Dear the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, With the abrupt release of the statistics about the missing indigenous and murdered women and girls by the RCMP, I have growing concerns the Indigenous people’s safety. I am especially concerned by the 2009 statistic, where it was found that Aboriginal women were nearly three times more likely than non-Aboriginal women to report being victim of a violent crime. As the newly elected prime minister, I hope to see a change for Indigenous people in the duration
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Religion has played a major key role in wars and death. The Crusades were a series of wars of Christians who wanted the holy land because the Muslims had conquered Jerusalem (Holy Land) and had also conquered many other countries. With this in mind, I believe that religion did play a part in the Crusaders, for instance the “Holy Land” known as Jerusalem. European Christians fought the wars because of religion, poverty, and economic reasons. The reason for the Crusades going into war was because
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in the play Macbeth. Throughout Macbeth, the audience is given the advantage of knowing more than the characters due to Shakespeare’s technique of dramatic irony. Shakespeare has given the reader some key examples of dramatic irony throughout the first act. The most notable one is where the second witch says, “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor!”(Macbeth, 1.3.50). This is ironic because Macbeth does not know that Duncan has named him Thane of Cawdor. The witches have given Macbeth his
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The crusades began between 1096 and 1270. There were four of eight crusades that involved the Europeans. There were even crusades involved with children and women. Those who fought were called crusaders, because they vowed to “take up the cross”. Throughout the conflict of the Jews of Israel and the Palestinians, religion has played a major role and still occurring in the Holy Land today. The Holy Land was fought for religious reasons by the Muslims, Christians, and Jews during the crusades. The
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William Shakespeare has written hundreds of famous literary works. From his sonnets to his plays, each has its own unique characteristics. Often featured in his literature are tragic heroes, or virtuous characters who are destined for downfall, suffering, or defeat. The audience is often able to relate to these tragic heroes and the many trials they face. Hamlet and Macbeth are just two of Shakespeare’s plays featuring these types of heroes. Although Macbeth's flaw is often explained as vaulting
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William Shakespeare’s King Lear is one of his most famous and well-written tragedy play, and there are countless different interpretations of the play such as Lawrence Olivier, Ian Holm, and BBC’s. However Lawrence Olivier’s King Lear definitely has the most effective ending out of the three versions. Olivier uses appropriate background music; a subtle and plaintive classical tune to build the atmosphere of the scene. The costumes in Olivier’s version gives a better understanding of the characters
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Humanity’s will power and perseverance is arguably the trait that defines us as humans. As a unified race, man’s duty to himself and others is vital for survival. However, in The Tragedy of Hamlet, this belief is put to the test. The Tragedy of Hamlet is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is a story set in medieval Denmark that focuses on the protagonist Hamlet and his quest for revenge. Hamlet struggles to avenge the murder of his late father, the former king of Denmark. As time passes Hamlet
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categorized Riel as a murderer and traitor. People felt this way about him mainly due to the death of Thomas Scott, (seen as an act to add more wood to the fire), for which he was considered to be responsible for. However, Scott's death wasn’t the first time Riel had been accused of causing a death. Riel was also accused of having lead many of his followers into unnecessary battles, resulting in the deaths of both Metis and members of the
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Causes of the First Crusade The Crusades were a violent military campaign between the Latin Roman Catholic Church and the Islamic empire. According to Don Closson an author with probe ministers, there were 7 crusades in total and they lasted about 200 years. John France the author of The Crusades And The Expansion Of Catholic Christendom states that , “After the First Crusade achieved its goal, the invading Christians set up several Latin Christian states. Because of this Muslims in the region
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Intro. Louis Riel was one of the people that was important during the red river rebellion. Riel was a french canadian mati. After his education in montreal he went back to his homeland only to find some servaiers who were surveying the land where he lived. He decided that he was going to rise up against the canadian government and stop them from giving their land away. Body. 1. One of the reasons why Louis Riel is sort of a big deal is because he defended the land of the mati and he even got John
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