Hell in popular culture

Popular culture, or Pop Art was a time when simple objects of everyday life were made into fine art, but more often Pop art is a statement on mass advertising and the customer culture after WWII. It also was a means to demonstrate against future conflicts as well. During the world’s recovery of WWII magazines and newspapers were full of advertisements of what to buy, and how the perfect house hold should look like. People tried to live above their means in order to fulfil what they thought they…

The Jazz Age, also known as the Roaring Twenties, was a remarkable event that began to occur after World War I had ended. Jazz music came from the South and it became one of the most popular genres of music in America’s history. The rhythm in jazz music helped many people compose new cultural ideals about the American life. As jazz was making its way into the music business, people became inspired by this new genre. After most people observed jazz music’s increasing popularity, for the first…

On December 10th, I attended the “8th Annual Big Gay Xmas Party”. It was held at one of Madison’s most popular gay bars/dance clubs, Plan B. The Facebook event advertisement read as follows: “This December make the season gay and bright with Plan B as we celebrate the holidays the only way we know how... GAY! Join us at our 8th Annual Big Gay Xmas Party featuring DJ CMK and DJ Chomper! Special performances by Karizma Mirage, Sasha Daniels, and Kimaera Mirage. Go-go dancers and more! Absolut…

running and most popular television (T.V.) shows in the history of television. As a result, the show has had a lasting affect on American culture reaching down to even some of the words we use today. These influences are a direct result of the show’s many characters relatability and the way in which they are presented. It’s place in popular culture, an icon of American life, make it a standpoint for the way in which Americans live. No doubt its use of satire to critique American culture has led…

more than likely read epics such as The Iliad and The Aneied, works that are familiar to me; however, the culture present today is much different than that of Dante’s time, and Dante would more than likely not understand technology mentioned in current literature. Dante would connect to Christianity and the basics of life through my ways of understanding, but he would find confusion with the culture and technology. Many connections exist between times periods we have learned about and my life.…

Gilgamesh, written in Western Asia in 2000 B.C.E. Even though these ideals are present, they are not as evident in the hero Harry Potter from J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter series written in the 21st century. However, in almost every book, no matter what the culture or time period are, the same basic themes of character traits, power and death recur. Even though these topics have become more complicated in modern-day books, the same basic principles are still applicable to the Epic of Gilgamesh.…

The Salem witch trials held in Salem Massachusetts began in late February 1692 lasting through April of 1693. These trials were based upon women who were accused of being witches, given unfair trials and therefore harming society. All told, this event became known as a tragedy as twenty-five people died, nineteen were executed by hanging, one was tortured to death, and at least five died in jail to due harsh conditions. Within this period of time, over one hundred sixty people where falsely…

still life vanitas: In the arts, vanitas is one of the symbolic work of art especially linked a still-life painting of a 17th-century Dutch genre containing symbols of death or change as a reminder of their inevitability, also it is connected with other places and periods. The word vanitas it is actually a Lation word means "vanity" and loosely translated agree to the meaninglessness of earthly life and the transient nature of all earthly goods and pursuits. As applied to vanitas art, the word…

counties. People that get education are mostly peoples who lives in the city. Religions, cultures, and the problems that the country faces each day is what defined the country of India. Indian study the…

Modern Mexico Día de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead is a popular Hispanic holiday that is often associated with Mexico. Participants of this holiday celebrate it for more than two days, they are known for their particular decorations on tombstones, festive parties, and sugar skulls. Day of the Dead started off as a couple of Catholic holidays, but has then become something that makes the holiday specially engrained into the Mexican Culture. From where the holiday has been influenced to become…