...“The Return of Native” as a tragic novel Aristotle’s concept of tragedy states that it is the enactment of an action that is complete in itself. It should sway the readers or audiences with pity or fear in the end. To keep it in mind, “The Return of Native” can be coined as a village tragic novel which brings us into contact with ordinary people. Hardy is able to create genuine tragedy out of the inter-relationships between characters and the background of Egdon Heath. The protagonist (Eustacia) of the novel because of her passionate nature and ungovernable longings for fashion life resulted in her tragedy. Some of the heath folks think she is a witch. The death of her whether it is accidental or a case of suicidal, is highly pitiful. Many of the people think that she is the real tragic heroin of the novel. But if we compare her with Clym, we will come to know that he is the real tragic hero. The very title of the novel tells about his return from Paris to Egdon Heath. He is quite an emotional sort of person reluctant to reality of situations. He is actually a person who could not understand the thinking of folks of Heath as those people only longs for money not intellectual development. His unpractical idealism is the cause of his downfall (hamartia). The novel also holds some supernatural or gothic element in it which suggests that it belongs to the category of tragedy. Redman is the symbol of gothic element. Hardy has magnificently woven a tapestry of tragedy with the...
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...The Return of the Native" a tragedy of character and environment Hardy, Shakespeare of the English Novel Hardy has been called the Shakespeare of the English novel and the four great Hardian tragedies, Tess of the D'ubervilles, Jude the Obscure, The Mayor of Casterbridge and The Return of the Native have been likened to the four great Shakespearean tragedies. But Hardy's conception of tragedy is radically different from that of Shakespeare. Hardy's Tragic Hero In a Shakespearean tragedy, as Bradley has pointed out, the tragic hero is a man of high rank and position. He may belong to the royal family or he may be some great general and warrior indispensable for the state. He is not only exalted socially but he has also some uncommon qualities of head and heart. He is in short a rare individual. When such a person falls from greatness and his high position is reversed, the result is "Kathartic'. His fall exciates the tragic emotion of terror and the readers are purged of the motion of self-pity. This was the traditional concept of Tragedy upto Hardy. But Hardy has how own concept, he is the innovator of a new form of tragedy, His tragic hero and heroines are no exalted personages. They are neither kings nor queens. They belong to the lowest ranks of society. Thus in the present novel, Clym is humble by birth, and he takes to furze-cutting as his profession, and Mrs. Yeobrighl is the wife of an humble farmer. But these humble people have exceptional qualities of head and heart...
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...Christopher Columbus: Hero or Villain? Christopher Columbus was a villain because he took the lives of many natives, he was desperately in search of gold, and he believed in the subjugation of natives. When Christopher Columbus set out on his first voyage, he was on a search to find a direct water route from Europe to Asia in 1492, but instead found the Americas. When he reached the shores, he was meet by the natives inhabiting the land at the time and offered to trade with them. Columbus soon came to the conclusion that there was gold on this large piece of land, and longed to find it. Columbus began searching and only ceased when one of his ships crashed in Hispaniola. Columbus abandoned his men on the island of Hispaniola, telling them...
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...THE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF IMMIGRANTS The Role of Human and Social Capital AGNIESZKA KANAS Kanas, A.M. The Economic Performance of Immigrants. The Role of Human and Social Capital Dissertation, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Cover illustration: Krzysztof Wodiczko, Goscie/Guests, 2009, instalacja wideo/video installation, 17,17 min./minutes. Dzieki uprzejmosci artysty i Fundacji Profile/courtesy of the artist and Profile Foundation, Warsaw. Cover design: Agnieszka Kanas & Sebastian Gryglewicz Printed by: Wöhrmann Print Service ISBN: 978-90-393-5550-3 © Agnieszka Kanas, 2011 All Rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrival system of any nature, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electrnically, mechanically, by photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission from the author. THE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF IMMIGRANTS The Role of Human and Social Capital DE ECONOMISCHE POSITIE VAN IMMIGRANTEN De rol van menselijk en sociaal kapitaal (met een samenvatting in het Nederlands) Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Universiteit Utrecht op gezag van de rector magnificus, prof.dr. G.J. van der Zwaan, ingevolge het besluit van het college voor promoties in het openbaar te verdedigen op dinsdag 28 juni 2011 des middags te 2.30 uur door Agnieszka Małgorzata Kanas geboren op 3 februari 1980 te Trzcianka, Polen Promotoren: Prof. dr. F.A...
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...1590, English explore John white sailed to Roanoke Island. The first contact they had was with a native from Roanoke island the native approached one of the ships in a canoe alone. They became friends with the natives in Roanoke, and the English started an expedition on the island. They took two natives back with them to England; one was named Manitou and the other native name was Wanchis, to prove what they found on their trip, the queen was delighted and wanted to expand more on Roanoke. The relationship between the natives and English soon turned into a battle it all started off with a silver cup. The natives thought the silver cup was an exchange of gifts not knowing what the English were planning to burn their village...
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...want to describe the natives as he does in a communication to the Spanish court. Columbus describes the natives as he does to the Spanish court because he plans that they would make great servants to his king. Columbus describes them as “ingenious” and willing to become Christians. He explains how the natives live, that they enjoy the simplest things such as necklaces, and their companionship with Columbus. The natives were friendly and became attached to Columbus’s community. He describes them to the court as they are quickly learning words. Columbus wishes that he will return with 6 natives to cater to his highness. 2. In what descriptions does Columbus betray a patronizing attitude? How does this judgment influence Spanish behavior on Hispaniola? Columbus presents patronizing attitude when he was describing how poor the natives are. For example, he described the natives as poor because the women did not wear clothes. He describes their features and the way they wear their hair. The natives wear their hair short, it is as coarse as a “horse’s tail” and leave an extremely long potion of hair behind. This judgment influences the Spanish behavior by having intentions to take advantage of the natives. Since the natives do not wear clothes, Columbus judges them as being poor. Thus obligates his intentions for the natives to become servants. 3. How would you characterize the Natives’ attitudes toward possessions? Columbus describes that the natives are free with all they...
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...The responsibility for the identity crisis among Native Americans lays on the Hollywood. It has assigned an abundant amount of unrealistic stereotypes to Native Americans, which are the reason that Native Americans don't know who they really are. Today, Native Americans struggle to fit into the mold of behavior and appearance that Hollywood has constructed for them. In “Smoke Signals”,a screenplay by Sherman Alexie, and later a film by Chris Eyre, two youths, Victor and Thomas, must journey to Phoenix Arizona to retrieve the ashes of Arnold, the father of Victor who left him and his mother years earlier. The journey of these two young men is, in a way, a metaphor for the identity search. Though “Smoke Signals” is a road movie, as claimed by...
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...Populations: Understanding the Challenges Faced by the Native Hawaiian Population Kristen L. Gallagher Grand Canyon University: NRS 429V March 7, 2015 There are many diverse cultural groups living in the world today. The United States is no exception, with the U.S. Census bureau reporting that as of 2010, more than 36% of the U.S. population identified themselves as members of a minority group (Hixson, Hepler & Kim, 2012). While many people face challenges in access to healthcare, members of minority populations face even greater barriers. In an effort to combat some of these difficulties, the Department of Health & Human Services established the Healthy People 2020 initiative. Healthy People 2020 is an evidence based plan designed to improve the health of our country’s people by reducing preventable health diseases (“About Healthy People”, 2010). The people native to the Hawaiian Islands face roadblocks to healthcare that are uncommon in the rest of the country, and the Healthy People 2020 action plan faces unusual considerations in Hawaii that are not concerns on the mainland (“Hawaii’s Healthy People”, 2012). Hawaii has long been thought of as paradise, with its temperate climate, beautiful beaches and the culture of its native people. While these visions of Hawaii may be true, Hawaii also suffers from exorbitant costs of living, geographically limited healthcare, and the dilution of a culture in which native Hawaiian people had flourished for nearly 1400 years...
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...The Innocent Native Americans The Native Americans were very friendly people. They were willing to help anyone out and did not expect anything in return. The Native Americans shared their land with the Puritans instead of giving it up and they thought of them as their neighbor sharing resources (McLean). They took the Puritans in and showed them how to live and survive off of the land better. In the settler/Native American conflicts, the Native Americans were the victims because of their displacement, pressure to change their religion, and death from diseases and warfare. The Puritans became friends with the Native Americans when they came over. They did not know how to live and survive off of the land as well as the Native Americans did so the Native Americans were generous enough to show them how to plant crops, hunt, etc. The Europeans were amazed that the Native Americans were very productive farmers. Since the Native Americans grew everything in the same field, they were able to replenish the soil and have a well-balanced diet (MacLean). The Native Americans took care of their land and made sure everything was cleaned up and ready for the next crops. According to MacLean, “each year, the native people also burned the undergrowth of the forests, making them easier to move through, and killing vermin” (MacLean). That was the only way that they could eat at that time. They could not just go out to eat at a restaurant if they wanted to because they did not have such a thing...
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...City NATIVE DELIGHT (BISAYANG MANOK-“BISNOK”) A Feasibility Study on Poultry business in Davao City In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY Submitted to: Mr. Mark Gil M. Mamac, CPA Submitted by: Dinging, Jessa Riel Llameg, Althea Nunez, Laulen Tan, Natasha Elysse Torrejos, Jessie Manuel Zosa, Kristhy May March 4, 2013 Ateneo de Davao University “Ang Saya sa MANOK na BISAYA” NATIVE DELIGHT (BISAYANG MANOK-“BISNOK”) A Feasibility Study on Poultry business in Davao City ABSTRACT This study aims to know the feasibility of Bisayang Manok as a poultry business in Davao City that may add to the supply to the excessive demand of bisayang manok in certain restaurants in the city. The chicken industry in the Philippines consists of commercial sectors and backyard sectors. Commercial sector includes hybrid chickens and broilers which occupies a larger percentage in country’s chicken supply and production. On the other hand, the backyard sector includes native chickens which has insufficient supply, yet has a high consumer demand in the market. The supply of native chickens in Davao City is not enough to meet the increasing demand of the consumers. Thus, the Native Delight wants to increase the production and supply of native chickens in the city. If the study turns to be feasible, for the meantime, the Native Delight will only cater a particular famous restaurant in Davao City. However, in the long run, Native Delight...
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...Give The Land Back Native Americans have been subjected to some of the most inhumane atrocities. What about the land we walk upon makes it ours to occupy? Hundreds of years ago, one of the greatest forms of violence nearly wiped out America’s original owners from existence. What’s worse is that the bloodshed of the Native peoples has become almost invisible to the everyday American, while what’s left of the previouslyindigenous population feeds off of the scraps White society has left for them. With this in mind, the most ethical actions the United States can do is return its stolen land. Thus, the United States federal government should give the land back to the Native Americans. The land that we currently reside on doesn’t belong to us, we stole it from the indigenous tribes that populated it before our arrival. Americans are so unaware of their own history that they don’t even recognize the atrocities committed against the Natives. The federal governments owes the Natives their original land, the reservations they currently live in are a testament to the oppression that occurred since Columbus sailed the seas. If not for the federal government who can say what the Natives could be doing now, it was our hand that saw to their demise. To exterminate a society like theirs, we began with supplementing Abrahamic religions for Indian culture, this effectively made Indian culture disappear. Culture was not the only victim in our oppressive actions, the Trail of Tears slaughtered over 2...
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...Corporation Native Regional Corporation for Southeast Alaska’s Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian People May 16, 2013 H.R. 740, the “Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act,” a bill that we refer to as Haa Aaní. “Haa Aaní” is the Tlingit way of referring to our ancestral and traditional homeland and the foundation of our history and culture. H.R. 740 would convey just 70,000 acres in the Southeast Alaska region, a region with almost 23 million acres of land; 85% of the region is already in some form of conservation, wilderness or other protected status. Putting the acreage in perspective, Sealaska’s remaining land entitlement represents about 1/3 of one percent of the total land...
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...this fail to comply with the requirements. Native American Cultures before European Contact Introduction Before Columbus’s unexpected landfall in 1492, North America has long been untouched by “outsiders”. There were barely any contact or connections between North American cultures and the rest of the world. After 1492, however, people of generations (mostly European colonists) were motivated to come to the “New World”, hoping for the wealth this new-found-land could possibly bestow them. Their encounters with Native American people were therefore inevitable. The Native American people who had resided in the Americas for thousands of years were, to many of the outsiders’ surprise, not some sort of wild “savages”(Boyer et al., p.20). They were comprised of many different communities, or tribes. And the interactions among the tribes were frequent, leading to the fact that the Native American cultures, in general, have formed many common features. The key word to describe the Native American cultures before European contact, if any, can be ‘Equilibrium’. Throughout the history of Native American Indians before 1492, ‘Equilibrium’ had been Native American’s philosophy in dealing with in-tribe, inter-tribe relations as well as their relationship with nature. To illustrate how Native American Indians achieved ‘Equilibrium’, I will analyze their social structure, religious beliefs and social values. Social Structure The Native American Indians are mostly bonded together...
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...the original Native Americans. As settlers started to make their way to America, the Native Americans were greatly affected. Some of it was good; they learned new farming instruments to help grow certain food, and horses were reintroduced to the land which brought the Indians a form of transportation. But some of the changes came with problems. Though horses were a great benefit for the Indians, they brought over diseases that the Native Americans couldn’t handle. The new settlers also brought diseases such as chicken pox, measles, and small pox. Since the Indians didn’t have built up immunities against these viruses, it caused many deaths, especially small pox outbreaks. Between 1790 and 1871, the United States Senate had ratified a staggering 380 treaties with the Native Americans. Congress had entered into these treaties with the Indian Nations to acquire land which the U.S. would then sell-off to cover the countries overwhelming debts. Growing a new nation, even back in that time, was very costly. And the U.S. was not strong enough at that early stage to try and take Native American land by force. What the new government had to offer them, in return, was sovereignty and peace. In the 1820’s, the state of Georgia challenged the legal concept of sovereignty in the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Marshall took effort to examine this idea of sovereignty, and to explain how it would actual operate. He knew that eventually, battles with the Native Tribes would...
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...The trip was largely uneventful. Barlowe, who was in charge of reporting back to Raleigh, brought two Croatans named Manteo (the son of the chief of the Croatans) and Wanchese who described the area and local politics for Raleigh. Based off of this he organized another expedition and made Sir Richard Grenville, his cousin, in charge because Queen Elizabeth would not let him lead it for political reasons that stemmed from bad relations with Spain (Horn, p65). On April 9, 1585 Grenville’s fleet departed with five main ships. When they arrived in the Americas they traveled much in search of precious metals that were rumored to be farther inland and passed through many neighboring villages. At one such village, the village of Aquascogoc, the natives were blamed for stealing goods that had come up missing including a small silver cup. When the cup was not returned Captain Amadas, who was present on this trip as well, burned the town and nearby crop fields (Horn, p74). After this the...
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