Saw VI

was one of the main causes of the church beginning to become corrupt. There were many powerful people in the church, mostly popes, that were known for their terrible sins and hypocritical ways. The popes that will be discussed will be Pope Alexander VI, he was known for his nepotism. Pope John XII was known for committing both…

possession of almost the whole of Western France by virtue of the English King Henry II’s marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine. Edward III’s subsequent claim to the French throne, along with lands he possessed in the south-west of France provoked Philip VI of France to attack England as he felt threatened. In 1346, England laid a siege on Calais, which after a year was surrendered, in turn damaging French pride and exacerbating the cause of national identity. Calais therefore became a symbol of the…

Predators? Ovid’s ever-present theme of change in Metamorphoses is reflected often in the reader’s fluctuating perception of the gods throughout the epic. Two perspectives of the gods are presented in the weavings made by Minerva and Arachne in Book VI; Minerva weaves a symmetrical, balanced portrayal that praises the gods and the order they believe they represent in their power to punish humans, while Arachne’s finished product portrays twenty-one violent scenes of divine rape and reveals the…

The famous author Jonathan Swift once said, “When a great genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign; that the dunces are all in confederacy against him" (Swift Introduction vi). Jonathan Swift himself was a great genius who lived through the end of the 16th century. He was born with a gift ahead of his time that allowed him to see the world as it really was: a dystopia. Born in Dublin in 1667, he lived through an aggressive time period in Europe. Political unrest, religious…

Kleos in the Odyssey and Iliad During the Homeric age, stories of heroes trying to find, protect, and grow their kleos to the point of being considered immortal in the hearts and minds of those who heard of their epic journeys and adventures. The Iliad and Odyssey are two examples of the very foundation of the meaning of kleos; The Iliad is more or less the rage of Achilles and his struggles with his own kleos, and the Odyssey is basically Odysseus struggling to accomplish more great deeds on…

The Soviet Union in 1955 formed the War Saw Pact to provide for their protection. This aspect led to arms race between the two superpowers. In the Cold war period security was achieved through the following; containment, deterrence, balance of power and arms control. Containment was the first…

Americans and they all made a choice that resulted in the privileges African Americans are given today. The Great Migration was a movement that changed Isaac H.’s life because his family moved to the North and created a foundation for him. The migrants saw an opportunity for jobs, housing, better living conditions, and overall unity of the black community. These all…

In chapter VI, The Educated Negro Leaves the Masses, the question that will be addressed are: What is Woodson’s argument about the relationship between individual’s education and their connection to the “masses,” especially the black church? The author Charter G. Woodson sheds light on how many blacks who tend to seek and obtain higher education tend to separate themselves from other black individuals who lack the same educational background. Also in chapter VII, Dissension and Weakness, Woodson…

Tyranny. Murder. Warfare. Power. What do these things have in common? They’re all themes in the life of the notorious King Richard III. King Richard III was one of the most striking kings of England; he led a life in need of power and dominance, speckled with murder and secrecy. Richard was born in England in 1452 and was notoriously known for ruling England for two chaotic years between 1483 and 1485. Seizing power at the mere age of 12, young Richard III was destined for sovereignty, following…

Following the French Revolution of 1789, political ideologies began to surface as a result of an increased chance to engage in political discourse, something that was rare outside of the Monarch’s court. As ideas of liberalism, an ideology with a focus on individual human rights began to surface, conservatives with the desire to maintain the Ancien Regime retorted with anti-nationalistic sentiment. In his speech “What is revolution?”, delivered in 1852, conservative Friedrich Julius Stahl…