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in open warfare”. This hierarchy of competition to warfare provided a formalized separation of status which was further noted by their seat placement at the Christmas feast described by the Pearl Poet. Here he mentions “At the side-tables sat many stalwart knights”, these would have been the honored military men who had seen warfare and gained their reputation in battle. Perhaps the use of the caste system was a method for maintain order throughout the classes; however, as apparent with the…

Public Health in the Philippines: The Issue The recent catastrophe of Typhoon Haiyan has exposed countless issues of waste-water management and basic sanitation in the Philippines. Being an environment always on the brink of flooding and large, unpredictable ocean waves, one would think that the infrastructure in the country would match the very environment in which it exists. Unfortunately, such is not a reality, and it is largely the fault of American business corporations cheaply…

Beowulf is an epic poem set in the either the fifth or sixth-century Scandinavia. Scholars have thought the poem to be set in Scandinavia because it is in the same part of Europe as Denmark and Sweden. There are three main climaxes throughout the entirety of the poem; the first is the fight with Grendel the monster, the second is Grendel’s mother, and the third is a dragon. With each fight the victims grow more into the monsters they are as they stray further and further from humanity. Beowulf…

Question #2 Image is everything. This phrase has become somewhat of a cliché in the world we live in now. However, back in 16th and 17th century England it was the reality. Visual displays of power and authority were vitally important to the functioning of English government. England operated under a rule of personal monarchy, and thus the King was reflected in his peoples. The way the upper echelons of society wielded their powers said much about the nature of society as a whole. There are…

Communism in the Soviet Union was greatly feared throughout the rest of Europe. From its beginnings in Lenin to the end of it when the Soviet Union fell and Boris Yeltsin became the government leader in Russia, the Red Scare ran throughout not only Europe but the whole world. Lenin was the first to come up with the Communist party, and it was enhanced by Stalin. Stalin became a totalitarian dictator of Russia, and used fear and terror in the Communist Party to enforce their ophilisoihpies.…

Personal Journey Carrie Dailor: Gratitude Given, Gratitude Received “But grace can be the experience of a second wind, when even though what you want is clarity and resolution, what you get is stamina and poignancy and the strength to hang on.” ~Anne Lamott With the arrival of 2016, Carrie Dailor anticipated a significant year. She looked forward to the tenth anniversary of her breast cancer diagnosis in October. “It meant that I was possibly so far out from everything that in a way I would be…

In “Under The Influence,” Scott Russell Sanders, an American novelist, essayist, and teacher at Indiana University, talks about his life with his alcoholic father and how it affected him and still affects him to this day. He grew up watching his father battle with alcoholism. He experienced how his father was with alcohol and how he pushed away all the people who tried to help him. As an adult, he is wary of alcohol and developed depression due to struggles he had as a child. Even though his…

Summary of Jungian Archetypal Psychoanalysis Many texts of literature throughout human history share a similar structure. These common themes in form and plot structure can sometimes allow us to divine some of humanity’s innermost, sometimes repressed, thoughts and mindsets. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is no exception to this pattern. While reading Sir Gawain, there are many common themes, or archetypes, that we can examine to gain some insight on humanity and some of its subconscious…

There is a time in history were people were not accepted for who they were, especially by the color of an individual 's skin. The same chances were not presented to those who were of a darker complexion. Two different plots with the same concept that shed light to a situation where pretending seemed to be the only way out of the hardships of what life had to offer for blacks. “The Imitation of Life” one of the greatest movies of the 1950 's era with a strong message and a tear jerking ending.…

SPORTS APPARELS and SHOES: It is a typical sport-specific garments worn by anyone involved in sports for the safety, style and for physical training. It involves many accessories such as shoes, shorts, track suit, jersey, T -shirts etc. The leading brand across the globe is the famous brand that caters to all sports and has set the views eyes on the product was NIKE. NIKE as a brand, was founded during the year 1964 and was initially named Blue Ribbon Sports by its founders Bill Bowerman…