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Gender Roles in America The gender roles have evolved drastically over the decades. According to Wikipedia.org, a gender role is a set of societal norms dictating what types of behaviors are generally considered acceptable, appropriate, or desirable for a person based on their actual or perceived sex. Gender roles are typically based on different expectations of individuals based on their sex. Sex refers to a person’s biological status as a male or female. The roles assigned to a particular sex…

from the over- industrialized, anxiety driven-earth, people have sought out nature to find the path of which they are intended to follow- obtaining the complete knowledge of the natural world, or the deep interconnectedness of all things. Fan Kuan’s ink on silk painting, “Travelers Among Mountains and Streams,” made in 1000 C.E., and Jacob Van Ruisdael’s oil on canvas painting, “Edge of a Forest with a Grainfield,” made in 1656, exemplify these concepts beautifully. In Fan Kuan’s Travelers…

Pressure and expectations are a part of the modern society. A general thought is that you are free to create your own happiness; however, adolescents still have behavioral expectations attached such as getting an education and a well paid job. Thus, growing up and choosing your own path comes with certain difficulties. The short story “A Gap of Sky” by Anna Hope depicts a nineteen year old teenager named Ellie living in London and the trouble she has in finding the balance between society’s…

Tattoos and Piercings Bias Tattoos and piercings have become more and more popular fashion statements as artists continue to create new ideas, as well as the acceptance of the ink and jewelry. Although it may seem that there is an approval towards this style, many are put into stereotypical categories based on their appearance. Regardless of who the person truly is, the bias associated with tattoos and piercings often leads him/her to be percieved as less intelligent, fraudulent, and less…

Women during the Victorian Era experienced some brutal battles, similar to those expressed in Christina Rossetti’s “Goblin Market,” and Elizabeth Browning’s “The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point.” Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Christina Rossetti both present the themes, the cruelty of women and the necessity of family’s love to thoroughly describe their hardships and braveness for one another. Rossetti’s character encounters assault to aid her sister out of depression, while Browning’s kills…

Grosz Goerge George Grosz is one of the principal artists associated with the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) movement, and was a member of the Berlin Dada group. After observing the horrors of war as a soldier in World War I, Grosz focused his art on social critique. He became deeply involved in left wing pacifist activity, publishing drawings in many satirical and critical periodicals and participating in protests and social upheavals. His drawings and paintings from the Weimar era…

The art of lithography and chromolithography is one that has particularly strong roots in America. Originally used to illustrate news articles and books, the lithograph eventually covered and grew to symbolize many areas of growing American consumerism: from business and commercial prints and trade cards to domestic art portraying the nineteenth-century American domestic ideal; as well as popular romantic images of the time. Lithographs were present in nineteenth-century America in many forms,…

Purple is known to be the hue which is between crimson and violet. We have heard people associating it with royalty, power and wealth for centuries. ‘Queen Elizabeth I forbade commoners, except only a few close relatives of the royal family, to wear the colour’. So why is this elite and sophisticated status given to this colour? The reason is actually associated with the limited availability of the colour. This rarity, lead to the colour being outrageously expensive, so much so that only the…

Confucius (Doc 5). Confucianism was to teach each person their role in society and how to play it. It was the “basis for order and respect and was central in governing China” (Doc 5). China also contributed many inventions such as porcelain, paper, ink and gunpowder (Doc 6). They then traded along the Silk Road. This helped China become wealthier and prosper while leading to cultural diffusion (Doc 6). Because of this, ideas were spread to and influenced other civilizations. This influenced…

that are glued to me. There are no limits to the creative world of writing; with just a pen, I fall into an ocean of colors, the only kind of drowning that makes me feel alive. The concept of having my own sense of reality just within a single drop of ink captivates my very existence. Writing is the key to my heart. If you were to ask me what stops time, I would simply say this: A pen and a…