After the Second
After the Second World War, a great number of people faced massive destruction of their homes in major towns and cities all over Europe. After 1945, the cold war began between communist Eastern Europe, and capitalist countries of Western Europe and USA. Many people did not want to live under harsh regimes; therefore, they became refugees and fled to the west. The largest numbers of refugees to settle in England were Polish. After the War came to halt, Britain needed help to rebuild and the only way they could do this by gathering people to come and help them. This was a major economic problem, which needed to be sorted. A loss of men made the country short of labourers; posters were put up all over the common wealth including countries like India and the Caribbean. Such slogans as 'Come to your mother country' was used; over a quarter of the worlds population at that time had a free right to be in this small island known as Britain. At this time, the Caribbean had a high unemployment rate, they were offered transport and accommodation paid for (if they came to their 'Mother Country'), so many came. Most of the passengers who arrived in Britain in the post war period knew very little about the country. Many had never seen images of Britain and were surprised by the cold, dirt, the smoke and the large numbers of chimneys that they associated, not with houses, but with
Jane Eyre, its film and sequels whatever their differences- always return to the eternal struggle between male dominance and female victimhood
"Jane Eyre, its film and sequels - whatever their differences- always return to the eternal struggle between male dominance and female victimhood" The novel Jane Eyre subverts the patriarchal society. Jane Eyre was wrote in a time when married women had no existence in the law and, and "female emancipation conjured spectres of sexual permissiveness and the masculinisation of women, threatened the patriarchal family and state" (xv). Right from the very start Jane continuously goes against the customs of how females should act, not only to the opposite sex but overall. Jane flies at "Master John" when he strikes her and even the women saw this as "shocking conduct", and perceived her as a "mad cat" to strike her "young master". Jane then replies that he is not her master and she is not a servant, to then hear that she is "less than a servant" (15). This is the first time we see Jane go against male dominance and this outburst ends in her been imprisoned because of her acts. Thus proving that male dominance is acceptable but a female has to take it dutifully to resist further punishment. The battle of dominancy continues at Lowood. This section not only shows a clash of dominance but it shows also what "class" you are, really has a difference on how a female body should be presented. We see throughout this section, Jane, Helen, and Miss Temple all fight against
The faustian legend
The faustian legend Like his Christian biblical twin Antichrist, the folk legendary Dr. Faustus has exercised a remarkably tenacious hold on the Western (i.e. Euro-American) imagination, finding his way into folk tales, great literary drama, opera, novels, films, video games, Gothic music, and pornography. Even our verbal expressions have been influenced by this legend: we speak of people making "Faustian bargains" or having "sold out" or "selling their souls" when they make a personal or professional compromise. In addition, Faust's absolute power evokes the similar claims made in medieval Antichrist legends, and in some accounts Faust travels to heaven and hell, the otherworldly journey of classic apocalypse texts. In our first readings, you will explore some of the legends related to this figure who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for power and knowledge. Next week we will read and discuss a Faust play by one of the monumental figures of German philosophy and literature, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. I have intentionally assigned brief readings this week in order to let you get "up to speed"; you should begin now to read Goethe's Faust, which is a longish text. The Faust legend is instructive of the ways in which definitions of "literature" and "folk tradition" or "high culture" (e.g. literature, opera) and "low culture" or "mass culture" or "popular culture" are
The Land Lady
The Land Lady The Land Lord It was seven o'clock a.m. when Mr. John Greenslade awoke and rose out of his bed. Although he was hampered with paperwork all-night he still managed to wake at seven o'clock in the morning. It was a good job that all that he had to do today was check on the new boy. Whilst on his way to work he got a phone call from his secretary. "Good morning Mr. Greenslade." "Good morning Miss Stepson. How can I help you?" "We have been given a train ticket to Bath. We have been instructed to send you to Bath today." "Why today?" "Remember the young boy who we sent to down there last Friday?" "Yeah I do his name was Billy, Billy Weaver." "Yes well we got a call from his family saying that they hadn't had a call from him since he'd left London." "And what does that have to do with me?" "Well you are his boss. You have a lot to do with it." "Okay well I'll go home, pack some clothes then be at work in a couple of hours, okay?" "Okay bye." "See you later." He did not feel like going away this weekend, he had loads of work to do over the weekend and Mrs. Greenslade was returning from Newcastle tonight and she had promised him a surprise; oh well you have to give up the good life at sometime. When he finally got to the office it was around ten thirty and his secretary had left the tickets on his desk. When he got to Bath it was about eight
Describe the Christian teachings about the way in which believers should treat people who are less fortunate than themselves
Question 1 Describe the Christian teachings about the way in which believers should treat people who are less fortunate than themselves. There are people in this world less fortunate than ourselves but do we help them enough? The bible says 'treat others as we would like to be treated' this is something we should live by. There are many people out there with no health care and no money it's a fact that 94% of the world's wealth is in the developed countries yet it is only 1/4 of the world's population, so 3/4 of the world has 6% of the worlds wealth. Also in a lot of places there is no clean water, a lot of children are being born into disease and this needs to stop! So we should help but do we? The bible tells us to help those less fortunate and not to just ignore problems in society 'do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen, leave them for the poor and the alien' in this god is telling Christians to help the poor and the outcast from society because they are less fortunate than us and they may need help more than others. 'There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be open handed toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in the land' in this god is saying lets not be selfish and that we should make every effort to help our neighbour and our neighbour is basically anyone who needs our
Analysis of 'Young Goodman Brown'
Fiction Paper I found "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne to be a very intriguing story, so I decided to analyze this one for my paper. The story is about a young man, Goodman Brown, making a journey into a forest. He gets there only to see the most prominent people from his town doing devilish things and they try to convert him and his wife, but he passes out. He then wakes up in the forest and there is absolutely no evidence of what happened the night before, but he lives the rest of his life believing that everyone in his town is a witch. The main central theme in this short story is the conversion of a man from believing that he has free will over staying away from the demonic side of things, to seeing that everyone around him is under the control of the devil. When he kisses his wife good bye and meets the man in the forest at the beginning of the story, he feels that he is going into the woods to free himself of sin. When he comes out the next day he sees the sin in everyone and lives the rest of his life in distrust of everyone around him. After getting into the story you find out that Brown's wife is aptly named Faith. She represents his faith in religion and his stepping stone to resist the dark side, and even though she urges him to stay, he goes on his journey into the woods. When he met the man in the woods, he explained "Faith kept me back a while."
Examples: Shadows of Leadership
Examples: Shadows of Leadership Shadows cast by leaders can either bring light or darkness to their group, department, or entire organization. As leaders, we can improve our potential to cast shadows of 'light' if we heed several biblical truths. For example, Jesus teaches us to be humble and like little children we are to come to Him. This of course means that we aren't egotistical or subversively prideful. To me the aspect of pride holds tremendous significance, and it could be argued that pride is a cornerstone to all dark shadows. In fact, scripture tells us that our Lord hates a prideful man. Simply put, before we can begin casting light, we must first cast away our pride. The difference's and consequences related between 'light' and 'dark' shadows are stark in contrast. Moreover, harm caused by dark shadow casters usually affect many people and can result in ruined businesses, relationships, not to mention shattered lives. To be light shadow casters, we must heed the word of GOD, know inner self, and deplete our souls of pride. Then we can begin to learn the benefits of humility both in the workplace and in our private lives. I referenced articles from the Longview News Journal to write on the following topics: Shadow of Power, Shadow of Deceit, Shadow of Inconsistency, and Shadow of Irresponsibility. To write on the Shadow of Privilege I used an online
Was appeasement Justified? What was "appeasement"?
Assignment 2 - Historical Interpretations WAS APPEASEMENT JUSTIFIED? What was "appeasement"? The definition of appeasement is a policy, which is made to keep peace. However, there are many different definitions. Before the Second World War appeasement was a term which meant 'a way of keeping peace by soothing, quieting and calming. Yet, postwar dictionaries added new meanings to the word. Appeasement came to mean 'gaining peace by buying off other countries' and 'the giving up of principles to avoid war'. This change in views resulted from Neville Chamberlain's act of appeasement and ultimately his failure to keep the peace. The policy of appeasement began when many Germans believed that Germany's position in the Treaty of Versailles was unfair. Adolph Hitler shared this view; he also believed that many other countries thought the Treaty was unfair on Germany. Hitler began to secretly rearm Germany in 1933 and by 1935 felt confident enough to announce that conscription (compulsory military service) was to be reintroduced. This obvious attack on the Treaty of Versailles left the leaders of Britain, France and Italy feeling suspicious of Germany. They called a meeting in Stresa in April 1935. However, the only agreement they could come to was that if Germany were to break the Treaty again the nations would act together. In arch 1936 Hitler sent his troops into the
Rise and fall of marks and Spencer.
Rise and fall of marks and Spencer Introduction When Michael Marks established a penny bazaar in mid 1880's, it was the beginning of a British success story that no one could have predicted. Marks & Spencer Group (M&S) has been a legendary organisation for over a century. However, after years of success, the retailing giant showed an alerting signal. This study provides a comprehensive and critical evaluation of the changes at M&S from mid 1980s to 2002 and the results of its management's endeavours. This is undertaken by scanning through the history of M&S and its background. Strategic tools like SWOT analysis, PEST analysis , Porter's five model industry analysis , BCG Matrix and the Value Chain analysis are used to evaluate the whole spectrum of factors that contributed to the rise and decline of Marks and Spencer. An attempt is also made to suggest future strategies to be adopted to regain the lost ground. M&S Background The company was started in Leeds in 1884 by Michael Marks , a Russian immigrant. Ten years later , Tom Spencer joined partnership with Marks and M&S was born (Beaver, 1999). Their partnership had all the components of success, uniting entrepreneurial flair with the commercial expertise required to create a string of 'Penny Bazaars' (Christopher, 2001). In the 1920s, the business exercised a revolutionary policy of buying directly from manufacturers
"Men imagine that their minds have the command of language, but it often happens that language rules over minds." Francis Bacon. Discuss.
"Men imagine that their minds have the command of language, but it often happens that language rules over minds." Francis Bacon. Discuss the extent to which language directs or even controls the way we think. Refer to at least one of the theories about the link between language and thought, and consider them issues raised by our discussion of translation and different languages." "What do you read, my lord?" Polonius asked. And with all the method that was in his madness Hamlet scornfully replied, "Words, words, words." Though this was in the beginning of the seventeenth century, till today realists like the eponymous Shakespearean character, Hamlet, continue to speak of words in the same condescending stress. Even though its concept is often dismissed as a simple matter, the fact is that the intricacies concerning the magic of words and how they affect us are something that linguists have been trying to decipher for decades1. Interestingly, human behaviour and personality are primarily formed by the nature of words, otherwise known as language. Ever since the outmost antiquity, every sort of the human community uses some form of language, same or different. Whether we are aware of it or not, the art of language plays a major role in our daily survival and existence. Aldous Huxley writes in an article called 'Words and Their Meanings' (1940) that "Without language,
