Exploring Shakespeare’s Performative Conception of Love in Antony and Cleopatra

 Utilising an array of dramatic techniques, Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra represents a performative conception of love; their affection is seen in the enactment of a set of practices, rather than through emotional connection. While Shakespeare's characters are involved in a dispute for political survival, the play’s tension and dramatic action emerges from Antony and … Read more

The Controversies Surrounding Animal Rights: A Philosophical Perspective

 Sarah Simon Professor Moore and Professor Hejny  Environmental Philosophy Friday, November 16th 2018 Animal Rights Many controversies have been witnessed as to whether non-human animals have their rights or not and the real meaning of the term animal rights. However, there are a few disagreements about the acceptance of the fact that animals too … Read more

The Progression of Animal Rights in Laboratories: From the Animal Welfare Act to Modern Campaigns

 Throughout history animals have been used in scientific experiments, food production, clothing manufacturing, and within entertainment industries.  As scientists develop new pharmaceuticals, or new product lines they are required to be tested for effectiveness and safety before human exposure. Many large companies choose to test on animals because it is more cost effective. Due … Read more

Animal Rights Movements: History, Activism, and Solutions

 Introduction Animal rights movements can be described as social movements that attempt to end rigid moral and legal lines drawn between human and non-human animals. Britannica describes animal rights as, “moral or legal entitlements attributed to nonhuman animals, usually because of the complexity of their cognitive, emotional, and social lives or capacity to experience … Read more

Totalitarianism, Fascism & Socialism in “Animal Farm” by George Orwell

 In this report, I will be relating the novel ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell with the concept of Totalitarianism, fascism and socialism. Animal farm is a fable, a satire, where many characters are related to historical figures of Imperial Russia and the Soviet society. The characters in Animal farm can be related Stalin and … Read more

Censorship in Brave New World & Animal Farm

 Dongyi He Professor Ashraf English 130 02 December 2017     Throughout the world, censorship occurs in our society with its media, teaching and other manipulation tools to stop one from having individualism. Through media, information displays unique viewpoints and ideas, and when consumer only intake one source, they become bias towards other views. Similarly, … Read more

Exploring the Causes in George Orwell’s Animal Farm for How Revolution Goes Wrong

 II. Rationale Animal Farm is “an argument” because it dictates the contrasting ideologies of the infamous leaders Trotsky and Stalin of Russia during the Russian Revolution of 1917, as well as many other contrasting political viewpoints. In Animal Farm, one of the arguments is Orwell try to show how political leaders with seemingly noble … Read more

Character Traits in “Animal Farm”: Mr Jones, Mr Frederick & More

 Mia Pakola June 23, 2018 English 10H Teacher… Animal Farm Characters/Character Traits: Mr. Jones is the (previous) owner of the Manor farm. Mr. Jones was an incompetent farmer and never took care of his farm or the animals. He is lazy, mean and cares more about himself than others. Lazy individuals never go far … Read more

Uncovering the Truth of Communism’s Rise: Analyzing George Orwell’s Animal Farm

 George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a “historical” fiction novel that is told in the form of an extended metaphor. The setting is post-WWII and the topic is the rise of communism in Russia, an issue ever-present to the society of America at that time. The main characters in the story are the pigs, who … Read more