Toni Morrison’s first novel‚ The Bluest Eye‚ was published in 1970. “In the novel‚ Morrison challenges Western standards of beauty and demonstrates that the concept of beauty is socially constructed. Morrison also recognises that if whiteness is used as a standard of beauty or anything else‚ then the value of blackness is diminished and this novel works to subvert that tendency.” (Sugiharti‚ “Racialized Beauty: Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye”). Her goal in writing the novel was to make a statement
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Though many empires have come and gone some seem to endure through time longer than others while some dissolve even before they have a chance to get established. To understand this discrepancy‚ I will endeavor to show how an empires ability to establish standardization in every aspect of life and governance determines its longevity and stability and why large empires like the Hellenistic empire of Alexander the Great in contrast did not endure after his death. When considering the longest ruling
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Katana swords emerged around the fifteenth century in Japan‚ they are known for their sharp cutting single edge structure and curved shape. Around this same time‚ the European longsword‚ which is known for its long doubled edged blade‚ emerged. Separated by distance and cultures‚ the Japanese katana and European longswords are very different from each other. Human systems present at the time in Europe and Japan can account for the differences between the swords. Culturally‚ the katana was associated
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Although there are parallels between Irish and Welsh sagas of elopement‚ the powerful self confident women depicted in these narratives do not represent the real women of Medieval Ireland and Wales. Proinsias Mac Cana has suggested that the dominant roles of Deirdre and Gráinne in their respective tales (Longes mac nUislenn and Toruigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne) are ‘literary variations on the exemplar of the sovereignty goddess’ (Doan‚ 1985: 90). Bitel (1996: 2) asserts that Celticists have been
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strength‚ force‚ or security." The epic poem Beowulf explores several interpretations of arms by tracing this motif and juxtaposing it against the motif of swords‚ to reveal that while power helps one achieve his goal; power is useful only when the beholder trusts his inner strength. The motif of swords symbolizes fallible power. In some battles‚ the sword produces victory and in others‚ it fails. On the other hand‚ the arm motif symbolizes inner strength. In each battle Beowulf fights‚ he is victorious
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forest looking for his sword. As he was searching‚ he said to himself‚ "I think I will retrace my steps to find my sword." So Knil set off to his tree house in the Irikok Forest. Once he got there‚ he said‚ "Ok‚ now all I have to do is start from the beginning of the day." Knil started off by getting up from his bed and going to his bathroom to where he washed up. No sword. Next‚ he went to his friend Airas’s house and asked her if she had seen his sword. Still no sword. Knil was starting to
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Introduction I have been many years training in the Way of strategy‚ called Ni Ten Ichi Ryu‚ and now I think I will explain it in writing for the first time. It is now during the first ten days of the tenth month in the twentieth year of Kanei (1645). I have climbed mountain Iwato of Higo in Kyushu to pay homage to heaven‚ pray to Kwannon‚ [God(dess) of mercy in Buddhism. - Slaegr] and kneel before Buddha. I am a warrior of Harima province‚ Shinmen Musashi No Kami Fujiwara No Genshin‚ age sixty
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Samurai was placed in the middle of the social pyramid this means that the samurais did not have too little or too much power. Samurai are very important in history because‚ they would take on Seppuku which is a ritual suicide and these warriors swords had a special significance. To begin with‚ the ritual suicide that the Samurai would perform is significant because‚ assuming that the Samurai were to lose in a battle they would have to regain their honor. For instance in the website AsianHistory
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weapons are the sword‚ bows and crossbows‚ and axes. These weapons each have differ- ent uses and styles making them convenient for many tasks. Swords are normally depicted as only a knightly weapon‚ but were also used by commoners for many a duel. Of course they were mostly a knights weapons as they used them in battle for "hewing‚ slicing‚ and stabbing" (Renaissance Weapons). Some of the later types of the sword were shaped like big meat cleavers making them useful to butchers. Since swords could be used
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2004 Katana: The Spirit of Japan The Japanese sword has evolved alongside with the people of Japan for over a thousand years and has been a striking symbol of the spirit and history of old Japan. History has shown that the nature of the Japanese sword is a reflection of Japan ’s people‚ culture‚ attitudes and tradition. Modern day pop-culture is now focused on Japan ’s rich history and the craftsmanship of the tireless artisans of old. The sword has gone through centuries of change and development;
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