Classical antiquity

The Persian Wars between the Greeks and the Persians of the Achaemenid Empire at the beginning of the fifth century BC. They are triggered by the revolt of the Asian Greek cities against the Persian domination, the intervention of Athens in their favor causing retaliation. The two military expeditions of the Achaemenid sovereigns Darius I and Xerxes I constitute the main military episodes of this conflict; they are concluded by the spectacular victory of the European Greek cities led by Athens…

Antonin Dvorak vs. Howard Shore What makes a great composer, one who will stand the test of time and create sounds that evoke feelings such as love, anger, happiness, or sadness inside the listener? While listening to various classical music pieces, one might discover that, although composers develop their own distinct characteristics while creating various, new styles unique to their own individuality, they have many well-defined similarities. The time period in which the composition was…

In Eduardo Kohn’s “How Dogs Dream”, Kohn delves into the life of the Upper Amazonian Runa and attempts to analyze dogs’ dreams by understanding the relationship of the Runa with other lifeforms. Unlike previous frameworks of anthropology, Kohn focuses not only on “the human” and their interpretation of their culture, but Kohn studies the interactions between humans and the nonhuman selves of the Amazon. The core mission of anthropology seeks to understand the differences of language, culture,…

The complex narrative structure of The Heart of a Dog, as Schneider rightly observes, can be incorporated into the reading for a ‘range of interpretations’. Building upon his examination of the ‘close association between character and narrative style’, an argument can be brought forward that the novella gives rise to criticism of how the ‘Other’ – in this case, the animal – is treated. It is important to understand how the narrative changes are achieved through the shifting of diegetic level…

Athens and Sparta have a lot of differences and similarities they were very close look at a map, but they were very far apart of how they lived and what they believed in. The one thing that was very similar to them were their forms of government. Between both, they had an Assembly, with members that were elected by the people. Sparta was ruled by two kings that ruled until they died or were forced out. Athens was ruled by Archons, who were elected annually. Athens government had leaders who were…

Planets. In his life before The Planets, he composed works such as First Suite in E-flat for Military Band, St Paul's Suite, and In the Bleak Midwinter. Holst wrote The Planets suite during 1914-1916. This suite was a cultural shift in the world of classical music…

Historically speaking the play Antigone was always a form of propaganda against Thebes. The Athenians at the time were encouraged to demonstrate against Thebes’s culture i. On one hand Sophocles’ plays can be described as a cultural protests against the tyranny of the Theban government; And on another they can be considered as Sophocles weapons of choice as a deviation from the Theban style of writing and creating a new identity to the Athenian plays .He achieves this by radically changing the…

Plot of the Movie A Beautiful Mind is a biographical movie shot in 2001 by an American director Ron Howard. It is based on the story of the American mathematician John Nash, who was a Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics. The main actor Russell Crowe, starring as the professor J. Nash, is the promising scientist that demonstrates success in mathematics. He wins the famous scholarship at Princeton University (Lee, 2009), where he creates interesting concepts. Meanwhile, Nash starts working for the…

Athens and Sparta are the two most well known poleis of ancient Greece and each was known for the structure of its society. In this essay I will discuss how people in those societies obtained the right to participate in public life and make community decisions, identify who held public office, and how public office holders were elected. How those two societies were similar and how they differed will also be discussed throughout this essay. Both Athens and Sparta had a societal structure based…

Rene Descartes as a famous philosopher, mathematician and scientist in seventieth century has introduced a new method for recognising and distinguishing truth from untruth. Descartes believed that this method could be useful for every body since reason is same for all people. The aim of this essay is to demonstrate Descartes’ method in three parts. In the first part it will explain that what Descartes’ method is. In the second part, it will explain the philosophical meaning of this method. And…