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Joan of Arc: A medieval legend. A visionary from God. A devout Christian. All have been used to describe one of Medieval Europe’s most famous inhabitants. But was she really? Who was Joan Of Arc? A messenger Of God? Or an insane, evil doing heretic, who listened only to the Devil himself? I believe Joan of Arc was a true messenger of God, and I have much evidence to suggest so. Joan of Arc was a delusional young girl with a fierce spirit and lots of determination. She did not really have…

Q: What were the names of Joan’s nieces? A: Kelley and Lori Q: Where was taken John and Joan’s first picture together? A: In a park in California. Q: How did Joan board the plane the first time she went to Europe? A: She boarded the plane barefoot. Q: For which magazine was Joan working when she was twenty years old? A: She was working for Vogue. Q: How many days before the couple’s fortieth anniversary did John die? A: John died thirty-one days before their fortieth anniversary.…

In the historical play Henry V by William Shakespeare, we are introduced to the story of a young and mysterious King Henry V of England, and his quest to conquer France under the reign of Charles VI of France. (“Henry V (play)”) details Henry’s life leading up to and following the Battle of Agincourt in the year 1415. From the very beginning, the Chorus portrays Henry as a glorious King who is about to engage in an epic and glorifying battle with the French. However, the Chorus then reveals that…

William Shakespeare’s elaborate use of characterization within the play Henry V. Proves suspicions that King Henry V did not believe the St. Crispin’s Day speech for his soldiers, but rather used it to further his own success. Shakespeare demonstrate this through the characterization of Henry. Shakespeare creates Henry to have characteristic such as, Henry’s immaturity, never to take the blame, his abuse of power through unnecessary games, and his deceiving and manipulative ways. A…

survival of the fittest. Eugenics and social Darwinism were both similar since eugenics originated from social Darwinism of the late nineteenth century. "Eugenics" was thought of in 1883 by the English researcher Francis Galton, who was the cousin of Charles Darwin. Galton characterized the expression "eugenics” as the theory of hereditary improvement of the human race by selective breeding. The first state to present the sterilization bill was Michigan, in 1897, however the proposed law failed…

the imperative geopolitical blunder France had succumbed to, as Habsburg encirclement had absolutely entrenched his aspiration for further French advancement. Nonetheless, with the impending demise of the inept Charles II, his objective would become for his grandson, Philip of Anjou (Philip V), to profit from Habsburg loss. Correspondingly, any method of a French venture to the throne of Spain would be presumed as an act of aggression by the Habsburg Monarchy, thus instantaneously prompting a…

passive and repellent” (Tatar, pg. 117, 2017). However, different versions and film adaptations of Sleeping Beauty has been created for centuries. Hence, this version of the fairy tale that will be analysed throughout the essay has been written by Charles Perrault in 1697, which was titled “The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood” (French: La Bell au bois dormant). Therefore, this essay will analyze this fairy tale through the following three approaches: the gendered approach, a comparative…

Overview Evolution is a theory originally thought of by a man named Charles Darwin. Darwin was surveying the land around South America to make maps and then discovered the Galapagos Islands. He noticed on these islands there were 14 different types of finches within a small archipelago. He concluded from this that originally there was one kind of finch on all the islands, but they evolved from the original so they could survive on their respective islands (Evolution). Evolution is something…

Charles Manson is one of the most notorious cult leaders whose “family” carried out several murders in America in the late 1960’s. Even though he didn’t engage in any of the crimes, he still was considered America's most popular serial killer. Manson gathered a group of followers who shared the same beliefs as him and four out of a hundred of them were involved in the infamous killing of Sharon Tate, Leno, and Rosemary Labianca. Charles Manson was born on November 12, 1934 in Cincinnati,…

Committing the crime of debt in the Victorian era was considered no less of a crime than that of murder and while you could not be executed for the crime of debt, the use of torture devices was known to have killed countless inmates. Debtors were imprisoned indefinitely or until their debt was paid and unless you had the means to pay the debt off, it was possible to spend your life imprisoned. Death was more plausible than release. While debtors’ prisons were thought to have been abolished in…