The question many people today ask is‚ “Are William Shakespeare’s plays still relevant today?” The answer to that question is yes. One of the main reasons that William Shakespeare’s plays are still relevant today is because they show that things that were problems back then‚ are also problems in today’s times. Some examples of that are‚ how people sometimes make poor decisions when in love‚ how a relationship can cause conflict‚ and finally‚ how love still forms no matter the obstacle. The first
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I would say that traditional gender roles for men and women are not relevant today. Gender roles have been around for years and they have always been labeled a certain way‚ but I’d say now that those labels have been broken. They are not as relevant in today’s world as they were years way back. There is too much diversity and roles that men and women have both done. In today’s world women might do things that men are regularly stereotyped to do and vice versa. The time since now and way back then
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objects of this book are in the world today. When it comes to power and people‚ 1984 is slowly becoming a reality. This is shown in today’s technology‚ in Trump’s Immigrant ban‚ and in the ‘sin taxes’. While 1984 seems like a weird book that most every highschooler reads‚ this fictional story is slowly becoming America’s reality. Everyday‚ little by little‚ our society is changing into the settings of 1984. While it is not as extreme or disturbing as 1984’s society it is becoming like it. Some similarities
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President Lincoln at Gettysburg in1863. The speech was influential and inspiring to many different kinds of people. The Gettysburg Address touched several topics such as human equality‚ peace and honoring soldiers. The Gettysburg Address is still relevant today due to its motivational words towards human equality and paying tribute to war veterans. To quote the speech‚ Lincoln said "Fourscore and seven years ago‚ our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation‚ conceived in liberty and
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The Constitution is still relevant today because it was created as a framework which would provide guidance but not unnecessary restrictions without flexibility. The Constitution and its interpretation grows and changes with time allocating rights to the American people and a framework for its government as well as a process to ensure that it can be altered to provide what is needed to ensure a lawful and just democratic society. The masterpiece of the Constitution is within the Bill of Rights ensuring
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He used the gospel to reach out to the Jewish community and help them to understand the identity of Christ. The words of the Gospel of Matthew are just as relevant today as they were for the early Church and its converts. “For Matthew‚ the end of Israel’s exile is at last at hand with the advent of Jesus‚ the Davidic Messiah‚ who is God’s definitive answer to the problem of Israel’s sin.” (Marius‚ 2017). Not only
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Power Relations Power is the ability to influence or outright control the behaviour of people. In our world today power within the relations is unevenly distributed. Power relationships exists around us and these relationships vary from relationship to relationship and from person to person. Class‚ social status and wealth play a big role in power relationships. A class system can be defined as “a system for producing social wealth in which productive resources and the results of production are
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Chivalry is still necessary today to help people understand the morals that are still needed in the world today. Back in the days of the knights they lived by this code which was chivalry. They had rules that made them better as a community‚ and keep everything running smoothly. If that could be brought back to today’s society things might start to run a little smoother again. If we would embrace chivalry in our communities it can help show everybody are equal. Having chivalry in society can show people
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Can you believe that the United States of America has been a county since the late 1700’s‚ and the laws and rights that applied back then still apply today? Think about everything that has shifted since then. We have medicines‚ strong education‚ and even new technology that is still being produced today. I believe that America’s gift to my generation is technology and medicines‚ and also freedom. Freedom is a big part of all our daily lives and some of us take it for granted. When the veterans
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and weaknesses and how rationalization relates to a current social issue such as globalisation becoming such a problem in today’s society due to a wide population of fast food restaurants causing obesity to rise within today’s society. The term rationalization is referred to as the replacement of traditions‚ values and emotions as motivators for behaviour in society with rational calculated ones (H.Jurgen. 1985). One of Weber’s main intellectual concerns was understanding the process of rationalisation
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