Societal views of women were very strict during the Middle Ages. Women were to be seen, not heard and to serve the man of the household as a daughter or wife. The Wife of Bath explains “But wel I woot, expres, withouten lie, God bad us for to wexe and multiplye” (ln 27) using this citation to support her promiscuous ways yet she does not have or want children of her own. The Wife of
Haemon gives good advice to Creon, that the Theban citizens are upset that he is going to execute Antigone. Creon doesn't care about what Thebans have to say because of his pride saying only, "Should the city tell me how I am to rule them?" and does not listen to this wise advice. Because of his pride, Creon only cares about himself rather than the opinions of the citizens he rules. In a dramatic dialogue with his father, Haemon defends the moral basis of Antigone's actions while warning his father that the people of Thebes sympathize with her determination to bury Polyneices.
Medieval Europe was run by petty lords, counts, and kings, and the only unifying institution was the Catholic Church. Authority was vested in men without efficient means to enforce their authority. Power was in the hands of those with money and force. This instability of institutions led to a rise in individual violence, as demonstrated with the murder of Charles the Good. Some may believe that the violence of this period was brought upon by the secular institutions, but the mere lack of these institutions proved to be the true cause.
(Thomas 66-67) Their lifestyles were very different from ours today, because of their barbaric nature. The Anglo-Saxons were at constant warfare. They fought in a style known as total warfare , which was a type of fighting that had proven to be a very poor type of war. This was a style of fighting from the past which had proven to be extremely wasteful in regards to casualties which, were abnormally high when fighting occurred. In most cases people were not buried when they died, and they were almost never buried if they were killed in war.
In the beginning of the novel Jack shows a sense of principles ‘the choir boys are not allowed to take off their clothes and they must walk in two parallel rows’. This shows his leadership skills and foreshadows his characteristics. As Jack and Ralph both wanted rules and regulations on the island, they seem to be civilised within a democratic society. ‘We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages.’ However Jack is impatient to express these rules and rebuke rule breakers.
As time passed, further demands materialised. For example, I was never allowed time off if unwell, and was expected to continue working wearing a surgical mask. I recall feeling angry both with myself and the parents for the situation I was in. Being new to the vocation, I felt I had no choice but to do as I had been told, after-all, not only was I the employee, but I also lived with the family. Whenever demands were made of me or if I had a query, the mother was always unwilling to make a decision alone.
Throughout the story, we never really get a grasp of any sort of happiness in these people’s lives, so for these bleak men and women, an equally bleak ending seems almost unavoidable, if not expected. I agree with this statement in that just about every character that Steinbeck creates is in some way damaged. There are the obvious characters, such as Lennie and
The Green Knight's lady tempts Sir Gawain as he struggles to resist his temptations to kiss her back and release his urges. This action proves that if it were not for the code of ethics to tell Sir Gawain what is right and what is wrong, then Sir Gawain would have most likely give into his lustful urges. The Green Knight blames the mighty Round Table to be full of cowards. To act courageous and to engage in battle at any opportunity must have be included within the code of ethics for knights. The creation of a code of ethics had to be designed specifically to prevent knights from abandoning their lords in the field ofbattle and demonstrating cowardice..
Running head: Emergence of Renaissance Art from Medieval Art Emergence of Renaissance Art from Medieval Art Tom McCormick Western Governors University IWT1- Literature, Arts and the Humanities Performance Assessment RIWT- Task 1 08/16/2012 Emergence of Renaissance Art from Medieval Art The Medieval Art produced during the Middle Ages lacks style improvements like linear perspective and trompe-l’oeil used in Renaissance work but it reflects a rich religious tradition and provided many wonderful works of art for the feudal nobility and for the Catholic Church throughout Europe (Wilson, 1984). Renaissance art reflected the values and beliefs of the emerging wealthy middle class and their increased emphasis on the individual. Private ownership of art in the Renaissance period led to better preservation and proliferation along with the gathering of large collections kept for posterity. In the feudal system medieval society was organized into a pyramid. Clergy and nobles were located at the top of the pyramid and the base of the pyramid was made up of the large majority of peasants working the land and subservient to the nobles.
There’s something in everybody’s life, a force that we current throughout us, to become successful or to accomplish something good or bad, and that is what I will write about, Ambition. Ambition plays a huge role throughout the play Macbeth, and it’s the major theme throughout the play, it comes into play with tyranny too, which Macbeth is, which he wanted to be a great king, but his anxiety always made him thing he was going to be killed, if he was noble and was king the right way, he wouldn’t feel that way, being noble means he has no enemies, but as a murderer and people know he would have anxiety someone knows and will get him. Macbeths life was a great one, beautiful wife, general and even Thane of Cawdor in Act 1, his ambition as a soldier shown great success, if you fight for something and have ambition it helps to stride for victory, then to give up and plant false thoughts like you’re going to lose, because if you think negative, negative things will happen. In the beginning of the play Macbeth defeats the traitor Macdonwald he learns that he is becoming Thane of Cawdor, and he is quite noble of that “What he hath lost, noble Macbeth hath won.” Is what Duncan said, when he gave Macbeth the title. But when he was told that he would become king, he started to have carnivorous thoughts like becoming the king quicker than waiting, like maybe murdering the king for his title and blaming it on somebody else.