Literature

William Shakespeare wrote over 37 plays that are categorized histories, tragedies, romances, and of course, comedies.  His drama Much Ado About Nothing falls into the category of comedy, but by the standards of the modern world, the comedy is missing.  The drama shows the deception of class and actions can be achieved by all, and that one may not believe only their eyes, but must question even sight.  This comedic tragedy focuses on how evidence can be swayed, even when the evidence...

Since the beginning of the 20th century, high schools in America and all over the world have been striving to maximally reduce the levels of inequality among students and attendants. Those inequality movements and initiatives were particularly relevant for the United States, which had been traditionally characterized by high levels of population diversity. Needless to say, throughout the 20th century, America had been able to significantly improve the quality of social and educational approaches...

Athena and Odysseus share a common character trait in the Odyssey they are liars. There are some similarities and differences in the way that they use lies. The reasons that these characters use lies are also different. They also use the lies on different occasions. Odysseus lies to Polyphemus and uses Cretan lies on Athena, Eumaeus and Penelope. Athena uses disguise to lie. She disguises herself as Mentor, a herdsman in Ithaca, Mentes and as a young girl in Phaecia. Even though Odysseus and Athena...

Jabberwocky is the quintessential nonsense poem throughout time. Even though it is considered a nonsense poem, the words are placed in such a way as to lend them to definitions of words that may sound similar in the modern language. Another poet that is world renowned in the genre of nonsensical poetry is Dr. Seuss. The parents of the world have used his books and stories to teach children about values, morals, and equality. Carroll however, takes the nonsense a step further and upon first read...

This Memo discusses a number of issues related to the Pumps For All (PFA) organizations and the problems that the organization currently faces. There are a number of issues and factors that ought to be considered in order to ensure that the problems which the PFA organization is facing are properly and adequately addressed. The issues of concern include the need to address the perceived improper employee recruitment strategies and constant assignment of many duties to the employees who may never...

Aristotles Rhetoric is often seen as a contradiction of terms.  The first part of the book states that emotions should not be part of rhetoric and yet the remainder of the book tells the reader that the emotion of the audience is one of the three factors used to prove the art is well-defined.  This has created much discussion and much frustration, but the two apparent contradictions are really not contradictions, but both are required of rhetoric. The article by Jamie Dow (383) divides...

Love holds this world together. The very existence of human beings in this world is based on love that establishes human relations. Love is the most crucial emotion that binds individuals and keeps them happy. One of the most influential traditions of love in the Western world is Platonism. In the popular mind, Platonism is associated with the concept of Platonic love, which is understood today as a non-sexual relationship between heterosexual friends (Plato, 1951). As the concept of Platonic love...

The main character in The Epic of Gilgamesh is frequently blinded by his superior physical and intellectual gifts.   Gilgamesh is a powerful king, he is widely admired for his many special talents, and though he is cruel his position of authority is never questioned.  There is, however, one goal that eludes Gilgamesh despite his deepest desires and his quest to find the knowledge necessary to defeat death and to thereby become immortal.  Gilgamesh, in effect, views himself as a sort...

Hamlet is one of William Shakespeares most well-known and critiqued plays because it incorporates so many elements of drama, tragedy, humor, love, resentment and family loyalty. The title character struggles throughout with the death of his father, his place in the kingdom, the new relationship between his mother and uncle, and his love for, and loss of, Ophelia. Each character around Hamlet deals with all of these issues and relationships too they confront feelings of love, hate and need, but none...

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a vivid recounting of an historical era. Its depiction of social climbing, greed and ambition portray the dark side of the American dream. More than any other American novel written in the 1920s, the reader is led into a world where one can become convinced that they hear the voices of people speaking from that decade. The narrator, Nick Carroway, is the medium through which those voices are heard. He is the principal speaker in the text, serving as translator...

Most western history scholars, particularly those who are concerned with the necessity and primacy of accurate and factual empirical evidence, are looking into medieval Arabic historical documents with a very doubtful eye (Robinson 2003). This is mainly due to the extensive connection between Islam and these ancient narratives. Unfortunately, this situation has not only lead to the misunderstanding of Arabic history, and the writing of it for that matter. The sad case here is that the importance...

The media has always been a major influence in the workings of society and the day to day living of humanity. No matter how much other people deny it and or snob these influences, media has played a big part in the formation, evolution, growth and expansion, and to some extent, even to its slow degradation and destruction. As what Ted Turner has pointed out in his feature article, the media has drastically changed from the early 90s when it was still full of optimistic promise. Media, with all its...