Essays on Silence

Abstract

This research study is aimed at investigating how the convenience of electronic resources affects our real-life communication skills. The introduction section includes illustrations of how electronic communication has made a safe haven for many Americans who do not possess face-to-face communication skills. The segment also gives an explanation of the models that people have lately adopted in order to compensate for the inadequacy in face-to-face communication cues. Some of the dependent variables in this research will be the development of compensatory abilities and the degree to which those abilities promote survival. The paper aims at reaching the goals of ...

What are the similarities and differences between the trial of Jesus and Socrates?

Similarities Both Jesus and Socrates had defied the then establishment and both the trials took place publicly. During the trials, there was a view in favour of showing leniency but the public revolted against the jury and demanded the death penalty. Finally, the jury had to give in to the demand of the majority. Both Jesus and Socrates were given the chance to justify their acts and convince the jury. This was mandated by the legal proceedings. Both were accused of blasphemy. Socrates was charged with dishonouring the Greek’s God, while Jesus was accused of being made himself ...

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My First Kiss

Everyone dreams of their first kiss and what it would be like, often practicing in the mirror or on our hand, longing for someone else’s sweet lips to touch our own and wonder what it would feel like when it happened. When I was 14, my parents sent me to my grandmother’s home on vacation. I remember, it was a hot summer. It was so hot that you could feel the sweat drip down your body and there was no means of air circulating. However, I felt the boredom kick in day after day ...

Compare Sidney's 'Astrophel and Stella, sonnet 3' with Shakespeare's sonnet 83

It has to be reckoned that poetry is one of the most enchanting forms of literary expression that has intrigued the literary critics and readers alike. Poetry provides the poet with the aesthetic freedom of traversing the avenues of imagination so as to reach out to the avid readers with the poetic expressions and portrayals. Sonnet is one of the most famous forms of poetry that has engaged the readers with its quintessence of form and artistic content. Many famous literary artists have engaged in penning sonnets from the core of their hearts to enthrall the readers all over ...

In our present time, holy places are primarily in a closed building. It suits the expectations of our current society. People seek comfort in cool air, comfy pews, and embellished statues and windows as they worship. I happen to enjoy that as well. I feel like a holy place can be wherever there are holy people. But if I had the opportunity to build a place of worship centuries ago, it would be way different. The older I get, the more my holy expectations flourish. First and foremost, I do believe that God speaks through nature. I feel that ...

The place of woman in society has always been a very controversial issue; from culture to culture, from century to century the meaning of women’s rights and their freedom varies. In the article called “Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?” Lila Abu-Lughod examines the real women’s role in what is nowadays called ‘War on Terrorism’. The main issue of her research is whether western community overlooks Muslim women in the right way. Her answer is definitely closer to being negative; “We now understand them as suffering from structural violence. We have become politicized about race and class, ...

Report on Collaborative Research for Postgraduate Students

Abstract The report seeks to highlight the advantages and disadvantages of collaboration in research. The advantages include flexibility, achievement of positive research outcomes and improved access to resources required for research activity: The disadvantages include the risk of liability and the pressure of establishing efficient communication systems. The report recommends for the department to come up with best approaches to collaborative research.

Introduction

Many new researchers often have the fear of collaboration when doing research. It stems from naivety and the fear that they would have nothing to contribute to the collaboration. It has, however, been proved that collaboration is ...

United States Constitution is the fundamental law of the United States having the highest legal force. The American Constitution was adopted in September 17, 1787 at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia and subsequently ratified by all then existing thirteen American states. It is considered the world's first constitution in the modern sense. It consists of seven articles, for the duration of the Constitution there have been adopted twenty-seven amendments, which are its integral part. The Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments are considered as important amendments for people, as they protect them from different kinds of discrimination. The Fourth Amendment ...

Marriage among slaves helped them see their master as either good or bad. A good master let them have a church wedding and all the trimmings. The Bride and Groom chose each other and were in love. The opposite would be the bad master who was just out to make money and saw his slaves as little more than cattle. They had no say in who they married or if they could get married. Some men fathered dozens of children with different woman and had little contact with his children. A pregnant slave was seen as a good and ...

One’s Personality Type

The results of the Jung Typology Test indicated that one’s personality type is the Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging (ISTJ) type . The ISTJ type is aptly described using the following adjectives: inspectors with a “keen sense of right and wrong, especially in their area of interest and/or responsibility. They are noted for devotion to duty” . In addition, the ISTJ type is also expounded to focus on “one character trait which puts them at a definite advantage in terms of career success - Perseverance. An ISTJ can do almost anything that they have decided to do” . Likewise, the following traits ...

The problems associated with oppression and privileges are present in today’s society and it is up to the society as a whole to acknowledge the social issues in the society (Johnston 125). The art of silence in social issues allow these types of oppressions to continue among people. For example racism, sexism, homosexuality among other things is some of the things the society minimizes through silence. Johnston makes crucial and relevant points regarding the society because we have been socialized to believe that our merit relies on how hard we work (Johnston 118). This may be true but given ...

Introduction

This chapter gives an analysis of the results of the study to derive insights on why insider threats remains to be one of the leading and challenging security issues to deal with. The results of the study present a vague picture of what motivates insider threats in private organizations. The questions of why, what and how will be answered with references to the data obtained from the study. This section also demonstrates the actions taken by organizations and tries to link it with theoretical frameworks and pool of knowledge developed by earlier scholars.

Analysis

The belief that insider threats ...

Voluntourism Analysis: Positive Development for Local Communities?

The term ‘voluntourism’ suggests just that. But while intentions of the travelers may be pure and noble, the outcome and propensity of accomplishing truly positive achievements in a geo-developing world context may be questionable, doubtful, or downright detrimental for the people in local communities. The goal herein is to evaluate the pros and cons and make a position.

Untrained youth in volunteerism is a problem. In Doc Zone Volunteers Unleashed (2015), most of the young volunteers are privileged white girls from Western societies. Statistics bear this out, placing most of the voluntourism sectors ...

Introduction

A number of cases of extreme medical complications been reported or contested, and on the basis of the value of one's life, what good does it do to prolong the misery of people who fight pain and illness? Is it justifiable that people who are terminally ill should be kept on life-support when the best thing would be to let them decide for themselves? If one were to answer the question on the ethical dilemma on keeping terminally ill patients or patients with no quality of life alive, one doesn't have to look any further than the case of ...

The Spiral of Silence was a theory created by Dr. Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, a German political analyst in 1974. The theory is based on the public opinion; as Neumann suggests, people are more confident in voicing out their opinions if they know that their own opinion matches the opinion of the majority. In some cases, if the opinions bare quite different than that of the majority, people refuse to voice out their opinions and remain silent (Donsbach, Salmon and Tsfati, 2014).

Those people who belong to the minority are afraid to voice out their views for the fear of being socially isolated ...

Introduction

The purpose of this paper is to define the context of Spiral of Silence and to identify the theorist who created the theory. In addition, this paper endeavors to inform the reader about the theory and the theorist professional background without abandoning the fundamental argument about the necessity of expressing opinions. For decades, mass communication scholars battled amongst each other in order to prove the validity of the theory. Vast amounts of research about the occurrence of the so-called spiral phenomena were carried out by dedicated mass media scholars who are very determined to make Spiral of Silence a part ...

Is Affirmative Consent the Answer to Sexual Assault on College Campuses?

The following paper deals with a Senate Bill 967 that is proposed to control the number of sexual assaults occur on campus the public as well as private universities of California. A Senate Bill 967 has been introduced by Senator Kevin de Leon, and the objective of this law is to establish certain criteria following which the public and private colleges in California will manage with the sexual assault incidents occurred on campus. The law requires all the universities and colleges in California to pass a mandate ensuring that all of the students will give an active or affirmative consent before ...

When sportsmen are at the top of their careers, they are known to have much influence on the people of their generations. They act like role models who are to be emulated by all; their colleagues, adolescents, and other members of the society. It is no wonder that many sportsmen take this opportunity as a platform to make their opinions on some matters well understood. Activism from the sports platform is quite a common occurrence. However, Agyemang (nd) argues that currently, there is lack of black male athlete activism. Agyemang (nd) further goes on to argue that this lack of activism ...

The articles written by Astuti, Basso and Osterhoudt all relay different perspectives on the issue of nature being a cultivator of identities. Astuti explained how the Vezo people of Madagascar have come to define themselves as people “undetermined by the past.” Basso emphasized that for the Apache, silence is used in situations where ambiguity ensues. Osterhoudt elaborated the environmental landscapes in the Mananara region of Madagascar – tany (sensibility) and tontolo’ianiana (sense).

The Vezo, according to Astuti (464-482), are a people who refuse to be determined by their past. Running contrary to traditional ethnotheory, which defines identity and difference as ...

Introduction

The article relates to interactions between the managements and employees within organizations. As such, the purpose of the article is to establish and ascertain a model that establishes the influences of organizational justice as regards employee productivity. The article further explores the effectiveness of the mediation character played by managerial obligation as well as the interaction between leaders and employees concerning managerial integrity and the human resource performance.

Accordingly, the article presupposes that an actual or perceived unfairness of the managerial staff in work places by the employees can have a direct negative effect on the employee productivity. This ...

Roger Spottiswoode’s film And the Band Played On, based on the book of the same name by Randy Shilts, is a tremendous drama that touches on many distinct issues that were present at the time of the discovery of the AIDS virus, as well as the curious resistance medical and disease experts experienced from affected populations, the government and even other medical professionals. Chiefly following a team of researchers at the CDC, led by Don Francis (Matthew Modine) and William Darrow (Richard Masur), the film follows the attempts of this organization and others to track the spread of the disease, ...

Bibliography

Differences between Eastern and Western Culture

Lang, S. Communication Differences Between Eastern and Western Cultures: Managing Intercultural Communication Differences. Yahoo Voices. 12 May 2008. Web. 24 Feb. 2014.

This article is focuses on the differences of communication and the importance of understanding various communication approaches between the East and the West. According to the article, the eastern cultures are perceived as high context cultures. Such cultures use more nonverbal and indirect communication and conflict is common. The people from the Western cultures are individualistic, communicate directly, and use concrete language while communicating.

The perceptions of power are different ...

Discovery of identity is an important factor that controls the characters in various well known tales that have remained in our minds and hearts for centuries. The Grace of Silence and The Girl Who Fell from the Sky revolve around Rachel and Michel's journey while they attempt to ascertain their identities and the crests and troughs that they face during this voyage. This paper will be an attempt to acknowledge the sharp contrast between the characters here which is related to the theme that how does racism, outer reflections and relative connections control the paths that Michele and ...

Discovery of one’s own inner self has been the key theme of many tales and has remained as a learning lighthouse for centuries. Whether it is the darkness spread by the social evil in a society or it is the emotional context between several aspects of life that depict love and happiness, the eyes of a writer or a poet capture it. Therefore, the picturesque imagery of a life impacting theme cannot be as good depicted by a writer because it allows a self-learning experience without facing those hardships and moments of oppression. This paper will look into the experiences as adapted from The Grace ...

In today’s society, the youth is often observed to be pre-occupied with their gadgets. People are busy with typing, replying, tweeting, and many other social media activities. The shift in lifestyle undoubtedly changed many things in this generation’s interpersonal and intrapersonal relationship. Yes, I believe that modernization made life seemingly fast-paced and spontaneous, without time to sit and think about things in a serious manner. Is there any more time for personal reflection? I think there is because a reflection is a personal act that allows people to connect with reality and understand each experience in life. I know that ...

Question One: definition of political graffiti

Graffiti remains one of the topics, which attracts attention of political sociologists and other researchers in various discipline. In essence, graffiti has existed for many years, but researchers and political sociologists have paid less attention in terms of examining the roles and functions of graffiti as a form of political participation and political contentious ,despite it conveying and eliciting political messages. The fact that researchers and political sociologies have paid less attention on the topic of graffiti makes it illegitimate and unlawful in repressive regimes. In other words, the government persecutes, charges, and convicts individuals who employ graffiti as a form ...

The violation I decided to do was to take a notebook with me at all times, and in the next four telephone calls I received, I would be completely silent. By violating the expectation that I would talk to them, I would note the caller’s reaction to my utter and complete silence; they would know that I had picked up, but was not answering them. I made the stipulation that, if it was a call from work, I would take it however; work was excised from the callers I would perform the violation on.

The first person to call was ...

Introduction

Domestic Violence is a curse on our society and existence of humanity in this modern age. Some people have a preconceived notion that only the abused or the victim are the sufferer, but this is not the true case. Even children who witness domestic violence are also the victims of being silent sufferers. This is a kind of abusive behavior in which one person, in order to regain his or her power, takes resort to violence. This is actually a technique to get control over his spouse in a relationship. It is not that only physical violence that marks scars are not signs of ...

A black lesbian woman who was diagnosed with cancer in her breast wrote this article. She had to have an operation to remove the cancerous tumors in her breast. Weeks of great fear and worry of what would become of her became her source of strength to speak out. For years, she was silent about her sexuality and convictions in life. Her greatest fears were rejection, judgment and the challenges that accompany the truth. She thought that once she spoke up people would judge her based on her color, gender, and sexuality. However, the few weeks of agony and ...

Question 1

Deb and Ron act as the main characters in the video ‘Dual-earner Families. The story behind this video revolves around the day to day lives of both Deb and Ron. Both Deb and Ron are engaged in hectic jobs as they try to earn an income with which they hope to use to support themselves and their children. However, there is a major problem that results from both Deb and Ron’s hardworking and busy lifestyle. Since both of them spend most of their time at their respective jobs, they have been unable to dedicate enough time between ...

A contract is a legal agreement entered by two or more parties all having legal responsibility to undertake. Once two or more agree to perform an agenda, they either put themselves into an oral or written obligation. Failure to meet the agreement known as a breach has a penalty that the breaching party incurs. Oral contracts are used for social agreements such as preposition bets where the obligation is not serious. Written contracts on the other hand serve as a crucial document when it comes to businesses, governments and unions in which have significance impact on the parties involved. This is because oral ...

Cultural differences pose a major hurdle to international businesses, especially when negotiating business deals. Problems such as culturally-based misconceptions and unfamiliarity on both sides of the negotiating teams can be easily worked out with an in-depth research into each other’s culture, assimilating them and putting the findings to use on the negotiating table; such that a business negotiation between a Japanese businessman and his American counterpart will be fruitful.

A Japanese writer once described American negotiators as hard to understand, because ''they are not racially or culturally homogeneous''. Although it is not easy to define any cultural or ...

1. How does the public see the nursing profession and nurses?

In the public's eye, it seems as though nurses are invisible, seeing the job as a supplementary and unskilled profession that does more wrong than right. The authors detail a 'problem narrative' that takes place in the media, one wherein the problems of nurse shortage, staff rations and problems with patients are the norm rather than the exception when it comes to learning about nurses. "This 'problem' narrative is not balanced in the media by a 'practice' narrative that would help the public understand what it ...

Introduction

The police subculture is an importance and necessary concept that provides an insight into the police attitudes and behaviors. The police play a crucial role in providing law and enforcement and are therefore required to maintain high ethical standards within their working environment. Therefore, the police culture ensures that police has ethical attitudes and behaviors so that they can effectively protect the rights of the society. The police subculture perceives the public as untrustworthy, hostile, potentially, violent, and this subsequently requires mutual support, secrecy, and unity to help the police cope with such environment. As a result, the police subculture was ...

Do Jesus’ titles and roles in the New Testament aid or hinder Christology? Include descriptions and contrasts in your explanation.

The roles and titles aid Christology through the provision of detailed information on various aspects of Jesus’ life. They contribute towards an understanding of the meaning and identity of Christ (McMahon 32). Since Christology is the study of Jesus and his mission, the titles and roles provide it with relevant and comprehensive information. According to McMahon (134), he fulfilled the roles of various titles including the Son of God, Son of Man, Messiah, High Priest, and Lord. The manner in which he fulfilled the roles contributed towards various areas of Christology including Christ’s birth, Deity, humanity, death, and ...

Culturally Sensitive Counseling of Asian Americans

Abstract Culturally sensitive counseling is integral especially in a multicultural and multilingual society such as the United States. Scholars and researchers alike have been trying to identify the reasons for the underutilization of psychological services and premature discontinuation of therapy among ethnic groups in the U.S., particularly Asian Americans, and one of the major reasons they found out is the lack of available Asian American counselors and culturally sensitive mental health providers and staffs. This paper therefore explores these issues and provides an explanation of the importance of culturally sensitive counseling. The analysis focuses on the common psychological issues ...

Research on anti-Semitism in the contemporary age is fraught with so many difficulties. Ani-Semitism constitutes one of the most politically and socially contentious topic. The first challenge is trying to make sure that one’s opinion does not affect the information they gather and how they analyze that particular information. Since this topic is based on contemporary developments in the relations between people of Jewish origins and other groups across the globe, most of the research and sources available on this topic are newspapers opinions and think tank research which often produce information that support the ideological views ...

America is a strong and great country. And as all great countries it has its black spots in its history which could not be covered neither with time nor money. Any other country has so much blood in its past and has not lived so much violence. It occurred only because white people knew how to make whisky and money, while millions of Indians and Blacks were considered as a second-class. A People's History of the United States is a unique book in many ways. It proposed a revolutionary perspective on American history. Its author, Howard Zinn, stopped his attention in the book ...

INTRODUCTION

Gender has been and very likely always will be a subject of great debate. Are men and women more different than alike, can those differences ever be perceived as equal and how do we address those differences and understand better how and why they exist? It goes without saying that men and women are very much alike in many ways, in others they are different. Men and women may think, act, and behave differently in similar circumstances with similar stimuli or scenarios. When it comes to the realm of psychology it has been identified that these behavioral, mental, and psychological ...

“Prisoners of Silence” is a documentary by Frontline which shows how autistics people (lacking ability to express themselves” can use technology to express their thoughts and communicate to other people (Frontline, 1993). “Facilitated Communication” (FC), a method of dealing with autistic children was first implemented and rapidly adopted in Australia before any institutions in the US started to use the invention. The method involves an adult holding out the arm of an autistic child over a keyboard attached to a printer. The child types letters (words) which express the autistic person’s ideas. The technology aided in improving the perception of autistic people ...

International relations looks at the international environment that is composed of the territorial states and it holds that that there is no superior authority over issues which they regard as vital interest. Therefore it tries to analyze the changing relationships between states as well as non state actors. International relations serve to promote peace and good co-existence between states. This is because countries need to communicate and relate well with one another to survive. Every country depends on trade for survival and no country can survive in isolation. Poor international relations can lead to negative consequences for instance during ...

Introduction

Saint John of the Cross Influences of Saint John Darkness Darkness in Ps- Dionysius Mystical Theology : The negative theology Negations versus privations Ascension of Moses and Ascent of the soul Ps-Dionysius central concern The Darkness as the summit “Unknowing” Divine Darkness versus Nether Darkness Divine Darkness The concept of beyond-being Darkness in John the Cross John’s Writings : Dark Night of the soul Ascent of Mount Carmel Total purification through denial of everything The place of silence in union ...

The theory of realism has been a source of constant conflict between the government policies and the academia. The lines put forth by John Mearsheimer bear testimony to this conflict. Mearsheimer believes, “Realism appears to have a bright future in the twenty-first century. Unfortunately, we still live in a nasty and brutish world where the great powers compete with each other for power. The only possible threat to realism is likely to come from inside academia, where it is frequently reviled. But any attempt to silence realism within the academy is likely to fail, simply because it is difficult to repress or ...

Introduction

Indiana University Bloomington is public/government owned university in America that offers an array of faculties includes technical professions, as well as liberal arts. This university that is popularly known as IU Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana. The university was founded in the year 1820 as a state seminary. Today, several years after this institution was established, the university offers a large number of various programs to its relatively large student population. Some of the faculties that can be found in this university include the school of business, public health, Jacob’s school of music, school of law and education and ...

Sexual harassment is an unnecessary and undesirable sexual behavior that makes a person feel being offended, intimated, and humiliated, a woman in particular. It should be known that sexual harassment is not a healthy interaction, friendship, or flirtation that is mutual and consensual. Sexual harassment is sex discrimination, and it takes many different forms; it can be obvious or indirect, verbal or physical, repeated or just a curiosity and done by women and men against others of the same sex or opposite sex. Sexual harassment pollutes the environment and it has a devastating effect to the health, morale, confidence, and performance of those affected ...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze alcohol abuse and its consequences. The reason why it is affecting the community is because it is a legal drug with dire consequences if abused. It is thus readily available among Canadian population. Alcohol statistics are also not widely publicized which further leads to more of its abuse. There is also not much as relates to policy limiting its abuse. The greatest personal harm is caused by alcohol. This is why I consider it a community health issue. 10% of disease burden is brought about by alcohol as compared to 2% from ...

The main purpose of this paper is to study and outline the behavior of college architectural students. Through this, the relationship that exists between the different forms of architecture and their subcultures will be thoroughly explored (Borden, 16). In essence, the students in the college do a lot of things for various reasons. This motivated me to try to learn and appreciate whatever they do in order to understand it better. It is so difficult to appreciate the endeavors that somebody may engage himself or herself in without having a close examination of the reasons, which lead them to do so. ...

Introduction

Although rape and sexual assault are serious offenses, public discourse about these issues fail to clearly address the problems that victims go through even after these atrocious acts were committed against them. In reality, despite public acceptance of rape and sexual abuse as crime and the mandate for the punishment of those that commit these acts, the overall public response to these crimes are underwhelming to the point of bringing about detrimental impact on the life of victims. On one hand, we have a system that fails to prevent rape and sexual abuse and protect people and victims alike from ...

Interviewing Assignment:

SPH 1090. INTERVIEWING ASSIGNMENT 2 QUESTION AGENDA - Please, introduce yourself: what is your name, age, marital status, job. - How many children do you have? How old are they? - It means that you gave a birth to your child at 17, didn’t you? Was this a planned child? - What did you feel when realized that you were pregnant? Whom first did you say? - How was people’s reaction? The father ‘s of a child? Your parents’? What were their advices for you? - You went to school at ...

Zoroastrianism

Zoroastrianism is a religion that was founded by Prophet Zoroaster. This religion worship their god known as Ahura. It is believed that worshipping their supreme god involves doing moral actions in order to fight against the spirit of the evil known as Ahriman. Just like any other religion, Zoroastrianism has their own unique ways of worshipping and performing their sacred festivals. Everyone has freedom of worship and, therefore, one can indulge in any religious practice of their choice, as long as these practices follow the acceptable morals in the society or community.

BELIEFS

Zarathustra the prophet believed that God has shown ...

Summary and annotation

Introduction

Summary: This article shows the role of sound as the main facilitator of correspondence in communication. Sound is described as an important ingredient in boosting communication and enhancing speech of individuals. The author shows that sounds appeals to the emotions of the audience making communication or correspondence a meaningful process. Sounds relates and appeals to the spiritual strength of individuals making a very powerful in communication. Sound appeals to the soul and emotions and soul of the speakers as well as the audience. The sound also relates to the personal and inner instincts of individuals making the message penetrate ...

“Their Eyes Were Watching God” is a story of a protagonist Janie. In the novel, she looks for a firm sense of her own identity and spiritual fulfillment. It depicts Janie’s quest for finding herself and her secure sense of independence. Janie’s gradual development in the novel can be understood by analyzing her relationship to her own voice and her use of language. In the beginning, she is uncertain of how she wishes to live or who she is. Later, she becomes a strong and proud woman when she comes back to Eatonville. She finds her quest when she narrates her revelation ...

Virtual City Police Department. Case Study

Nowadays the Virtual City Police Department face several significant problems. The point is that if the problems are not fixed, the Virtual City citizens will suffer because the level of crimes will increase. This report is aimed at outlining four major problems and finding solutions on them. The main problem of the Virtual City Police Department is unqualified personnel. The point is that until the mid-1990s every person who had graduated from school and got a certificate could become a police officer in the Virtual City Police Department. However, in the 1990s the situation has changed a bit: college education became a ...

Report on 3 different cultures within Australia

Report on 3 different cultures within Australia Australia is an ethnically diverse society owing to its history. Indeed, one out of four residents of Australia were born outside the country while many others are either first or second generation Australia in the sense that they are either children or grandchildren of migrants and refugees in Australia. This identity of Australian people is due to the convergence of various factors. Similarly, the presence of various ethnic communities in the society has led to a multicultural society in the country. In essence, the culture of the people of Australia is a western ...

“Winter Evening” by Archibald Lampan is sometimes a difficult poem to grasp. In short, the poem uses dramatic imagery and flowery vocabulary to describe the change in time of day. Literally, the poem is a theatrical representation of a winter’s day fading into night. The paper will discuss several things such as the poem type, the speakers, the speaker’s attitude, and tone. The paper will also discuss methods and techniques used by the author to convey meaning throughout the poem. The poem is one simple stanza. It is free-flowing, void of any rhyming poetry. It is not a particular type ...

With modern feminist movements, there has been much speculation as to the role of women throughout history, including that of ancient women. Some feminists would suggest that ancient women had no rights, power, importance, or prospects. While it is true that women had lesser rights and power than men, their role was considered important, and women of some places held more power than others. This is clearly shown through a study of ancient texts, written by both men and women. Firstly, it is important to realize that women were oppressed and expected to be submissive to men. For example, ...

The critiques of the Victoria repression, orientalism and commodity racism done by Foucault has played a major role in supporting the gender equality within particular settings in a society. This is by creating arguments on how the current discourse justifies equality in sexes, and rights for every gender to participate in the society development of upright morals so that acts like prostitution could be abolished. This analysis as well promoted openness in expression more so in matters pertaining to sex since all the society members are well knowledgeable about it. This open talk in matters pertaining to sex was against Victorians ...

Introduction

Postmodernism is a trend in literature believed to have emerged from the World War II. Postmodern literature is marked by the use of narrative techniques that includes Fragmentation, paradox, and finally unreliable narrator. The postmodern writings are viewed as reactions against thinking enlightenment and the approaches from modernist. Social classes emerged where persons that are good financially are in categories of their own. The social class maybe base on the income of an individual hence those with high income are on high social classes. Through class, there are a capitalist economy and social economy. Gender equality resulted from postmodernism where it ...

Throughout Clarice Lispector’s novella, The Hour of the Star, colors and sounds are used to convey a feeling or message. The story is a very sad story about a young misfortunate girl from North-east Brazil who is suffering from tuberculosis. The story is told through the perspective of a male writer who is struggling with the young girl’s suffering. Lispector used an array of colors and sounds to entice emotion from the reader. This use of colors and sounds were both well-developed elements in the book, and these elements will be discussed throughout this essay. The primary sound “bang” was ...

Introduction

Born of an affluent background, Marina Abramovic is one of the most celebrated and respected artists from the 1970s. Her performance in art has been exuberant. People have paid to see her performances of live art in galleries and streets. She is a performance artist who lives no covers unturned and has conjured pain in the process. Marina talks about different themes in her art. Perhaps one of the most endearing themes of exploration is love. Her relationship with her boyfriend Ulay was the focus of most people for half of her career, and she explored the theme in her ...