Sixteenth-century Venice viewed and treated women with restrictive and symbolic societal expectations, and this is a theme prevalent through the art and architecture of the period. Through the Casa delle Zitelle, Veronese's Apotheosis of Venice, and Andrea Vicentino's Disembarkation of the Dogaressa Morosini Morosini Grimani from the Bucintoro and Her Progress Toward the Triumphal Arch, the Venetian social expectations of women can be assessed. Women are treated as fragile commodities whose encouraged traits are beauty and purity. This often prevents...
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The Era of the Fur Trade The fur trade is a worldwide industry that deals in the sale of animal fur over the world to manufacture especially woolen hats and clothes. In the 1800s on the mainland north of the 49th parallel, the fur trade held until the gold rush to the Fraser river. The Europeans established their power in the Northern cordillera in the absence of a state as there were heavy conflicts regarding the territories. For approximately fifty...
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Individuals experience childhood in various conditions and as they develop, their environment impacts them from numerous points of view. In Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, she is a 10-year-old who lives in Iran that has encountered groundbreaking occasions, for example, the Islamic Revolution which happened in 1979, and the Iranian and Iraq war in the 1980s. Marjane utilizes these occasions and showed them as a realistic novel for the honor-winning diary, Persepolis. Satrapi's realistic novel Persepolis is a bildungsroman on the grounds...
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The time that I found the schooling system to be a âplace of sanctuaryâ in my life would have to be NEVER... The day that I realized that the school system was designed to inculcate the minds of the youth and that the school system's main intention was designed to promote propaganda (a message designed to persuade an audience to think or behave in a certain manner) amongst the minds of the youth at a young age. Which in effect,...
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The U.S. Constitution: From Past to Present The U.S. Constitution contains 4,400 words and is 17 pages long, or 4 parchments. Some people will say those 4,400 words are outdated for todayâs modern society. When you look back in history, people such as Samual Adams and Patrick Henry were against the constitution. They were known as anti-federalists. Other people like John Adams and Benjamin Franklin supported the U.S. Constitution. They were known as federalists. The U.S. Constitution has been in...
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Dr. W. Edwards Deming: Father of the quality evolution Dr. W Edwards Deming, born 14 October 1900 was an American engineer, statistician, author, lecturer, and consultant. He has made many academic contributions to the quality movement including his philosophical methods and his theory of profound knowledge has assisted in the development of Total Quality Management (TQM). The 1950s was the era that was considered the origin of TQM but interest in this management practice peaked in the early 1990s. Deming,...
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âSocial Constructs are real. Thatâs what makes them so powerfulâ (Trombley 2013). Society accepts and determines these social constructs. Social constructs can be non-identical based on the community and the events neighboring the time period in which they live. In my essay, I will be defining what is a social construct. I will discuss my chosen example of a social construct and what it entails. I will also define and discuss what is classification. Toward the end, I will discuss...
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Society and Crime The purpose of this paper will serve to provide an overview of how the impacts of crime affect public policy, sentencing, practices, and operations of correctional institutions, along with a societal response to those impacts. We will attempt to examine why there is a need for punishment and crime (or not), take a look at the emphasis on current punishment and/or rehabilitation, and how multiculturalism and diversity may affect the responses to crime. Societyâs views of crime...
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A man who is virtuous and has many sympathetic traits, a person with flaws people would consider fatal, a person wounded by experience: that person is a tragic hero, and a tragic hero is perfectly shown by Shakespeare's Othello. Othelloâs past is the reason he is the way he is today, his past is the reason he is considered a tragic hero. Him being a victim of racism â his blackness is not only a mark of his physical alienation...
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In Suzanne Collinsâs dystopian novel âThe Hunger Gamesâ, she portrays a post-apocalyptic world in which 12 Districts in a nation known as Panem are oppressed by the rich ruling class in a city known as the Capitol. In societies such as these, great heroes are needed. One such hero is the protagonist of the novel: Katniss Everdeen. She is quite an unlikely hero, as she is from one of the poorest districts in Panem, but she has many heroic traits...
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Many philosophical films are currently available. These films dealt with all kinds of subjects such as social life, work, health, race, etc. The most interesting subject in âA Beautiful Mindâ, one of the famous philosophical films, is the difficulty of the main character to distinguish the difference between the two, reality and imagination. The film's philosophical argument is very important because it is based on the true story, which only occurs in rare cases. After watching the movie âA Beautiful...
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Science fiction deals primarily with the effects of imagined or legitimate science upon individuals and/or society. Often, texts of the genre provide commentary on or caution against events occurring in present-day society. Andrew Niccolâs âGattacaâ (1997) and Aliette de Bodardâs âImmersionâ (2012) explore the present-day overdependence on technology, but while âImmersionâ uses character to convey individual overdependence, âGattacaâ uses setting to convey the overdependence on technology of society as a whole. However, both texts incorporate the theme of loss of...
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Science fiction utilize textual forms and features to speculate possible futures and critique modern day values. The futuristic aspect of this genre allows readers to view current societal issues such as discrimination and social conditioning through different perspectives. Andrew Niccolâs âGattacaâ (1997) and Aliette De Bodardâs âImmersionâ (2012) explore the unreasonable discrimination against those who refuse to conform to the society causing the audience to reconsider the validity of social norms that repress people into behaving a certain way. Science...
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Andrew Niccol uses dialogue, camera angles, and symbolism to show the main themes of his film âGattacaâ - discrimination, perfection and determination. âGattacaâ is about a seemingly utopian country with no illness and no disease. Though these people are genetically made, making it physically impossible to find an imperfection. The film is about how people are treated unfairly due to being imperfect in their pristine economy. Vincent born as an âin-validâ has to prove that he is just as worthy...
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It can be seen to a large extent that South Africa is less racist since apartheid. Life during apartheid was harsh due to radical laws imposing segregation between blacks and whites. Since apartheid these laws have been abolished and blacks have been given more freedom. However, racism still lingers throughout the country. Laws that were put in place were racist and discriminated against blacks and other races. Such laws consisted of the prohibition of mixed marriages which prohibited marriage between...
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Located in Southeast Asia, Vietnam has become one of the fastest-growing economies and has plans on becoming a developed nation within the next decade. With a population of 96.1 million, Vietnam is a densely populated developing country that has been adjusting since 1986 from the rigors of a centrally planned, urban economy to a more industrial and market-based economy, and it has raised incomes significantly. While the government of Vietnam has made commendable efforts in improving the health of the...
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Many people are concerned with their appearance these days and want to keep a healthy diet, but eating too healthy can be a sign of trouble. Over-dieting is faulty because it can cause a lot of harmful outcomes for insistence: mood swings, disordered eating, orthorexia nervosa, metabolism problems, and life-threatening medical conditions. Changes in attitude are an effect of dieting. According to the Journal of Health Psychology, there was an experiment where some females dieted and some did not. For...
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An environmental worldview is our assumption about the value and use of the environment. Everyone's worldview, when it comes to the environment, is different; circumstantial to the way you were raised, your religious background, and simply just where you put the environmentâs well-being on your list of priorities. These worldviews are broken down into three different categories: the anthropocentric worldview, the life/earth-centric worldview, and the biblical worldview. The anthropocentric worldview is when people think that the role of humans is...
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In his article âHow Walt Disney Ruined Our Livesâ, which appeared in the Brandeis Magazine in 2013, Harvard-trained psychologist Robert Epstein talks about the impact of some of Walt Disneyâs most famous films on the nature and dynamic of committed human relationships, specifically marriages. He mentions how these Disney movies, which are themselves based on ancient (and quite sinister) folktales collected by literary giants like Hans Christian Andersen and the Grimm brothers from their respective cultures, have contributed to the...
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To allow teenagers to try adulthood, as suggested by Leon Botstein in his option piece that was published in the New York Times, would change how the world functions. As suggested by Botstein the current school system does not allow teenagers to learn about what adulthood, but instead teenagers how to playschool. They learn lessons like how to keep their thoughts to themselves, and never speak out. There is more of a need to use schools to teach adult life...
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Many see the monster Grendel, for what he is, a monster. After all, he has taken many lives and has committed cardinal sins. However, in his final fight against Beowulf he can be seen as the victim, his thoughts reshape but also reconfirm that the dragon was the one who changed him. In the novel âGrendelâ by John Gardener, Gardener emphasizes the changes of Grendelâs identity and purpose over the course of his battle with Beowulf through the employment of...
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Science fiction texts effectively utilize a variety of textual forms and features to explore fictional futures, which cooperate to develop a commentary on the present. âGattacaâ (1997), produced by Andrew Niccol, and âMovementâ (2011), by Nancy Fulda, are two texts that reveal the ongoing rivalry between Earthâs creator, God, and the evolvement of scientific technology. However, as a consequence of the rivalry, whilst âGattacaâ exhibits the importance of resisting conformity, âMovementâ emphasizes self-acceptance and staying true to your own identity....
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As a Christian, my environmental worldview varies from others. Some people think we should take charge of everything and disregard other creatures, but I believe God intended us to live in harmony. I also believe that God created this planet and all of its components for us humans to live on in harmony with wildlife, care for it, utilize its resources in a responsible manner because he gifted us humans the knowledge to versus other creatures. In this paper, I...
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During this time of Covid-19 it is important to keep our body healthy so we can avoid problems when we become older. A way to keep our body healthy is by choosing a vegetarian diet, which increases our life expectancy and at the same time does not pose a danger to animals. A lot of people think they have to eat meat to get all the nutrients they need for a good health, but that is not actually true. One...
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The reality of the world and the truth of it is questioned every day, especially when something goes wrong. This is shown in âThe Truman Show', when Truman finally starts to question the reality of the world and the truth of the people that surrounds him. The movie serves as a symbol for our current condition. In our cultural world, politics, advertisement, and public relations are increasingly made up of cinematic illusions, just like the false landscape Truman lives in....
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Introduction "A Class Divided" is a compelling documentary that explores the impact of discrimination through an innovative classroom experiment conducted by Jane Elliott, a third-grade teacher. Following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, Elliott devised an exercise to help her students understand the effects of racism and prejudice. The film documents her "Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes" exercise, where students are treated differently based on the color of their eyes. This film serves as a powerful educational tool...
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The Theme of grace in âA Good Man Is Hard To Find and Other Storiesâ is widely presented in most stories of Flannery OâConnor. At the beginning of most stories, characters are seen as being alienated to the authorâs perception of Godâs grace, living a sinful life. As the story develops however, some changes occur in the lives of characters where they experience grace through an understanding of humanity. In this context, grace is viewed as a life situation in...
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Arthur Miller was a renowned playwright who lived from October 17th, 1915, to February 10th, 2005. His literary career began when he was a student at the University of Michigan. He was the recipient of multiple Tony Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, and the Praemium Imperiale Prize (âArthur Millerâ). Miller was also briefly married to Marilyn Monroe and was furthermore notorious for not ânaming namesâ during the Red Scare, despite the repercussions (âArthur Millerâ). Arthur Miller worked hard to â[combine] social...
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This essay will talk about the origin moussaka which is a Greek dish that many of the locals enjoy. I will also talk about some of the individual ingredients of moussaka and how it found its way into the county and ultimately into the dish. Lastly, I will talk about some of the relationships between moussaka and some of the topics in this class such as The Columbian exchange and cultural diffusion. Moussaka is eggplant casserole and baked meat with...
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Introduction The debate surrounding public smoking bans, particularly in eateries, is a contentious one, with health implications at its core. In Malaysia, the proposal to ban smoking in all dining establishments aims to create a healthier environment for both patrons and employees. The World Health Organization (WHO) has long advocated for smoke-free public spaces, emphasizing the detrimental health effects of secondhand smoke. According to the WHO, exposure to secondhand smoke causes approximately 1.2 million premature deaths annually on a global...
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