It's especially apparent that he'd done wrong by God when the albatross is used as a metaphor for the crucifixion of Jesus: "Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung" (II-34). On the surface, the killing of the albatross is presented as a sacrilege in that the mariner, guided by no apparent reason at all, killed a creature of God. ... One may wonder why everything about the albatross is mentioned if the wrong that's being punished for is the participation in slave trade, but in great likelihood, the killing of the albatross serves as a metaphor for t...

• Word Count: 1986
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Slaves used these mediums, among other things to, lift their spirits, let out their sorrows, pass down tradition, and give them hope for the future. ... One author pleasantly concludes that music was a god given gift "recognized by the black slaves in the Americas who found in musicking a tool for spiritual survival; it must have seemed as if the art were given as a gift in a time of desperate need It spoke of and to them in their particular predicament."(Small, 118). ...

• Word Count: 2002
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There are restraints from school, from your parents, the law and the God. ... Things go hand in hand. ... Some employers falsely argue that children are particularly suited to certain types of work because of their small size and "nimble fingers". ...

• Word Count: 1398
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

There are restraints from school, from your parents, the law and the God. ... Things go hand in hand. ... Some employers falsely argue that children are particularly suited to certain types of work because of their small size and "nimble fingers". ...

• Word Count: 1390
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The men's obsession to act God made him to treat the feeble helpless humans worse than cattle. ... Things were worse when bad weather was encountered.   ... This was possible only with the seizure of power by the workers allied with the tradesmen, small farmers, and small producers. ... This was possible only with the seizure of power by the workers allied with the tradesmen, small farmers, and small producers. ...

• Word Count: 2175
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"Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains," remarked on slave. ... A folktale, about a partridge and a fox, portrays just this message: the partridge, although physically smaller, tricks the fox into believing that the meat was poisoned so that the fox would give it all to him. Slaves were driven to steal things as a matter of necessity, to provide for their family or for themselves in order to live a tolerable life. ...

• Word Count: 1523
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Countless scholars have written numerous accounts on its interpretation. It has been the subject of heated debate since it was published. Some may even say its even the most disputed work ever written. But what is the true meaning behind More's Utopia? Is it the political satire that many believe it...

• Word Count: 2207
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

If it is hard now, it was extremely demanding then, and probably even less appreciated because those were the things women were naturally expected to do. ... What Governor Winthrop also said, and to him this was the sum of her offense, that Anne had done, "...a thing not tolerable nor comely in the sight of God nor fitting for your sex..." ... On a much smaller scale, this practice was brought to America with the slave trade. ...

• Word Count: 2256
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

At the top of this southern social ladder perched a small but powerful covey of great planters owning gangs of slaves and vast domains of land, the planters ruled the region's economy and virtually monopolized political power. ... It is noted several times that in the eye of the law, blacks are not considered men, but things. ... She is convinced, from what I read there, slavery is not in accordance with what God delights to honor in his creatures. ...

• Word Count: 2149
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School