Tension

The Puritan Tension Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan who was a prolific poet during the 1600’s. During this time period women were barred from participating in literature. It was rare for female writers to stay within the Christian beliefs and not sway from Puritan ideals. Bradstreet’s writing alludes to the normal tension seen in the Puritan theology and lifestyle. Puritan’s believed in self-examination which gave Bradstreet the framework needed to explore her own steps within and outside the…

The American Revolution- a period of political tension- erupted in the 1700’s as a mass upheaval of the thirteen colonies against the British Empire. The British Empire acquired territory in North America after the French and Indian War. The empire needed money to support its troops in North America, so they decided to create the Stamp Act of 1765, or the first internal tax levied on the colonists. Further tensions occurred during the revolution: the Boston Massacre of 1770, the Boston Tea…

repercussions of illicit affairs. She does not create her characters to rebel against the institution of marriage, but only objects to the confinement that traditional roles bring. Chopin uses the image of the storm to represent the building of sexual tension between Calixta and Alce. From a literary perspective, storms typically symbolize conflict, uneasiness, and turmoil. Calixta, working with quite a vigor and frustration, doesn’t know of the approaching storm, similar to her ignorance of…

Russia, then in 1915 Italy, and in 1917 United States. One of the things that made this war happen was the leaders wanting to expand their territories. There was a lot of tension between the different leaders, not only for wanting to expand their territory, but because of other reasons too. Some of the reasons for the tension came from new technology being…

Recurring Racial Tension In the novel “Elizabeth and Hazel,” by David Margolick, the recurring theme throughout the entire story is the racial tension and hatred that surrounded the pre-Civil Rights Era. In a world filled with hatred against people of color, Elizabeth Eckford managed to stand up for her race against all the disgusting things people were throwing at her. The reason she was being treated this way was because she went to Central High School, an all-white school. At the time,…

This project honestly didn't have much of an impact on me whatsoever only because everything I stated in my structural tension was a plan I had during the summer. I personally value having good health so that helps me actually not eat things too recklessly (though I wouldn't say my diet and fitness plus represents that well). Similar to what's stated in my structural tension I don't tend to change my diet often unless it involves a season I begin to go running. I prefer to have plenty of energy…

racism has a bigger role in this book. Racism by definition is: prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird the race tension plays a big role by saying that Atticus favors niggers, and Atticus is a disgrace because he defended Tom Robinson, and not allowing negroes sit with all of the other people. The theme racism is really big because it has much hate is going around…

Cold Tensions After the second World War was over the United Sates and the Soviet Union had seen the differences between themselves and began to divide upon them. The most prominent difference is that of communism, with the US being a democratic capitalist state and the USSR being a dictated communist state. By February of 1948 the physical manifestation of the division, named the “Iron Curtain”, was completed thanks to a communist coup in Czechoslovakia. (Hightower 10/27) That physical…

Diagram 1.6: Diagram showing tension force in the string (from 0 cm increasing in 1 cm until a displacement of 15 cm has been attained) This diagram shows the manner in which the tension force applied to the string was calculated. Starting at 0 centimeters, forces were provided in the string such that the string would extend one additional centimeter from the previous measurement. Using the Capstone® software, the force applied to the string was calculated at the given horizontal…

“..we must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood.” He want men to rise together with respect and kindness avoiding the racism and judgement. This type of power…