Leadership in Milton’s Paradise Lost, Cavendish’s Blazing World, and Shakespeare’s Othello and Hamlet
Critical thinkers are the strongest people in the world—not only are they able to form their own opinions, but these individuals are also versatile enough to listen to their counsel for the best advice. They have learned when to be flexible and when to be stubborn—and they’ve realized who’s a snake in the grass and who deserves paramount respect. To live happily ever after, or even just to survive, a person must learn from the best. Leaders are no exception to the rule. Whether they come from a royal family, are spontaneously appointed, or are the only ones around and therefore lead by default, leaders must detect and discern the truth, using all of the empirical experience and intuitive senses that mankind has had bestowed upon them. In addition to all their duties, a good leader must be a critical thinker. Simply put, a leader’s ability to listen to another opinion speaks volumes about their character. In John Milton’s Paradise Lost, Margaret Cavendish’s Blazing World, and William Shakespeare’s tragedies of Othello and Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, there are a tremendous variety of leaders and counselors who all have different circumstances, yet all may be analyzed through twos common themes: The measures of innocence verses experience and passion verses reason in leadership positions. Some of the leaders that will be in focus don’t always play the part. Some aren’t always so innocent. But if we look at how characters with leadership roles treat their counsel—whether those advisors are family, friends, lovers or superiors—we will not simply learn more about the literature we study, but we may apply what we learn to o...
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In his novel, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury entices and allows readers to interpret the deeper meaning of the text, which lies far beyond the characters and the setting of the dystopia. Throughout the 50’s and 60’s, many people were deprived of religious freedom due to the extremity of communism. USSR, during the Cold War, required countries to be communists limiting them from their necessary freedoms. Within each of the multiple tragedies in which the story explores, there is a link to the peril and warfare that occurred while this book was written. Bradbury binds the issues with communist countries in the story, and relates it to his fictional text highlighting communism as ineffective system of government and an excessively controlling atmosphere. For example, in 1968, Czechoslovakia attempted to release from the strict Soviet control. A new Czechoslovakian leader, Alexander Dubcek, tried to restore a shattered freedom that has been taken away since the end of WW2. Czechoslovakian People freely expressed themselves and read banned literature, which resulted in the Soviet Union sending Warsaw troops, tanks, and with little retaliation from the Czechoslovakian citizens, transformed them into an uncompromising communist nation. Although this even happened after Fahrenheit 451 was created, it was foreshadowed by Bradbury due to the nature and mindset various countries withheld in the 1950’s. Hence, Bradbury conceals various components of the world’s flaws by means of allusions and metaphors, ultimately paralleling the world to a dystopian society. Bradbury highlights that the world’s major flaw is limiting and restricting people from their necessary basic freedoms.
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Niccolo Machiavelli’s dissertation The Prince (1513) is a guide to become a successful leader. This political handbook includes how to conquer principalies and maintain power; therefore consisting of mostly didactic language and simple syntax. Aspects of this book have been represented in my flyer through layout, colour scheme, visual imagery and symbolism to provoke interest within the audience.
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Recycling has been around for a very long time; thousands of years to be exact. Some recycling methods then were recycling animal skins and scrap metal. Animal skins were re-used by the Indians for clothes, shoes and shelter and metal was melted down to make swords and other weapons. However, now, century’s later metal is still melted down to make things such as airplanes, cars, appliances, war weapons and much, much, more. And animal skin is still used today, to make shoes, boots and certain clothing items; such leather coats. Recycling became noticed as a trend by the public in the 1970’s. The industries have known about recycling for years. The public grabbed the concept that turning old items into new ones was just as much their duty as well as industries when the environment began to go unhealthy and when recycling centers opened. Now, curbside recycling programs and recycling centers are common. In 2009, approximately 9,000 curbside recycling programs and 3,000 composting communities existed in the United States (EPA 2010). You can now recycle at home and in airports, schools, and the workplace. What is recycling? , What does waste consist of? , and what are the benefits of recycling?
Should Recycling be Mandatory in the United States? This is a major economic issue that needs to be addressed now more than ever. These concerning issues include the environment, aluminum, finances, landfills and natural resources. However, a matter of conflicting interest was brought up according to Craig Kohtz the author of “Community columnist: Why we shouldn’t force recycling” posted on JournalStar.com August 9, 2013.
One of my boys loves to save our cans and plastic bottles so he can take them to the recycle center. While we have a recycling container for them, we don’t get the money if we let the garbage company haul them away. Chris does a great job at separating cans and bottle for us. “Job growth is directly related to the North Carolina Solid Waste Management Act of 1989. More than 2,600 recycling jobs have been created since then, an increase of 42 percent” (Shore; Ewadinger 36). Recycling saves money on a much larger level than I ever thought. When you recycle paper for instance the process takes much less time, money, and natural resources to make it. You don’t have ...
recycling is reprocessing discarded solid materials in to new products. In addition to saving resource and reducing solid waste and pollution, recycling also reduces unsightly and environmentally harmful litter.
An important part of recycling is conservation. Conservation helps keep unneeded waste out of landfills in the United States (Conserve Energy Future 2). As Americans, an average person throws away 4.8 pounds of waste daily. This adds up to over 1750 pounds in a year alone, for one person. In 2006, Americans generated 251 tons of waste (Riedel 11). Of this waste over 50 percent could be recycled into new materials to be used again. In doing this, recycling will tremendously
Shaw finally found his specialty around 1885 when William Archer suggested that he became a playwright. The play he is most well known for is Pygmalion. It is a classic play that comes from an ancient myth in which a statue is made of an ideal woman, and by prayer to the gods she is brought to life.