Affluence

the fashion industry as smooth as its first years in 1914. Founded by Pierre Balmain in France, the brand established quite a humongous name in the fashion industry, focusing primarily on women's wear in a more pumped up level of edge, glamour and affluence. Balmain, like any other fashion conglomerate, didn't stop at just satisfying the women's market and spawned their ventures as far as supplying men’s wear, fragrance, ready-to-wear outfits, jewelry and accessories. Balmain had carried-out…

Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical novel Persepolis received global recognition for sharing growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, and was thus turned into a film under the directing of Satrapi. The coming of age story explores many themes connected to the idea of captivity and freedom. This essay will explore captivities and freedoms within both the novel and film mediums of Persepolis, and how these two versions of the same story are capable as well as limited in exploring this…

Throughout history, the death penalty has remained a longstanding decision with no likely end in sight. As it stands, capital sentencing is still highly discretionary allowing for the affluence of extra legal factors in determining its imposition. As a capital punishment, the death penalty is only applied in cases that involve murder and some form of aggravating factor that heightens the seriousness of the crime or a crime against the state. In the 1970s, the landmark case of Furman v. Georgia…

The inequality of rights and privileges between the rich and the poor has always been prevalent in society. King Lear seems to argue this when he states how the wealthy hide their sins while the poor suffer from their own sins. I thoroughly agree with King Lear’s claim because it is evident through various pieces of literature that the rich go unpunished while the poor suffer. Through The Color of Water and The Great Gatsby, I aim to depict wealth’s ability to absolve the wealthy of sins while…

on school work instead of getting a job, or even getting to go to a military school like Moore. Having this wealth takes away the pressure of survival and allows for greater expansion of opportunities, yet, it is not absolute. A good example of affluence if when…

In Charlotte Bronte’s, Jane Eyre, her unexamined, culturally conditioned definitions of ‘success’ and ‘happiness’; shape the narrative through their contradicting definitions. According to Bronte, women have the same capacity for success and Independence as men. However, her subconscious cultural belief that a woman’s success is to be married is a contradiction of her first definition of success. This results in a struggle between these two beliefs in Jane Eyre. Furthermore, the culture…

the roles of women and men in the household, and growing and raising a family all pushed America to conform as well. Not everyone had the financial means to buy these things and not everyone was interested in doing so. Teens benefited from the affluence because they did not have to work as they…

up with this increase. Add to this, easily available credit, and an affluent society was formed, obscuring traditional class divisions and allowing wealth to control all areas of society. This also resulted in the post-war boom, where the rise in affluence led to a rise in consumerism, in which “mod cons”, such as televisions and washing machines saw an increase in ownership; as well…

After reading about P. T. Barnum and his show business, I was intrigued by how the public responded to exotic acts and how Barnum’s understanding of this desire made him a fortune. Since my young age, whenever there is a circus performance on the television, I am always most eager for the magician’s part. There is something out summoning a rose from thin air that captivates me much better than a clown’s juggling. Hence, in this paper I will explore the history of magic to seek to understand how…

oversee Egypt, little is known about Nefertiti. Specifically, the early life and origin of the former queen is often debated. Scholars have argued whom her parents were and whether she was of noble or common birth. Regardless, Nefertiti rose to great affluence and went on to produce six daughters with her husband, Pharaoh Akhenaten. By sharing the throne with her husband, Nefertiti stretched gender norms and laid a new path for how leadership of the time was conducted, specifically for women.…