Michel de Montaigne

Elizabeth Bishop proposed that “[i]f you’re in the right frame of mind, everything strikes you as poetry” (Conversations with Elizabeth Bishop 13). Bishop’s first collection, North & South, already demonstrates the finesse and themes of her later work. “Paris, 7a.m.” exemplifies Bishop’s mode of poetic process in that the poem very much reflects Bishop’s thought progression. Bishop gives the poem a specific geographic location in order to further contextualize her reflections. In her poem,…

Tourism is one of the largest growing industries in the world due to globalization. The term tourism was first coined by Thomas Cook to explain travel by the European Railway, which marked the beginning of modern tourism. Travel has become an easily accessible and relatively affordable mode of transportation for the sole purpose of recreation and entertainment. Using the lens of anthropology, numerous ethnographers have addressed questions regarding our global state. In the plethora of new…

will not have money to afford a house. At this moment, poor people move from illegal areas, as a consequence, creating the slums. This problem have been happen in Brazil, especially in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo since early 1970s (Camarano and Abramovay, 1998). In the beginning of the massive growth in Rio de Janeiro, the government tried to solve the housing problem building social houses in an area outside the city centre called City of God. It was an attempt to remove the poor people from…

piece, the United State’s inevitable entrance into the second world war began with the attack on Pearl Harbor. Charles De Gaulle worked to save French troops and assist the British in defeating Germany during the war. Finally, like the last piece, the Yalta Conference lead to both the end of World War II, and the start of the Cold War. The role of the attack of Pearl Harbor, Charles De Gaulle, and the Yalta conference contributed to World War Two by sparking events that…

Absolut Perfection was created in 1980 and was the first advert that campaign released. Ferdinand de Saussure was Swiss linguist and semiotician. He believed that the language is the structure that enables us to give the world meaning. The theory of signifier and signified by Saussure operate in contemporary adverts. That also works for the Absolut…

Courtly love and marriage in the medieval time period were often two contradicting forces. Whether courtly love or marriage was viewed as right or wrong always depended on the situation the lovers were in, or the person telling the lover’s tale. Marie de France paints these two opposite views in two of her lays— the “Lay of Yonec”, and the “Lay of the Werewolf.” She also shows readers how the two opposite views on courtly love are sparked due to varying situations. Courtly love is seen in some…

The statue of David has inspired many renowned artists throughout art history maintaining the continuity of the story of David and Goliath. Four of such artists are Donatello, Verrocchio, and Michelangelo during the Renaissance period; and Bernini in the Baroque period. Each transformation of David is rendered in a distinctly different sculpture of the same subject reflecting each of the artist’s own style and time period in comparison. The inspiration of the subject matter is David; the…

shows how utterly wrong one is. One should enjoy how they live and be grateful for what they have. Asking for more than one can handle can lead to catastrophic events. Criticizing others for what they do can also lead to damage. Mathilde Loisel from Guy de Maupassant’s short story is similar to Miss Brill from Katherine Mansfield’s story because both value materialistic objects, both detach themselves from reality, and end up teaching a valuable lesson in the closing of the story. To begin with,…

learning that women play a significant role in our world today. With that being said, why are women still not as prominent as men in society? Simone De Beauvoir was a philosophical writer in the twentieth century. Today, many people consider…

favorites can be tough. We’ve therefore done the hard bit and narrowed down the fiestas to ten, selecting the best parties in Mexico. So, check out these top celebrations and get your party started. 1. Festival de Mexico We got to start with the main celebration in the country: Festival de Mexico. The fiesta connects well over 50 venues across to country host official national and international events, with smaller fiestas happening across the country. The party goes on for two weeks in…