Canonical

Describe the background of this person: Mary Mackillop was born on the 15th of January 1842, in Fitzroy Melbourne, the eldest of eight children. She was well educated by her father, who unfortunately lacked finial awareness so would often travel without a home. She was born into a catholic family. Her mother was called Flora and her father Alexander, both who had migrated from Scotland to Australia. Describe the context in which this person was living: The Mackillop children experienced an…

Modern society typically uses the term “feminism” to describe a movement, primarily dominated by women, intended to overturn the traditional patriarchal view of female inferiority—in a social, economic, or political sense—and ideally, to encourage equal standing between the sexes. However, the modern definition of “feminism” does not necessarily encompass all of the varied purposes of feminism throughout the past two centuries. The term itself “did not come into use in the English language until…

Sociologist may associate biological influences on gender with the human behaviour and the structure of the human anatomy however; some sociologist may base their sociological influences on gender with cultural and environmental factors. This associates with the “nature vs. nuture” argument, as I will be exploring and comparing sociologist views on whether biology has more of an influence on gender or sociology. From a sociologist’s point of view, sex is referred to the biological approach and…

Eighteenth century London, England was a time of great change. It is well understood that in the middle of this century Britain’s entire social landscape was altered as a result of the Industrial Revolution, and as manufacturing started to replace other forms of production and work. While there is some debate among historians regarding whether or not this process ultimately had a positive or negative impact on the people of England, a re-conceptualization of sex and sexuality is nonetheless…

“Canzoniere” was a collection of 366 poems and 317 were in sonnet form. He was an early practitioner of the form and thus he influenced many later poets and helped to popularize the form and the vernacular. Through his work, Petrarch established a canonical poetic language as well as a conventional theme. The theme that Petrarch used for his poetry was that of being infatuated to a married woman, as it was a conventional theme in Medieval Europe, it created a worldwide recognition for the poem…

Between 2-4 CE, as the early Church was finding its footing, exorcisms were performed quite frequently. Notably, when discussing the early Church, it is done so using relatively broad observations. It is very likely that many of their practices of exorcisms did differ slightly depending on the specific institution. However, there are a significant amount of similarities in regards to this specific ritual, which allow for these conclusions. Moving forward, despite the passage of time, there were…

The future is conquered by mysterious unknowns. In a world that lives in the present, the future's outcome holds the scariest time for change that will shape society either for better or for worse. George Orwell's novel, 1984, portrays a dystopian society managed by a totalitarian government that forces their ideologies on their people in a (mainly) psychological demeanor. Essentially, it is a novel that hints at a pessimistic future that will unravel, given contemporary of society's reliance…

Before the 20th century, American residential architecture was very influenced by the European architecture, through its Victorian mansions, Italian villas, among others. However, a Chicago architect named Frank Lloyd Wright believed that his originality and creativity did not depend of Europe styles of architecture. He wanted to create a distinctly American architecture. However, he had not yet travelled to Europe until 1909, when left United States of America for the first time in order to…

In a scene from the 2006 Peruvian film Madeinusa, Don Cayo—mayor of the fictional Andean town of Manayaycuna, breaks a clay pot full of food on the ground, as a gesture that signals the beginning of tiempo santo. As they file out of church after mass, the people of the town prepare to celebrate a period that starts at 3pm on Good Friday—the time of Jesus’ crucifixion—and ends at 6am on Easter Sunday, the time of his resurrection. According to local custom, during this period there is no sin:…

Other challenges facing the KRG until recently were inflicted by internal conflict along tribal, geographic, political, linguistic and ideological divisions that led to a weaker sense of nationalism compared to their surrounding enemies, the pendulum has started to swing in the favor of the KRG recently however. (Gunter, 2008) Within the last several years the Kurdish state has been recognized as one of the most stable well governed areas in the region despite all the conflict and corruption.…