A Great and Terrible Beauty

The life of Cleopatra was a unique one at best, commonly known for her beauty and lesser known for her strong leadership skills. One could argue that she was a strong female role model, but her actions contradict those arguments as she was quite the temptress when it came to powerful men. Cleopatra’s story starts when father Ptolemy XII Auletes who was given power over Egypt upon Alexander the Greats death. Oddly enough Cleopatra’s family wasn’t of Egyptian descent, they were of the Macedonian…

The Chinese Acrobatic Ballet has successfully recreated a version of a classic ballet, Swan Lake. They incorporated acrobatic moves and tricks, meanwhile, still using the original music and proper ballet technique. The performance has been a major topic of discussion and debate in the ballet world, concerning its label. Should it be considered ballet? Ballet has seen many transformations and alterations since it has first been recognized as ballet, is this variation a part of the growth or the…

In my opinion for New Brunswick does a terrible job at protecting our forests Less than 3% are currently protected. That is way below the bare minimum we need if we want to conserve our wildlife and wilderness values for the future. New Brunswick is second to last of all provinces in Canada in…

creation of the monster lead to William’s death. After deciding to comply with the creature’s demand for a mate, Victor’s obsessive secrecy changes to an obsessive fear. Victor’s procrastination and avoidance of fulfilling his promise causes him great distress. “I had now neglected my promise for some time, and I feared the effects…

My journey here has been extremely tough, frankly I don’t really know how I survived it all. Thankfully, the gods found some mercy in their hearts to let me live. I was met again with death, but that will not stop me; I am forever determined to make my way back to my home, Ithaca. Once I found my way to land, my dream that once felt so far away wasn’t anymore. I knew that if I was able to survive my first night there without anybody or anything finding me, I would have a good chance. So I…

In The Second Shepherd 's Play, and Shudraka 's The Little Clay Cart two different attitudes toward children emerge. Both are based strongly in religious custom, emphasize the importance of a child 's potential, and demonstrate how both societies greatly depend on the success of their children. However, Hinduism and medieval Christianity differ greatly in many aspects, such as a child 's role in the family and community, the education of their children, and how their child 's gender will impact…

and increase quality to exceed her damaging past. Instead of her despising Albert they become great friends. Nevertheless, this novel has educated me on a couple of lifetime teachings. Getting to be more seasoned I was taught that everything happens on purpose. I find that announcement to be untrue. Everything happens as per your activities. It relies on upon whether it is for the great or the terrible. It all begins with you and how you lead the circumstance. You need to take in your own…

FIN. In this world, I find many things beautiful, world, nature, laughter, storytelling. Yet the most outstanding beauty I find is in relationships. There are many factors that makes up what we define as a relationship. The manners, traditions, tones, and lastly the feelings and the thoughts towards that person. Have you ever caught yourself, kindly smiling when you see a happy family walking and laughing down the road? Or the times you have a Christmas dinner with family and the wide and long…

In the ancient Greece, where legends of men turned into history such as the mighty Spartans or the Athenians had many vast historical documentations in that time. All about great kings, strong warriors, or generals or lastly intellectual minds like philosophers all have one thing in common they are male. The further into the history of man there was only one question that came up. What about the woman of Sparta and Athens? Delving in discovering how women 's roles were very set or differed…

Remember a time when your day was just terrible, nothing was going right on account that you were sick. You felt awful and even though you were prescribed some medication it still didn’t seem to be getting any better. An illness is an abnormal process in which aspects of the social, physical, emotional or intellectual condition and function of a person are diminished or impaired compared with that person’s pervious condition. (Mosby, Inc, 2013). There are not much people that live in this world…