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sexist and show it by how they treat their wives and by the words they say to them. Petruchio tells Katherina “I will be master of what is mine own. She is my goods, my chattels; she is my house, my household stuff, my field, my barn, my horse, my ox, my ass, my anything. And here she stands, touch her whoever dare." (3.2. 235-39) This shows how Petruchio views Katherina as his procession like his house and farm. He views her as abject that he owns and gets to take control of. He continues to…

Angels I’ve never had a personal knowing experience with an angel but, I know they are real. I know they are real because the Bible says they are real. I also know they are real because cultures and people all over the world express accounts of encounters with angelic beings; angels that rescued them from danger, delivered a direct message from God, or gave comfort in a great time of need. In this essay, I will attempt to answer some questions on how, when, and where angels exist/operate.…

Fifty Years in Chains is a remarkable story told in the perspective of a slave in the deep south, Charles Ball. From being sold away from his mom at age four to running away for his freedom, Ball faces many struggles and narrates a first-hand tale of what it was like to be a slave. Throughout his life, Ball had numerous kinds of masters: some were kind natured while others were extremely cruel. In reflecting on his experiences with these different masters, Ball exemplified the diverse dynamics…

The three key crisis of Israel that the prophetic literature reacts to are the Assyrian, Babylonia, and the Restoration Crisis. The Assyrian Crisis: The fall of the Northern Kingdom. This era consisted of the following factors that involve Assyria’s expansion into the region of Israel and Judah. This increase led to a complex series of alliances between the various kingdoms involved, as well as fighting-Syria Ephraimitic war. The war was Assyria attempts to expand, Syria and Israel allies for…

Zhongguo, which is what the ancient Chinese called their land, was isolated by long distances and many physical barriers from a majority of ancient civilizations. This could be the reason why early Chinese civilizations where so different from the rest. The Himalayas, Tien Shan Mountains, the harsh deserts, dense jungles, and the Pacific Ocean are just a few specific examples why the civilization where so hard to get to or get out of. So, when taking that into consideration one would think two…

On October 16th, I made my way to a cultural event. The event was called “Home, Memory, and Future”, when I heard the name of it I believed it was based on the beliefs of people in other words their religions or their culture. As I read the introduction I realized it was about Harlem, which is located only a couple stops from home. Then I wondered what kind of cultural events have happened in Harlem, instantly I thought of the word diversity. In New York, there are many people that come from…

Babylon’s King Hammurabi ruled from 1792 to 1750 B.C. He is the sixth ruler of the Amorite dynasty and the most well know. During his reign he established 282 laws and standards. These laws were made to keep the southern Mesopotamia from rebelling as well as keeping order within his people. Hammurabi had a military force which means that there was stable work force of artesian. Babylon had some kind of currency if the kingdom had artesian and other trade works. King Hammurabi had all 282 laws…

Literature often portrays and focuses on the characters that have many conflicts, and in this case they are internal conflicts. This perspective is noticed in “Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov, “Ethan Frome” by Edith Wharton, and “Dead Poets Society” (script written by Tom Schulman). These writers focused on the theme of moral uncertainty with their main characters to compare and contrast what a person should believe in or do and what that person actually wants to do. Moral uncertainty is bound to be…

Marcel Mauss (2002) in his seminal work The Gift (2002) has said that even though gift-giving is technically a voluntary process and it is allegedly free of any egotism in reality gift giving and receiving is a social obligation and is inundated with self-interest. Mauss adds that the gestures associated with gift-giving, the mask of generosity and disinterestedness, are all mere fictions to appease our sense of propriety. In other words, when people give gifts they do so with the motive of…

St Thomas Aquinas was born around 1225 in the city of Naples. In his growing up, Aquinas was dubbed the “Dumb Ox” because he was quiet and rather large in size. However his Teacher at the time told his fellow classmates that his “Bellows” would one day be heard around the world. His teacher, Albert the Great, was right and today Aquinas is renowned as one of the best philosophers of his time because of his ideas on the existence of God including the five proofs that God exists. Thomas Aquinas…