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Retributive Justice in Agamemnon and The Sailor who fell from Grace with the Sea The concept of retributivist justice is best understood as the form of justice ruling that “those who commit certain kinds of wrongful acts, paradigmatically serious crimes, morally deserve to suffer a proportionate punishment” (Walen, 2016). In Aeschylus’s Agamemnon and Yukio Mishima’s The Sailor who fell from Grace with the Sea, the concept of retributive justice influences the emotions and actions of the…

Christopher Columbus a sailor, a hero. Admiral of the Ocean Sea? Sorry Christopher Columbus, but even your title was taken away. Who really discovered the Americas? And why are you given credit that you don’t deserve? Well, actually about twenty thousand years ago the first Native Americans came over the land bridge during the Ice Age. Christopher Columbus came in 1492 and in 1493 he came back and took everything, as said in the text “Columbus proved to be a better explorer than governor.” They…

Elliott Sailors is a renowned name in the world of womenswear. From strutting the catwalks to posing in Ellen von Unwerth shoots, Sailors is a model who built a resume that preceded her, but her career didn’t stop there. At age 31, with the support of her loving husband, Sailors clipped her blonde locks short, bound her chest, and crossed over to the realm of menswear. With this one daring move Sailors suffered a slice in her paycheck and ignited an explosion of controversy that both…

Being a lifelong sailor comes with perks. I have a sixth sense attuned to the sea and wind. It is a wonderful thing to be able to point out North, South, East, and West without the slightest aid. I can always sense where the ocean is when it is out of sight (and will usually be found staring in that direction when I am bored). I can identify and differentiate wind and current lines on the water with only a glance. When I mention that I am a sailor to my friends, their minds usually conjure…

“I am a United States Sailor. I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America, and I will obey the orders of those appointed over me. I represent the fighting spirit of the Navy and those who have gone before me to defend freedom and democracy around the world. I proudly serve my country’s Navy combat team with Honor, Courage, and Commitment. I am committed to excellence and the fair treatment of all.” The Sailors Creed is something I say every morning at work. It is…

as well as traditional gender roles, within this medium. This is all because of the Sailor Moon Manga by Naoko Takeuchi, which when it was adapted into an Animation revolutionised the ‘magical girl’ genre and brought these themes into question. This essay will use the source material to look at how traditional gender roles are displayed within the source and their impact on the progression of the story. Sailor Moon crossed boundaries regarding gender roles when it was originally released as…

The charge and conviction of mutiny against the African American sailors were motivated by the racism shown against them by the naval officers at Port Chicago. The African Americans were charged with mutiny, although what they were doing was not considered mutiny due to the naval definition. The navy believed the men were refusing to go back to work and start a mutiny because of the general ineptitude that they believe African Americans represented. Finally, the verdict of the fifty men guilty…

Black Sailor, White Navy examines racial unrest that occurred in the U.S. Navy during the early 1970s. The early 1970s was a very stressful time for the U.S. Navy. On top of the Vietnam War, social unrest in the United States started to affect the Navy as a whole more significantly. To make matter worse Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Elmo Zumwalt Jr. had implanted some controversial personnel reforms in order to provide better opportunities for African Americans serving. Zumwalt was…

As my journey as a Vermilion High School Sailor comes to an end, I cannot help but to be excited to call myself a future Falcon by planning to further my education at Bowling Green State University in the fall of 2017. The experiences that I have endured throughout the last four years at Vermilion High School and in my community have shaped me into the young man I am today. I have participated in the following activities: Varsity Football, Varsity Track and Field, Weightlifting, The Breakfast…

Name: Paul Agege Block: E Date: 07 June 2017 Candidate number: The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea In The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea by Yukio Mishima, the notion of the maintenance of true order exists within the exposed core in which death is the baptism of renewal. The first-time death is explored is through the ritualistic killing of the kitten performed by Noboru and his friends as he found “wholeness and perfection in the rapture of the dead kitten’s large…