Honour

The first Rococo painter admitted to the Royal Academy in France – Jean-Antoine Watteau. Born on October 10, 1684 in the town of Valenciennes, Antoine Watteau has always been interested in painting and was apprenticed to Jacques-Albert Gérin, a local painter. Not long after, he left for Paris and found a job in a workshop at Pont Notre-Dame, where he was making copies of popular Flemish and Dutch tradition genre paintings; before developing his unique sketch-like techniques and revitalizing…

From a sociological perspective, social inequality has been defined in many ways by influential theorists such as Marx, Weber and Durkheim. All theories of social inequality are founded on the basic conceptualisation of inequality as unequal distribution of resources, although each theorists describes various reasons for this. Karl Marx is one of sociology’s most influential theorists and his theory of class conflict has been pivotal in understanding social inequality. Marx believed that the…

Northman or the Northerners, were warriors, settlers and merchants who came down from Scandinavian to Western Europe for a multitude of reasons. They came to raid, colonise, acquire wealth and power and most importantly to many of them, prove their honour and prowess. The Vikings had a similar in essence, yet slightly different social structure from the English. In the early Viking ages, the Vikings did not have a king, but were each individually ruled over by a separate jarl, who governed the…

In terms of maintaining order and conformity, Calvin specifies the crimes and faults that are to be avoided by authority figures and members of the congregation as a key feature of his ordinances. It is clear that Calvin holds high standards as to the way in which a Christian is to conduct his or herself both publicly and privately. Calvin associates certain wrong doings with different suiting punishments. Calvin identifies many offenses but the most striking include blasphemies, contradiction…

Even as a child, I wanted to make a difference in the world by improving the lives of others around me. This ideology motivated me to push myself to do better. In school, I strived to be an excellent student. For the last four years, I maintained honour roll as well as receiving subject proficiency in various courses. I finished my grade twelve year with a 95.7 percent average.…

“The Clerk’s Prologue and Tale” is story about a king named Walter who pushes his wife’s loyalty and tests her with a series of terrible wishes. It is through Walter’s actions that the reader is able to examine sovereignty within the marriage of the king and his wife, Griselda. Sovereignty is the state in of having supreme authority over something or someone. A power that Walter has over defenseless Griselda. Griselda “if one should speak… fostered in dire poverty was she, no lust luxurious in…

the United States of America. Gilead uses the Bible to justify a misogynistic, hierarchical and racist society. Offred, the narrator, is a woman forced to become the “Handmaid” of a Gileadean Commander, Fred. Handmaids are supposedly a position of honour for fertile women; in reality, they are sex slaves, allowing only the leaders of Gilead to reproduce. In the novel, education is limited to the elite. Women and minorities are forbidden from writing and text is scarce. The deprivation of…

Start imagining the glorious food as it enters your dining room table on Thanksgiving Day. Full of gravy with a smooth taste. Mouthwatering pumpkin pie filling the room with a warm aroma. Roasted sweet potato casserole and the special smoked turkey! Countless Americans celebrate this national feast with one traditional bird, the turkey. Beginning in the mid-19th century, Sarah Joseph Hale “Godmother of Thanksgiving” celebrated the holiday with a roast turkey. Thus, modeling the turkey tradition…

Immediately prior to the gobbet, Zeus was contemplating saving Hector from his death, and Athena rebuked him for suggesting to intervene with his destiny. Zeus accepted this rebuttal and told Athena to do what she must, so she leaves Olympus to the scene of Hector being cut off by Achilles in their chase from safety. After the gobbet, Athena intervened, encouraging Achilles to rest while she convinces Hector to stop running and engage in combat. The narrator throughout is the Bard, speaking to…

(village, neighbourhood and church congregation) determine the person’s behaviour and responsibilities. Greek culture emphasizes the communal and public rather than the private sphere. Shame and honour are important characteristics of the Greek world view. If a person behaves in a certain manner shame or honour is cast on the entire family. Within the family, the man is the head of the household and make most of the decisions, the women is more subordinate to the man, make babies and take…