Female Genital Mutilation
For one minute I just want you to think you were born a female in an African country. Did you no you are 90% more likely to have had gone through some form of female genital mutilation. Every day, thousands of girls are targeted for mutilation. Like torture, female genital mutilation (FGM) involves ....
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado about Everything, and None about Noting
Shakespeares Much ado about Nothing combines two different stories in one plot. This modern romantic comedy pokes fun at social norms in the 1600s, and the conflicts of men and women. The themes of gossip and deception are e....
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing was first written in 1600 it is set in Messina, a coastal city on the island of Sicily. Though Sicily was ruled by Spain at the time of the play, the characters clearly reflect a more Italian heritage. The action of the play takes place primarily at....
Problems with Cultural Relativism in Anthropology
Cultural anthropology is the study of cultural variation among people. An essential concept that professional anthropologists apply in their fieldworks is - cultural relativism - an approach to study of the nature and role of values in a culture without judgment and comparison to their own. Accordin....
Stream of Consciousness in To the Lighthouse
Stream of Consciousness in To the Lighthouse
In Erich Auerbachs influential essay, "The Brown Stocking," Virginia Woolfs distinguishing technical features of stream of consciousness are examined in relation to devices used by many contemporary writers. Auerbach states that terms such as, "erleb....