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Sir Gawain’s Shame: the Transformation of a Symbol and the Loss of an Identity In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the title character Gawain faces a personal moral dilemma with very public consequences. His moral downfall takes physical form through the symbolic transformation of the gift Gawain receives from Morgan Le Fay, a green girdle. Initially, the girdle is a symbol of protection; however, when Gawain breaks his contract with the Green Knight, it becomes a symbol of personal shame. Once…

Herbert Spencer was an English sociologist who lived during the age of a new form of imperialism that swept throughout Europe. Although Spencer himself was not directly nor physically involved in these new imperialistic ways, he did author the most standout narrative for legitimizing these European imperialists: ‘Social Darwinism’. The European upper class in the 1870’s sought to extend both its economic and political power beyond their shores; and they employed this ‘Social Darwinism’–the…

“The Internet Ruined My Life,” aired on the Sci-Fi channel between March 9 and April 13, 2016. Think about it, everyday men, women, and teenagers are surfing the web, making online purchases, and posting about people, products, and places. Parents post pictures of their family and videos of happy and hilarious family antics, while others post daily and some hourly events taking place in their life. Now do a 180 degree turn and think of the pedophiles downloading and viewing these photos and…

This paper will summarize the article “The Renaissance Popes Provoke the Protestant Secession” from The March of Folly by Barbara Tuchman. Her article tells of the extravagance and negligence of the Papacy under Leo X which brought about the splintering of Christendom. Tuchman begins her article describing the opening ceremonies of the new Medici Pope, in which had been spent “one-seventh of the reserve Julius had left in the treasury” . During just the parade, Leo demonstrated “Medici…

On March 15, 44 BC, Brutus killed Julius Caesar for the freedom and protection of Rome. According to Brutus he says, “I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honor him but as he was ambitious, I slew him.” (ll. 26-27). Another reason as to why he killed him was his ambition. Perhaps Brutus thought that Caesar had too much ambition. Which begs two questions did Caesar have too much ambition? Moreover, what was Caesar so ambitious about? In this essay, I am going to talk about Brutus’ funeral speech…

from Kotkin “They were briefed perpetually on the country’s myriad problems, but remained unsympathetic to proposals for major reforms, especially after the distasteful experience of 1968 Czechoslovakia; anyway, oil money was flowing into Kremlin coffers.” (Kotkin, p. 50) This quote shows how even though the Soviet leadership was aware of all the problems that the state was facing they were unwilling to pursue significant reforms after all the problems that had occurred after the Soviet Union…

Herero, eliminating them as a threat to order within the colony. Differences in German behavior extended beyond their treatment of colonial rebellions. In territories where there was effective rule before colonization, the Germans coopted local power structures in order to administer through them in a form of indirect rule. In Kamerun, the Germans ruled the country be enabling local chieftains through military support to administer broad swaths of territory. This allowed them to avoid heavy…

The state of West Virginia charged Keeney, Mooney and some 20 other union men with treason, and hundreds of others were indicted for murder. Nearly all were later acquitted, but the legal battles emptied the UMWA’s coffers and hindered its organizing efforts. By the end of the decade, only a few hundred miners in West Virginia were still members. The union wouldn’t reclaim the coalfields until the mid-1930s and the Great Depression, when workers’ rights to organize…

The speech Mark Antony gives after the death of Caesar in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is an exceptional example of a persuasive speech. In the speech Antony gives he uses several effective techniques to get the reaction he wants out of a very biased and stunned crowd. The words in the speech demonstrate logic, passive language, and emotional responses which are used to lead the crowd to hunting down Brutus and the other assasssins the killed Caesar. Antony, in his speech, mentioned several…

Although people generally believe they are persuaded by ideas that they have discovered, William Shakespeare’s historic tragedy, Julius Caesar illustrates that an individual’s thoughts are inevitably shaped by external factors. Persuasion and suggestion are rhetorical skills that play central roles in Julius Caesar, but they also demonstrates how individuals bend towards words they want to hear when faced with a difficult situation. The play cautions the dangers and powers of rhetoric as a tool…