The Dutchess Essays

What is the first thought that comes to your mind when you see a woman with a man? You automatically think that the man is the one calling all the shots in the relationship. You also wonder why some women act as if they are the man of the relationship. But in the play Macbeth ;Shakespeare wanted to show that gender doesn't mean anything. From the year of 1040-1057; Macbeth was a king that actually existed in Scotland. Shakespeare believes that Gender roles shouldn’t be the stereotype of any relationship

Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare in which many characters are faced with tragedy. Shakespeare presents Juliet as the character who suffers the most, arguably making readers sympathise with her more. Shakespeare does this by his showing how the situation affects Juliet the most and how other characters affect Juliet’s struggle. Shakespeare also invokes our solicitude by depicting the scale of her hardship through the impact it has on her own personality and actions. Shakespeare

Sybil Ludington. According to National Women's History Museum website, “Sybil Ludington is the female counterpart to the more famous Paul Revere.” According to notes, “Sybil Ludington is considered a hero because of her action of warning Putnam and Dutchess counties to warn the militia that British troops were burning Danbury, Connecticut”. She saved people who were not ready for this British Troop invasion. From the kids discover official site, “Sybil Ludington was 16 years old when she rode 40 miles

despite race and gender, through social reform and civil disobedience. Summary/Background Information: Lucretia Mott was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts on January 3, 1793. At the age of 13 she was sent to Nine Partners School, a Quaker school in Dutchess County, New York, ran by the Society of Friends. After her graduation she became a teacher. She would become interested in Women's rights after she discovered that the male staff at the school was being payed significantly more than the female staff

The Dutchss. Poker flat is a sinful town full of improper people, but John Oakhurst is a good man. My first reason for thinking that John Oakhurst is an outcast is that he is a kind and caring person. For example whenever Mr. Oakhurst, The Dutchess, Mother Shipton, and Uncle Billy meet Tom Simson and Piney Woods at the camp, Mr. Oakhurst doesn’t want Piney and Tom to come with them because he knew it would be dangerous and didn’t want anything to happen to them. Mr. Oakhurst had feelings just

I am interested in attending the Marist Criminal Justice summer program because I want to learn more about the many careers in the criminal justice field. A criminal justice-related career is typically displayed on television on shows like “Bones” and “NCIS.” These shows probably do not accurately portray what a job in the criminal justice field is really like because they are meant for entertainment. I’m hoping to learn more about the realistic side of criminal justice in the Marist program. What

eldest. Her father, Henry Ludington was a farmer and a military officer, and her mother, Abigail, stayed home with their children. Henry and Abigail were first cousins, and six years apart in age. Soon after she was born, Sybil’s family moved to Dutchess County, New York. There, her father served in the military for more than sixty years. Sybil’s main role in the Revolutionary War, and the reason she’s so often referred to as “The Female Paul Revere”, was the night of April 26, 1777. Loyalists

some. As an agricultural area, Dutchess County in New York’s Hudson Valley has some of the most beautiful land you’ll ever set your eyes on. (TraveleChannel.com 1). The Hudson Valley is deserving of this title by a well-known website and channel on cable television. Even though I have lived here my entire life, and I am still in awe of the fall beauty. Apple picking is a popular activity, during this time people gather their friends and family and head to the nearest apple orchard on the weekend

Have you ever thought about what living in a world with talking animals and foods that can change your size would be like? Well, in the book, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, the main character, Alice, falls down a rabbit hole into Wonderland, a place filled with strange people, animals, and odd encounters with these characters. Some major events in this story are when Alice first finds the door to the garden, drinks the strange liquid so she would shrink, then she meets the Cheshire

Oakhurst, The Dutchess,and Mother Shipton. The people of the town judged these people based on their jobs and stuff they believe or a rumor. “A secret committee had determined to rid the town of all improper persons” (Harte 1). The people of this town believed getting

bad situation. My nana, Bea, was born September 8, 1945 in Manhattan, New York City. She was taken from her mom when she was four years old because of abuse and neglect. Due to her mother’s alcoholism she was sent to live with her grandparents in Dutchess County New York. After her grandmother passed away when she was

at the mouth of the Hudson. Ellis Island became, in many ways, the focal point of New York City in these years, and of the Hudson River. Settlers and immigrants flocked into the lower New York counties, namely Westchester, Putnam, Rockland and Dutchess and expanded the populations of towns such as Ossining, Peekskill, Hartsdale, Yonkers and Poughkeepsie. As they did this they also brought their cultures with them. (History of Westchester County, New York, Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms

When I woke up this morning I didn’t feel like myself. My head was aching from all of the tears. My brain was spinning, wondering how and why I did what I did. And my heart was so heavy, a feeling that is indescribable until you experience it. It took a couple hours for me to finally muster the courage to read your email. Not even a sentence through and the tears were streaming down my face. It was the sweetest and most heartbreaking letter I’ve ever read. I knew right away that the story expressing

and astronomer Galileo Galilie were drastically different despite living in roughly the same time period, a time of scientific revolution and witch hunts. Fairfax's manuscript Demonlogia: A Discourse on Witchcraft and Galileo's letter to the Grand Dutchess Christina on the surface have nothing in common with each other. They both illustrate the drastically different world views of their author and each one's different approaches in providing evidence for their claims. Ultimately despite their individual

On Saturday, November 11, I attended a performance of Cabaret at Dutchess Community College. This musical is set in Berlin, 1931 Germany pre World War I as the Nazis are rising to power. It takes place in a nightclub, the Kit Kat Klub and revolves around an American writer named Cliff Bradshaw and his relationship with an English cabaret performer, Sally Bowles. The cast features six major characters: Sally Bowles, the headlining British singer at the Kit Kat Klub, the Emcee, or the Master of Ceremonies

Catherine was one of the daughter of a poor howard lord. After her mother 's death, Catherine was sent to live with her fathers step mother the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk. The dutchess housed many other young women of poor parents, and her household lack discipline. Catherine was involved with two men during her time in the Dutchess household. Her uncle Norfolk brought her to court to serve Anne of Cleves. He then encouraged her to become the king 's mistress. After Henry divorce Anne of Cleves, he married

For example, when the gambler sends Tommy off with the snow shoes, he agrees to go part of the way with him and then return to the group. However, time passes and John Oakhurst does not return. Both Piney and the Dutchess end up dying in the camp while waiting for the return of John. The narrator then reveals that John Oakhurst has in fact taken his own life. “And pulseless and cold, with a Derringer by his side and a bullet in his heart, though still calm as in

Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) President Franklin D. Roosevelt was one of the most important figures of the 20th century and the most accomplished leader since Abraham Lincoln. President Roosevelt has been recognized as implementing the foundation to make America into a “Superpower” (U.S.News.com). Commonly referred to as FDR, President Roosevelt is the only United States President to serve three terms; giving him a total of twelve years in office. Born January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York as

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in his persuasive speech, “The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself” (1933), proclaims to the American people that fear itself, is the biggest obstacle they will face. Franklin D. Roosevelt establishes and upholds his thesis through metaphors, parallelism, and pathos. Roosevelt's purpose throughout the speech is to influence all the government and Americans of the nations, that their common difficulties concerned only material things. Franklin D. Roosevelt is addressing

Franklin D. Roosevelt was in his second term as legislative leader of New York when he was chosen as the country's 32nd president in 1932. With the nation buried in the profundities of the Great Depression, Roosevelt promptly acted to reestablish open certainty, declaring a bank occasion and talking straightforwardly to people in general in a progression of radio communicates or "fireside visits." His aspiring slate of New Deal projects and changes reclassified the part of the central government