Aristocracy

Newland Archer, a high-class man living in late-1800s New York, is engaged to the wealthy aristocrat May Welland. Just after a previous affair with a woman, Newland is trying to get by in life. Dealing with all of the ups and downs of New York, Newland also tries to get by all of the drama and high class “rules” of living. Soon May’s cousin Ellen Olenska, who was married to the Polish Count Olenski, shows up to town after marriage problems. The townspeople’s thoughts of her are debatable and her…

Many changes came about in 19th century America: changes which clearly affect Inman and Ada in Cold Mountain. Two significant changes can be seen in the roles of women in society, and a transition away from the classical “Southern way of life”. With men off at war, the roles of women changed drastically during this time. They were no longer able to simply be the traditional housewife: they were forced to take on new responsibilities in order to simply sustain themselves. This time was also a…

Throughout the second world war, the United Kingdom was kept stable due to their Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. Winston Churchill used powerful speeches a medium for encouraging his people. Despite being born into aristocracy, Churchill was still a self-made man. He portrayed leadership not only in governing his country, but in himself by overcoming obstacles including a speech impediment to not being particularly courageous. Churchill has gone down in history as a figurehead of hope, and…

The Federalists and Democratic- Republican Parties had many different views but one of the main differences were their view of how we should have the government be governed. The Federalists believed in the rule of the wealthy. The Democrat- Republicans believed in the idea of rule of the people or democracy. In this paper I will tell you about the similarities and differences about the views of how the government should be represented. The Federalists believed in the idea of the rule of the…

During the republican era of Rome, the people were granted representation in government. The government was separated into three sectors, elected magistrates, senate, and popular assemblies. The elected magistrates are civil officers with varying degrees of power, the powers starting with dictators on the top, below the dictator follows, censor, consul, curule, aedile, and finally praetors. The senate was made up of elite and veteran politicians appointed by the consuls and censors, and they…

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houses in the Victorian Era were symbols of status and wealth. Edgar Allen Poe uses the idea of the uncanny to describe the house and this paints it in an unsettling air. In doing so, the house itself becomes a living representation of the decay of aristocracy and a warning against vesting too much interest into those ideas. Towards the end of the short story, following the death of Roderick Usher’s sister Madeline, Roderick begins a descent into insanity. Usher tells the narrator: “Movements in…

Young people are the future of a country and how the countries educates their youth would mostly have a far-reaching impact of their own fates. This essay would explain how the rules for educating young children differed in Tokugawa Japan, 19th-century America, and Iran in the 1980s were deeply influenced by its culture. First of all, the recruitment range of students are slightly different in these countries. For basic education, it is interesting that the nearly widest recruitment range is…

I take no issue with the concept of de over bloodshed. Although do take some argument with it being affixed to the junzi. Aristotle does something similar with the aristocracy of the Greek polis so I also refute his concept of lead by nobility example. The issue that I have with the junzi or aristocracy leading by example is that it pervades a form of elitism. An unqualified elitism I might add because it has been my experience often where the layman has demonstrated more dedication…

When Aristotle described man as a political animal in The Politics, he set the standard for political debate for years to come while initiating a notion that politics is an inherently natural, necessary and good thing. Aristotle set man apart from other animals due to logos, their ability to perceive and express rationality through speech. This description of man as a ‘political animal’ has many implications for Aristotle’s views on participation in politics. He stresses the importance of the…