Essays on Power

Did you know that listening to classical/calming music has an affect on your emotions and mood and can lower your blood pressure as well as heart rate? Stress levels in the average human today is extremely high compared to our history. So whether you’re playing…

Being in a world when earth is slowly but surely going downhill due to global warming, pollution and many more man-made ways, we sometimes forget how we need to treat our home. God has taught us to love this earth that we call home. Its…

According to Mills, society cannot be democratic most often because the power of the elite does not allow ordinary citizens to promote their requirements. It is possible to verify this statement by considering one of the most important for each citizen of the country action…

Ideas associated with witchcraft and witches themselves are inherently connected with femininity in a twisted form. Specifically, aspects of motherhood play a massive part in perceptions of the witch, especially the ways in which a mother can become controlling and abnormal (‘abnormal’ being generally perceived…

The media is going through a revolution of sorts today. The wild west the of the internet is now being utilized by so called “citizen journalists” these people are also often called the “alternate media.” This has been fueled by the availability of smartphones and…

SEXISM’S RELATION TO ASSAULT Abstract Women and men have various oppressed groups within them, and they have different reasons for which they are oppressed. One of these groups are women who are abused and assaulted. While there may a lot of causes because of which…

It is generally acknowledged that schools are portrayed as an institution where a person’s memory power is put to the test, not the potential, skills nor the material learned or studied. While tests “utilize questions and exercises to measure key aspects of a student such…

What then is liberty? The power to live as you will The noun liberty has its etymological roots in the Latin ‘libertas’. ‘Libertas’, which has further evolved from ‘liber’, denotes ‘free will; freedom ‘. By the early modern period, the term had been allocated to…

What is power? Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines power as being the “ability to act or produce an effect” or the “possession of control, authority or influence over others”. There are many theories and ideas on how to achieve “power”, whether it be political power, social power,…

In the book titled Republic, Plato’s brother, Glaucon, describes the tale of the Ring of Gyges, in which Glaucon holds into contention whether any human being can be so righteous as to resist the temptation to perform any action without being discovered. The ring, specifically,…