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careers and carving skills from their country and began teaching it to the natives. Bernal Diaz also explains that, “Many sons of chieftains know how to read and write, and to compose books…Now they breed cattle of all sorts, and break in oxen, and plough the land.” Since the natives soon began to become more education and agriculturally advanced, the Spaniards saw this as an advantage and soon enslaved many of the natives. Document 8 states, “The Spaniards also weakened traditional tribal bonds…

The Power That Destructed True Love “And so I have the throne,all royal power , ...” (Line 196) Prideful, cruel, and most of all powerful, these are some of the many traits that describe Creon. In Antigone by Sophocles Creon’s love of power led to his downfall. His interactions with Antigone showed contrasting characteristics of respecting the laws of the gods versus the the laws of the creon which advanced the plot and developed the theme of power and love. Antigone loved her brother…

Although the series is based on historic events, it also anticipates tragedies that unfolded across Europe during the first half of the twentieth century. The sequence begins with ‘The Ploughmen’ (Fig. 12) in which a father and son are harnessed to a plough like beasts of burden. In the second print ‘Raped’, (Fig. 13) an abused peasant lies bloodied and torn amidst the plants in her devastated garden. The visual narrative suggests that it is this rape that provokes the peasants to rebel. In a…

In the medieval Europe there was a system of hierarchy. The obligations, land, work, homes, and the life of women were similar and yet different for people of different social classes. Serfs were the lowest social class and were considered as part of the property. Nobles are below the king, but still lived very well compared to serfs. Life was difficult for both serfs and nobles. Like most people serfs and nobles wanted safety. The serfs cared little about their status or wealth because they…

was now eight thousand pounds, a huge amount of money in those days. Fearing that native blacktrackers would be despatched to find their whereabouts, the Kelly Gang knew it was just a matter of time before a final showdown. The Gang stole several plough mouldboards to make armour for the final confrontation. The armour was made on a bush forge at Greta. Although extremely heavy at ninety pounds per man the armour was tested and proved to be very affective. Before their showdown with the police,…

Everyone makes decisions and every decision has a consequence. A consequence is the aftermath of a choice. Consequences could be good, bad, or a little in between. These consequences happen because people are often affected by an others decisions. This causes others to take out their emotions on someone else. In the myth “The Rape of Proserpina”, Proserpina is raped and her mother, Ceres, hears about it and takes out her anger on Earth. In the next myth “Erysichthon”, Erysichthon decides to cut…

Art resembles that of a teacher. It takes viewers on a journey somewhere to a certain setting with something taking place despite its still nature. Art teaches many lessons in many different subjects. To put it simply, art is a form of expression in which one displays their knowledge or opinions. For example the painting Landscape With the Fall of Icarus by Pieter Bruegel the Elder tells the tale of pride, punishment, and the unsympathetic nature of mankind by using characters as symbols and…

The Tone of Religious Devotion in Hopkins’ PIED BEAUTY Being a sensuous poet and a Roman Catholic priest at the same time, Hopkins’ poetry bears the stamp of his sensibility( as a poet) and his devotional spirit ( as a priest). These two often trigger a conflict and generate a lot of tension in his poems. Nevertheless ,this contradiction seems to be resolved and both, the poet and the priest , seem to be in harmony in ”Pied Beauty”. The poem opens with the poet’s…

irresponsible, irrational, and weak. Farmer Jones displays laziness when he locks "the hen-houses for the night, but too drunk" (Orwell 1). His weaknesses include alcoholism and being physically weak. As the animals say man is "too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits" (Orwell 4). Farmer Jones is irrational when drunk talking about the "monstrous injustice he had suffered in being turned out of his property by a pack of good for nothing animals" (Orwell 73). Farmer…

mother left, Mandela did not feel sad. He said, “Even as my mother was leaving, my head was swimming with the delights of my new home.” Mandela soon adapted to the everyday life in Thembuland. When he was not in school, he was working as a shepherd, plough boy, or a wagon guide. Although he missed his family and Qunu, he was “completely absorbed” in his new world. Mandela attended a school where he studied English, Xhosa (an official South African language), history, and geography. He was not…