Literature Has Functioned Throughout History As A Means

19th-Century America, explaining that these constructs functioned

Prior to taking this course, my understanding how the world functioned before the 18th century was vague. There were a few topics I knew a bit about; however, not enough to write a scholarly work on. That being said, I was like one of the bystanders watching the fight as it unfolded. I could only make an analysis on what I knew and that was not a lot. The knowledge gained so far from this course truly opened my eyes why many of the world’s institutions existed, or existed to this day. For example

understanding of the Bourgeois and proletariats. To understand Marx and his theories it is important to understand history and the evolution we have gone through throughout history. Marx gained perspective for what society means and what society should be by gaining a better understanding of civilization by studying the way that slavery, lord and serf relations, and guild-masters operated at functioned in society. By studying these ancient systems of society Marx was able to create a perfect system, communism

Money seem to be synonymous with each other in the public’s eye, even though money is equally as important to everyone. To understand the portrayed relationship between Jewish people and money, we need to go back into history to understand what roles Jews played throughout history in the secular world, even though they have been persecuted and consistently treated as second class citizen. A further examination of this will help us see where the “Jew and Money” stereotype originated from, and how

more political and aggressive location. The picture Synge creates shows us that the question of identity relating to Ireland is problematic; however it has produced and provoked some of the greatest literature of the century. As G. J. Watson has asserted: "However painful the question of identity may be for the Irish in real life, it has functioned, deeply embedded as it is in the Irish political and literary

Politics and Ideas (2010) he begins to already question the sense of Nationalism. Indian’s didn’t really have any sense of nationalism up until the British came to power. Kaviraj states “it is often essential to ask whose history this is, in the sense of history for whom rather than history of whom.”(Page 170) Because it depends on which said the story is told. In earlier periods of India they felt a weaker version of patriotism which was “an ancestor for Indian nationalism”(Page 174) which would be different

based on an actual historical figure, the fifth king of Uruk. The themes presented in Gilgamesh love, death, the bonds between people, and religion are timeless aspects of human nature and may be one of the reasons that the story has stood more than the test of time and has managed to captivate readers in every epoch since it was deciphered. There is very little that is known about ancient Sumerian culture due to the length of time that it took to decipher the cuneiform writing and the fact that most

In the discourse of literature, every tale presents a story with a hero. When it comes to culture, the author displays a heroic character as someone who demonstrates ideal characteristics that are based on the story’s historical background. These ideal attributes can include heroism, honesty, selflessness, and confidence. From Virgil’s tale of The Aeneid, Aeneas is portrayed as the protagonist and hero of the tale. Within this story, Virgil shows how the Roman culture is valued through Aeneas’s actions

highly ambiguous one. As it applies to works of literature, it spans over hundreds of years and over a half dozen countries. Hence finding its specific literary and allegorical definition and impact on literature is difficult. It is important to understand the roots of courtly love. To do so means that one gains a greater understanding of the most foundational element of any society- the relationship between men and women. If a student of literature holds only a vague understanding of courtly love

Steampunk is an increasingly popular buzzword in the cultures of art, literature, and fashion. With more and more people jumping on the Steampunk aesthetic bandwagon, imitations of these cultures can sprout in the hopes of easy money and can eventually tarnish the appeal of the newly growing style. While a great, many things are considered Steampunk, analysis of many of these objects might suggest that they are not actually Steampunk. Even if an object follows the Steampunk aesthetic, it is possible