Dorians

Greece is firmly rooted in its past. The history of Greece shaped the way the country is today. The Greek civilization began on an Aegean island of Crete about 3000 B.C.E (World Book 538). This culture was known as the Minoan culture. However, in 2000 B.C.E, villages began to develop in the mainland of Greece. These villagers called themselves Mycenaeans, after the powerful town of Mycenae in the Peloponnesus. The Mycenaean’s were in contact with the Minoan culture on Crete and adopted some…

The Horror genre is a literature genre of fiction which has the characteristic or the capacity to create scare or frighten their readers. This genre popularity increased in incredible ways in the last couple of years with the development of the movies and television industries. This genre such as in a movie or in a book has incredible popularity and grabs the attention of a big number of audience Some enjoy that adrenaline feeling, being in danger, expecting the unknown, death, all the feelings…

1. Where does the term „Techno“ for this music genre come from? The term „Techno“ goes back to the 1970s when Alvin Toffler published a book with the title „Future Shock“ by speaking about „Techno-rebells“ who use the most modern technology to fight the system subversively which created those technologies. Since the early 80s, the term was used in several interviews and in 1984 Cybotron from Detroit published in an „Electro“-sampler a single with the title „Techno-City“. Afterwards It took part…

Rodney King’s case has become one of the most controversial cases in American history. The case in which King was a victim of excessive police force. It exposed the horrific truth of what police forces were capable of doing. The following excerpt of the incident is provided by "Long Road to Justice - Policing the Police and Prosecuting the Klan." “The beating of Rodney King by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department on March 3, 1991, captured on videotape and broadcasted around the world,…

hubris, or excessive pride in themselves and their accomplishments (Guerin 168). Oedipus is an archetypal hero because he follows the quest, and is later the sacrificial scapegoat. His quest is when he leaves his parents, who have raised him, Dorian Merope and Polybus, out of fear of the oracle. Oedipus performs the impossible task of answering the riddle of the sphinx and saves the city of Thebes. His quest ends with him marrying the queen rather than the princess, and becoming the…

“I pray that one day the world will be filled with peace and rid of justice. Only then will we all be free.” This powerful statement came from a man named Jermaine Cole, better known by his stage name J. Cole, along with a very powerful protest song titled “Be Free” after the murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. This song can be classified as a protest song because it makes a specific point at an audience and states that it needs to be changed. By looking at the intentions and meaning…

Paris is Burning is an iconic film that gives the heterosexual world a look into the underground scene of queer culture that is the ballroom. The film presented new slang and phrases that people in the present still use, but the stories and the issues of the oppressed are often overlooked and forgotten. At the time of release in the 1990s, gay culture was still somewhat misunderstood, but Paris is Burning portrayed the struggles that gay individuals experience every day. The movie showed that…

language can play a huge role in how events are exposed to the public. For example, in the previous August, a boy of just eighteen years old named Michael Brown was shot and killed by Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson. Brown was unarmed and by witness of Dorian Johnson, who had been walking with Brown when he was shot, the two had gone to purchase cigarillos from a convenience store near their apartment complex (documentcloud.org “Case: Grand Jury – Ferguson Police Shooting”). Johnson was unaware…

Schumann’s Involvement in Resurrecting J.S. Bach As editor and writer for his own music journal, Neue Zeitscrift für Musik, Robert Schumann made it his personal mission to write about worthy composers and lift them up as examples to the music community. He was tired of the “Philistines” of the current music establishment, such as Wagner and Meyerbeer, who he felt were commercial and pretentious. He brought Brahms and Chopin to Germany’s notice, because he felt that their music was “honest craft…

for dissociated and repressed clients. Using Dorsett’s case as a guide, perhaps Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde will reveal more about repression and dissociation. Sanna, Antonio. "Silent Homosexuality in Oscar Wilde 's Teleny and the Picture of Dorian Gray and Robert Louis Stevenson 's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde." Law and Literature 24.1 (2012): 21, 39, 111-112. ProQuest. Web. 24 Jan. 2016. Sanna’s article discusses the possibily that Dr. Jekyll’s repressed sexual desire is homosexuality. During…