Comments for World Cultures Fall 2008 http://wc120.wordpress.com Gilgamesh to Hamlet. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:11:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The Constitution and Bill of Rights: Political Idealism by Tyler Kirk http://wc120.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/the-constitution-and-bill-of-rights-political-idealism/#comment-226 Tyler Kirk Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:11:57 +0000 http://wc120.wordpress.com/?p=97#comment-226 The difference between the Declaration of Independence and The Prince is that they were written and two totally different times with two totally different ideals behind them. The Declaration of Independence is written to tell the king what he was doing wrong and why the colonies wanted to be separated from the British empire. The Prince was written like a resume and was sucking up to the monarch/prince at the time. The Bill of Rights which are the first ten amendments in the US constitution, is an informative tools that tells the American people basically what they can and cannot do. It puts the government in its place not letting the government gain to much control over its people. The Prince is the exact opposite in that respect because it tells the prince to do whatever is necessary to stay in power over your people. The difference between the Declaration of Independence and The Prince is that they were written and two totally different times with two totally different ideals behind them. The Declaration of Independence is written to tell the king what he was doing wrong and why the colonies wanted to be separated from the British empire. The Prince was written like a resume and was sucking up to the monarch/prince at the time. The Bill of Rights which are the first ten amendments in the US constitution, is an informative tools that tells the American people basically what they can and cannot do. It puts the government in its place not letting the government gain to much control over its people. The Prince is the exact opposite in that respect because it tells the prince to do whatever is necessary to stay in power over your people.

]]> Comment on The Constitution and Bill of Rights: Political Idealism by Eric Greene http://wc120.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/the-constitution-and-bill-of-rights-political-idealism/#comment-225 Eric Greene Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:49:24 +0000 http://wc120.wordpress.com/?p=97#comment-225 The Prince written for a monarchy. It was written almost as a job application and it just described what people did in the past that made them so great. However the Bill of Rights talks nothing of people from the past. It only talks of what was belived to be right and wrong and it was written as laws and not guidelines. There is a expression of political idealism in the Bill of Rights because it is mainly about equality and equality is just something we strive for and slowly come closer to. Both the Bill of Rights and The Prince have two different ways of believing how a the highest in power should act, however they both they both strive for what seem to be the best way to govern a society. The Prince written for a monarchy. It was written almost as a job application and it just described what people did in the past that made them so great. However the Bill of Rights talks nothing of people from the past. It only talks of what was belived to be right and wrong and it was written as laws and not guidelines. There is a expression of political idealism in the Bill of Rights because it is mainly about equality and equality is just something we strive for and slowly come closer to. Both the Bill of Rights and The Prince have two different ways of believing how a the highest in power should act, however they both they both strive for what seem to be the best way to govern a society.

]]> Comment on The Constitution and Bill of Rights: Political Idealism by Brittany Paller http://wc120.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/the-constitution-and-bill-of-rights-political-idealism/#comment-224 Brittany Paller Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:47:35 +0000 http://wc120.wordpress.com/?p=97#comment-224 The Bill of Rights and Declaration were created for the people as sort of a guide and direction in which to follow to secure their basic human rights as well as other established rights. The Prince was written for a prince and is not focused on the people. It supports One person in control doing what they have to to keep control, whereas the documents dont really specify a form of government, but grant the people the right to control and abolish it when necessary. The documents' political idealism rests on equality and happiness of the people. Its not so much realism in the sense that equality has never really existed and no one is ever always satisfied with the choices of the government. The democratic and Republican party is an example of that. The nation is constantly divided over different issues and all though there is still unity, there is always a solid difference of opinions and wants. The Bill of Rights and Declaration were created for the people as sort of a guide and direction in which to follow to secure their basic human rights as well as other established rights. The Prince was written for a prince and is not focused on the people. It supports One person in control doing what they have to to keep control, whereas the documents dont really specify a form of government, but grant the people the right to control and abolish it when necessary. The documents’ political idealism rests on equality and happiness of the people. Its not so much realism in the sense that equality has never really existed and no one is ever always satisfied with the choices of the government. The democratic and Republican party is an example of that. The nation is constantly divided over different issues and all though there is still unity, there is always a solid difference of opinions and wants.

]]> Comment on Beowulf and Epic Poetry by Tyler Kirk http://wc120.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/beowulf-and-epic-poetry/#comment-223 Tyler Kirk Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:05:59 +0000 http://wc120.wordpress.com/?p=86#comment-223 1. The order of the stages I believe is the call to adventure, trials, death, and return with boon. In the book Beowulf, Beowulf confronts three different challenges and I believe the trails were the most emphasize out of all the stages. 2. Grendel and his mother constitutes as the villains because they are the descendants of Cain. The dragon I believe was just an addition to the book and merrily put in the story for the blood and guts. 3. Unferth is the shadow character in beowulf because he tries to show Beowulf's faults and weaknesses. 4. Hrothgar because he taught Beowulf that power is not something to take for granted. 1. The order of the stages I believe is the call to adventure, trials, death, and return with boon. In the book Beowulf, Beowulf confronts three different challenges and I believe the trails were the most emphasize out of all the stages.
2. Grendel and his mother constitutes as the villains because they are the descendants of Cain. The dragon I believe was just an addition to the book and merrily put in the story for the blood and guts.
3. Unferth is the shadow character in beowulf because he tries to show Beowulf’s faults and weaknesses.
4. Hrothgar because he taught Beowulf that power is not something to take for granted.

]]> Comment on Beowulf and Epic Poetry by Janelle Wheeler http://wc120.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/beowulf-and-epic-poetry/#comment-222 Janelle Wheeler Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:40:46 +0000 http://wc120.wordpress.com/?p=86#comment-222 1. I think the stages are: call, trial, death, descent in the underworld, return with the treasure. I believe the trial is the most important because that is when he is able to learn something about himself. 2. Grendel and his mother are villians because they harm the people and pose an obstacle in which Beowulf must overcome. I believe the dragon was not a villian because he would not have been an issue and Beowulf not stolen the cup. 3. Unferth because he is always trying to impress Beowulf and show to Beowulf that he is worth the time. 4. Hrothgar because he taught Beowulf about power and how to rule a kingdom. 1. I think the stages are: call, trial, death, descent in the underworld, return with the treasure. I believe the trial is the most important because that is when he is able to learn something about himself.

2. Grendel and his mother are villians because they harm the people and pose an obstacle in which Beowulf must overcome. I believe the dragon was not a villian because he would not have been an issue and Beowulf not stolen the cup.

3. Unferth because he is always trying to impress Beowulf and show to Beowulf that he is worth the time.

4. Hrothgar because he taught Beowulf about power and how to rule a kingdom.

]]> Comment on Beowulf and Epic Poetry by Shawn Carter http://wc120.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/beowulf-and-epic-poetry/#comment-221 Shawn Carter Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:38:44 +0000 http://wc120.wordpress.com/?p=86#comment-221 1) The order of the stages goes: call to adventure, trial, death, then the descent to the underworld, conquering with the treasure, then return with the treasure. The trial is most important because there are multiple fights to show that he is very strong. 2) Grendel and his mother were the “pure evil” in the story. Its b/c they act that way and the people of Denmark had shunned them. The dragon is not a villain because it had helped Beowulf get over various aspects of himself as a Hero. 3) I think Unferth, because he helps Beowulf with various aspects of himself as well as seems like his side-kick in the process. 4) Hrothgar is Beowulf’s wise mentor. He warned Beowulf about power and how life is, where he did not put them into action later on down the line. 1) The order of the stages goes: call to adventure, trial, death, then the descent to the underworld, conquering with the treasure, then return with the treasure. The trial is most important because there are multiple fights to show that he is very strong.
2) Grendel and his mother were the “pure evil” in the story. Its b/c they act that way and the people of Denmark had shunned them. The dragon is not a villain because it had helped Beowulf get over various aspects of himself as a Hero.
3) I think Unferth, because he helps Beowulf with various aspects of himself as well as seems like his side-kick in the process.
4) Hrothgar is Beowulf’s wise mentor. He warned Beowulf about power and how life is, where he did not put them into action later on down the line.

]]> Comment on Beowulf and Epic Poetry by Thea Daniel http://wc120.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/beowulf-and-epic-poetry/#comment-220 Thea Daniel Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:52:47 +0000 http://wc120.wordpress.com/?p=86#comment-220 1) The stages in Beowulf's journey are his call to adventure: hearing about Grendal's terrorism at Heorot; death, descent, and treasure is when Beowulf has to fight Grendal and his mother and then bring Grendal's mother's head back as proof. And then Beowulf ends up ruling a kingdom, so that means he's a master of both worlds of a sort. 2)Grendal and his mother are "pure evil" in the sense that they terrorise people and they are described as monsters. Their only intent in life is to cause problems and destruction everywhere they go. 3)The shadow character is Unferth because he is envious of Beowulf and would do anything to make him look bad in front of others. 4)Beowulf's mentor is Hrothgar because he teaches Beowulf things about ruling a kingdom and warns him about the effects power can have on man. 1) The stages in Beowulf’s journey are his call to adventure: hearing about Grendal’s terrorism at Heorot; death, descent, and treasure is when Beowulf has to fight Grendal and his mother and then bring Grendal’s mother’s head back as proof. And then Beowulf ends up ruling a kingdom, so that means he’s a master of both worlds of a sort.
2)Grendal and his mother are “pure evil” in the sense that they terrorise people and they are described as monsters. Their only intent in life is to cause problems and destruction everywhere they go.
3)The shadow character is Unferth because he is envious of Beowulf and would do anything to make him look bad in front of others.
4)Beowulf’s mentor is Hrothgar because he teaches Beowulf things about ruling a kingdom and warns him about the effects power can have on man.

]]> Comment on Beowulf and Epic Poetry by Wade Banning http://wc120.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/beowulf-and-epic-poetry/#comment-219 Wade Banning Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:47:48 +0000 http://wc120.wordpress.com/?p=86#comment-219 1) Beowulf describes many of the stages of a Hero's quest. The first one is his call to adventure, which is when Beowulf hears about the misfortune at Heorot, but then he does not ever refuse this challenge. After he killed Grindal he proves himself by completing his trial and Hrothgar reminding him that there are flaws in people and that he has to avoid them is kind of like his death and treasure, because it reminds him that he is not immune to these things, so he needs to watch what he does. Then he returns home with these treasures and uses them to be a good king. Ultumently he does not concur both worlds, because he does end up dying in the end. 2) Grindal and his mother are the villains or the sign of pure evil, because their only real intent in life is to do evil and create destruction and mayhem. Although the dragon was a major problem in the kingdom, the bloodshed there was could have been prevent if the looter had been smarter and not taken the gold cup, because then the dragon would not have noticed anything wrong and would not have been a threat. Since he did take the cup the dragon did become a problem and therefore had to be taken care of, because he was causing destruction. 3) Unferth is Beowulf’s shadow character, because based on what he says in the book, Unferth is Jealous of Beowulf and wants to make him look bad and in the process he exposes that Beowulf needs to be smarter about his decisions. 4) Beowulf’s wise mentor is Hrothgar, because after Beowulf slays Grindal’s mother he warns Beowulf about the dangers of power, about the fragility of life and how no one is immune to danger and in saying these things to Beowulf, it allows Beowulf to ponder these things and put them into action. 1) Beowulf describes many of the stages of a Hero’s quest. The first one is his call to adventure, which is when Beowulf hears about the misfortune at Heorot, but then he does not ever refuse this challenge. After he killed Grindal he proves himself by completing his trial and Hrothgar reminding him that there are flaws in people and that he has to avoid them is kind of like his death and treasure, because it reminds him that he is not immune to these things, so he needs to watch what he does. Then he returns home with these treasures and uses them to be a good king. Ultumently he does not concur both worlds, because he does end up dying in the end.
2) Grindal and his mother are the villains or the sign of pure evil, because their only real intent in life is to do evil and create destruction and mayhem. Although the dragon was a major problem in the kingdom, the bloodshed there was could have been prevent if the looter had been smarter and not taken the gold cup, because then the dragon would not have noticed anything wrong and would not have been a threat. Since he did take the cup the dragon did become a problem and therefore had to be taken care of, because he was causing destruction.
3) Unferth is Beowulf’s shadow character, because based on what he says in the book, Unferth is Jealous of Beowulf and wants to make him look bad and in the process he exposes that Beowulf needs to be smarter about his decisions.
4) Beowulf’s wise mentor is Hrothgar, because after Beowulf slays Grindal’s mother he warns Beowulf about the dangers of power, about the fragility of life and how no one is immune to danger and in saying these things to Beowulf, it allows Beowulf to ponder these things and put them into action.

]]> Comment on Beowulf and Epic Poetry by Trenton Beckinger http://wc120.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/beowulf-and-epic-poetry/#comment-218 Trenton Beckinger Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:45:46 +0000 http://wc120.wordpress.com/?p=86#comment-218 The stages that the book followed were: Call to adventure, Trial, Death, Descent to Underworld, Conquers to get treasure and returns with treasure. I think that the Trials had the most emphasis. The trials revealed the most characteristics about Beowulf, and other characters. Grendel and his mother are villains because they are the obstacles that Beowulf face in order to become a hero. As far as the dragon, I don't believe it was thrown in there. I think the dragon was to solidify Beowulf's classification as a Tragic Hero. Had the dragon not been part of the story, we would never know if Beowulf had overcome his arrogance and pride, thus we would never know what type of Hero he was. The first shadow character that comes to mind is Unferth. When challenged by Unferth, Beowulf went on a huge ramble of how great he was. This was the first instance in which we saw Beowulf's flaw, arrogance. King Hrothgar was a wise mentor to Beowulf. He tried to tell Beowulf the dangers of Pride, although the message never got through to Beowulf. The stages that the book followed were: Call to adventure, Trial, Death, Descent to Underworld, Conquers to get treasure and returns with treasure. I think that the Trials had the most emphasis. The trials revealed the most characteristics about Beowulf, and other characters.

Grendel and his mother are villains because they are the obstacles that Beowulf face in order to become a hero. As far as the dragon, I don’t believe it was thrown in there. I think the dragon was to solidify Beowulf’s classification as a Tragic Hero. Had the dragon not been part of the story, we would never know if Beowulf had overcome his arrogance and pride, thus we would never know what type of Hero he was.

The first shadow character that comes to mind is Unferth. When challenged by Unferth, Beowulf went on a huge ramble of how great he was. This was the first instance in which we saw Beowulf’s flaw, arrogance.

King Hrothgar was a wise mentor to Beowulf. He tried to tell Beowulf the dangers of Pride, although the message never got through to Beowulf.

]]> Comment on Beowulf and Epic Poetry by Jami Snyder http://wc120.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/beowulf-and-epic-poetry/#comment-217 Jami Snyder Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:35:12 +0000 http://wc120.wordpress.com/?p=86#comment-217 I think the stages followed by Beowulf are calling, trial, treasure, death, and return with treasure. I think his trials get more emphasis then anything else. This is because he has more than one fight during the story to show how strong he is. Plus his fights make him well liked in the city where he killed and in the city where he lived. I think grendel and his mother are clearly villians because they terrorized and killed the people of denmark. They act as villians because I think they were shun by the society of Denmark. The author depicts them as real people, having emotions such as anger and jealousy. This is why they act out in rage and what in turn makes them the villians of the story. I dont think the dragon acts as a villian, it was a good way for the author to end the story and have the stage of death by the hero. I think Wiglaf is Beowulfs shadow character because he could be classified as beowulfs "side kick". He is the only one that will help beowulf in his fights and shows the true code of a warrior. I think King Hrothgar acts as Beowulf's mentor, because he is like a father figure to Beowulf. He is also kind of the model for Beowulf when he goes back home and ends up taking over the role of king in his own town. I think the stages followed by Beowulf are calling, trial, treasure, death, and return with treasure. I think his trials get more emphasis then anything else. This is because he has more than one fight during the story to show how strong he is. Plus his fights make him well liked in the city where he killed and in the city where he lived.

I think grendel and his mother are clearly villians because they terrorized and killed the people of denmark. They act as villians because I think they were shun by the society of Denmark. The author depicts them as real people, having emotions such as anger and jealousy. This is why they act out in rage and what in turn makes them the villians of the story. I dont think the dragon acts as a villian, it was a good way for the author to end the story and have the stage of death by the hero.

I think Wiglaf is Beowulfs shadow character because he could be classified as beowulfs “side kick”. He is the only one that will help beowulf in his fights and shows the true code of a warrior.

I think King Hrothgar acts as Beowulf’s mentor, because he is like a father figure to Beowulf. He is also kind of the model for Beowulf when he goes back home and ends up taking over the role of king in his own town.

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