Castellammarese War

by you, but it's a monster that haunts every step that you take, it's a shadow of yourself. Jealousy isn't just a thought, it's a war between your innocence and the shadow that consume you with hatred which results in uncontrollable actions that you never expect. Jealousy is from within your heart, people around you, everyone that you care, is part of the war. This war alway happens to all of us, young or old. Even if you prove innocence, it isn't going to stop the rise of jealousy, and there…

Schultz and Noe clearly knew what expanding on someone else’s territory would mean, violence but also if successful, a lot of new profit. The first notable casualty of war would be Schultz’s mentor and partner, Joey Noe. Losing Noe crushed Schultz, and it is believed that he was responsible for Arnold Rothstien’s death who was an associate of Diamond’s. Soon after, there was an attempt on Diamond’s life but it was unsuccessful…

First and foremost, I want to clarify that a paradox has two separate meanings. Firstly, a paradox can be a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true; and secondly, it is something, such as a situation, that is made up of two opposite things and that seems impossible but is true or possible. Both definitions, although close to each other are much different upon closer look. I argue that the gray zone is more in line with the second definition…

This essay will aim to explore the ways in which themes of societal breakdown and honour are defined through violence in both Ovid’s The Tale of Philomela and Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus . Violence is not used here as a single broad term, for in both texts there is clear delineation between masculine and feminine violence, and again between honourable and dishonourable violence. To quote Jessica Lugo, “Shakespeare’s Ovidian precursor delivers a tale of gore that develops the themes of…

In the late 1980’s, the African country of Sudan was involved in a brutal civil war that left over 20,000 children orphaned with no families to protect them or homes to live in. Many of these young children walked over a thousand miles through jungle and dessert terrain searching for refuge from the war. Many did not survive. Thousands of these children wondered for years in search of safety, eventually finding refuge in a camp in Kenya miles from their homes. They became known as the lost boys…

The Peasants’ War was a time of violence and rebellion; there is no question about that. But who can be seen as responsible for instilling the use of force as a solution for the injustice by the Church and lords? Arguably the two largest leaders in the Peasants’ War and the German Reformation were Martin Luther and Thomas Müntzer. Although they both wanted to fix injustices, they used very different forms of rhetoric to do so. Martin Luther’s writings condemned violence and asked rebels to…

the painting, there was an execution of civilians which was carried out by French soldiers before dawn. The execution was a retaliation attack following a guerrilla attack that took place on the previous day. Goya meant to capture the effect of the war atrocities on both the Spanish and French side. The artwork was intended to vocalize the need to have peace (Onoja, 2016). Goya advised the provincial…

Sex, Survival and Samurai By Kirby Winslow War changes people and not just the those involved with the fight itself. War has a rippling effect on everyone, even the friends and family left behind at home. In the 1964 film entitled Onibaba translated as “Demon Hag”, writer and director Kaneto Shindo tackles the hardships of wartime on the homefront in this iconic japanese horror drama. It can easily be considered as an antiwar film, but after a closer gander and a deep dive, one can see that…

blatantly ignore it: “Hey, Mr. Othello, why do people start wars?” “Venerable Vladek! Late again I see!” boomed Othello, who has clearly started the party already. “Tardiness is never tolerated in true men!” he remarked, taking another gulp of his prized wine. “Ack! As if you know barbarzyńca!” scuffed…

bickering between two people at a swap meet. While there are a million prospective directions of where a settlement can go, one thing is certain that in politics and warfare is that there will either be peace or there will be war due to the nature of politics. The politics of peace and war…