Honor
Essays

This four page paper examines the role and function of the symbol and behavior of coyness in the Andrew Marvell poem called "To His Coy Mistress." This carpe diem poem is about seizing the moment, giving into pleasure and instant gratification, and fulfilling sexual desires as they arise rather than waiting indefinitely or postponing sex until the person is no longer attractive or too old. The passage of time is important.

David Malo lived from 1793 to 1853, and was among the first Hawaiians to become an ordained Christian minister and found a church (Espiritu). He was born in Keauhou, to Ao'ao and Heone Malo, and grew up in a time when…

Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan Chapters 17, 19, 29

The understanding and practice of 'justice' is central to the achievement of peace and happiness by the individual as well as society, as a whole. However, no amount of institutalization and administration of legal,…

The right to private property and inheritance without taxation are essential to a Christian worldview. This assertion may seem counterintuitive at first, given that Christianity is often viewed as an otherworldly…

Paintbrush & Peacepipe: The Story of George Catlin, and George Catlin and the Old Frontier

¶ … Republic is Plato attempting to demonstrate through the character and discourse of Socrates that justice is better than justice is the good which men must strive for, regardless of whether they could be unjust and…

Oroonoko is an arousing and compelling protagonist, and his story evokes themes of race, class, gender, and power. The continually shifting social status of the titular character is also a primary motif in Aphra Behn's…

Africa as a continent houses many varieties of different tribes and traditions. These entail a variety of different styles in art and culture. Art and culture for African tribes are closely intertwined.

The history of the Hawaiian and Sandwich Islands during the 18th century is as colorful and unique as the flowers that are grown in the region. On December 23, 1826, a treaty between the United States of America and the…