Sureties

Despite being a poem written about a lengthy war and its devastating effects, Homer’s Iliad offers more than just tales of blood and gore. If read carefully, the Iliad can give insight to a number of matters besides the obvious ones, including the rhetorical elements of speeches given throughout the course of the poem. Three of these speeches, which are delivered by a council of war heroes, can be evaluated to gauge the effectiveness of the oratory strategies that were being utilized throughout…

at the idea of being cheated on, and decide to get revenge. Iago has heard rumors that Emilia has slept with both Othello and Cassio. However, he does to know if they are true, but he says, “I, for mere suspicion in that kind, / will do as if for surety”(I.iii. 325-326). The mere rumor is enough for Iago to become jealous and angry. He is terrified by the idea that his wife would cheat on him and destroy his honor. As a result, Iago decides to get revenge on the men who insulted his honor. …

A Candle In My Heart. “A Candle In My Heart” is based of some true stories, which became known to me in my years as a Primary School Teacher. I wanted to share this so that others could look to the candle in their own hearts. It is a story of courage and perseverance in the face of a very un-ideal life. It can be used as a teaching tool for any grade to broach a difficult subject, that of child-abuse. Children in that situation will have a much different response to the story, which is not…

People the world over tend to have highly inflated and self-delusory opinions of themselves and go to great length to defend and conserve that opinion. While this is true of the average person in the street, it is even truer of people who hold high office or have hereditary privileged positions, like royalty. Our contemplation today deals with such a person, King Belshazzar of Babylon, and his momentous fall from power when God weighed him in the balances and found him wanting. As we proceed it…

Elena Castellari and her team set out on this experiment to test to see if a student in school was given a healthy snack before lunch time would they then have a reduced hunger in school. In addition, they would hope to see that if the healthy snack truly did reduce the child’s hunger, then the student would then be more inclined to choose healthier options at lunchtime. Furthermore, this experiment was conducted with the thoughts of childhood obesity in mind. According to the World Health…

Defamiliarization In Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky” Jabberwocky (or The Jabberwocky) is a nonsense poem by Lewis Carroll that appears in the novel Through the Looking Glass (And What Alice Found There) which he published in 1871 (Niki Pollock, 2000). It is a prime example of how language can be used as tool for defamiliarization as he does with his use of nonsense words and imagery. Jabberwocky is a nonsense poem. That is no accident. It did not get mangled in the printer, it was not jumbled up…

struggled most with avoiding the “known, knowns” I mean to say that my own conclusions are left out because I am already familiar with them. Just look at the first drafts of my “This I Believe” essay wherein I state in the opening lines that “The surety of my past..” It hurts to see it, of course the audience knows I have a past, I am here in the now, and would not even need to say it this way if I popped into existence from another reality. I instead chose to engage the reader by letting them…

On the eighth day of Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron, three stories of sexual deception highlight the regional economic and moral distinctions of 14th century Italy. Although Italy is starting to become a country of international commerce in the late 1300s, the second tale of the eighth day is told in a village, an economic system of bartering instead of physical currency. Moreover, the first story takes place in Milan, adding a new perspective of the depiction of women with a tangible…

In the second example, leaders do not demonstrate the same urgency. The leaders are of the mindset that someone else will respond if the situation occurs. Each situation determines the leadership style which accomplishes the organization’s goals and vision; therefore, there is not a “best” leadership style or approach. Challenges of Developing Contextual Theories of Leadership Efficiency may come with leadership, but leadership can be overpowering and complex. Innovation of alliances is not…

The Inner Nature of Friendship Cordelia Achen Over his long seclusion on the abandoned island of Lemnos, some meet Philoctetes and learn his melancholy history. However, no one gives him the aid he needs to escape his solitary existence and return to civilization. Except for Neoptolemus. He becomes friends with Philoctetes, at first to steal the bow of Heracles, but later due to his friendly feelings towards Philoctetes. Philoctetes too, has friendly feelings towards Neoptolemus, which survive…