Compare and Contrast Essay

Two scientists had two contradictory theories about when people are peaceful, and when they are aggressive. One scientist’s name is Locke, and he believes that Man in our natural state are peaceful, and that society made people aggressive and hostile. The other scientist Hobbes thinks that before society Man was hostile and not honest, but because of society Man has become peaceful and cooperative. I argue that society caused the aggression that we see, and that before society Man was peaceful.…

Birds are seen in day to day life; always flying some place high above the area humans prefer to reside. They have always been a source of wonder, something many would gawk at as they soared when humankind still only dreamed of this. Though flying is now a dream achieved, birds still serve as quite a magnificent sight- which is exactly what the two authors, Audubon and Dillard, portray in their works. These two authors definitely have different styles of writing, but both do indeed tend to use…

In the 114th Surah of The Qu’ran, the Prophet is being addressed as a head and leader of a people and is commanded, “Say, ‘I seek refuge with the Lord of people, the Controller of people, the God of people’”. The three preeminent characteristics and attributes of God described here are: Kingship/Lordship, Ownership, and Holiness, which are all concerned with man taking refuge from evil within God. We described God as being omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibevolent. Both the Qu’ran and the Bible…

When we first see Creon in Oedipus the King, he is shown to be divided from the citizens of Thebes. He has a secretive, deceiving personality which stands in contrast to Oedipus. Contrast shows the difference between two objects. Whilst Oedipus is intent on saying what he means and on hearing the truth, Creon is happy to disseminate and dodge the truth. Creon is at his most dissembling in Oedipus at Colonus. His ingratiating…

There were many different ideas, between the Northern and Southern states. There was a convention, the Philadelphia Convention, where many Framers, which were people who worked in our government, came to discuss the agreements and disagreements that were bothering the government. There were many disagreements between Northern and Southern States. One of the disagreements is about tariffs. Tariffs are a tax on imported goods and products. The Northern states liked the tariffs because the…

During the Medieval period learning how to sing chants, although still not entirely correct, was such a time consuming and arduous process until the medieval music scholar and teacher Guido introduced new methods. Guido’s teaching of solmization and Guidonian hand had a major impact on the way music was practiced and learned, to the point where it contributed significantly to the notation system and methods we use today. Therefore, I will discuss, in detail, the approaches that Guido came up…

In 1924, the frightening story “The Most Dangerous Game” was written. In 1967, “Gilligan’s Island” produced an episode based on the story called “The Hunter”. Though there were many things in common, there were some major differences. In the story, the cold-blooded General Zaroff had always hunted humans on the island and went up against the also skilled hunter Rainsford, but in “Gilligan’s Island” the hunter Kincaid suddenly gets the idea to hunt the speedy and clumsy Gilligan when he arrives…

The most current form of violence that women suffered from is the physical violence imposed by the intimate partner (husbands or boyfriends). According to the UN’s numbers, on average, one in three woman is beaten during her life. In the common mind, all the men who batter their wives are acting the same and having the same issues. Two professors of psychology, Dr. Neil Jacobson and his colleague, Dr. John Gottman, studied the behavior of violent marriage and divided men who batter their wives…

The Babylonian Empire reigned during the eighteenth century, and was extremely advanced for the time period that it reigned in. They had a fair judicial system in place that offered compensation for work and punishment for wrongdoing. They also had a social hierarchical system in place that divided people into various socioeconomic classes. Though the Babylonian empire could be considered a “civilization” to an extent due to it’s advanced social hierarchy and justice system, they are not widely…

This semester we read both The Epic of Gilgamesh and Beowulf. These epic poems portray epic heroes and the stories brought hope, faith, and bravery to people. Epic heroes were and are considered legends to people in the past and in the present. These two stories main characters both are considered epic heroes who set out on quests and also have similarities to their characteristics. The Epic of Gilgamesh’s main character is Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh is the king of his city Uruk and is two-thirds…