Aristocracy

Women’s rights movements were mainly formed in the 1840s and 1850s; these years were the most significant in relation to these movements. Women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were prominent figures in these movements. Stanton was an eloquent strategist, orator, philosopher, and publicist of the women’s rights movement. She worked hard to end discrimination against women alongside Susan B. Anthony. As a result, Stanton was the prime mover behind the Seneca Falls Convention…

The French Revolution had a profound impact on the art world. Leading up to the French Revolution, the middle class began to rise in France. This middle class began to appreciate art, buy art, and influence art in a way that only the upper class had been able to do before. As the French Revolution began, artists were able to speak to not only the upper echelons of society, but now to a much broader group of citizens. Artists began to use their paintings and sculptures to rally the middle class…

William the Conqueror pictured (Fig 1), or should be known as King William I, had many hurdles to overcome in order to make his mark in the history books. He was born in 1028 in the city of Falaise, France but he was originally known as William the Bastard as he was the illegitimate son of the powerful Robert 1, Duke of Normandy and Herleva, a local tanner woman. Although he was illegitimate, he was born and raised to be the future Duke of Normandy, however, his ascension occurred earlier than…

In the reading The Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay All, I have learned that basically the society’s dirty work will always be done. In this reading Herbert Gans gave 12 reasons for the functions of poverty, some were good, and some were also not so important. So, as I begin this response I will discuss the ones I felt strongly about, and the ones I particularly did not like. In this reading Gans says that: “the existence of poverty ensures that society’s “dirty work” will be done. Every society…

Macbeth “With great power, comes great responsibility.” In Macbeth, the main character Macbeth comes into a great deal of power. He becomes a king but he also becomes ruthless. What started out as a quick murder plan to become king, ended up as a bloodbath in the castle. It makes one think, Did he do this because he was thirsty for power? Or were the witches prophecies inevitable? Does this relate to our society, today? Personally, I think it does not. In Macbeth, we learned that you can…

prove their “nordic” superiority. In contrast, Gatsby, living in West Egg, had not grown up in wealth, as he was the son of poor farmers in North Dakota. However, Gatsby hoped to become of the upper class, and began to learn the mannerisms of the aristocracy. Through his learned behaviors, he was able to charm Daisy through his miraj of wealth, before he was shipped to the Great War. When he arrived back to the states, Gatsby began to accumulate wealth and was able to gain notoriety, which he…

In the draft of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson condemned England for forcing slavery upon America, and then using the slaves to combat the American Revolution. He believed that slaves were justifiable enemies and that the presence of slavery would destroy the Republic. Although Jefferson believed that no man had the right to enslave another, he did not believe that Blacks were equal to whites. Slavery did in fact become a polarizing policy, and the division between Americans…

Utopia is a masterpiece of world literature written by Sir Thomas More. In the novel, Utopia is a name of an island where everything is perfect from the society to the economy. This “island” can be seen in another well-known novel called The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. There are a lot of similarities between Utopia and The Time Machine, however, the fate of the Utopian and the future mankind is contradictory. For many centuries, human has been seeking a perfect world where people can live…

28 July 1914 marked the first day of The First World War, which was in no way inevitable. It was the first major war of the industrial age, and the first ever war to be fought on a worldwide scale. A war that killed over thirty-seven million people1 and involving over 100 countries1 could have been avoided in various ways. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey, had the power to stop The First World War but made significant diplomatic mistakes that resulted in the British…

system based on leadership by people of great talent or intelligence, rather than of wealth or noble birth.” Even if it is never stated, most Western countries nowadays are using this meritocratic system, including America. It can be opposed to the aristocracy which is a government only led by a small part of individuals who become the elite. It can also be opposed to nepotism—more relevant nowadays—which applies when people with authority use it to give favour their relatives or friends. This…