The Circus

her mother has invited the whole family.The family ended up getting his parents drunk.(That’s a greek tradition) Ian and Toula begin the wedding planning but her family has already done most of the planning.As the big day comes Toula wakes up to a circus downstairs.Everyone is trying to do something on the bride until her mother comes up to talk to her about the “honeymoon phase”.Ian and Toula goes through the wedding and Toula father ends up buying them a house right beside his.A couple years…

Ancient Rome was an amazing place that is best defined by its many breakthroughs. A few of these breakthroughs were in Roman architecture, their act of Bread and Circuses, and their astounding military. All of these factors played a huge role in the creation and definition of Ancient Rome. Through these architectural, governmental, and military achievements, Rome became a very successful place. Ancient Roman architecture consisted of many things, such as organized structures and well built…

press my interest in becoming a Diversity Intern at Amherst College. When I applied to the Amherst Diversity Open Houses (DIVOH) senior year of high school, I was just starting to think about the college process. Coming from a small town over ninety percent Caucasian, I was drawn to Amherst’s emphasis on diversity and wanted to visit my first liberal arts college. Once I arrived, I was astonished by the experiences of my fellow DIVOH students and became overwhelmed at how heterogeneous yet…

Melodrama was and is a popular form of drama which exaggerates a lot of its themes in order to appeal to the audience, is used a lot in the entertainment industry. Melodrama is very “Black and White” because by using this particular type of drama you are immediately aware of who are the stock characters without any confusion. The stock characters are your stereotypical characters required to make an entertaining story, there are 2 types of characters that can be used to make a story, and there…

The games became more than just entertainment, they were a political forum that allowed politicians to gain public favor while distracting their people from any disorder in the government. ‘Bread and circus’ was more than just the Roman equivalent to football. The carnage of the gladiatorial fights distracted from the issues in the government and drew the masses together in a centralized location for a time. Like the trade network, they brought people…

taking flack for not compensating its college athletes. The NCAA has taken advantage of the fan’s needs and profited off the back of “student athletes” to make profits. Murray Sperber explained the trends of NCAA sports profits in his book Beer and Circus…

subpar weaponry unlike the Union. The lack of the correct equipment for war greatly decreased any chance of the south's victory. Secondly the confederates had a much smaller population of people, and army, and finally one person does not stop the circus, if Stonewall had not died that does not entirely sway the warning favor of the confederates.…

fact, we’re robots in everyday life, using the same route to go to work, and meeting the regular co-workers you’ve known for ages, all this effects our social life and it becomes so monotonic that we cannot ignore the fact that our life became a circus ring as a result we seek refuge on cellphones and make it our world, yet the…

Greece, Roman, and the Middle Ages were very different time periods. The Greeks ruled from 1750 bc to 133 bc. This was a time of war. Training would start at age seven but if the child was sick he or she would be left to die. With this war, a major change arose. The war required Spartan women to exercise and strengthen their bodies to produce strong offspring. This is something that has never happened before. The Greeks were known for were their crowd pleasing Olympic games. Ultimately the end…

Various religions possess the notion of being twice-born or reborn as a way to signify a new life and beginning. Hinduism believes in reincarnation, which is the belief that the behaviour in one’s previous life will determine his or her social status in the next life. Christians believe in the idea of baptism, which is a public declaration of faith, also known clean slate. In the novel Fifth Business by Robertson Davies, Davies uses the three Deptford boys’ name changes to illustrate rebirth and…