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Rape culture in college has come to the center of headlines in the last few years. Particularly, rape has been highlighted at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, where a girl was raped, reported it, and then the administration did not conduct an appropriate investigation and at Columbia University, where a female student was raped and when action was not taken, she carried the mattress she was raped on everywhere throughout her senior year. However, at Old Dominion and SUNY Cortland, two separate…

Modern technology has advanced in such a way that has allowed for safe abortions to be carried out. An abortion is the premature termination of a fetus before it is born, but is an immense debate in the world of medical ethics. There is no clear cut answer as to which side of the argument is correct, as the debate dives into many grey philosophical areas, such as what is considered a person and how much autonomy should play a role in such a controversial decision. In modern China and India, the…

Both Hamlet and Holden Caulfield have extreme psychological issues that stem from the tragic deaths that occured within their families. However, literary critics have questioned the authenticity of Hamlet’s so-called “insanity” for centuries. Holden’s mental illness is much more believable than the psychological issues that Hamlet claims to have. This is shown through Holden’s obsession with suicide, Hamlet’s soliloquies about his pretend madness, and Hamlet’s odd, irrational behavior that is so…

WHY MIGHT IT BE CONSIDERED RIGHT OR WRONG? Forced marriages are considered morally wrong most of the time. However, arranged marriages may considered to be right because some religions believe that you should respect your parents and elderly’s. Arranged marriages are not considered morally wrong as long as the individuals are willing and agree to the marriage. On the other hand, arranged marriages between unwilling couples is immoral. It might also considered to be wrong because everyone…

In Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet, Hamlet establishes a façade of insanity to uncover the truth about his father’s mysterious death. In the act of doing so, Hamlet encounters several instances in which he must betray the family and friends whom he holds nearest to his heart. Polonius becomes a victim of Hamlet’s reckless outrage while attempting to act out his insanity in front of his mother. Secondly, Ophelia experiences Hamlet’s abusive words that are motivated by his madness, which drives her…

“The Privilege of Poverty” is Joan Mueller’s attempt to reincorporate the women of the Franciscan Order and the role they played during their medieval time back into the early Franciscan history that is often written without any mention of them. Joan Mueller seeks to correct that problematic gap, lacking women’s voices and experiences, in the historiography of the early Franciscan movement. To accomplish this goal, she focuses on the history of the Franciscan Rule of St. Clare which was finally…

Woman have played a great role in society over centuries and centuries of revolution, war and other conflicts. Alongside male during their reign of power or alongside men during the dark times of poverty, agriculture, and disease. Being a woman in time hasn’t been a sought after position in gender roles in the worlds history. There has been a pattern of woman being oppressed by men from the 15th century to present day 20th century. Woman haven’t been represented correctly during time in many…

In his literary masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer shows that in “The Clerk’s Tale” a man may abuse his power in a marriage when trying to assert dominance over his wife. A man named Walter puts his wife through many difficult challenges to test her loyalty for him. He lies to her by telling her that his people are unhappy with how poor she is and to solve the problem by killing their children. Instead of killing her children, Walter sent both his daughter and son to Bologna to…

Notes Summary Source Criticism • Women had little to no authority and weren 't treated as equals in 1st century Palestine • A women 's status and freedom was severely limited by Jewish law and custom • They were considered inferior and subordinate to men • There is no wisdom in a woman except with the spindle" (bYom. 66b) • Men had complete control over their wife and their daughter until she got married establishing their activities and their relationships that they were involved in • Women…

William Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear is so appallingly devastating that the readers’ questions about justice are unanswered at the end of the play. Shakespeare’s characters in King Lear assert that villainy will eventually undo itself. This proves to be true at the end of King Lear when the Duke of Cornwall, Edmund, Goneril, and Regan have all died as a result of their own immoral acts. The audience can perceive the deaths of these characters as just punishments for their immoral acts.…