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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834) was an English poet, Romantic, literary critic and philosopher. He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as for his major prose work Biographia Literaria. Throughout his adult life, Coleridge suffered from crippling bouts…

            The nineteenth century was fraught with tensions, culminating in the Civil War of 1860 to 1864.  Part of those tensions was the abolition movement of the 1830’s.  While there were some prominent white abolitionists, there were just as many prominent African-American abolitionists.  Frederick Douglass used his oratorical skills to convince others to join his…

Rationale: “The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example. ” – Benjamin Disraeli In the light of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo’s reform agenda that focused on service to the people, it is our turn to paid tribute to his legacy by…

Before the 1700s, three of the major imperiums were called the Gunpowder Empires: the Ottomans of Turkey, the Safavids of Iran, and the Mughals of India. Although the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires had strong bureaucratisms and economic prosperity, they besides had absolute swayers who denied their citizens basic civil rights. One of the strengths…

DBQ #1: The Transformation of Colonial Virginia In 1606, hundreds of settlers embarked on a journey from England to the Virginia colony. They were in search of a new life, and wealth. Early on in their journey, they encountered many hardships, as expressed by George Percy (Doc. A). With the use of the indentured servants…

ENGLISH CIVILISATION Programme I/ Britons and Romans (C. 100 BC – AD 409) II/ Saxons, Danes and Normans (409 – 1154) III/ Medieval Empire (1154 – 1450) I/ Britons and Romans (C. 100 BC – AD 409) ( Very unstable situation No unity, no charismatic leader for the whole country, no unification during the 1st…

The Islands of the Bahamas, located just southeast of Florida is a chain of islands that make up a tiny yet proud country in the Caribbean. Currently the government of the Bahamas, based on the British parliamentary system, is debating on the legalization of a national lottery for the country. Since the Bahamas is a…

British Rock Music is an essential part of Western culture. The need and appreciation for music is evident in the everyday lives of people for it is heard in movies, on television and throughout all forms of audio media. The majority of people also choose to listen to music for pleasure so it is not…

In play “Antigone” he writes about the same themes as in “Oedipus Rex” and places different characters into almost the same horrible, chaotic situations.Sophocles writes strongly about his most important key theme, the exploration of human limits.He also touches on the themes of discovery of self, wisdom through suffering, and the struggle between individual conscience…

Arab nationalism (Arabism) referred to Arab unity based on Arab cultural awakening. Originally intended to stop violence and chaos in the period of pre-Islamic Arabia, it is now a response to Western colonial, and, later, neocolonial penetration. Arab nationalism (Arabism) is currently regarded as a response to Western colonial, and, later, neocolonial penetration. Most states…