Essays on Griselda

The Flanuer

In order to understand what the flanuer culture encompassed one first needs to understand what flanuer is. According to Charles Baudelaire, the flanuer is a man who is so enthralled by the urban society/world that the external overpowers the internal, so fascinated with the on goings of others that he temporarily forgets his own self. The flanuer removes him form the on goings of thaw world as he/she strands astride the worlds hearts. There are two schools of thought with regards to the description of the flanuer culture. The first school of thought associates the flanuer culture with a ...

Specific Purpose Statement: to provide comprehensive information about the life and times of Griselda Blanco

Thesis Statement: This paper seeks to present Griselda Blanco and life-changing lessons drawn from her life. Introduction All protocols observed, ladies and gentlemen. I present to you one of the most outstanding women in Miami; Griselda Blanco. In spite of the enormous might possessed by the U.S. government, Griselda managed to run one of the most sophisticated drug networks in Florida for many years. Her drug distribution is estimated to have earned her about USD 80 million a month. She escaped various assassination attempts staged against her by her rivals. So smart were her operations that she escaped ...

Introduction

The Canterbury tales are a compilation of 20 stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer. The tales cover different themes written in the Middle English language of the 14th century. Most of the tales were written in parts. The manner in which Geoffrey Chaucer describes the characters as well as the incorporation of elements such as sarcasm and irony portrays a critic of the English society, specifically the church (Ackroyd, Peter & Chaucer 2). This essay explores two of the Canterbury tales: “The Clerks Tale” and “The Franklin’s Tale”. The aim of the essay is to provide the similarities and the differences between ...

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Since time immemorial, the issue of gender has been subject to much debate. Literature captures gender perceptions of people in the past and the widespread sentiments of gender roles and equality back then. More often than not, women and men were boxed into the same set of roles in many classical literary pieces. Women were always portrayed as frail, gentle, submissive and passive. They obeyed their husbands and fathers without question. Men in classic literature always took on roles that characterized them as brave, strong, aggressive and initiator. Decision-making was their turf and they occupied positions of ...

I. FACTUAL SUMMARY Griselda Blanco, a.k.a. “The Cocaine Godmother”, was a woman whose crime reign was unprecedented in American history. She was truly the godmother of the of the cocaine racket in the United States during the 70s and 80s. She practically pioneered the cocaine trade in Miami, and not only that, she even ordered over 200 homicides in California, Colombia, Florida and New York (Matt). For decades, Blanco has also been credited by the media and law enforcement as the pioneer of the motorcycle assassination technique that she imported from Colombia to South Florida. The authorities accuse Blanco ...