Puppet Master

When it comes to implicit biases, I think it is important to recognize the difference between implicit biases that cause negative effects and those that do not. For instance, an example of a neutral implicit bias would be having the options of a red and blue Gatorade. Since your favorite color is blue, you are implicitly bias towards choosing the blue Gatorade. However, this bias has no effect on anyone else. A similar yet consequently different scenario would be choosing to sit next to your…

Snorri’s treatment of Odin can arguable be represented to the contemporary Christian audience as God, or seen as symbolizing a monotheistic deity similar to the Christian God, Loki is portrayed as demonic, as Satan, or even as the Antichrist. This divergence between Odin and Loki was fundamentally impacted by later Christian influences and attitudes which affected the myths transition from oral poetry to written word. By critically comparing the roles which Loki fulfilled in Snorri’s Edda and…

tries to get Roderigo into his plan. Iago makes Roderigo his puppet to act out his play while Iago distances himself from the storm he has created for himself. Due to Iago’s jealousy and misconception of Othello, he is unable to look past his own needs and society besting him. Iago not only hurts Othello and Cassio for his job, he also hurts Desdemona and Emilia. Desdemona did nothing to hurt Iago, yet Iago still involves her in his master plan. Worst of all Iago stabs his own wife. While his…

For the success of any goal, one must have the right determination, and certain characteristics or virtues that reciprocate to one's goals. The play Richard III involves a disfigured man, Richard, and his villainous quest to ascend the throne. Ideally having a birthright to become king would make his goal much easier; unfortunately this was not the case for Richard. Thus the usual play or story involving a hero is not present in Richard III. Virtues turn into corrupted virtues, noble and…

“In the most essential way, she had failed him-seven times she had failed him-and now she was nothing but a burden to him” (Hosseini 99-100). Mariam is now useless to Rasheed because she cannot bear any children, and he now regards her as a nuisance. Before Rasheed knew Mariam could not bear children, he gave her presents and treated her kindly. But, when Mariam has seven miscarriages he starts to beat her for the smallest of reasons. Mariam knows she is not useful for Rasheed anymore because…

debate on sati was taken up was through the invention, preservation and gendering of Indian culture and tradition. British Colonial authority employed orientalist scholarship as a way to challenge sati from within Indian tradition and in turn become masters of that tradition . Thus, the protection of women and women’s agency became absent in the discourse as scripture was used as the defining feature of sati, furthering the project of preservation. Scripture was thus used as a tool in the…

“For the people, of the people, by the people.” These words were uttered by American Pfc. James Dresnok, who is the main speaker of this film. Crossing the Line is a documentary that follows 4 western defectors who lived in communists North Korea. All of these men, to my surprise had entered into North Korea willingly and were not captured or necessarily prisoners of war. They had all abandoned there posts and went to North Korea for a variety of reasons, even they can’t explain the exacts…

Benito Cereno by Herman Melville tells the story of an American named Amasa Delano who crosses paths with the ship the San Dominick. He is under the impression that the ship is ruled by Captain Benito Cereno, but unbeknownst to him, the slaves on the ship have rebelled and are now the leaders. For the majority of the short story, Delano is almost painfully ignorant of this fact. Even when faced with obvious proof that the slaves are actually former slaves, he refuses to change his opinions of…

Although Zeus’s authority was questioned within the rest of the gods in The Iliad, he is still seen as the strongest of them all, for nobody wants to go against the all mighty Zeus, for their fear gives him power. His leadership skills show his strength, and he has the most power in what goes on the battlefield as well in Olympus. So after this essay one will be exposed to why Zeus posses the characteristic of strength and is seen without limits. To start off, the gods pass along fear. They…

Kim Jong-Un a leader that is feared by his people but is not stopped by them. A leader who has no limits, he does as he pleases. A leader that has control of what his people are expose to, as in news and food supply. Still Kim Jong-Un is still seen as a powerful leader even if seen negativity. Zeus is somewhat like Kim Jong-Un for he used fear to show his power from the rest of the gods. His leadership skills show his strength, even though it may be seen wrong but benefits him. He has the most…