The Art of Courtly Love, Consolation of Philosophy, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Part 1: Consolation of Philosophy, written by Boethius 1. Boethius was a popular member of the senatorial family. He was a philosopher that agreed with Plato that government should be solely in the hands of wise men. After becoming consul, charges of treason were brought against him. He lived in a time in Roman society when everyone was mainly Christian. He was an Arian Christian and believed that Christ
Long ago, there was a time of prosperity on Earth. Humans lived longer, and their knowledge grew larger. Yet, through their knowledge, they lost wisdom, thinking that the world was perfect. People became blind to the fact that all things have an end. Soon, they were brutally awoken to the fact that they were not alone. [2] One day, a meteor descended into the Earth’s crust. The people studied it. They thought that it was just an ordinary rock, nothing they hadn’t seen before. That was, until the
The Perfect Storm Nothing bad could ever happen on such a beautiful day like today, or could it? It was a warm January day in small town Knoxville, Iowa. Usually the max temperature a day here reaches a bone chilling 33 degrees Fahrenheit, but on this particular day we got a sneak peak of spring with a temperature at 64 degrees with light showers throughout the day. These record-breaking temperatures had the ability to put a smile on anyone’s face, despite whether or not they cared for the rain
Essay From the beginning of time humans have created music with their voices and have used technology to create instruments and different sounds to create music. Everything comes from something, all music is inspired by something. This is seen through the similarities between modern and ancient music. The musicians Lido and Giovanni Gabrieli share many musical elements. Peder Losnegård also known as Lido, LidoLido, Lil'P, and Trippy Turtle is a Norwegian rapper, record producer, singer
A common phrase that many people learn in their youth is “never judge a book by its cover.” This figure of speech is usually meant to teach others to give something a chance before immediately dismissing it; however, the phrase can also take on a darker interpretation and be used as a warning to not trust everything that meets the eye. Miss Adela Strangeworth in Shirley Jackson’s “The Possibility of Evil” lives up to the dark irony of that phrase as the story unfolds. Jackson uses irony throughout
The primary story arc takes place over the course of 14 weeks in the late summer and fall of 1995, beginning when the narrator Mitch discovers that Morrie, his beloved sociology professor from college, is dying from ALS. When Mitch’s newspaper union strikes, putting him out of work for an extended period, Mitch travels each week on Tuesday from his home in Detroit to Morrie's home outside Boston for what he calls his final class with Morrie. His final thesis is the full, completed book. Morrie grew
There is nothing more discouraging than being patronized by the classroom favorites: advanced-placement students. Those are the only ones who will go on and do outstanding things, right? For the most part, yes having a 5.0 GPA will steer you in a successful direction; then you turn twenty-five and no one in the professional community will turn their heads at your grade point average when you were sixteen. In the real world there are real people. Author Kevin Ashton firmly believes that show-stopping
Loud, boisterous chanting raged all around Simon. Jack and the others surrounded Simon and started biting, spitting, brutally murdering Simon. Suddenly, the boys stopped and resumed eating the sow, leaving Simon to lay on the beach, dead, surrounded by his own blood. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a group of British schoolboys are trapped on an uninhabited island after flying on a plane that later crashed. In the beginning, the boys held civilization, the hope of rescue, and democracy to
The hero does not use his magnificent weapons to fight his fight. In fact, the true hero uses his heart instead. Clearly, this proverb talks about how a hero does not fight with all of the powerful weapons he may be provided with, but with his heart and sense of justice. Similarly, Beowulf shows that he uses his heart to fight and also many other characteristics. For example, he shows the characteristics that an anglo-saxon hero shows. Furthermore, In his battles with the sea monsters, Grendel’s
The Nature of Humanity in Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, is renowned by many as an essential reading for many Philosophers in the study of Human nature. The text is rich in allegorical significances, posing intricate questions as to why we desire conflict, how we reach the state of savagery, and whether or not civilization is truly any better than the practices of boys when left to their own devices. However, William Golding’s deep touch into the nature of humanity