CAT 2:RevolutionsAnnotated Graphic Exercise:The Tennis Court Oath by Jacques-Louis David is perhaps the most prominent piece of artwork that captures the event that occurred on the 20th June 1789. It was at Versailles on this day that members of the clergy and the third estate met and excluding one person, made the solemn oath ‘not to disperse but to meet wherever circumstances demand, until the Constitution of the realm has been set up and consolidated on... 

Fantasy fiction was established in modern times as a popular genre, for most readers, by the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. Tolkien's two classics, The Hobbit (1937) and the three volumes of The Lord of the Rings (1954-5), created the format of extensive adventures set in a world similar to that of ancient legend and fairytale, and populated by creatures such as elves, dwarves, trolls, wizards, and talking dragons, as well as hobbits and humans. The success of... 

The main controversy over Napoleon is if he was a friend or enemy to the French people. Napoleon's prosecutors said that he destroyed the civil liberties of the French people. They also think that he started unnecessary wars of aggression. Another argument is that he ruled above the law like a absolute monarch. People on the defending side of Napoleon say that he saved France from a near anarchic situation in France. He extended the French territory to bring... 

In the preface to The Forsyte Saga (1922) John Galsworthy remarks of his title: 'the word Saga might be objected to on the ground that it connotes the heroic' How the mighty have fallen! At the start of the twenty-first century, in literary circles, the word 'saga' is, if not exactly contemptuous, belittling. We have Aga sagas, even lager sagas, and of course, family sagas. For most of us, the label 'family saga' brings to mind a long, possibly rather trashy,... 

The other day, I read a report in the local newspaper of the American city where I live. A 19-year-old youth who had just split up with his girlfriend went home and took his father's revolver, returned to the girl's house, and murdered her and a friend she had called over to talk about the break-up. No, actually I made that up (never trust a crime writer), but if you read a headline like that, what would interest you most about the story? The drama, the violence,... 

The Role of Miracles and the Supernatural in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages Supernatural events and miracles are very common in medieval lierature. Many of these miracles were used for common purposes, which were to provide examples of an ideal Christian way of life and promote conversion to Christianity. They do this by writing about miracles that punished people who acted improperly, miracles that took place to reward Christians for doing good deeds,... 

Only thirty years after the Piedmontese army marched into Rome to unite Italy under one government, the country suddenly found itself on the brink of the twentieth century and a rapidly changing world. The twentieth century would mark the beginning of great changes throughout Europe, and Italy would not be left untouched. What set the stage for these changes, though, were the years just prior to, and directly after 1900. The decade before 1900 can be thought...