Basil II

In The Primary Chronicles, the establishment of Christianity is strategic via the characterization of two female characters, Anna and Olga. In Kievan Rus’, women are expected to be passive; they must serve their husband and worship God. The concept of passivity is widely associated with Christianity whereas activity is perceived to be pagan. Anna is a representative of this ideal because she accepts Vladimir’s marriage proposal in exchange for the conversion of Rus. Olga, on the contrary, emanates a quite violent, pagan like character when she ferociously avenges her husband 's death. In a sense, Christianity strikes a parallel to Anna while Paganism parallels Olga’s character. These seemingly different female characters share the same purpose in that they are used as tools to promote a Christian narrative. It is important to acknowledge the scribes, who purposefully write this text through a Christian lens. To complete the Christian teleology, they must reject the very hyper-masculine concept of “taking” cultures, which is associated with Paganism to contrast it with the welcoming, more feminine non-violent Christianity. Nevertheless, the monastic scribes do a sleight of hand because that they need to use the masculine, pagan culture in order to establish Christianity. While it seems like Christianity is being established through the instances in which we witness the idealized, passive acceptance values emitted by Anna and Olga, a closer examination, however, reveals that…

When grocery shopping, I prefer to buy the Dell’Amore brand, sweet basil and garlic flavored sauce, that can be found at Publix. Marinara is another expensive component of our recipe, but purchasing an Italian made sauce will create a more authentic taste and you will have extra supplies that can be used in making other recipes. When marinara is poured onto the chicken it should nearly cover the cutlets, almost creating a red layer over the meat. The sixth step is to prepare our cheese. Having…

Council of Constantinople, was required. The Council of Nicaea condemned Arius, a man who claimed that the nature of Christ was finite and lesser than Christ (Arius, 2016). The next council, that of Constantinople, condemned the heresy of Macedonius, which viewed the Holy Spirit as a power of God and inferior to the Father and Son (Simonetti, 2006, 808). Essentially, both defined the nature of Christ and the Trinity and removed heresies from the church. Unfortunately, the controversy…

equality meant liberating themselves from colonial rule. African-Americans aspired to gain the civil rights and respect they rightfully deserved as American citizens. During such a pivotal moment in time, authors across the world reported on the means by which people of afro-descent planned to achieve their goals. This analysis will focus on the work of Basil Davidson, Frantz Fanon, Jones Merriweather, and Penny Von Fischer to determine the contrasting attitudes of optimism and pessimism towards…

Herzl described at the first World Zionist meeting and he understood Herzl’s vision. The idea of a political homeland for nearly half a century remained the dream of a minority. “German and English Jewries failed Herzl,” Wise wrote in his autobiography, and “the American delegation was even more sadly inadequate than the English…” He returned to America a convinced Zionist that the ancient home in Zion could and must be rebuilt an idea that met great resistance up to and beyond World War II…

On the morning of February 19, 1942, citizens of Darwin heard the sounds of planes circling overhead, they were not fazed by this, the citizens went on with their daily lives thinking it was just the Americans but after the first bomb was dropped onto the harbor, citizens of Darwin knew it was the start of a ferocious war on Australian home soil quotes a witness from the bombing of Darwin. The Japanese did not deliberately arrange for this war to begin, yet after the Japanese attacked Timor,…

Egypt was expanded to Syria, Nubia, and farther south to the Fourth Cataract drastically improving Egyptian influence, lessening its chances of being attacked. Under Thutmose I, Egypt became the first empire to command western Asia. Not only was Egypt expanding and gaining prosperity, but it was also able to attain peace with other countries who did not dare invade. With the open of the New Kingdom and the defeat of the Hyksos, however, came a new array of enemies, one of which was the Hittites.…

Hitchcock’s Psycho, from ‘Inside Norman Bates’ and ‘The World Inside Its Image’ The benchmark of horror films could easily be Hitchcock’s most revered work ‘Psycho’ (1960). The black and white filmscape does not downplay the crimson colour of blood spiralling down the plughole after Marion’s fatal stabbing, nor the shock of Norman’s mothers sunken eye sockets. It’s 2015 and this is the first time I have properly been introduced to the film however as a testament to its making I had nightmares…

Among our most intrinsic human characteristics, we strive to express ourselves both creatively and socially. Combining these two traits creates an artistic interaction between an audience and a medium. Cinema, arguably the most visually astounding form of art, not only stimulates visually, but subjects viewers to haptic and acoustic experiences as well. The film scholar, Thomas Elsaesser, makes various points in his book “Film Theory” describing several ways in which we can experience the film…

Xenophon acquired a “taste for war and a distaste for democracy.” His hatred for Athens lead him to the next logical step: to leave Athens at all costs, even going so far as to venture outside of Greece to join Cyrus—Darius’ second son and thereby the second in line for his throne—and his army in their attempts to secure Cyrus’ kingship in Persia over his brother, the reigning king Artaxerxes II. In contrast to his decidedly negative experience amongst Athenian Greeks, Xenophon enjoyed an…