Articles: The Daily Beacon

Essays: Houston High School, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Papers: Really the same as above.

Rants: Stuff that just "happens."

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Essay for Resident Assistant Job Application: Fred Rogers

• Prompt (500 words or less): Who is one person in your life you admire and why? How would the character traits you admire in this person help you to be successful in the RA position?"
  
• "I admire Fred Rogers. Growing up in Pittsburgh was quite a neat experience, and Mister Roger's Neighborhood was an integral part of my upbringing. Through his neighborhood of make-believe and reality, I was able to learn valuable skills in working with my emotions and collaborating with other people..."
  
• Word 2003 Document 26 Kilobytes (.doc)

Three External Forces Leading to the Destruction of MacBeth

• "Like every main character in a Shakespearean tragedy, Macbeth is plagued by several forces, both internal and external, which consume him to the point that he is no longer in control of his evil motivations. Much of Macbeth’s conflict resides internally and primarily through his haste and ambition. However, there are also several external forces which lead to his act of regicide along with additional acts of destruction executed to constrain the murder of King Duncan from public knowledge. The external forces that principally move Macbeth towards his destruction include Macbeth's defeat of Macdonwald, the premonitions of the three witches, and ultimately, his wife and accomplice, Lady Macbeth."
  
• Word 2002 Document 30 Kilobytes (.doc)

The Culmination of the War of the Theatres

• "A fugue between literary figures of the sixteenth century resulted in a storm of dramas attacking combating playwrights from 1599 to 1601. Three certain dramatists and pamphleteers were unfortunate to live during the same period of Shakespeare. Their work was often offset by the fame of William Shakespeare thus causing them to conform to the same level of quality and cleverness that Shakespeare’s work exhibited. The three dramatists primarily involved in the rivalry included Thomas Dekker, John Marston and Benjamin Jonson. The culmination of this animosity, The Poetaster or, his Arraignment, exhibits Jonson’s ability to use Shakespearean form to communicate dual plots, allude to the critics of his other works, and provide a timely attack to the stage-quarrel between Ben Jonson and the so-called poetasters."
  
• Word 2002 Document 37 Kilobytes (.doc)

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