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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”(Margaret Mead) There have been many protests, riots, and revolutions all over the world from ancient eras to our modern day. Each one of those has made the world what it is today. One of the most important protests was the feminist movement .Feminism is the advocacy of women 's rights to the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men. The feminist…

Day 6: Koblenz, Germany I will spare you the tedious travel details and go directly into the one sight we saw today, Marksburg Castle, high in the hills. It looked like something out of a children’s book, with a yellow facade and tall towers trimmed with red. It wasn’t originally built for residence, but for defence. It turned residencial unexpectedly, so consequently it hadn’t the tradition comforts. The rooms were tiny and lacked significant decor. Most of the rooms were dedicated to arms, or…

A person’s ethnicity is often defined by their belonging in a social group that share the same cultural traditions, e.g. language, religion and customs that are passed down through time, from one generation to the next. Ethnic groups can span both a broad and narrow aggregation, an example would be that, people living in the United Kingdom are coined as British, however, they can also be more accurately presented as Scottish, Welsh, Irish or English. This is not to be mistaken for race, the…

Ancient Greek Gender Many nations and civilization have ruled different lands and different people. One of the most ancient civilizations was the Greek civilization. It existed around the Mediterranean Sea where the country Greece is located. The ancient world and society have similar perspectives and different once. Democracy is an example of parallels thoughts in compare to nowadays. Although democracy in ancient Greece and modern life are diverse, the old Greeks, at least, advanced in…

Nathanial “Nat” Turner was born October 2, 1800 on the Virginia plantation of Benjamin Turner. He is recognized as the only Black American slave to led one of the most gruesome sustained slave rebellion that took place on August 1831 in Southampton County, Virginia. Nat Turners’ revolt (also known as the Southampton insurrection) was the most effective rebellion in U.S. history. Spreading fear through the white South. During Tuners’ life on the plantation, Benjamin allowed him to be taught in…

felt disturbed, “ I would rather die by sword in my own house than witness the perpetual repetition of these outrages….just for the sport of the thing, with no excuse, no rational end in sight.” (106) Odysseus felt disgusted at how selfish and shameless the suitors were. He did not feel as though he was capable of confronting them. The suitors bothered Odysseus to such an extent that he was willing to kill himself instead of coming face to face with them. Katabasis is developed by the author…

Milton’s Theodicy (A Critique of Milton’s Theodicy) There are essentially three parts to the triangle regarding theodicy. One is that there are terrible, gruesome things that happen in the world from a day to day basis; it’s horrible, awful stuff happening to people throughout the world. Another side of this symbolic triangle is a God who is all powerful. Furthermore, the final side of the triangle is the same God who is all loving. He wants what’s best for all of us and is all merciful.…

In William Shakespeare’s tragic play, Macbeth, the audience learns of the differing expectations and standards in regard to manhood. Shakespeare shares the individual opinions on what it means to “be a man” through the following four characters: Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, Banquo, and Macduff. During the Renaissance period, men held the responsibility for the duty of revenge. However, Shakespeare’s true opinion of what it means “to be a man” extends beyond the idea of revenge. A man should serve…

Many have tackled the original myth that these two plays follow, with the version involving Hippolytus and Phaedra being a source for many Greek tragedies. The story is all about the misdirected passions the character’s experience: Hippolytus and his passion against women and sexual love, Phaedra and her passion for her stepson, and Theseus’ eventual passion to destroy his own flesh and blood. Euripides had written two different versions, the second being meant to tone-down the raciness of the…

office of any kind. He’s never had to broker political compromise, give political speeches or pour over political briefing notes. So why on earth, with no experience in politics, would people think he’d make a good president? Sure, Donald Trump is a shameless self promoter and experienced businessman. But Washington, D.C., is not Wall Street, and getting things done in the nation’s capital takes more than a big personality and strong will.…