greater understanding of their own context and wider human society. William Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Charles Dickens’ novel A Tale of Two Cities each involve the structure of society becoming fluid due to the onset of chaos. They examine the effects of this chaos upon human nature and also individual reactions to such a state of disarray. Furthermore, they display the ways in which a chaotic surrounding can act as a catalyst for one to undergo the discovery of power, and reinterpret their…
Second wave feminism began to shine a light on the discrimination that women faced in society and led to many organizations and movements. The women’s liberation front, dedicated to total liberation of women in the united states, first began its crusade in 1968. Their unity encouraged women to ban together by protesting their inequalities through the burning of bras and other feminine products. With second wave feminism aligning their cause with the civil rights movement, a measure to have…
Six hundred and twenty thousand men died in the American Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in United States history. Brother fought brother and father fought son in the conflict that split the nation in half over slavery. One hundred fifty three years since the end of the Civil War, racism still persists throughout American society. Why, after all these years, does hate continue to pervade this great nation? Why was this disgrace not dealt with immediately after the Civil War, during…
His most supreme and lasting influence he brought to the world was the extension of Greek culture. When Alexander started his campaign it was actually more like a crusade. He wanted to avenge the Persian invasion of Greece and the destruction they caused. After this mindset had passed he wished to extend the Hellenistic culture throughout the world. When he conquered peoples he brought the life of the Greeks to them…
World War II, birth rates soared as Americans returned from the military. In result, the “baby-boom” created a large cohort of teenagers by the late 1950s and it became the leading edge of a new youth culture. Civil Rights Era: The Civil Rights crusade was led by African Americans and they constituted the majority of its participants. It embraced leaders like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Civil Rights organizations like the NAACP and Black Panthers had different visions, but overall, they…
During the Cold War, the Marshall Islands served as a nuclear testing ground; sixty seven nuclear bombs were detonated by the United States government (17). On the 1st of March 1954 a hydrogen bomb, called Bravo was dropped on the Bikini Atoll (11). The bomb was dropped regardless of weather forecasts that predicted winds which would blow the radioactive fallout over much of the surrounding islands and the island’s inhabitants. The consequences that followed the explosion left the indigenous…
acknowledged there racial superiority, and in the American colonies centuries later they would follow those same footsteps. Colonies established in American by Britain also sided with the great tales. People of higher influence/social class had much effect on this as well from historians, scientists, scholars, philosophers, writers, and poets on both sides of the western and eastern hemisphere supported these tales of racial greatness. English who believed they were a superior set of people let…
Throughout history, numerous societies have dealt with many struggles and conflicts. Global pandemics and climate change are just two of these struggles that society still deals with today. History, particularly the historic backgrounds of ancient, medieval, and modern times, can educate people on solutions to these problems. First, Jared Diamond explains how climate change influences lifestyles of the ancient Maori and medieval Greenland Norse. Second, Richard A. Muller addresses the dangers of…
Under the guise of sarcasm and an erratic and fantastical plot, Voltaire’s Candide examines human nature and the human condition in the context of an 18th century France. This is done so not only through the derision of philosophical positions such as Optimism and Pessimism, but also of the religious intolerance of that day. It may seem at first that Voltaire views humanity in a dismal light and merely locates its deficiencies, but in fact he also reveals attributes of redemption in it, and thus…
of wealth and power within and between countries “The core critique of the imperialism theses was that the developing countries had established a relationship of subordination…” Muyale (1998) accurately observes the overpowering effects of globalization thus, “the effect of globalization has had on culture is immense and diverse. It has affected people’s cultural behaviors in different ways. People have had to change their living ways”. In addition (Cavanaugh and Mader, 2002) says that media is…