...Through pushing away from the feminine and seeing marriage as a trap, Frederica and women can continue her journey and her education through traveling and moving through her hardships and finding success within herself. In Still Life, the heroine Frederica learns that she will be going to college at the University of Cambridge and traveling to France before the start her semester. While this is a continuation of the rejection of the feminine, it is also the beginning of hardships. Hardships according to Murdock the part of the journey that the heroine realizes that it is not easy to become equal in societies eyes. She will constantly battle the stereotypes of females and with each success she becomes stronger in her own character. As she...
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.... Comparing Gods and Goddesses HUM/105 June 15, 2011 Comparing Gods and Goddesses Myths are narrative stories that describe the creation of the world and how the first humans came into existence. According to Leonard and McClure (2004), human societies began as goddess-oriented and matrifocal (women-centered). Human societies evolved from primitive beginnings to a superior culture system of patriarchy (Leonard & McClure, 2004, p. 104). Although myths may differ from culture to culture, common elements and roles exist in each myth. In today’s society, myths and legends are fantasy-filled tales from ancient societies long gone. Therefore, Team A will describe the elements and functions of goddess myths, and compare two myths of the female divine from different cultures. Second, the team will describe the elements and functions of god myths, and compare two myths of the male divine from different cultures. Last, the team will summarize the elements and functions shared by both divines. According to the euhemerist Gimbutus, goddesses have three basic roles life, death, and regeneration (Leonard & McClure, 2004, p. 114). The goddesses of life are Mother Earth, nature, sea, and universe. These goddesses are nurturers and overseers of security and contentment, prosperity and growth, and creativity and artistry. The mother earth goddesses are creators of earth and universe, such as Gaia of the ancient Greeks, and Tellus of the Romans. These two Earth goddesses gave...
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...It is said that god created mothers because he could not be present everywhere. It is unbelieveable to realize that a god's representative is countinuously killing someone beautiful even before she can come out and see the beauty of nature. As per an Indian proverb, "A home without a daughter is like a body without soul". The birth of a daughter in the house was compared with the advent of Goddess Laxmi, the Goddess of wealth and Goddess Saraswati, the Goddess of Knowledge and Wisdom. No ceremony was considered to be complete in absence of women. The belief was that "No home is complete without a woman." Sex-selective abortion, or female foeticide, has led to a sharp drop in the ratio of girls born in contrast to boy infants in some states in India. Ultrasound technology has made it possible for pregnant women and their families to learn the gender of a foetus early in a pregnancy. Discrimination against girl infants, for several reasons, has combined with the technology to result in a rise in abortions of fetuses identified as female during ultrasound testing. The Beti Bachao campaign is supported by numerous medical organizations in India, including the Indian Medical Association.Government support at the state level has provided funding for Beti Bachao publicity activities in particular. The expenditures related to the campaign have been a source of political controversy in Madhya Pradesh, which launched its official Beti Bachao Abhiyan campaign in 2012. The campaign has...
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...Ancient Greece The Parthenon, a temple dedicated to Athena, located on the Acropolis in Athens, is one of the most representative symbols of the culture and sophistication of the ancient Greeks. Part of a series on the | Modern Greece.Septinsular Republic.War of Independence.First Hellenic Republic.Kingdom of Greece.National Schism.Second Hellenic Republic.4th of August Regime.Axis occupation (collaborationist regime).Civil War.Military Junta.Third Hellenic Republic | History by topic.Art.Constitution.Economy.Military.Names | History of Greece | | Neolithic Greece.Neolithic Greece | Greek Bronze Age.Helladic.Cycladic.Minoan.Mycenaean | Ancient Greece.Homeric Greece.Archaic Greece.Classical Greece.Hellenistic Greece.Roman Greece | Medieval Greece.Byzantine Greece.Frankish and Latin states.Ottoman Greece | | Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BCto the end ofantiquity (c. 600 AD). Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in ancient Greece is the period ofClassical Greece, which flourished during the 5th to 4th centuries BC. Classical Greece began with the repelling of a Persian invasion by Athenian leadership. Because of conquests by Alexander the Great of Macedonia, Hellenistic civilization flourished fromCentral Asia to the western end of the Mediterranean Sea. Classical Greek culture...
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...Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon, known as Alexander the Great (21 July 356 BCE – 10 or 11 June 323 BCE), was the son of King Philip II of Macedon. He became king upon his father’s death in 336 BCE at the age of 20 and went on to conquer most of the known world of his day. He is known as 'the great' both for his military genius and his diplomatic skills in handling the various populaces of the regions he conquered. He is further recognized for spreading Greek culture, language, and thought from Greece throughout Asia Minor, Egypt, and Mesopotamia to India and thus initiating the era of the "Hellenistic World". His legacies of cities named “Alexandria,” Greek-style art and the use of government workers are just a few examples of his leadership. Alexander’s takeover of power upon the murder of his father included moving swiftly to secure his army and killing anyone that denied his claim to rule. Once Alexander destroyed the Greek city Thebes, it forced the Greeks to recognize him as his father’s successor. When Alexander had Greece under his power, it was his intent to move on to Persia just as his father had wanted to. Persia was not as powerful as it once had been, but still had a strong army that put invaders at a disadvantage. In 334 B.C.E., Alexander won his first victory at the Granicus River in northwestern Anatolia. Alexander’s battle strategies could not be matched with his quick countermeasures and his ability to plan and anticipate enemy moves made...
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...Indus River, and introduced in the nineteenth century under colonial British rule as a category for census-taking” (Fisher, 2002, p. 79). Today the preferred name for Hinduism is Sanatana Dharma, which means eternal religion. According to the Indian tradition, there are as many as 333 million deities (Fisher, 2002, p .79). However, the three major deities of Hinduism are Shiva, believed to be the creator and destroyer of every living thing, Brahma, known as the creator, and Vishnu considered as the protector or preserver of everything. Hindus believe in one supreme God known as Brahma. Among other gods of Hindu’s include Sarawathi, who is the goddess of wisdom and is the wife of the lord Braham, she is the goddess of music, creative arts, and knowledge. Lakshmi is the goddess of wealth and the wife of lord Vishnu; she is described as the goddess of good fortune, beauty, light, and...
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...Essay on Baby Girl. These days gender imbalance is becoming a grave problem especially in India. Girls are either aborted from mother’s womb or killed after birth. This gives rise to crimes like rape and killing. Write an essay emphasizing importance of women in the society. In ancient time birth of a girl child was considered as auspicious. As per an Indian proverb, “A home without a daughter is like a body without soul”. The birth of a daughter in the house was compared with the advent of Goddess Laxmi, the Goddess of wealth and Goddess Saraswati, the Goddess of Knowledge and Wisdom. No ceremony was considered to be complete in absence of women. The belief was that “No home is complete without a woman.” These days gender imbalance is becoming a grave problem especially in India. Girls are either aborted from mother’s womb or killed after birth. Indian is a “Male Dominated Society” hence women are the receiving end. They are always will treated and ill-treated at every step. As a matter of fact, a girl child is under constant, vigil initially by the parents, then her husband and finally her own children. She is never allowed to dwell and survive freely. Worst of all she is often killed before being born while in mother’s womb itself. This is foetus killing or infanticide. This is the gross downfall of humanity, morality and the values. The situation has drastically worsened these days. Women suffer badly, infanticide have become widespread. Parents don’t send daughters for...
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...Coen Ayres Religion in Pompeii and Herculaneum This response seeks to assess the following quote, “the study of Pompeii (P) and Herculaneum (H) provides us with a wealth of sources-however we are faced with issues regarding their limitations, reliability and usefulness”, in regard to four different levels of religion. Those four levels are household, foreign, local and state. In regard to the statement it can be agreed upon that the first half of the quote is true and that there are a wealth of sources, but the second half of the quote which states that there are issues of limitations, reliability and usefulness in these sources is only semi-true as it depends on the type of religion being discussed. Religion will be examined from the least problematic to the most problematic in regard to wealth of sources, reliability, limitations and usefulness; household religion, foreign religion, local religion and state religion. There is a wealth of sources regarding household religion in P and H and there are no issues regarding their reliability and limitations. One could relate this due to the fact that there has been evidence of most households practicing religion in their homes. The focus of household religion was the worship at a shrine called a lararium. These larariums were often depicted in an architectural style, such as the one found in the house of the Vettii (P) and the house of the Black Salon (H) which both resemble a temple in their style. The larariums could have also...
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... 27 16. Appendix A 29 17. Appendix B 30 Company Mission We want to bring out the unique beauty in every woman through customized cosmetic products. Market Research To better understand and identify our target market, we conducted market tests by approaching 120 female working adults. These women are aged between the ages of 25-35, and were either executives or in managerial positions, have a monthly income of more than $2000 a month. Make-up is important to them as they need to be presentable at work. Therefore, they spend average of $150 on cosmetics product monthly. We asked them to evaluate and improve Goddess. Most of the women liked that Goddess was personalized and how it made putting on make-up an enjoyable experience. Most of them were also willing to pay an average of $900 for Goddess, if it were endorsed by cosmetic professionals. However, some issues they raised against this product were the accuracy of the skin tone test, and how user-friendly it would be. Our targeted market size during our initial launch is 240,800, which includes employed women from the ages of 24-40. The market share we will be targeting is estimated at 1%, which is 2,400. We will target the mass market size of 500,000 after 5 years[1]. We are estimating that we will be targeting 1% of the market share in Year 3, the product launch year,...
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...women. Goddesses are symbols that act as role models for women and have textual material in many religions to draw from to show woman empowerment, and promote benefits through worship. (Gupta, 2) mentions this in Kali, the Savior, “ Feminists have realized the overwhelming need for women to identify personally with positive images and role models, models that can reassert the importance of the “feminine” in all religious experience. With this realization has come the recognition of the general lack of such images and stories in most traditions.” Gupta’s argument addresses women’s inability to participate in major religious roles because men limit them to maintain power in their religious practices. Kali, a Hindu culture goddess, is an example of a goddess women can draw from to empower themselves as independent, strong women. When viewing the Hindu scriptures, called the Puranas’, there’s an underlining description of the traditional roles women are expected to play as care givers, mothers, and wives. Women are not meant to be limited to those roles, and excluded from diverse participation in Hinduism. “Hinduism is not inherently patriarchal; the equal importance of the gods and goddesses in the pantheon would seem to support this. But despite the equality and importance of the goddesses found in various scriptures, traditional Hindu life by and large has remained patriarchal (Gupta, 2).” Goddesses like Kali can be used to prove that the patriarchal role Hinduism has taken...
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...Wicca: A Neo-Pagan Religious Movement Augusta State University Word Count:1873 Abstract Wicca is defined as a Neo-Pagan nature based Earth worship religion. Unlike many orthodox religions, Wicca does not have a defined book or doctrine. Although the basis for all Wiccan beliefs, celebrations, and rituals are similar; no two followers perform them identically. There are many issues that define the Wicca Movement. The movement is motivated by their aspiration to be formally recognized as a religion; their desire for religious equality; and informing other about Wicca and other Neo-Pagan religions. The one main issue driving the Wicca Movement is the desire to be formally recognized as a religion by society. There are a number of factors that the Wicca Movement is trying to achieve. Although Wicca is recognized as a religion within the United States government, the movement wants to be formally recognized and accepted by the public. They desire the same religious equality given to orthodox religions. Universally, Wiccans aspire to demolish all uneducated ideals which illustrate them negatively. Wicca is a Neo-Pagan nature based Earth worship religion. Gerald Gardener established the term Wicca for three reasons: “(1) to encompass the feeling of a grassroots movement, since ‘Wica’ was the old European word for Witches; (2) to avoid the fear, hocus-pocus, and disbelief associated with the word ‘Witchcraft;’ and finally (3) because the religion he wanted to spread...
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...Analyse and interpret three sixteenth-century works of art depicting mythological subjects. You may choose your examples from painting and/ or sculpture. Mythological subjects were very popular amongst artists/ sculptors during the 16th century. This was predominately as a result of humanist education amongst artists and the ever so increasing rise of educated patrons; who valued the philosophy of Neo-platonism. The mythological subjects depicted were usually scenes of gods and goddess’, as this linked back to classical antiquity; a characteristic that was key in the High Renaissance. Mythology was also able to convey allegorical images and gave context of the past. The works of art I have chosen to discuss are Titian’s Bacchus and Ariadne, Cranach’s Cupid complaining to Venus and Giambologna’s Mercury. Bacchus and Ariadne, was one of three works commissioned by Alfonso d’Este for his private apartments. Painted in 1523-4, Titian depicts Bacchus (the god of wine) and his followers on return from India, celebrating their win in war. Titian shows this celebration through the movement of the figures, which suggest they are dancing and drinking. For example, Bacchus rides in on a chariot lead by two cheetahs, followed by the intoxication of his revellers behind him. This movement occurs in a diagonal direction, where the figures come forward into the foreground, suggesting speed and excitement. The cheetahs not only symbolise the athleticism of Bacchus, which is also emphasised...
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...A prelude introduces us to the hero. Gilgamesh’s mother was the Lady Wildcow Ninsun, a minor goddess noted for her wisdom, and Lugulbanda was his father. Gilgamesh built the great city of Uruk and surrounded it with magnificent, intricately constructed outer and inner walls. He erected beautiful temples for Anu, the god of the heavens, and for Anu’s daughter Ishtar, the goddess of war and love. He laid out orchards and ponds and irrigated fields. A dauntless explorer, Gilgamesh opened passes through the mountains and dug wells in the wilderness. He traveled to the ends of the Earth and beyond, where he met Utnapishtim, the sole survivor of the great flood that almost ended the world. When he returned from his travels he wrote everything down on a tablet of lapis lazuli and locked it in a copper chest. As the story begins, Gilgamesh is terrifying and all-powerful. He sacrifices warriors whenever he feels like fighting, rapes his nobles’ wives, takes whatever he wants from his people, and tramples anyone who gets in his way. The old men of Uruk complain, saying that a king is supposed to protect his subjects like a shepherd, not harass them like a wild ox. The gods listen. They tell Aruru, the goddess of creation, that since she made Gilgamesh, she must now make someone strong enough to stand up to him. Aruru takes some clay, moistens it with her spit, and forms another man, named Enkidu. Shunning the cultivated lands and the cities, he lives in the wilderness with the animals...
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...History of the Olive The Olive in California Mythology The olive was native to Asia Minor and spread from Iran, Syria and Palestine to the rest of the Mediterranean basin 6,000 years ago. It is among the oldest known cultivated trees in the world - being grown before the written language was invented. It was being grown on Crete by 3,000 BC and may have been the source of the wealth of the Minoan kingdom. The Phoenicians spread the olive to the Mediterranean shores of Africa and Southern Europe. Olives have been found in Egyptian tombs from 2,000 years BC. The olive culture was spread to the early Greeks then Romans. As the Romans extended their domain they brought the olive with them. 1,400 years ago the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, advised his followers to apply olive oil to their bodies, and himself used oil on his head. The use of oil is found in many religions and cultures. It has been used during special ceremonies as well as a general health measure. During baptism in the Christian church, holy oil, which is often olive oil, may be used for anointment. At the Christmas mass, olive oil blessed by the bishop, "chrism", is used in the ceremony. Like the grape, the Christian missionaries brought the olive tree with them to California for food but also for ceremonial use. Olive oil was used to anoint the early kings of the Greeks and Jews. The Greeks anointed winning athletes. Olive oil has also been used to anoint the dead in many cultures. The olive trees on the Mount...
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...CHAPTER 1 The Problem and Its Background Introduction Statement of the Problem Hypotheses of the Study This study is designed to assess the hypothesis that the factors affecting the academic failure of the college students of San Beda Alabang can be narrowed down to three: self and peers, family, and personnel/facilities. Significance of the Study This part will briefly discuss about the importance of the study to the following: The students: Since this study focuses on the students, it serves as a reference to help eliminate factors that contribute to your academic performance. It will also help students to develop some good studying habit that may help them to improve their grades. The Academy, Families and Peers: This study will help the school (as well as its personnel) to understand more of the students’ necessities in having a good performance in school and what can they do to help them. It also helps in developing a better communication between students and people mentioned above. It will also give you knowledge about flaws that may have contributed to a student’s performance. The Future Researcher: This study can serve as a guide in your own research work or for improving this particular study. Scope and Delimitation As the title itself says, the main focus of the research is based on the internal and external factors that affect the students’ academic performance specifically on failure. The research is done at the campus of San Beda College Alabang few...
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