Alexandra of Denmark

Introduction The LEGO Group, a popular company based in Billund, Denmark, has been in the toy industry for over 80 years. The company was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen and was passed down for generations to its recent owner, Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen. The word 'lego' is originated from a Danish word 'Leg Godt', which in other words also means 'play well'. Lego toys are popular among kids, teenagers and even adults. Their products are sold all around the world such as Australia, Singapore…

Heroes in society are there for people to look up to, and believe in as something bigger than normal people. Heroes can be anyone in the society, not only ones as strong and mighty as Beowulf or Batman. Heroes like Beowulf and Batman are not needed in society because they come from books that are based on fiction. In the real world, heroes tend to be more like soldiers, firefighters, policemen, teachers, parents or even sports players. These people are more realistic heroes that we look up to…

The Viking Age is known as the period that existed from the late 8th century through the mid-11th century. It is the historical era that recognizes the birth of the vicious Vikings of Scandinavia, and their overseas and river conquests and raids throughout Western Europe. Now, extensive historical research along with important, yet limited, archaeological evidence has resulted in the emergence of various hypotheses explaining what may have caused, or rather, contributed to the Viking Age,…

Denmark Denmark is native to Europe Denmark is a very unique place in its own way. It has a beautiful history, and is very different from the United States. It’s history, religion and government etc. has it’s own traditions that have been around for years Denmark is one of the oldest states in Europe and the oldest kingdom in the world. Nordic country and a sovereign state. It emerged in the 10th century. Denmark in danish is pronounced” Danmark”. The current monarch, Queen Margrethe II, can…

Sweden has long been known to be a neutral country in wars and has not been involved in any wars for over two hundred years. The citizens of Sweden enjoy a strong economy, higher education and health care, and an extremely low crime rate. Home of the Nobel Peace Prize, Sweden strives for equality and peace in their own nation and throughout the world. Sweden may be one of the most desirable countries due to its stable economy and welfare systems. Motivated to improve the lifestyle of all…

With the portrayal of VIkings in modern media, it is hard to come up with an accurate representation of who the vikings were. Too often, many simply see Vikings who were barbarians who attacked coastal villages and monasteries for the pleasure of it. However, this is not the case; the Viking Age, which lasted from the 8th century CE to the 12th century CE, saw a time where the Viking culture and influence grew rapidly, and the Viking people spread throughout Europe and the North Atlantic. The…

Norway The geological aspect of Norway is very interesting. Norway is part of a section of land called Scandinavia. Scandinavia is a cluster of three nations; Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. Norway is west of Sweden and north of Denmark, west of Norway there is the Norwegian Sea. Along the entire coast there are some short and long canals breaching into the land called fjords. Fjords are inlets of water that open up to a portion of land. The longest known fjord is 110 miles long. The entire…

The Grief of Hamlet and Samuel Johnson In Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Hamlet’s murder of his father, the King of Denmark, spun him into bitter grief and he became weary of the world, which seemed to him as an “unweeded garden, where all the wholesome flowers were choked up, and nothing but weeds could survive” (Lamb & Lamb, 2010, p. 321). Comparably, Samuel Johnson grieved the death of his wife, Tetty and eighteen year later, his sadness is as intense as the day she perished, as Johnson wrote,…

3.) Literature View In this section, we are going to apply three main frameworks: “SWOT”, “PESTEL” and “Porter 's 5 Forces” as fundamental then to analysis the LEGO business situation and to provide the information which relates patent issue in summarized. First of all, we will analysis the social, technology and legal factors in PESTEL. Now we know the existing core patent problem of infringing patent in LEGO products are from existing main competitors and China factories. In technology, the…

In the play Macbeth, William Shakespeare uses the Aristotelian definition of a tragic hero as a guideline for the characters and their tragedies. Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero is someone of nobility who has a tragic, fatal flaw. He believed that there are three characteristics of a tragic hero: Hamartia, hubris, and peripeteia. Hamartia is a tragic flaw that causes the downfall of a hero; hubris is excessive pride and disrespect for the natural order of things; peripeteia is the…