Ruins

Euripides’ tragic story revolving around anger and revenge ending in pain and ruin for most characters entrenches the notion that moderation in all forms is imperative to a successful and The idea of the “golden mean [moderation]” (line 124) is introduced early in the play by a minor character: the nurse. A slave to the ‘once’ upper-class woman Medea, the nurse has seen how the extremes of wealth, ambition, and emotion can bring ruin to a person and his/her family, and she observes these…

The author said, “I went home and obeyed those directions for some three months, and came so near the borderline of utter mental ruin that I could see over” (Gilman “Why” 1). This relates back to the short story “Yellow Wallpaper”, when she says, “Such a peculiar odor, too! I have spent hours in trying to analyze it, to find what it smelled like” (Gilman “Yellow” 247). She also says…

Thanksgiving Every 4th thursday of November my family is very thankful even though sometimes it can end up bad in the middle of the day. It is usually the older kids that ruin things because when me and my cousin are playing football they ruin our game on purpose. They usually do it before we're going to go and eat. Every thanksgiving day we meet up with or family members at one of my uncle’s house and have a thanksgiving party. We always invite friends to come over. So we can play with them…

Another way that Social Media has a negative impact on kids is that it lowers their self esteem. In the article, Being 13: Perils of Lurking on Social Media, CNN Wire states: “On all social media feeds, young people are highly likely to see pictures of friends gathering without them, or large groups having a great time at parties to which they were not invited.” Students could feel left out if they see a picture, say, of their friends without them, which could make them highly question if they…

Americans were desegregated, it would ruin the United States and destroy the Constitution. Some senators referred to the African Americans as their “own kind.” Also, many of the senators did not talk about how racial discrimination was evil, but instead picked at parts of the bill such as, how desegregation would ruin people’s businesses and how it would ruin public accommodations. Lastly, the senators were more concerned about if the bill was passed, how it would ruin their political career.…

Netherlands' spice trade. The conflict was quite long and took a great toll on every party involved in the whole ordeal. Following the conflicts, the remaining Indonesian states crumbled away into ruins, and in the following years, the Dutch were able to construct their colonial empire on top of those same ruins of the old states. But even while the Dutch were celebrating among themselves that they had established their colonies all throughout Indonesia, a new Indonesia was being built right…

Bernabé Cobo, a Jesuit missionary, recorded their impressions of Inca rituals, social structure, and engineering.” Bingham had believed he found the ancient city, however, it wasn’t for long. A few days after his discovery, Bingham found a larger set of ruins about 60 miles away. He believed that this site was the real Vilcabamba. The earlier discovery…

is it realistic? In his essay, “Lifeboat Ethics: the Case Against Helping the Poor,” Garrett Hardin argues that not only is resource sharing unrealistic, but that it can also be detrimental, as it stretches available finite resources to the point of ruin. The thesis of Hardin’s argument is that people living in rich nations should do nothing for…

The Atlantis Code is the most popular. He began researching the first novel when he saw an article about the ancient lost city of Atlantis in a scholarly journal that utterly fascinated him. According to the author, the article pointed out that some ruins in Spain had a striking resemblance to Plato’s description of ancient Atlantis and satellite photos…

the most historic places in that area. Egypt is one of the most explored place that I know of. I soon hope to travel there and make my mark on history. Mexico is a wonderful and beautiful place to be,in my opinion. In mexico I plan to see the Mayan ruin and gather information about them. Also it would be great to see the main Mayan temple. The Mayan temples are one of the best built pyramids I have seen other than the Pyramids of Giza. Egypt is a dry and hot desert with very little vegetation…