How does ethnocentricity cause conflict?

When two different cultures meet face to face for the first time, their ethnocentric view of each other may cause conflict because one culture behavior and looks may not be accepted by the other.This happened with the British colonists and the First Australians who first met on January 26 in Sydney. The British described the First Australians as barbaric and savage animals because of the lack of clothes and knowledge. The British did not accept the Aboriginals culture, they did not accept the way they lived, their beliefs and religion which later on caused conflicts to erupt between both sides. Nevertheless the aboriginals did not accept the British either. They felt disrespected because the British came out of nowhere destroyed their trees, land and crops claiming the aboriginal's land to be theirs. The British had no problem with that, since they claimed to be superior then their ethnocentric view of the aboriginals being animals, they forcefully took whatever they wanted, not thinking of the consequences. Sooner or later, after patience from both sides, conflicts erupted; War began. Since the British are more advanced in weapon and knowledge, they were in advantage against the aboriginals leading to a total massacre. These conflicts could have been avoided if people could accept each other the way they are, if they could interpret each other's cultures outside the box, not through their own. If the British had not such an ethnocentric view towards the Aboriginals, then maybe the two cultures could have settled their problems and disagreements peacefully.

Duet Performance of Juluis Ceaser with Zareef

In this passage, Line 41-130, Act 1, scene 3, Casca is speaking to Cassius during a rainy storm. Casca,scared and worried, discusses with Cassius the bad omens that have been happening such as the slaves burning and running around the streets, and the Lion who were walking in teh streets. Casca thinks that these events are happening because the Gods are angry, and therefore punishing Rome for a wrong act that the Romans have done, but Cassius reinterprets the whole situation and says that the Gods are angry at one person; and that one person is Caeser


This passage is very significant and important in the play because this is the turning point of Casca’s decision, the beginning of the start of the conspiracy, weather stay on Caesar's side or help Cassius’s mission into killing Caesar. The way it is done is Cassius is manipulating Casca by reinterpreting Casca’s view while he is afraid on the stormy night, Cassius tells him the gods are mad because of Caeser that is why all these omens are happening. Casca worried, chooses Cassius's side. This is significant because Cassius now has one more strong member of the Government supporting his plan to kill Caesar and overthrow Caesar from the government. Now Cassius only needs Brutus, the most respected, and noblest person of Rome to join the conspiracy to be able to kill Caesar



“CASSIUS
Who's there?

CASCA
A Roman.

CASSIUS
Casca, by your voice.

CASCA
Your ear is good. Cassius, what night is this!

CASSIUS
A very pleasing night to honest men.

CASCA
Who ever knew the heavens menace so?

CASSIUS
Those that have known the earth so full of faults.
For my part, I have walk'd about the streets,
Submitting me unto the perilous night,
And, thus unbraced, Casca, as you see,
Have bared my bosom to the thunder-stone;
And when the cross blue lightning seem'd to open
The breast of heaven, I did present myself
Even in the aim and very flash of it.

CASCA
But wherefore did you so much tempt the heavens?
It is the part of men to fear and tremble,
When the most mighty gods by tokens send
Such dreadful heralds to astonish us.

CASSIUS
You are dull, Casca, and those sparks of life
That should be in a Roman you do want,
Or else you use not. You look pale and gaze
And put on fear and cast yourself in wonder,
To see the strange impatience of the heavens:
But if you would consider the true cause
Why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts,
Why birds and beasts from quality and kind,
Why old men fool and children calculate,
Why all these things change from their ordinance
Their natures and preformed faculties
To monstrous quality,--why, you shall find
That heaven hath infused them with these spirits,
To make them instruments of fear and warning
Unto some monstrous state.
Now could I, Casca, name to thee a man
Most like this dreadful night,
That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars
As doth the lion in the Capitol,
A man no mightier than thyself or me
In personal action, yet prodigious grown
And fearful, as these strange eruptions are.

CASCA
'Tis Caesar that you mean; is it not, Cassius?

CASSIUS
Let it be who it is: for Romans now
Have thews and limbs like to their ancestors;
But, woe the while! our fathers' minds are dead,
And we are govern'd with our mothers' spirits;
Our yoke and sufferance show us womanish.

CASCA
Indeed, they say the senators tomorrow
Mean to establish Caesar as a king;
And he shall wear his crown by sea and land,
In every place, save here in Italy.

CASSIUS
I know where I will wear this dagger then;
Cassius from bondage will deliver Cassius:
Therein, ye gods, you make the weak most strong;
Therein, ye gods, you tyrants do defeat:
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass,
Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron,
Can be retentive to the strength of spirit;
But life, being weary of these worldly bars,
Never lacks power to dismiss itself.
If I know this, know all the world besides,
That part of tyranny that I do bear
I can shake off at pleasure.

Thunder still

CASCA
So can I:
So every bondman in his own hand bears
The power to cancel his captivity.

CASSIUS
And why should Caesar be a tyrant then?
Poor man! I know he would not be a wolf,
But that he sees the Romans are but sheep:
He were no lion, were not Romans hinds.
Those that with haste will make a mighty fire
Begin it with weak straws: what trash is Rome,
What rubbish and what offal, when it serves
For the base matter to illuminate
So vile a thing as Caesar! But, O grief,
Where hast thou led me? I perhaps speak this
Before a willing bondman; then I know
My answer must be made. But I am arm'd,
And dangers are to me indifferent.

CASCA
You speak to Casca, and to such a man
That is no fleering tell-tale. Hold, my hand:
Be factious for redress of all these griefs,
And I will set this foot of mine as far
As who goes farthest.

CASSIUS
There's a bargain made.
Now know you, Casca, I have moved already
Some certain of the noblest-minded Romans
To undergo with me an enterprise
Of honourable-dangerous consequence;
And I do know, by this, they stay for me
In Pompey's porch: for now, this fearful night,
There is no stir or walking in the streets;
And the complexion of the element
In favour's like the work we have in hand,
Most bloody, fiery, and most terrible.

CASCA
Stand close awhile, for here comes one in haste”

Learning Profile

A couple of days ago, Mr. Whiting led us through a variety of exercises that helped you determine your learner profile and understand the characteristics that represent it. Understanding your profile helps you and your teachers know more about how you best learn: your strengths, preferences and areas you can improve.

Through forms of testing my brain during class, I have learned that i am a Logical person with a profile AA learner.

The test we took allowed me to explain that I focus on the details, when I work both auditory and visually, both oral and written even under stress, when I have orderly step-by-step instructions, when I am calm not under stress, when I am in an quite environment not distracted from anything or when I am not walking like some teachers propose to do while learning, sitting down focused towards one thing helps me learn. I also learn best when I am playing with something little, for example a pen, or rockin my chair, not serious play because that would distract me easily.

I need to find a quite non-distracting environment in order to be able to think my thoughts and assignment through. I need to have had step-by-step instructions to be able to work right. I need to work on my gestalt hemisphere since my hand eye an ear all opposite of the logic hemisphere, especially during stress.

The strategies that would help me in my learning... would be learning from the right side of the classroom, learning visually and auditory at the same time if possible, no distractions around me, fun and serious learning, playing with a pen or rockin my chair helps, time to focus, a sudden pause to let me think my thoughts through and what I need to say or ask.

I would like my teachers to know this about me...when I am under stress I may move forward with a caution feeling clumsy and stuck, when I miss a class for some sort of reason I do not feel like I want to go to the teacher and ask her what I missed and that sometimes causing me to have late homework and if teachers can encourage me to come to class and talk to me about what I missed that would help my grades up.

The Allegory of Sight by Jan Breugel the elder

 The painting The Allegory of Sight by Jan Breugel the elder painted during the Renaissance with Oil Paint tells a story. A story of what was happening during the Renaissance because of all the instruments and paintings in the painting itself. The painter is trying to tell a story of life during the Renaissance, in his painting he has included statues, mathematical and scientific instruments, oil paintings and naked religious people. This tells and obvious story, it is showing life during the Renaissance, life of Art and Knowledge; The items included each represent a fact about the Renaissance. During the Renaissance new instruments were created, the painter has included most of the instruments during the Renaissance to point out it was  a time of knowledge. Other then knowledge, Art was pointed out in the Painting. The paintings, the statues and the naked religious people tell what Art was during the Renaissance. The Statues and the paintings point out that Art was everywhere in the Renaissance. The fact that there are so many, gives the illusion that it was very spread and it was the biggest development while then naked people tell that they started to draw religion as naked people. The renaissance is a time of Art and Knowledge as the painter has pointed out in his painting.

Patrons

Because of the Patrons, War and Rivalry were caused. Each city state wanted to be better then the other.