Richard essay topics

You are welcome to search the collection of free essays and research papers. Thousands of coursework topics are available. Buy unique, original custom papers from our essay writing service.

42 results found, view free essays on page:

  • Back To Our Hotel Richard
    1,105 words
    The first time I rode in a police car was about a year ago in Myrtle Beach. My friend Richard and I were there for about a week before senior week. On about our third day we found a seller of questionable goods and Richard bought some of his merchandise. Little did we know that it would come back to bite us. On our way back to our hotel Richard, in his eternal wisdom, said, "Hey I've got it, let's go get trashed and wander around!" Of course, I'm always one to get along. So I said, "Okay!" We me...
  • Actual Events Of History
    1,392 words
    Out of the Shadows of Time By Brittany Zit tel Applied History 7th Period 5 October 1999 A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! King Richard V, iv The playwright William Shakespeare made King Richard out to be a baneful villain, but he was not such in real life. Richard, brother and successor to Edward IV, came to power purely by the passage of the Parliamentary Act Titulus Regius, which named the two sons of Edward IV illegitimate and also declared Richard as the true heir. His two nephews, ...
  • Racism Towards Richard
    965 words
    "Come ova here and do yo work boy!"Did you address me with a sir boy?" This is something a racist white man or female might say to a young black boy in the South. How would one feel if they were treated differently just because of their race? Would it have immediate and long term effects on one's life? The two statements above are examples of how people talk to their labeled inferiors. In this case, this pertains to the autobiographical book Black Boy, written by Richard Wright. This relates to ...
  • Prince John Robin Hood
    1,388 words
    Ivanhoe Written by Sir Walter Scott Narrative Text Structure Characters: Wilifred of Ivanhoe Maurice De Bracy King Richard "Black Knight" Prince John Robin Hood "Locksley" Isaac of York, the Jew Cedric the Saxon Lady Rebecca, daughter of Isaac of York Sir Brian de Bois-Gilbert Lady Rowena Reginald Front-de-Boeuf Wamba, the jester Sir Philip Malvoisie Gurth, servant to Wilifred of Ivanhoe Templar Friar Tuck Location: England, more specifically- "In that pleasant district of merry England which is...
  • Money And Riches
    1,391 words
    People live life wanting everything they can't afford. Millions of Americans idealize famous movie actors and musicians, and wish to aspire to that degree of wealth. Many people are envious of such billionaires as Bill Gates, and tell themselves they could have done that. Everyone wants to be rich. They feel that if they had all the money they wanted, they could truly be happy. The truth is that money and riches really don't bring anyone an unsurpassable or measureless amount of happiness. For e...
  • American Dream
    1,002 words
    Introduction: What is the American dream 1. Rags to Riches theme 2. Social side. 3. Discrepancy between the illusion and reality 4. The influence of recent history events on American Literature +Glass Menagerie example Conclusion: William Faulkner encouraging speech The American Dream is an alliance / combination of spiritual desire; the material enterprise / adventure and the quest for freedom and equality that led to the founding of this nation. ( = a mixture of what early settlers dreamed of ...
  • True Character Of Richard
    3,275 words
    How didst thou sway the theatre! Make us feel The players wounds were true, and their swords, steel! Nay, stranger yet, how often did I know When the spectators ran to save the blow Frozen with grief we could not stir away Until the epilogue told us twas a play. From the point of view of an actor, playing the part of Bolingbroke or Richard is a daunting task. There are a number of ways in which an actor prepares to assume a characters role, but many of these methods are wanting in certain areas....
  • Richard's Lacking Of Intimacy
    622 words
    Rose English 1 B 4/12/05 Expectations Fulfilled When one hears stories about cheating, automatically the first response that the individual will have is that the person who cheated is heartless. Oftentimes people have mistakenly misjudged the person who has cheated on their loved one. There is always another disclosed side of the story of the deceitful person. For instance, in "The Bridges of Madison County", Francesca Johnson is a woman who has encountered a non-intimacy life and lacks exotic n...
  • Map Of The Beach By Rich
    1,583 words
    The beach 1. people- Richard: a british traveller, who comes to Bangkok and gets a map to a secret hidden beach. He has seen every movie about Vietnam, and he sometimes believes being there. He also is addicted to video games. - Daffy Duck: the man who gives Rich the map; he had been on the beach before and had left it for some reason. After his death, he often appears in Richs daydreams. He always speaks about Vietnam, and he knows everything before it happens. - Etienne and Francoise: a french...
  • Richard
    868 words
    Childhood is a time of sunny days. Sweet breezes blow friendly cloud shapes across the deep blue sky. The days are never-ending-joy-a black canvas to paint with beautiful memories - - unless your childhood was Richard Wright's. His youth was a cold bleak existence, carved with hatred and overlaid with hunger. There seemed to be little hope for one born to such a lot. For it was not to the caring bosom of his family that Richard could turn. And the hard, unfeeling eyes of the world were turned aw...
  • Influence On Richard
    309 words
    I read the autobiography, Black Boy. It was written by Richard Wright. Further information about the author will be in the following paragraphs. The publication date of this book was 1945. The autobiography I read didn't give enough information about the birth and death dates of my author. He was born on September 4, 1908 and died on November 28, 1960. Some places associated with the author are Jackson, Mississippi, Memphis Tennessee, and Elaine, Arkansas. The early goals of the author is basica...
  • Two Best Film Versions Of Richard
    1,346 words
    Richard Sir Laurence Olivier vs. Ian McKellan OUTLINE: Introduction 1. Presentation of the Play 2. Background 3. The Grand Finale Conclusion INTRODUCTION It seems that modern Hollywood filmmakers are as much in love with Shakespeare's plays as were the 16th century audiences who first enjoyed them. Recent updates of Hamlet (1996) and Romeo and Juliet (1996), both highly successful movies, bear this out, as well as the two best film versions of Richard ; Sir Laurence Olivier's 1954 "period piece"...
  • Richard's Success In Writing
    306 words
    Bruce Bryant 9/9/0415/16 English II " He came like a sledge sledgehammer, like a giant out of a mountain with a sledgehammer, writing with a sledgehammer... ". - John Henry Clark This quote has a very important meaning because it defines the meaning of Richard Wright's story BlackBoy. This quote and the story both have something in common, such as the first line of the quote that talks about how some person came like a sledgehammer. This line corresponds to how Richard was growing up. He was bro...
  • Richard Arzu Underwent A Surgical Procedure
    579 words
    Richard Arzu vs. Frank Arzu and Estanisalo Arzu 597 N.Y.S. 2d 322 Brief PROCEDURAL HISTORY: Richard Arzu brought action against his father, Frank Arzu, and step-mother, Estanisalo Arzu, alleging misrepresentation and fraud in connection with a medical malpractice action settlement monies which Frank entrusted to his father; and seeking compensatory damages and related relief. The Supreme Court, Bronx County, Silver J., vacated ex parte order of attachment against defendants' real and personal pr...
  • Good Knight Couldnt Help Richmond
    3,023 words
    John And The Rebels: Act V Of Tragedy Of Richard Rewritten As A Narrative For A Ten-year-old. The boy-page held the tent flap open as Richmond and his officers emerged out. They had been occupied in there since the messenger came with the letter from Stanley and had not emerged for hours afterwards. The page had waited obediently; making sure that no one interrupted the counsel. As Richmond came out, his kind eyes fell on the boy and he greeted him with a warm smile, Hello John. He remembers my ...
  • Right Thats Right Except My Son John
    1,011 words
    Run Away with the Money It was a blustery day in Boston, Massachusetts in the early 1800's. A rowdy looking sailor stepped out of his cabin, walked across the deck of his boat, and jumped onto the dock. He had just found out that some people from China would pay quite a nice sum for ginger and ginseng. His only problem was that he needed more money to be able to finance his trip to the West Indies. He wandered through the town until he tripped on someones cane. Oh my! Im so sorry about that, sta...
  • Richards Photographs
    446 words
    A freelance photographer, writer and a teacher, Eugene Richards is a storyteller of the common people. Twice named U.S. magazine photographer of the year, he is often considered one of the worlds best documentary photographers for his hard hitting explorations of our society. Richards currently works with Time Life, national history and the New York Times and is the author of nine books including below the line, American we and the knife and gun club. All in which he uses a combination of photog...
  • Serial Murderer Richard Ramirez Claims
    924 words
    Serial murderer Richard Ramirez claims to be the right hand man of Satan. During the time of the Roman Empire, a carpenter named Jesus claimed to be the son of God. Many ridiculed him and others believed him. Several people, according to oral traditions, believed Jesus was simply a man who had gone mad. Others believed in him and became his followers. He was given a death sentence ordered by Pontius Pilot on behalf of the people. It seemed the majority thought that Jesus should die. There was no...
  • Children Play In Richard
    2,240 words
    TERM PAPER IDEAS AND OTHER TOPICS FOR TERM PAPER IDEAS AND OTHER TOPICS FOR WRITING 13. Were the Elizabethans more bloodthirsty or tolerant of violence on stage than we are? In addition to the visible bloodletting, there is endless discussion of past gory deeds. Offstage violence is even brought into view in the form of a severed head. It " 's almost as though such over-exposure is designed to make it ordinary. At the same time, consider the basic topic of the play, the usurpation of the crown o...
  • Richard Wright
    1,729 words
    Black Boy Essay The famous American writer Richard Wright had a terrible upbringing. He had to deal with his fathers abandonment, his mothers abusiveness, the anxiety of constantly moving houses, and worst of all the terrible racial prejudice of his time. Wright grew up in the first quarter century of the 1900's in the most racially separated part of America, the South. The problems stemming from his family only added to the problems he faced every day for being black. Whites would abuse Wright ...

42 results found, view free essays on page: