Exile and the Kingdom

After Hrothgar constructed Herot, there was nightly music which radiated from the battle-hall. This music talked of how “The Almighty making the earth, shaping these beautiful plains marked off by oceans… The Almighty drove these demons out, and their exile was bitter (“Beowulf” 40-57).” This causes Grendel, a demon, great pain and impatience (“Beowulf” 35), and he decides to exact revenge. Every night, Grendel enters the town and stealthily kills up to thirty men (“Beowulf”…

Christelle Jonie Mathieu Professor D 'Ettore ENC 1102 06 August 2014 The Benefits of Flexibility: an Argument about the Characters ' Behavior in Sophocles 's Play, Antigonê. Drama is not as flexible as other forms of literature. As drama is created to be seen, a dramatist should do everything quickly by engaging the audience early and keep it engaged until the conclusion of the play. Sophocles, born in Athena, is one of the greatest literary authors. His work consists of 120 plays, mostly…

Can love hold the same concept in all time periods? Does love hold power over people or do people hold power over love? The hunt for love is a recurring theme in early British literature, specifically the Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, and seventeenth century time periods. Four poems show a unique perspective on love, depending on when they were written. Early periods show men having control over love, or marriage, while the women patiently awaits the man’s decision. Later periods show women having…

Niccolò Machiavelli, a prominent figure during the Italian Renaissance, is often referred to as the founder of modern political science. Machiavelli 's cynical approach to ruling and politics even gave birth to a special term used when a ruling parties employ his worldview – Machiavellian-ism. This style of politics is known for being opposing what some refer to as the “ideal” form of ruling and emphasizes a “politics of reality” in which ethics are secondary to results and function (Machiavelli…

The imperialist’s ideology is that Africans are primitive beings incapable of knowing what is good for themselves, let alone for anyone else. African societies were self-governed by the rule of law, but the Europeans and North Americans found it difficult to recognize and accept it. Not more than 60 years later, Europe found out that it had gained nothing from territorial possession; it went back to its policy of decolonization. These years of colonization thus became wasted as Europe had…

nobles in return for military protection and stressed alliances for military protection. Hugh Capet, after seizing the French throne in 987 CE and forming the Capetian Dynasty, established the practice of primogeniture, which was giving the entire kingdom to one’s first son. In a feudal system, the king granted land to the lord. The lord granted land to the knight. The knight granted land to the villein. In return, the villein provided food and services when requested to the knight. The knight…

more often than not, discrimination by other immigrants. Many circumstances in immigrants’ respective countries influenced their decisions to emigrate from their country. Ireland was established in 1922 after living under harsh rule from the United Kingdom, but before this time the Irish faced many hardships that drove them to the bountiful United States. The Irish faced many struggles both in Ireland and the U.S., but persevered through them helping shape American culture to its modern day…

Religions, by nature, were created to bring a group of likeminded people together, to help explain phenomenon’s that occurred in the world. This idea made sense in the time of their creations, except they failed to properly explain the phenomenon of basic human nature. Humans are incapable of peace in the long term, and ideas that were meant to unite, result in vast divisions. This is clearly evident in the historical events that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam created. The goals of the three…

Introduction In Exodus 34, when YHWH reveals His name to Moses, He stresses that while He is “merciful and gracious,” He also, “Will by no means clear the guilty” (Ex. 34: 6-7, ESV). The mercy of God and the justice of God are both vital to God’s essence. If God loves righteousness and hates wickedness (Ps. 45:7), how, can God justify wicked humans? What does “justify” mean? What must happen for justification to occur? What do humans do to receive justification? What are the benefits of…

Imagine living in Greece around 600 and 300 B.C.E. when Greek rationalism emerged. Now imagine living in China during the warring states period when Chinese philosophies emerged. Do you think life in both of these different regions would be more similar or different? Which region would you rather live in Greece or China? Why? Okay, well during the time Greek rationalism and the Chinese philosophies like Legalism, Daoism, and Confucianism, emerged they shaped the political systems and most…