The Seafarer

Canen & Canen, (2008) studied Multicultural leadership: The costs of its absence in organizational conflict management in higher education institutions in Brazil. The researcher did a case study within a unit of an HEI in Brazil. The research discussed in this paper showed that the system of constructing "otherness" and isolating it can actually be characterized as workplace bullying condoned by extremely mono-cultural leaders. Leaders should be ethically and multicultural accountable for…

a constant barrage of viruses that devastated villages. But it was here in these bleak period of time that we see people sing or writing a poem about the hardships they had to endure. Three of which stood out among all other which were The Seafarer, The Wanderer and The wife’s lament. All three poems have a similar background in which it is told by a non noble perspective…

In medieval literature there are many types of themes. Some of them are knightly behavior, role/responsibility of women, and the role of religion. One of the first things that is important in medieval literature is the knightly behavior. In just about everything we have read there has been some type of knightly behavior. In “Sir Gawain”, there was a great multitude of knightly behavior. Sir Gawain shows the most knightly behavior. He stood in for King Arthur to cut the Green Knight’s head…

The Odyssey, a Liberian flagged oil tanker operating in the North Atlantic, exploded and broke in two, catching fire as it sailed from Sullom Voe, Shetland Islands, nearby the coast of Scotland, to Come-by-Chance, Newfoundland. Just before the tanker burst, it was travelling through 44 mph winds and 25 foot waves (Reuters). The ship was built in 1971 (Reuters) by the Diamond Port Shipping Corp of Monrovia, Liberia. Its length overall was 275.00 meters and the beam was 43.00 meters (Cedre).…

The story of “Beowulf” gives insight into the Anglo-Saxon ideals of conduct. The ideals of allegiance to king, belief in fate, and love of glory all are portrayed in different ways throughout the story. People quickly show their allegiance to the lord and king and their belief in fate, while they may secretly hide their love of glory by indirectly bragging about themselves. Allegiance to lord and king plays a large role in how the story of “Beowulf” unfolds. In order for someone to be a true…

Kendra Perez Mrs. Hardison ECE World Maritime History 16 October 2015 Young Men and the Sea Book Critique Young Men and the Sea by Daniel Vickers provides evidence about shipboard life along with what happened on shore with the towns seafarers. Vickers studied seamen based in Salem, Massachusetts between the 17th and 19th century. Vickers analyzed many sources to be precise about his claims. In his analysis he takes just as much interest in the citizens on shore as well as the ones at sea.…

anthology. An anthology is a collection of different writings by different authors, like our literature book (hymnal as Mr. McGee calls it). This is the Anglo-Saxon Anthology of poetry. There are three poems in this Exeter book, consisting of The Seafarer, The Wanderer, and The Wife’s Lament. These poems are dramatic monologues, which means there is only one speaker and he/she is talking to someone. Interesting fact, in Anglo-Saxon time period women didn’t have any power, but in this Exeter book…

(Manilatimes.net, 2016), it is stated that the Philippines is ranked being the second largest supplier of maritime labor globally. And the Philippines remains to be the largest source of ratings. Foreign ship-owners are known to prefer Filipino seafarers because of their dedication, hard work, English language fluency, adaptability, and discipline. Thus, discipline continues to revolve to be the number one factor that affects the performance of maritime…

Worshipped for being the patron and protector of seafarers, Mazu is a Chinese sea goddess who is popular in the religions of Taoism and Chinese Buddhism. Before her deification, she was a young woman called Lin Mo Niang, a real historical figure dating from 960 A.D to 988 A.D. In addition, Mazu has also made many appearances in Chinese legends and myths. Many people, of whom a large amount are fishermen, in coastal areas situated in south-eastern China and Taiwan islands, are known to worship…

I. Global Maritime Expansion Before 1450 A. The Pacific Ocean 1. Over a period of several thousand years, peoples originally from Asia crossed the water to settle the islands of the East Indies, New Guinea, the Melanesian and Polynesian islands, the Marquesas, New Zealand, and other Pacific islands out to Hawaii. Polynesian use of the sweet potato, domesticated in South America, suggests that they may have reached the Americas. 2. Polynesian migration and establishment of colonies was aided by…