Dominion

Origins The “colonial period” of America is characterized by the influx of settlers from many different places around the world. Whether the inhabitants of the New World are descendants of Spanish conquistadors, poor Irish potato farmers, African slaves, or even Native Americans, their origin in America is crucial to their cultural identity. For the Native Americans, there is no story about the voyage across the Atlantic; however, their creation stories play a crucial role in their identity and…

What is Sovereignty? According to the Oxford English Dictionary, Sovereignty is ‘Supremacy in respect of power, domination, or rank; supreme dominion, authority, or rule.’ So for the UK to have complete Sovereignty, it needs to be able to make decisions and set laws without the restriction or influence of an outside force – which is in this case the European Union. So now that the British Public have voted to leave the Union, where does the power sit? As of this moment, the UK has not invoked…

In the creation myth “The World on Turtle’s Back” the Iroquois Native Americans describe their beliefs about the creation of the world and humanity. The myth exhibits many archetypal settings and greatly resembles the story of Adam and Eve in the Book of Genesis. The differences between the two creation stories’ archetypal settings, however, illustrate the greatest difference between the two cultures; monotheism and polytheism. Both “The World on Turtle’s Back” and the Book of Genesis involve a…

Treatment of married women in the late 1800’s Women played a major role in the 1800’s. No matter the diversity in society, women were still very efficient in what they did, however, being a woman had a negative outlook attached to it through a man's perspective, which then created and progressed unfair, and unequal treatment of married women in the late 1800’s. Throughout the late 1800’s, married women were treated unfairly due to their unequal work opportunities, right to vote, and gender…

It was difficult being an Aryan woman during Nazi Germany. Before Hitler came to power, the Weimer Republic granted emancipation to women, even though it was relatively limited compared to the freedoms that men enjoyed. Women endured discrimination within marriage and in the wider social and economic sphere. In Nazi Germany, Hitler enforced the decree that Germany be made up of a “pure,” exclusively Aryan, race. Hitler insisted Aryans dominate the world, but at the same time prohibited Aryan…

Humans naturally seek out the truth, and believe anything that seemingly appears to reinforce their viewpoint. Religion teaches already gullible followers to believe that integrity is absolute and constant. If paired with individuals that seek to take advantage of this fact, calamitous disasters would undoubtedly pursue. In Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible, the Puritan religion led to the destruction of Salem due to the restrictions and regulations set by the beliefs. The religion damned those who…

Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa near a North Italian port in 1451. His birth name was Christoforo Colombo (Reid 6). When Christopher Columbus was nineteen, his mother died (Baker 35). Christopher Columbus was a weaver with his father, and then he became a sailor of the Mediterranean (“Christopher Columbus”). He always said that one day he would be the captain of his own ship (Baker 29). In 1480, Columbus married Felipa Parestrello e Moniz, at the age of twenty-nine years old. She was the…

Jermaine Porte, was not the official owner of the vehicle. The state did not prove constructive possession or dominion over the vehicle or gun. Another example, Miller v. State (1999) the court found James Luther Miller guilty of constructive possession of marijuana. Even though, the vehicle was jointly - occupied and Miller was a passenger. But, since the marijuana…

willing to sacrifices innumerable amounts of troops in order to feel the satisfaction of her sex. Even in Lysistrata, it is referenced that Menelaus became so enchanted by Helen’s bare chest, that he dropped his sword in outer awe. Female sexual dominion over men is quite evident in The Iliad itself, but in Lysistrata, this theme becomes even…

removed from power’s domain it proved a difficult feat. However, if power is indeed as coercive as he maintains, then providing a discourse on power serves to further power’s domination. In other words, the more resistance to power there is, the more dominion power really has. For when an individual identifies as a resister, they assume that they are fighting power, from the inside or without. The more they think they are resisting, the more they feel separated from power’s influence. But being…