Iron Age

this is seen in Nightfall by the personas reflection on her fathers approaching death. The poem explores ideas of time and memory through the recollection of childhood experiences, allowing the audience to gain insight into difficult notions of old age and mortality. This is empowering to an audience as it allows them to gain a new perspective by connecting with personal experiences of the poet. There is a noticeable shift in personal pronouns from ‘I’ to ‘we’, this suggests the persona and her…

The life for upper-class woman had a momentous change during the Renaissance especially during the beginning. All people began to participate in the arts and those woman were not excluded. Girls even could receive equal education to boys at a young age. Multiple women also became known for their literary work because they were encouraged to study arts and make their own pieces. However there still were restraints because of marriage 14. How was the Renaissance art different from medieval art?…

I completely agree with Nelson that there is a cultural bias in the modernized, American society in that youthfulness is jubilantly celebrated, while aging is frowned up. This viewpoint is the highlight of the article because it depicts the root cause of the cultural bias: our own fear of aging (Nelson, 2011). In my opinion, humans, especially Americans, cherish the freedom to choose the paths they follow and the lives they live. However, death is a concept no human can control; this lack of…

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein discusses the mortal and moral limitations of individuals and the extent to which they attempt to transcend these boundaries. In particular, Shelley faults these attempts as foolhardy, brought forward by the misconstrued values and beliefs of ideologies prevalent at this time. Specifically, the Enlightenment movement (circa 1700s) valued pragmatism and individualism; believing that the pursuit of knowledge was noble and that nature was to be dominated by man. These…

As with much of Western history, women were considered inferior to men and their duties were mainly restricted to their home and family life during middle ages (Newman, 2015). Women were also valued as a weaker vessel that was not intellectual and unable to fulfill the strenuous task that come with being a man (Newman, 2015). While men were busy with their respective jobs women, uphold the home front and the family. Moreover, poorer medieval families lived mostly in small quarters without much…

(Rowland & Lyons, 1996). Twelve percent of the elderly population at that time fell below the poverty level (Rowland & Lyons, 1996). The fact that 23 percent of individuals over 75 years of age are over poor or near poor, while it is 16 percent for those that are between the ages of 65-74 (Rowland & Lyons, 1996). Age needs to be considered highly as well as the individual’s sex and race. When it comes to elderly women they usually have smaller saving, and there income is lower due to the fact…

a social disaster due to the city’s structure, who was dying and why, as well as how city officials and the media handled the situation. During and after the disaster experts analyzed where and why people were dying, they looked at neighborhoods, age, race, etc. They found that elderly people were more at risk than young people as well as many of the people who…

In the time period of Chaucer, women had little rights; in many cases, they were viewed as property. Chaucer’s status was upper-middle class, and he worked with many of the aristocrats within and above his class level. Chaucer saved his status and job by giving the aristocrats what they wanted concerning societal order. When he wrote The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer wrote his personal views effectively by using a scapegoat: Chaucer, the pilgrim. Chaucer, the poet, used his scapegoat to keep himself…

In an attempt to uncover how an older adult feels about the aging process and what it means to become older, I interviewed Ram Prasad Dahal, who lives at Edgewater Neighborhood, Chicago. I met my interviewee at my co-worker’s apartment located at 5841 N. Winthrop Ave. on Saturday, Nov 7th around 4 PM. It was a windy and chilly day with temperature about 50 degrees, but the room, where we had the conversation was warm when I got in there. Mr. Dahal is the youngest of four brothers and two sisters…

people viewed their world and themselves. Starting in the 15th century, Europe experienced a change in the way people felt, acted, and viewed the world around them. Some of them started to question some of the beliefs that they were taught from a young age. They started to think in new ways about the…