This suggests that in the court women are seen as the possession of men, they are the possession of their father until they marry the man her father deems suitable, then the ‘burden’ is passed unto the husband. This shows that in the court women have no power and that the men rule over them. Theseus also says if Hermia refuses to marry the man she will “either to die the death, or to abjure forever the society of men”. This shows the consequences there are if one goes against the hierarchy and rules of the court. It also shows how much more important men are to women as it says “either to die the death”, which suggests that
Succession would overtake to a son of a less important wife if the king and the Great Royal Wife had no son to inherit the throne. He would then take claim to the throne by marrying the Great Royal Daughter which is the daughter of the king and the Principal Queen. If they had no daughter, the new king would then marry his stepmother, the Principal Queen. However, below the king was a hierarchy of government officials that gave him advice, imposed the laws, pleased the gods, collected taxes, etc. Egypt then became an intricate, official situation in which a centralized government was essential to permanence and wealth.
The column behind him is an illusion Riguad used to portray King Louis as a ruler that will being France into a new golden age, just like in Rome and Greece. King Louis not only dictated France by centralizing everything around him, but by being the one and only trendsetter of fashion. His tights, high heels, and wig set the standard of high-class fashion, and how others should aspire to look, causing a larger gap between social classes. Napoleon on the other hand is depicted as if he were in the middle of his work, yet he still gets up to greet the viewer. Instead of ruling France, Napoleon is serving France, working to expand France and an Emperor, yet still on the common person’s level.
I have learned in this class that my personal ethics affect every aspect of my life. I must have strong ethics when doing school work so my values are reflected though my personal integrity. I know that one of my down falls is that I have a short temper but I am learning be handle that in a more productive way. Being a father teaches you to handle situations differently. I want my sons to look up to me and strive to achieve greatness.
The Tsars believed that they ruled by divine right; so they believed that they were God’s appointed ruler on earth. Lenin did not have a legitimate claim to ruling Russia. The Tsars were brought up knowing that one day they would rule over an empire, whereas Lenin had no training or experience in government. The Tsars inherited the throne when their fathers died whereas Lenin was the leader of a minority party who seized control by force and then forced their will upon the Russian people. This indicates how there would have been a distinct difference in the way the Russian people saw who was governing them.
Antigone, who was a very strong willed Greek woman, and who valued loyalty to family, was then left with the dilemma of whether or not to bury her dead brother Polynices, because if she got caught burying hum, then she would be sent to death. Luke Skywalker’s problem was that he was a member of the Jedi, and discovered that his real father was a member of the Jedi opposition, the Dark Side. He knew that he had to confront his real father, so soon before an attack started on the area where his father was he did. He was then left with the decision to join his father on the Dark Side, or hold true to what he believed and stay a member of the Jedi. The motives of Antigone and Luke are similar, yet very different in a couple of ways.
In Taming Of The Shrew, Baptista the father, wants to marry off his two daughters Bianca and Katharina. Katharina is the eldest, and Baptista’s rule was that the eldest had to marry before the youngest. Bianca was extremely pretty and had a lovely personality, while Katharina had an ugly demeanour which nobody wanted to go near and looks which were easily outmatched by Bianca’s. (Lucentio, a person who loves Bianca dearly finds Petruchio, a man who just wants to marry and he goes out on a will saying he will “tame” Katharina.) And of course there was also the large dowry that Baptista gave to the husband of Katharina.
Kreon and Oedipus both have the same social status. As stated before, Kreon articulates that he has no desire to take Oedipus’ place as king because he, Iokaste and Oedipus all rule the kingdom with equal power. Next, Kreon and Oedipus both show compassion towards troubled people and those in need. When Oedipus finds out that he has slept with his mother and killed his biological father, it was too much for him to
The King has his daughters compete for their inheritance by judging which one of his daughters can prove to him how much they love him. Now the initial act of betrayal starts with King Lear turning his back on his daughter Cordelia for refusing to have to prove her affection for her father. He immediately disowns her drops his duty as a father. Despite what he did to her, she never stops loving him throughout the play. She is cast into exile while her sisters are appointed power over the land and they begin to rule.
In life fate is determined by personal choice and High power. In the odyssey by Homer Odysseus and Telemachus make choices that determine their life. Poseidon has bitterness toward Odysseus. “Yet all the gods have pitied lord Odysseus all but Poseidon raging cold and rough against the brave new king” (29). In Greek culture if a man wants to marry a woman You became a suitor for that woman and if anything goes wrong You must be willing to clash for the woman even if A the man is still not in love with her.