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Both Medea and Antigone, the two Greek plays, present opening scenes that serve multiple purposes. These include establishing loyalties, challenging audience assumptions, foreshadowing the rest of the play, and highlighting all of the issues at hand. The openings of Medea and Antigone display several similarities. Both plays begin by providing the audience with the history…

In his 1979 book “Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery,” Leon Litwack includes the impactful poem “Slaves No More.” This poem deeply resonated with me, as it is filled with overwhelming emotion. Litwack not only expresses his own experiences as a former slave but also reflects on the freedom of slaves….

Prompt: In a well-developed essay, consider whether hubris, fate or both are the use of Oedipus’ downfall. Use evidence from the text to support your support. Hubris is defined as excessive pride or self-confidence, while fate is defined as the supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events. Ancient Greeks believed in Hubris, or pride….

“An Ordinary Man” by Tom Zoellner explores the impact of the Rwandan Genocide on individuals. The book focuses on Paul Rusesabagina, a hospitality worker who displayed remarkable acts of kindness and conducted brave negotiations to save 1,268 Tutsis. Through this narrative, Zoellner introduces a distinct social hierarchy in Rwanda where historically the ruling class belonged…

The word Viking is derived from the Norse word for Fjord, Vik. Thus the term Viking indicates Water Traveler. In Modern history the word Viking has become synonymous with barbarian sea plagiarists and pillagers, but there is more to these seafaring Norses. The Vikings included Danes Swedes and Norwegians. These people raided big countries of…

Ending the Atlantic slave trade was a long procedure that involved altering economic fortunes and lifting human-centered concerns. In the late eighteenth century, European economic systems began to switch from agribusiness to industry. Plantations remained profitable, but Europeans had promising new countries for investing. Besides, the demand for the slave trade lessened as American slave…

The tone of Christopher Columbus` letters is distinctively different from each other. In the first letter written to Luis de Santangle regarding the first voyage in 14th February, 1493 Christopher Columbus is found to be very energetic and positive. He shows keen interests in the description of the islanders and each of his descriptions is…

The Mbaino tribe in Things Fall Apart practice many traditions that the Western culture would deem superstitious. The Western religion allows for the Christian ideals to prove many of the native traditions superfluous when infiltrating the native’s land during colonization. This disassembling of traditions is introduced by Christianity’s unshakeable stance that native deities have no…

In 1991 the small village of Khojaly, situated in the Nagorno Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan, had a population of just 6,300 people. The Khojaly Massacre was the killing of hundreds of ethnic Azerbaijna civilians from the town of Khojaly on 25–26 February 1992 by the Armenain. The death toll provided by Azerbaijani…

I’m curious to know how the readers will like Gottfried von Kalmbach …  A more dissolute vagabond than Gottfried never weaved his drunken way across the pages of a popular magazine: wastrel, drunkard, gambler, whore-monger, renegade, mercenary, plunderer, thief, rogue, rascal – I never created a character whose creation I enjoyed more. — Letter to…