and Don Quixote. In Dante’s Inferno we have torture being used all throughout hell. We get characters that carry their own heads, Popes who are burned, people eating eachother, and many more grotesque acts

Growing up on the island of Jamaica, it was never my aspiration to move to the U.S. Leaving my country was one of the most depressing experiences I have ever encountered. At least, -that’s what I thought at the time. I was saddened that I was no longer able to see the people I valued most every day. I was eager for change but at the same time heartbroken because my life wouldn’t be the same in this new world. I felt as if I was unprepared to accept new challenges and live the “American Dream”. Once

Each woman read a paragraph from “Prayer for Understanding Others” by Abby Willowroot which Jen proposed. After the prayer, each woman introduced herself briefly, based on the seating arrangement. Jen said that she worked at the Dutchess Community College (DCC) and had recently returned from the Holocaust remembrance event in Philadelphia, which her mother organizes annually to honor Jen’s stepfather, a Holocaust survivor. Linda said that she worked most of her life as a teacher

Franklin D. Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in the Hudson Valley town of Hyde Park, New York. The parents of Franklin D. Roosevelt were James Roosevelt and Sara Delano Roosevelt. Both of his parents had a wealthy past. His parents shaped his personality and has a large part of making him who he is. Roosevelt had a much older stepbrother from James Roosevelt’s side of the family. Although he was not very close to his half-brother, he gained financial support from his stepbrother when he needed

Ancient Greek Mythology has one side on fate vs free will. They feel as though you have no ultimate choice and fate will always be your destiny. However, that does not mean everyone follows their destined path until death. In Homer’s The Iliad, fate and destiny as the final outcomes of a person’s life, however, at some points you wonder if a person’s destiny falls directly in the decisions made by someone. Hektor and Achilles both had choices, but ultimately believed they must follow their destiny

I attended the ‘Citizens Advisory Committee on Domestic Violence’ on March 17, at the Dutchess County Office Building. While there, I learned that this committee (mostly of citizens) was discussing the issues of their ideas and proposals being funded. They had recently lost grants and were coming up with ideas to gain that money needed to fund their ideas. I found the title eye-catching. I’m always interested in what there is to be done about domestic violence, so seeing this meeting was a great

Vulnerable Population: Drug Use in Adolescents in Pleasant Valley, NY I live in the small community of Pleasant Valley, New York. Pleasant Valley is in central Dutchess County and is a suburban-rural community north of New York City. Pleasant Valley is a quiet 3 stoplight town consisting of residential areas as well as farms. The town is quaint and its name reflects it. However, in recent years, drug use by adolescents is on the rise. Pleasant Valley has had a member of the community die from