Viking

For Willy, his adventurer / explorer brother, Ben, and his salesman hero, Dave Singleman, are images of success, but the character of Ben is fantastical and the achievements of Dave are idealised and exaggerated. Using these as his benchmarks, Willy can never achieve the success he so desperately craves. Through a series of flashbacks in the play, where we witness Willy's persistent efforts to make the American Dream a reality for himself and his family, Miller launches a scathing attack on the…

obsession with England… or maybe just their intriguing accents. Considering England has a very interesting culture and also a quite different one, many cannot blame. Due to many loses in wars and battles England was under the rule of the Romans, Saxons, Vikings and Venetians for quite some time. Today, because of refugees coming from places all over the world England has become culturally diverse. Language is a significant part of a country’s culture, without language communication would be…

“Beowulf” is a fatalistic epic told in the late Anglo Saxon Britain, which has been Christianized. “Beowulf” is about early medieval Scandinavia, which is pagan. The poem was written around the eleventh century. It is written by an unknown author who many historians believe to be a Christian figure such as a monk. The author repeatedly references God throughout the entire poem, while not making any specific relationship with the Bible or Jesus himself. In the poem, Beowulf, the hero from…

Medieval castles were built in the middle ages in europe and the Middle East as a structure to provide protection. Castles shouldn't be confused with the “Palaces” that we are familiar with today, Medieval castles weren't made for comfort although they were great for protection. Castles were drafty, gloomy and damp. The fireplaces typically smoked up the rooms. The only light besides was from flickering torches. The floors were either bare stone or covered with animal furs. What furniture they…

This pleasant walk, starting from the hilltop village of Crayke, follows the Foss Walk to Oulston. Returning through pastures, meadows and croplands which are often muddy, although the extensive views help to offset this. The village stands on the southern slopes of the steep Castle Hill and derives its name from the Celtic word ‘creig’ meaning crag or rock. There has been a settlement here since at least 685 AD, when King Egfrid of Northumberland granted the village, together with all the land…

Their ancestry is filled with warriors. Men like Washington and Wallace, Napoleon and Tecumseh. The Vikings, the Scots, the Anglo Saxons, Romans, Chinese, Samurai, and Maori. The Spartans and Zande and Aztecs and Persians and Arabs and the Mongols. We all come from hunters and gatherers and are here only because some man in their lineage fought and defended…

Wanderer and The Seafarer coincide through their spiritual and emotional longings to escape the changing society and exile themselves to the sea. During the Anglo­Saxon time period commoners of this dreary and gruesome time were often surprised with viking raids and the threat of a rapidly changing pagan society. In both poems The Wanderer and The Seafarer we are introduced to the idea of two humble individuals setting themselves apart from their own society and exiling themselves to the…

Immanuel Kant was prevalent philosopher who focused on the morality in his 18th century work “Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals.” Here, he separates the branches of knowledge, what is inherently good, and the imperatives to guide morality. The first major premise of his Kant’s view of morality is his division thesis; it separates ethics into two groups: rational and empirical. The rational side, marked by its sole use of reasoning and logic is called morals. In contrast, the empirical…

Survival of the Sickest, written by Dr. Sharon Moalem provides a fascinating glimpse into the idea that modern day human diseases that afflict us actually have a significant role in the selection and existence of our ancestors. Before reading this book, I was used to thinking of diseases as disorders that adversely affect a person. While this may be the case for most individuals, Moalem explained in his book that that there’s an underlying connection between various diseases and longevity of a…

The Irish are descendants mostly of the ancient Celts, but the Vikings, Normans English, and Scots add to their culture. Some push factor was that in the 19th century Many people were forced to leave because of some crop failures. Some pull factors are that Ireland has been known for the beauty of the land and…