Tpol Evidence:Final Humanities Essay: |
This year has been the beginning of a long hike that I will be on for the next three years. I’ve encountered beautiful vistas but also many thorns and bumps. The trail that I am hiking is called AHS and the experiences I’ve encountered on it have helped me grow academically to become a better student and a mathematician.
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"A Midsummer Night's Dream." Shakespeare's most famous comedic work of theater, shows many similarities and differences with not only Shakespeare's other work, but with a plethora of other topics we covered this year. Oberon's intrusive wishes to control all around him may be compared to Lord Capulet in , “Romeo and Juliet. While Lysander’s wish to run away with Hermia may contrast from the socialization surrounding love enforced on Helena and the others. Even the social classes of Shakespeare can provide insight into distinguishing the affinities and differences of, “A Midsummer Night's Dream” and these other real world ideas, a deeper understanding of Shakespeare’s work and it’s ties to modern society may be more closely understood.
For a man who died in 1660 Shakespeare had an uncanny ability to tackle subjects that still cause controversy in modern society. An example of the effectivity of this play is seen in its underlying theme of marriage as the ultimate fulfillment of true love. This theme echoes it’s way into today's debate of marriage in the 14 supreme court cases of racial discrimination in marriage, divorce, and same sex marriage. For instance, in, “ A Midsummer Night's Dream” Shakespeare pokes fun at a love triangle in which a daughter rebels against her father's wish of a pre arranged marriage. Although the mainstream concept of pre arranged engagements is long gone, the way in which Shakespeare illustrates the freedom and prestige found in marriage can be applied to a very current strife regarding marriage in today's society. This quarrel of socialization dawns the mask of same sex marriage. In the play a daughter of a rich man falls under scrutiny based on her decision to love someone who was not, “ worthy” in the eyes of her father. In 1996,almost 400 years after the death of Shakespeare, the supreme court abolished section 3 of the defense of marriage act which incriminated same sex marriage in Windsor v. United States. This was so, because of the influence of socialization on the judges at that time; who concluded that homosexuality was wrong in the eyes of the supreme court. Although eventually exceptions were made, the repercussions and denial of the fulfillment of marriage were extremely similar to those underlying themes found in Shakespeare’s work.
Shakespeare’s impressive ability to relate deep topics in his plays to real world controversy is exponentially increased when closely examining the relation between his other works of theater. Analogous to the play, “A Midsummer Night's Dream.” Shakespeare’s, “ Romeo and Juliet” shares many of the same characters and themes. For example, in, “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream” the character Bottom is a silly and odd addition to the lineup of characters in, “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. While in, “ Romeo and Juliet” Mercutio performs the duties of giving some mindless comedy to Shakespeare’s tragic undertones of love and death; these two characters, Bottom and Mercutio, are foils for each other in the most basic sense. An example of this can be seen as Bottom is eager to play all of the parts in a play, this trait is reflective in Mercutio in his eagerness to ally with Romeo. While both provide some essential aspects and comedic relief from the story Mercutio and Bottom are not the same in all ways.An instance of this is seen as Mercutio gives his life in order to maintain his honor; “I am hurt. A plague o' both your houses! I am sped.Is he gone, and hath nothing?” ( Romeo and Juliet, act 3, line #59) on the other hand Bottom has no sense of honor or loyalty. Similar foils between these two universes can be found in the characters, Oberon and Lord Capulet. For example, Oberon and Lord Capulet both manage to rule their different kingdoms with authority and command while also maintaining an atmosphere of convivial. In addition, during their respective plays both Oberon and Lord Capulet manipulate their family in similar ways. In, “ Romeo and Juliet” Lord Capulet uses coercion to make his daughter love someone she doesn’t. As exemplified
by,”Well,he may chance to do some good on her: A peevish self-will'd harlotry it is.”(Romeo and Juliet, act 4, line #30) Meanwhile, in, “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Oberon uses the flower retrieved by Puck to force his unknowing wife, Titania, to love someone that she truly does not, “ What thou seest when thou dost wake, do it for thy true love take..I wonder if Titania be awaked then, what it was that came in her eye” (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act II line #12)Other than this parallel, Oberon and Lord Capulet both share protagonistic roles in the plays, “ Romeo and Juliet” and, “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
When looking at the resemblance between the kingdom of Athens in, “ A Midsummer Night's Dream” , many parallels and disparities to the distribution of wealth and social classes can be seen. In the re incarnation of Athens in, “ A Midsummer Night's Dream” Shakespeare makes a tremendous attempt to separate the economic classes in the way that they dress and even how they speak. Frills and jewlery cover the rich in, “ A Midsummer Night's Dream” the women clothed in flowing gowns and formal dress for the men; in contrast, the poor don rags and dirty cloth. In addition, the way that the poor talk contrasts from the rich well versed speaking of royalty in the use of free verse which the people of Athens speak in. In contradiction, the royalty of Athens ( Theseus, Egeus, ect) speak in iambic pentameter; which means five unstressed syllables followed by stressed syllables all rhyming.
In conclusion, through Shakespeare’s, “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream” many connections to other real world issues and other topics that we have covered this year can be seen, such as social and economic classes and Shakespeares connection to the real world.By using the perspective provided by Shakespeare a new understanding of these ideas can be found.
For a man who died in 1660 Shakespeare had an uncanny ability to tackle subjects that still cause controversy in modern society. An example of the effectivity of this play is seen in its underlying theme of marriage as the ultimate fulfillment of true love. This theme echoes it’s way into today's debate of marriage in the 14 supreme court cases of racial discrimination in marriage, divorce, and same sex marriage. For instance, in, “ A Midsummer Night's Dream” Shakespeare pokes fun at a love triangle in which a daughter rebels against her father's wish of a pre arranged marriage. Although the mainstream concept of pre arranged engagements is long gone, the way in which Shakespeare illustrates the freedom and prestige found in marriage can be applied to a very current strife regarding marriage in today's society. This quarrel of socialization dawns the mask of same sex marriage. In the play a daughter of a rich man falls under scrutiny based on her decision to love someone who was not, “ worthy” in the eyes of her father. In 1996,almost 400 years after the death of Shakespeare, the supreme court abolished section 3 of the defense of marriage act which incriminated same sex marriage in Windsor v. United States. This was so, because of the influence of socialization on the judges at that time; who concluded that homosexuality was wrong in the eyes of the supreme court. Although eventually exceptions were made, the repercussions and denial of the fulfillment of marriage were extremely similar to those underlying themes found in Shakespeare’s work.
Shakespeare’s impressive ability to relate deep topics in his plays to real world controversy is exponentially increased when closely examining the relation between his other works of theater. Analogous to the play, “A Midsummer Night's Dream.” Shakespeare’s, “ Romeo and Juliet” shares many of the same characters and themes. For example, in, “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream” the character Bottom is a silly and odd addition to the lineup of characters in, “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. While in, “ Romeo and Juliet” Mercutio performs the duties of giving some mindless comedy to Shakespeare’s tragic undertones of love and death; these two characters, Bottom and Mercutio, are foils for each other in the most basic sense. An example of this can be seen as Bottom is eager to play all of the parts in a play, this trait is reflective in Mercutio in his eagerness to ally with Romeo. While both provide some essential aspects and comedic relief from the story Mercutio and Bottom are not the same in all ways.An instance of this is seen as Mercutio gives his life in order to maintain his honor; “I am hurt. A plague o' both your houses! I am sped.Is he gone, and hath nothing?” ( Romeo and Juliet, act 3, line #59) on the other hand Bottom has no sense of honor or loyalty. Similar foils between these two universes can be found in the characters, Oberon and Lord Capulet. For example, Oberon and Lord Capulet both manage to rule their different kingdoms with authority and command while also maintaining an atmosphere of convivial. In addition, during their respective plays both Oberon and Lord Capulet manipulate their family in similar ways. In, “ Romeo and Juliet” Lord Capulet uses coercion to make his daughter love someone she doesn’t. As exemplified
by,”Well,he may chance to do some good on her: A peevish self-will'd harlotry it is.”(Romeo and Juliet, act 4, line #30) Meanwhile, in, “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Oberon uses the flower retrieved by Puck to force his unknowing wife, Titania, to love someone that she truly does not, “ What thou seest when thou dost wake, do it for thy true love take..I wonder if Titania be awaked then, what it was that came in her eye” (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act II line #12)Other than this parallel, Oberon and Lord Capulet both share protagonistic roles in the plays, “ Romeo and Juliet” and, “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
When looking at the resemblance between the kingdom of Athens in, “ A Midsummer Night's Dream” , many parallels and disparities to the distribution of wealth and social classes can be seen. In the re incarnation of Athens in, “ A Midsummer Night's Dream” Shakespeare makes a tremendous attempt to separate the economic classes in the way that they dress and even how they speak. Frills and jewlery cover the rich in, “ A Midsummer Night's Dream” the women clothed in flowing gowns and formal dress for the men; in contrast, the poor don rags and dirty cloth. In addition, the way that the poor talk contrasts from the rich well versed speaking of royalty in the use of free verse which the people of Athens speak in. In contradiction, the royalty of Athens ( Theseus, Egeus, ect) speak in iambic pentameter; which means five unstressed syllables followed by stressed syllables all rhyming.
In conclusion, through Shakespeare’s, “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream” many connections to other real world issues and other topics that we have covered this year can be seen, such as social and economic classes and Shakespeares connection to the real world.By using the perspective provided by Shakespeare a new understanding of these ideas can be found.
Socialization Project:
Present throughout society is the overwhelming gloom of enforcement and regularity, the dictator that controls everyone. That dictator is socialization. Socialization, the silent dictatorship surrounding us at all times, and the way in which an individual is shaped to understand societal and cultural norms. In my life I’ve been both socialized both positively and negatively. Socialization is the process by which people get taught to stereotype others based on others beliefs and what society tells them. I’ve been positively socialized by my economic class I am in. On the other side, I have been negatively socialized by the world around me. These are three ways in which socialization has affected me.
In a basic sense socialization is a continuous process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms and values along with social skills appropriate to his or her social position. To cover socialization we will take a look at it’s different classes of belief and the positive and negative impacts it has. Socialization has both positive and negative influences on society. A negative influence is racism which the human race has prominently shown until recently. When a father tells his son that someone of a different color is lower or worse than a non colored man, the son will believe it and carry it on to his son. This creates a negative cycle of socialization. On the other hand when a father tells his son that all men are equal then the son will carry that on to his son and thus begins a positive cycle of socialization. This is an example of both positive and negative socialization and it’ affects on society.
*There are two different points of view on socialization, the functionalist and the conflict theorist. Functionalists look at each part of society as a whole. For example the government provides jobs for the community and in turn the community pays taxes to the government this is a never ending cycle that contributes to the world as a whole. Conflict theory introduces the idea that power produces social order. For example, conflict theorist are attuned to the unequal distribution of wealth in a community.Most people side with either of these groups, but their are many other sub groups of belief in society. In conclusion, this has been a brief introduction to socialization and it’s affect on the world.*
I have been positively socialized based on my economic class, I’ve experienced the full reach of the middle class and how its life styles differ. My family moved to durango Colorado in Nov. of 2005, at the time we were still paying for our last house so we could only afford a small 2 person apartment, but our family of four made it work. After about two and a half years of living in the cramped apartment our family decided it was time to move into an actual house. By this time my mom was making a decent amount and we were experiencing what life is like in the “middle” of the middle class. My dad ended up needing a back surgery shortly after we moved, this made money tight but afterwards he started to consider working again. After a year to recover from his surgery my dad started to work again and that helped give our family more money that we could use to take vacations and help us pay for extra stuff. Throughout the time that this was taking place I have learned the importance of money and how to value possessing it. This has positively socialized me and now I respect money and never waste it. After conversing with my family I discovered this is exactly what they wanted of me to be; a, “Person who respects money and can make important financial decisions in my life”{summarized from actual conversation.} In conclusion, this is how my economic class and the life that I have experienced and how my family has taught me to value money has positively socialized me.
I have been negatively socialized by the media to believe certain stereotypes. An example is the way a childrens television show makes a subtle reference about girls being less than boys. At this point in my life I had no comprehension that a television show could be wrong or have a negative message.So, influenced by the television show my young mind now believed in that stereotype, and the next day I got a bunch of kids to pick on one girl about how she was worse than us boys once the teacher heard she broke it up and had a conversation about how everyone was equal. I was very confused because the television has socialized me to think that girls were less than boys, but the teacher told us how to respect one another as equals. After looking over this I decided to research how many kids had my same problem; the website,tvtropes.com, states:
"If it says it on television, It Must Be True!"
{ http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TVNeverLies, 3/14/99.} After reading this article I realized just how many people, kids in particular, are negatively socialized by what the television shows them. Another example of the televisions socialization is something that I was firsthand witness to and continue to be. As a baby sitter I am used to working with kids, but this was something different; at the time I was 12 and was working a solid week for 4 to 6 hours a day and during this time I became aware of the violence and foul language that children are socialized to be comfortable around. During my time working with the kids it only got worse as they began to swear and display many violent behaviors towards myself and other kids.When I asked why they behaved in such a way the response was that its what their favorite tv show characters or cool video games did. After experiencing these children I looked up how a violent TV show can harm kids , (http://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/Facts_for_amilies_Pages/Children_And_TV_Violence_13.aspx , 3/11/2011)
American children watch an average of four hours of television daily. Television can be a powerful influence in developing value systems and shaping behavior. Unfortunately, much of today's television programming is violent. Hundreds of studies of the effects of TV violence on children and teenagers have found that children may:
In a basic sense socialization is a continuous process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms and values along with social skills appropriate to his or her social position. To cover socialization we will take a look at it’s different classes of belief and the positive and negative impacts it has. Socialization has both positive and negative influences on society. A negative influence is racism which the human race has prominently shown until recently. When a father tells his son that someone of a different color is lower or worse than a non colored man, the son will believe it and carry it on to his son. This creates a negative cycle of socialization. On the other hand when a father tells his son that all men are equal then the son will carry that on to his son and thus begins a positive cycle of socialization. This is an example of both positive and negative socialization and it’ affects on society.
*There are two different points of view on socialization, the functionalist and the conflict theorist. Functionalists look at each part of society as a whole. For example the government provides jobs for the community and in turn the community pays taxes to the government this is a never ending cycle that contributes to the world as a whole. Conflict theory introduces the idea that power produces social order. For example, conflict theorist are attuned to the unequal distribution of wealth in a community.Most people side with either of these groups, but their are many other sub groups of belief in society. In conclusion, this has been a brief introduction to socialization and it’s affect on the world.*
I have been positively socialized based on my economic class, I’ve experienced the full reach of the middle class and how its life styles differ. My family moved to durango Colorado in Nov. of 2005, at the time we were still paying for our last house so we could only afford a small 2 person apartment, but our family of four made it work. After about two and a half years of living in the cramped apartment our family decided it was time to move into an actual house. By this time my mom was making a decent amount and we were experiencing what life is like in the “middle” of the middle class. My dad ended up needing a back surgery shortly after we moved, this made money tight but afterwards he started to consider working again. After a year to recover from his surgery my dad started to work again and that helped give our family more money that we could use to take vacations and help us pay for extra stuff. Throughout the time that this was taking place I have learned the importance of money and how to value possessing it. This has positively socialized me and now I respect money and never waste it. After conversing with my family I discovered this is exactly what they wanted of me to be; a, “Person who respects money and can make important financial decisions in my life”{summarized from actual conversation.} In conclusion, this is how my economic class and the life that I have experienced and how my family has taught me to value money has positively socialized me.
I have been negatively socialized by the media to believe certain stereotypes. An example is the way a childrens television show makes a subtle reference about girls being less than boys. At this point in my life I had no comprehension that a television show could be wrong or have a negative message.So, influenced by the television show my young mind now believed in that stereotype, and the next day I got a bunch of kids to pick on one girl about how she was worse than us boys once the teacher heard she broke it up and had a conversation about how everyone was equal. I was very confused because the television has socialized me to think that girls were less than boys, but the teacher told us how to respect one another as equals. After looking over this I decided to research how many kids had my same problem; the website,tvtropes.com, states:
"If it says it on television, It Must Be True!"
{ http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TVNeverLies, 3/14/99.} After reading this article I realized just how many people, kids in particular, are negatively socialized by what the television shows them. Another example of the televisions socialization is something that I was firsthand witness to and continue to be. As a baby sitter I am used to working with kids, but this was something different; at the time I was 12 and was working a solid week for 4 to 6 hours a day and during this time I became aware of the violence and foul language that children are socialized to be comfortable around. During my time working with the kids it only got worse as they began to swear and display many violent behaviors towards myself and other kids.When I asked why they behaved in such a way the response was that its what their favorite tv show characters or cool video games did. After experiencing these children I looked up how a violent TV show can harm kids , (http://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/Facts_for_amilies_Pages/Children_And_TV_Violence_13.aspx , 3/11/2011)
American children watch an average of four hours of television daily. Television can be a powerful influence in developing value systems and shaping behavior. Unfortunately, much of today's television programming is violent. Hundreds of studies of the effects of TV violence on children and teenagers have found that children may:
- become "immune" or numb to the horror of violence
- gradually accept violence as a way to solve problems
This is truly when I became aware that the television is a machine that mostly spreads negative socialization. In conclusion, this is just one of the many examples demonstrating how the media in the form of television has negatively socialized myself and others forcing us to believe in unpleasant stereotypes.
POW #5
By Dylan King
In POW 5,” Bales and Bales of Hay” students are tasked with taking the weight of multiple bales of hay measured all at once and finding the weight of the individual bales of hay.
to simulate this problem I started off using:
A B C D E
to represent the weight of each bale of hay.
To start this problem off let’s look at the information given to us via the instruction sheet for, “Bales and Bales of Hay”
“The weight of these combinations were written down and arranged in numerical order, the weights are: 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, and 91.”
Now that we know this we can start to visualize the way in which we can obtain the weight of the single bales of hay.After many frustrating tries I realized that the only way to get the correct answer was to use the system below to fill in the blanks.
A+B=80
A+C=82
A+D=83
A+E=84
B+C=85
B+D=86
B+E=87
C+D=88
C+E=90
D+E=91
After discovering this system I plugged in various numbers such as 31, 42, 49, and even 50 the reason that I did this is because our teacher advised us to start in the thirties and not the twenties or lower. I kept trying different possibilities until I got a solution, and in this problems case the solution is:
39+41=80
39+43=82
39+44=83
39+45=84
41+44=85
41+45=86
41+46=87
43+45=88
43+47=90
44+47=91
The numbers are not as orderly as I wished for them to be. It is odd because the system I used to formulate the right answer yields incorrect numbers when I add them all together. Maybe this stroke of luck just saved me three points towards this assignment.
This is the correct way to solve this problem because each two weights add to get the initial group weight. For example,
39+41=80
So on and so forth this goes until we reach:
44+47=91
At this point all of our answers have been solved and we can come to a conclusion for this problem. As far as I know there are no other ways to solve this problem and if there where it seems like they would be harder than the simple adding used in my method of answering this problem. All in all, this is the process I followed to reach my answer to the, “Bales and Bales of Hay” problem.
An extension to this problem could be making the number of bales continue and deviate from the original pattern of solving for the weight. For example you would have to convert bales measured in kilograms to pounds and those measured in pounds to kilograms. A challenging addition to this problem would be to combine decimals and fractions with the already difficult problem. In Conclusion, these are two ways in which the problem could become more challenging and interesting.In my opinion this problem was a good way to spend our class time, it was challenging enough to leave us stumped for a few days but still easy enough to come up with a clean cut answer to. I thought this problem was relevant and important in bettering our problem solving skills.I wouldn’t do anything to change this problem or others like it and I enjoyed working on it in class. In conclusion, this is my personal reflection of POW 5, “Bales and Bales of Hay.”
to simulate this problem I started off using:
A B C D E
to represent the weight of each bale of hay.
To start this problem off let’s look at the information given to us via the instruction sheet for, “Bales and Bales of Hay”
“The weight of these combinations were written down and arranged in numerical order, the weights are: 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, and 91.”
Now that we know this we can start to visualize the way in which we can obtain the weight of the single bales of hay.After many frustrating tries I realized that the only way to get the correct answer was to use the system below to fill in the blanks.
A+B=80
A+C=82
A+D=83
A+E=84
B+C=85
B+D=86
B+E=87
C+D=88
C+E=90
D+E=91
After discovering this system I plugged in various numbers such as 31, 42, 49, and even 50 the reason that I did this is because our teacher advised us to start in the thirties and not the twenties or lower. I kept trying different possibilities until I got a solution, and in this problems case the solution is:
39+41=80
39+43=82
39+44=83
39+45=84
41+44=85
41+45=86
41+46=87
43+45=88
43+47=90
44+47=91
The numbers are not as orderly as I wished for them to be. It is odd because the system I used to formulate the right answer yields incorrect numbers when I add them all together. Maybe this stroke of luck just saved me three points towards this assignment.
This is the correct way to solve this problem because each two weights add to get the initial group weight. For example,
39+41=80
So on and so forth this goes until we reach:
44+47=91
At this point all of our answers have been solved and we can come to a conclusion for this problem. As far as I know there are no other ways to solve this problem and if there where it seems like they would be harder than the simple adding used in my method of answering this problem. All in all, this is the process I followed to reach my answer to the, “Bales and Bales of Hay” problem.
An extension to this problem could be making the number of bales continue and deviate from the original pattern of solving for the weight. For example you would have to convert bales measured in kilograms to pounds and those measured in pounds to kilograms. A challenging addition to this problem would be to combine decimals and fractions with the already difficult problem. In Conclusion, these are two ways in which the problem could become more challenging and interesting.In my opinion this problem was a good way to spend our class time, it was challenging enough to leave us stumped for a few days but still easy enough to come up with a clean cut answer to. I thought this problem was relevant and important in bettering our problem solving skills.I wouldn’t do anything to change this problem or others like it and I enjoyed working on it in class. In conclusion, this is my personal reflection of POW 5, “Bales and Bales of Hay.”