innovations of the time, came problems. Charles Dickens conveys the issues with class distinction, arranged marriages, and the education systems that existed during the Victorian era in England in his story Hard Times and the movie Great Expectations. To start off, class distinction was a major social concept during the Victorian Era and a recurring theme in many of Dickens’s works. Once born into a particular social class, a person would typically stay in that class until they died. It was extremely difficult

From the performance by Act of Congress, I enjoyed their rendition of “Clocks” by Coldplay the most. The original composer was Chris Martin, dating back to 2002 during the early 2000s era (“Clocks (Song).”). The piece is set apart from earlier style periods because, for example, just three years before, the era of the late 90s was mostly grunge while this piece was alternative rock. It is melodic and calming, rather than unnerving and angry. Martin is just a regular person that not only created the

theme for William Shakespeare, he emphasizes how love can make one do deranged things to hold that affection. But is the only motive for marriage love? William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew is a perfect example of how men in the Elizabethan era did not marry for love but rather for the material gain or power that can be acquired with marriage. Petruchio, one of the male leads in The Taming of the Shrew, seems to be motivated in having power over his wife, Kate, in their marriage. Petruchio

movements. However in the midst of all this worldly change the lesser known changes have occurred in literature. The Harlem Renaissance tends to focus on inspiring people and the struggle of people unified by a race, but Postmodernism focuses on the feelings and the attitude of humanity. First, the Harlem Renaissance occurred around the time of the African American civil rights movement. Much of the literature was inspired by African Americans and their goals of achieving civil rights. All of these literary

paper being the National Gazette. The Era of Good Feelings (1816–1824), marked the end of the First Party System. The elitism of the Federalists had diminished their appeal, and their refusal to support the War of 1812 verged on secession and was a devastating blow when the war ended well. The Era of Good Feelings under President James Monroe (1816–24) marked a brief period in which partisanship was minimal.[49] These good feelings inspired the first short-lived "era of internal improvements" from the

Many may say George “Babe” Ruth is the greatest American baseball player of all time, but do they really know what they are talking about. To start out, the era in which Ruth played in was in the time of segregation, depression and hostility. In his era outstanding players like Willie Hays, Hank Aaron, and Sandy Koufax were stuck in the Negro leagues because of racism. Adding to that, many talented baseball players were involved in World War I; Babe was not, so technically one may consider them the

president of the United States and ended up having his face permanently plastered on the 20 dollar bill. He should not be on the 20 dollar bill because he ended the era of good feeling, was an alcoholic with anger issues, and a ruthless slaughterer of Native Americans. To begin, Jackson was responsible for ending the “Era of good Feeling” in politics by creating another political party and introducing the spoils system. “ It was settled by the Constitution,

there are many differences. Some differences include the era in which each was produced, the love story portrayed are each a bit unique, and how the role of women are portrayed. When comparing these two works, the time difference in which each was produced makes the largest impact. In the play the time takes place during the Elizabethan Age or the Renaissance Era. The clothes are very outdated to today 's modern fashion. In the Renaissance Era women dressed to “attract men” and especially unmarried