Codependent No More

The Grocery Shopping Norm Invading someone’s personal space, shaking hands when you meet someone, and saying “thank you” when someone does something nice for you are all examples of social norms that most people practice. A social norm is a rule of behavior that is expected or considered acceptable in a group or society. From early childhood, we are taught many different social norms on how to act in a given environment or situation. Although most people follow the same social norms, some…

Thomas More – Truly, “A Man for all Seasons” Today we commemorate the death (and the life) of Thomas More, who died on this day in 1565. To many, he is known through Robert Bolt 's biographical play “A Man for all Seasons”, later an Academy Award Winning Film in 1967. Bolt (interestingly, an avowed agnostic) was fascinated by the strength of character and conscience which sustained More through the crucible of Henry VIII 's relentless pressure to submit to his will. While countless of his…

themselves unable to produce a male heir. When Sir Thomas More rises to the title of Lord Chancellor of England, the King approaches him, hoping to convince More to support the divorce. More did not approve of the marriage from the start, as it went against the Bible and forced the Pope to issue a dispensation to allow the nuptials. Years pass and Henry creates a new church, the Church of England, and marries his former mistress, Anne Boleyn, and More…

was very eye opening because there were times when I was really overjoyed by being there and some other times where I just participated because I wanted to gain the experience and it turns out it wasn’t for me and that’s okay. Overall, I’d say I’m more interested than ever pushing forward and learning from these opportunities because a career in this profession is something I’m hungry for and I’m extremely excited to see where I end up. All of the visits gave me a different perspective…

Risking so much for such little moral satisfaction may seem naive to most, but not to Robert Bolt’s depiction of Sir Thomas More in A Man For All Seasons. Everything Sir Thomas More does in his life; from how he deals with his friend King Henry VII to how he treats his family and ultimately how he presents himself towards his final demise are guided and controlled…

Since Mumford and Sons, an English folk rock band, released their album in 2009, Sigh No More, has gotten a popular reputation among the Shakespearean community for their strong literary influence. The community has grasped that each song in the album is actually a reference to at least one of Shakespeare’s many plays, even the title of the album, Sigh No More, was a reference to Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing. Marcus Mumford, the lead singer, gave an explanation about all the literary…

Thomas More lived a reasonably long life dying at age 57, doing all the things he has done. Being named all these high ranked religious labels, studying at Oxford University, working under powerful people for example King Henry VII. He lived a fruitful life. We can say that Thomas More had many contributions in his lifetime. On February 7, 1478 a child by the name of Thomas More was brought into this world in the town of London, England. Thomas More attended St. Anthony school in…

A perfect world doesn’t exist, but humans keep trying to create them, and humans keep striving for the perfection that they cannot reach. Although this sounds pointless, creating a utopia can help bring to light the many problems that we still need to solve in the world today. Creating a utopia can also help reveal new ideas to implant into society, like Democracy. We use many ideas from utopias to make our world a better place and make it slightly closer to a utopia than it was yesterday. The…

The Giver Since the beginning of time, humans have formed settlements in order to survive. Naturally the settlements have become more advanced and complex. Communities and settlements advanced as did society and the way people lived. The settlements became more organized with laws, forms of government have been created, and they even had leaders. As time passed, novels plotlines have advanced in this same way. An example would be Lois Lowry’s novel The Giver that takes place within a Utopia.…

longer than many of the other settlements, but ultimately failed. Pullman began demanding more and more rent to offset company losses,” as stated by “4 Utopian Communities That Didn’t Pan Out” The way this society was built just was not satisfactory, which can be said holds true for many other attempts at utopian society. The company eventually started losing income, which led to its founder demanding more rent, which in turn, help led to the community’s downfall. In summary, the perfect…