Ambiguity

Throughout the process of historicizing the past, women are primarily left out of the history books and stories for their contribution to civilization. However through the unearthing of antiquity it is clear that women were prominent in both the advances and declines of human society and culture. Using examples from three different regions of Africa this essay will discuss the influence that women had in shaping the history of African politics, culutre, and society. Ancient Egypt is an African…

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice came out in theaters at a time when the world was beginning to change due to the power that women were given allowing them to take their lives into their own hands. The power was given to them in the form of a pill that let them dictate how they controlled their own fertility. This meant that now they had the option of choosing to take a different path than that of the traditional quintessential housewife. Before the invention of birth control which even after its…

Ambivalent Ambiguity Dawn by science-fiction novelist Octavia Butler defies the constraints of Earth, moving human issues of identity and individuality into the unknown frontier of outer space. Butler begins the novel in the aftermath of the desolation of the human species, presenting the reader with the few people saved—maybe imprisoned—by the Oankali, an extraterrestrial race. The human based necessity to retain individualism and the rejection of the new liberal mechanics of the foreign race…

Jael and Sisera and Judith Beheading Holofernes, the women appear in dominant positions over the men. However, the two women are presented very differently in the works. Both illustrate very similar Old Testament stories which involve some moral ambiguity surrounding the actions of the heroines. They offer commentary on the dubious nature of the murders in differing manners through their representations of the women, violence, bloodshed, and their settings. The engraving of Judith presents a…

To Whome We Are Devoted The appearance of Hindu temples, and the comissioned works of great leaders, all illustrate the practice of perfecting the image of religion in conjunction with shaping someones social and political image. With the emergence of major Hindu architecture, we have physical evidence of the evolution of mans relationship to god and gods, or so it would appear. This relationship to god seemed to change cross religions into a more specific devotional practice that now had…

The Scottish play written in 1606 is counted among one of Shakespeare’s Four Greatest Tragedies. Macbeth being set in a fatalistic society whilst Macbeth Re-told being set in a consumerist secular society quite obviously reflect different values and ideals however through the composers of each text we are able to gain greater insight to the universal themes that are highlighted in both texts. Macbeth, the valiant, loyal and honorable warrior. Joe Macbeth, the “cooking brave heart”, head chef,…

3.2 Hypotheses Individualism index explores the “degree to which people in a society are integrated into groups.” Individualistic societies have loose ties that often only relate an individual to immediate family. They emphasize the “I” versus the “we.” Collectivism describes a society in which tightly-integrated relationships tie extended families and others into in-groups. These in-groups are laced with undoubted loyalty and support each other when a conflict arises with another in-group…

the supernatural. The novel suggests that the key to success and happiness is to accept facts and progress forward by learning and letting go of the past. The novel can be read as a political allegory as well. The congo represents the misuse and ambiguity of new found power. When Belgium grants the Congo liberty, they are incapable of responsibly dealing with the situation. Belgium can perhaps be seen as a god like figure for the Congo, when the governing power that is Belgium releases the Congo…

knows what it is like to be afraid. Weather it be spiders or a gun, all of us fear something. But what if what we see, isn't exactly scary, what if their is nothing threatening our life but we still, feel awkward, and “Creeped out.” This is ambiguity. Ambiguity is the uncertain in the world.(McAndrew) When we see something that is ambiguous, that means that it is unnatural. Like a man wearing a unnatural mask. You can’t see his true face, his true emotions. You don’t know if this man is a threat…

Introduction: Which film? When asked to “name the film” based off of the following description: a commercially successful American production about the Vietnam War; based (loosely) on a book; prominently featuring a popular song, and directed by an Academy Award winner, the average moviegoer may be surprised to learn that two films would actually fit the bill. The first is the extremely well-known Apocalypse Now , which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola (then credited as Francis Coppola) and…