Essays about Culture Page 12

When examining and comparing religious traditions, there are always plenty of things to be found in common. Many religions are united by a savior figure who is central to the religious story. Many are connected by a common belief in the reality of suffering and an escape from that suffering. Still others are connected by…

Oliver Leaman’s article in Winter discusses the kalam and falsafa traditions. During al-Ghazali’s time, kalam was becoming more well known than falsafa. However, it is inaccurate to say that Ghazali’s critique of falsafa eradicated the philosophy tradition. In fact, falsafa grew in the Persian and Ottoman empires and was revived in the “nahda,” the Arabic-…

It’s the breaking of history; no more repeating stories this time. Millennials, also known as Generation Y, Digital Natives, Generation Me, Generation Rent and Echo Boomers, are those who were born on the years between 1980-2000. Although millennial traits differ by country, the upbringing has increased in political and economics, depending on the social and…

My topic is tattoos. The history of them and how that may affect the stigmas they hold today. Are these views of people who have permanent body art justified? I am writing about this topic because as a student, I plan to have a successful career but I also want to get tattoos. Why should…

Tattooing has been a form of art and self-expression for thousands of years. For the original tattoo artists many years ago, tattooing was used for a variety of purposes including rituals to the gods and medicinal purposes. In today’s society, tattoos are mostly a form of art and self-expression. Most people use tattoos to express…

There are many factors such as: weather, attending friends, and reason for attendance, that go in to whether or not the audience member has a successful play going experience. Like a typical summer night in Florida, the dark sky was threatening to let forth an unforgiving storm. Being dropped off reduced much of the tension…

The Importance of Being Earnest, a play written by Oscar Wilde, allows its audience to dive into the everyday Victorian lifestyle and adds twist of comedy and humor along the way. It focuses on two main characters, Jack and Algernon, who are bachelors who take on the role of double lives to seemingly feel accepted…

When it comes to most movies or plays, the settings usually aren’t something people look into because no matter where the story takes place, it’s still the same story with the same outcome. Although that happens for most story lines, that isn’t the case for A Street Car Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. A Street…

The playwright, Tennessee Williams, achieves many different effects with the structure of A Streetcar Named Desire. Firstly, I will discuss how the general structure of the play (the layout and positioning of the scenes) affects the reader. I will also explore why it is structured the way it is – eleven scenes with no act…

“Blanche’s tragedy is that she is caught between two worlds – the world of the past and the world of the present – unwilling to let go of the past and unable to come to terms with the present.” Do you agree? Blache DuBois is portrayed as a character who is unable to let go…