Commonwealth realm

Prospero 's view of justice is Gonzalo. Gonzalo is idealistic and has a sense of optimism unlike anyone else on the island. Due to his optimism, Gonzalo also maintains an unrealistic vision of what utopia should look like. In act II, he says, "I 'th ' commonwealth I would by contraries execute all things for no kind of traffic. No name of magistrate" (2.1.140-142). Gonzalo believes that an ideal society should be devoid of hierarchy, class and work. There would be no wealth nor poverty and as a…

” as he uses fear as a tool, which would be to his detriment. In The Leviathan, allowing the populace to feel too much fear risks the individuals within the Leviathan feeling isolated, and consequently weakening the social contract holding the commonwealth together, much the way loosening a fabrics weave makes the fabric as a whole much easier to rip…

rights as them. Men held position in government for quite a long time and believed that women should most simply stay at home and be in the “cult of domesticity” which meant that they would control what happens there and not have any say in the outer realm of society. Godey spoke about the disrespect that the women faced and prompted that if she has a duty to take care of the children then she can be wise enough to know her own opinions about how to change the world. Females were only really…

The biological cell, as a metaphor for understanding disability, permits a dialect perspective of the body: as a construct socially negotiated between the natural and behavioural sciences. The "pathology" of disability is not located within the individual's body; rather, it is established as a "pathogenic" force of language characteristics of the cultural body. What can be found in the body of society is a system producing embodiments of engagement : social structures promoting the image of…

The writings of Nicolo Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes Although the ideal societies of Machiavelli and Hobbes may have been plausible solutions to political violence in their respective eras, neither man’s ideas translate particularly well to a creating a peaceful society in the present day. In The Leviathan, Hobbes outlines his rationale for creating a society that is ruled by a sovereign (or “Leviathan”) who is given complete power by the people. According to Hobbes, the existence of this…

Government Saint Lucia is representative democracy that is a commonwealth realm with Queen Elizabeth II as the monarch. The parliament is divided into two houses, including the House of Assembly elected by universal adults with political election voting rights and the Senate that includes members assigned with the advice of the prime minister, the opposition leader in the House, and the governor-general. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II as of February 6 of 1953, represented by Governor…

The role of the women in healthcare has evolved considerably from antiquity to modernity. Whether women earned the title of nurse, doctor, caregiver or obeah women, their place in history is one of influence and silent courage. Women have been perceived as being in the shadow, or in positions of low standing in relation to that of men. They are spoken of as being the “weaker” and more docile of the sexes; yet have still managed to operate in positions of power and influence. In the struggle for…

divinely favored, fertile, and beautiful nation of England had been leased out. "This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, / This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, / This other Eden, demi-paradise... / This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England / Is now leased out--I die pronouncing it-- / Like to a tenement or pelting farm" (Bevington, 2014)(2.1.40-60). Even though this part of speech initially begins with Gaunt pertaining to the glory of ‘mother’ England that was…

The figure of Mariam in Elizabeth Cary's The Tragedy of Mariam has been of tremendous interest to feminist critics who view her as a character embodying the contradictions of female identity in patriarchal culture. The play exposes this culture as conflicted in itself because of contradictory ideas about the proper "performance" of femininity which not only sever the female subject, but also create irreconcilable dilemmas for males. Mariam must choose between speaking as her own "inner" voice…

The new Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev, did not reinstate the terror of the Stalin years; however, he sought to strengthen the role of the party bureaucracy and the KGB and encouraged the further clampdown on reform in the satellite states. In 1968, disaffection with this step backward led to the emergence of a reform movement in Czechoslovakia. The main goal of this “Prague Spring” was to bring about a more humanistic socialism within certain limits, such as keeping the nation within the Soviet…