William of Tyre

imprisoned Baldwin. Therefore, Jerusalem was in a fragile state without a strong governing body and so the city was an easy target. Nevertheless, Baldwin recognized that the Holy Land did not have enough occupants to defend the city’s walls and towers against invaders, therefore, he established a plan repopulate the city. In William of Tyre’s account of Jerusalem’s construction, he states, “Turning the question over in his [Baldwin’s] own mind and talking with others concerning plans for filling it [Jerusalem] with faithful people, worshippers of the true God.” Baldwin concluded that city required loyal Christian residents to protect it from enemies, therefore, he sought to gather Christians from Arabia. These Christians eagerly accepted Baldwin’s offer to better their living conditions and gain freedom. Baldwin increased the number of Christian citizens in Jerusalem so that the city could defend itself against enemies. When the Christians established the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem, they sought to expand and combine their territory to prevent Muslim Turks from attacking their cities. By 1110, Baldwin conquered all the cities on the coastline excluding Tyre and Ascalon. Moreover, due to Raymond of Toulouse’s capture of the port of Tripoli, Jerusalem advanced to consolidate their territory and power as well as gain access to the water. According to Ibn al-Qalanisi, while Raymond’s son and his nephew engaged in an inheritance dispute over Tripoli, the Franks invaded the…

Satan and The Antichrist, this chapter presents interpretive challenges. The same three-fold typology is found in Daniel chapter 8 around the character and events of Antiochus Epiphanes. The previous chapter, Ezekiel 27, contains historical information about the very wealthy King of Tyre. Located on the Mediterranean Sea, Tyre was a major trading center and jewel of the ancient world. As we segue into chapter 28, the King of Tyre is still the focus. However, the language that describes him…

Aeneas finds and founds his new homeland after Troy, his original homeland, is destroyed. Throughout his adventure he ends up in Carthage. Little does he know there would be an impactful woman by the name of Dido. Dido, the Phoenician exile and strong independent queen of Carthage is pushed into suffering from several different happenings and they turned her into less than what her potential is. Dido's brother, Pygmalion, contributed to the suffering because he has shown how fate is always…

In Death of a Salesman by, Arthur Miller, Willy has a desire to be a good father to his son were his dad was not. Willy believes that if he can instill the correct values into Biff so he can be like himself or more successful. The problem Willy is confronted with is that he cares too much as if he is trying to emulate his life in Biffs. Compared to Willy Charley takes a position of hands off while still teaching Bernard to be a good student and by working hard because it will pay dividends later…

Pericles Play Response On February 21, 2016 the Guthrie Theater did a production of the play Pericles written by William Shakespeare. As members of the audience found their seats, soft music began to play and the light became low. Within minutes the entire theater had become completely silent. For about the next four hours the audience was captivated by the emotion, excitement, and humor of a story about one man’s incredible life journey. At its core, the Pericles displays the trials and…

knowing what celebrities went through to get there. With that being said, what do you value most in life? Is it the little things that can be by the past or the important things? In life people tend to put so much value on the little things. For example, like William Carlos Williams hold his red wheelbarrow to so much standards. He feels as though so much depends upon it. When we focus on the little things, we tend to get side-tracked as William Carlos Williams shows in his “Red Wheel” poem and…

simple man was William Carlos Williams. He was born in America as a Puerto Rican-American who then with hard work and determination became a well-practiced doctor. He however is better known for his works of poetry that challenged the traditional way of writing poetry. In Williams’s book of poetry, The Wedge, is prefaced by an introduction that introduces his readers to his controversial ideas concerning poetry and what it should represent in today’s modern times. He wants his readers to break…

commentary. In terms of poetry, authors often switch between the two throughout their bodies of work. William Carlos Williams is an imagist poet whose personal poetic philosophy as expressed in various essays and interviews demonstrates a clear choice for using the poetic form to make social political commentary. In particular, Williams poem This is Just to Say is no exception to Williams’ method of using the poetic form for political…

In Remembrance of Aggie Fausnaugh (1929 – 2016) The Agnes H. Fausnaugh Endowed Scholarship Fund is a bequest from Aggie Fausnaugh, Ohio Wesleyan, to her beloved sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Aggie Park attended Ohio Wesleyan University where she became a member of Rho Chapter in 1946. It was that same fall that Aggie met Hal A. Fausnaugh, a member of Beta Theta Pi and her future husband. From the moment she met Hal, she knew he was the guy for her. Kappa was another great love of Aggie’s life.…

A modernist by trade, William Carlos Williams works with other artists in an effort to start and perpetuate a new movement. Working within the constraints that focused on breaking free from past restrictions and conscriptions with an eye towards current events and cultural influences, Williams is building something beautifully simplistic in his poetry. Towards the beginning of his efforts in poetry Williams’ underlines the fears associated with the cultural change to modernism, and the prevalent…