Shallow foundation

Knight, the Pearl Poet has portrayed the chivalric code positively, with adherents described favorably as the “happiest of mortal kind, (56)” “[courteously] gracious (247),” and “faultless in [the] five senses (640). The chivalric code serves as the foundation for the knights’ behavior, consisting of “beneficence boundless and brotherly love...pure mind and manners...and compassion most precious” (652-54). And yet the reality of the chivalric code was often at odds with its ideal purpose. For…

Mallord William Turner was an English artist who gained notoriety from his landscape paintings that utilize the dynamic lights that illuminate the scenery he builds. Joseph Turner’s work innovated and popularized landscape painting, which laid the foundation for impressionism to come into prevalence after the Romantic period. This is observed in his painting Rockets and Blue Lights, painted in 1840 with oil on canvas. Rockets and Blue Lights displays a coastal view of the ocean that sprawls…

Competitive personalities and the excessive drive for success was the foundation of the business relationship that once existed between Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick. They both exhibited extreme business practices that tied them together, but also tore them apart. Their mindset for business expansion and longevity are the theories that modern day companies can thrive to achieve. “N one was more important to the “Iron City” than Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick, whose operations in…

“The “Queen of the South,” New Orleans is a city whose prosperity can be directly attributed to the Mississippi River. As a gateway to America, it has thrived as a shipping and commercial center, contributing to the industrialization of the United States from its early days to the present,” (“New Orleans” 230). New Orleans is located in the southern region of the United States, and it borders the states of MIssissippi, Texas, and Arkansas. New Orleans has many geographical features that are…

psychological theories and perspectives. For example, both John B. Watson?s Behaviorism and the, later created, learning perspective posit that the basis of behavior stems from accumulating knowledge, or learning, over time. Suggesting that memories are the foundation of which determines one`s behavior. Additionally, B.F. Skinner expanded on the ideas set by behaviorism by suggesting that, similar to animals, people learn certain behaviors via reinforcement, such as getting a reward…

Randolph Bourne’s piece of writing is clearly inspired by a desire for a cosmopolitan America he feels would be different in spirit and character to the countries of ‘old’ Europe; which is associated with his overarching desire for an “American” identity that is not totally Anglo-Saxon. This is what inspires him in his call for a “pragmatic”, “realistic” nation, a “trans-national” one. Bourne’s potential idea of a “pragmatic” America would consist of a multicultural America. This is undoubtedly…

truly be characterized as friendships” (citation). One feels bondedness toward the other, without feelings of intense passion or long-term commitment. After 45 minutes of participating in this experiment, people feel real friendship rather than the shallow connection that one would expect the results of only 45 minutes to…

Imagine walking into a bedroom lit with fluorescent lighting fit for a makeup studio. On various shelves around the room, makeup containers are meticulously placed in their respective places. Almost everything is sorted in its own manner—foundation by shade, eye shadows by the rainbow spectrum, and lipsticks by color. Upon further inspection, one can see that some bottles are unopened or barely used while newly arrived boxes of even more makeup are stacked neatly in a corner, waiting to be…

Iraq: Oasis of Conflict At the heart of the only planet in our galaxy known to harbor life, lies a land known in the bible as the “Empire of Man”. This land is where the great ark of Noah was built, and not far from there was the fruitful garden of Eden. This area is Babylon, Land of Shinar and Mesopotamia. Not many know the origins of some of these great stories and history of humanity. The current name of this part of the world in which change and chaos is the norm, is Iraq. The name…

RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE (PERSPECTIVE) Like many other civilisations throughout the historical timeline, Vikings also had their own beliefs and religious practices-which they worshipped more than one kind of god until the official conversion of Christianity happened at the era of 1000CE. Evidences from the collection of medieval Icelandic prose recorded inside the ‘Viking sagas’, suggested that Vikings had also faith in mythical creatures and immortal souls. Each god in Vikings was assigned for…