resolved.Then they must bring the conversation to another interpretive question. The main point of a shared inquiry discussion is the varied interpretations that will create a lively and engaging conversation. This will appeal to the text for supporting evidence. Most of the questions that will be asked in the discussion will be interpretive. With this, interpretation is the primary way for the leader to guide the group through many different meanings that are presented in the writings…
This chapter will discuss the four selected poems, two from each author, and will provide the analysis and interpretation of those poems. Poems were chosen on the basis of the themes, symbols and imagery that they use. All four poems were written in the postwar period and reflect the condition of this particular era. The poems offer to the reader the closer view of consequences that war itself brought to the people and its destructive elements. What they all have in common is the motif of…
This book is a challenge to the arguments of the so-called ‘pornographic interpretation’ which is proposed by these historians: Robert Darnton, Lynn Hunt, and Sara Maza. They have both believed that the scandalous writings of a literary underground played a role in the collapse of the ancient regime. Darnton argued that the attacks were produced by a group of eighteenth-cetury French exiled writers who used London as a base. He has employed the concept of the ‘Grub Street hack’ to describe the…
When a film interpretation of a movie is released, many fans are cautious with this new creation. A large majority of the time the novel is the more superior than the film, but there are exceptions. The film interpretation of the 1952 novel The Crucible has proven time and time again that it is the much better version of the story. While the novel does have detailed character descriptions, the film has exceptional performances that show the emotion of the characters and how the time period…
The History of Peloponnesian War was written by Thucydides who is reportedly born around 460 BCE and suspected to have died somewhere between 411 and 400 BCE. Thucydides is a known was an Athenian and a General in the Athenian military when the Peloponnesian War began in 431 BCE. Thucydides led men into battle during the Peloponnesian War and in 430 BCE would contract the same plague that would ravaged the Athens during the war. Eventually, Thucydides would recover and was exiled by the Athen…
word ‘fatwa’ derives from the root word afta, which means ‘clarification’ and ‘explanation’. It is the explanation and interpretation of Islamic law for any question or problem. Fatwa can be called as the Islamic ruling or verdict. It has a significant place in Islamic law. It is treated as an instrument, which helps in the growth of Islamic laws and their reasoning. It is a practice by the followers of Islam which is based on some principals, procedures, certain schemes and discipline and all…
an object of contestation for King James I during his reign. This was due to its anti-Catholic sentiments, and annotations concerning limits to monarchic power. Additionally the text’s presentation leans towards Protestantism with its focus on interpretation…
Diversity strengthens not only a business, but a nation as well. Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson couldn’t have had more diverse backgrounds, and beliefs. However, without both of their contributions the United States wouldn’t be what it is today. I will compare and contrast their backgrounds, their political views and beliefs, and their views on the economy. First let’s talk about Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson’s background. Hamilton was the illegitimate son of a Scottish…
or knew that their time period was good or not. In my opinion, we cannot decrease the historical event’s historiography at an individual level. Some would like, and some would not. The historiography of world history focus on the historians’ interpretations that should be logic and reflect the truth of the time period. For example, let’s just go back to WW II while the Nazis were killing the Jews. If you ask a pure Nazi about his/her time period till the end of 1942, he/she would answer you “I…
be a conceptual and subjective concept as it often depends on the relative perception of those observing it (Layzer, 1975: 56). Time can, therefore, be viewed as both and empirical scale as well as a dynamic interpretation or understanding of progress. By systematically distorting time in Time’s Arrow, Martin Amis explores the relationship between these two categories of time. In doing so, Amis considers how perceptions of time…