Shoes are the finishing touches on an outfit; we are able to choose the color and the style of shoes that fit our style perfectly. Shoes are also used as a form of protection from outside elements we walk on including, but not limited to: rocks, glass, weeds, and dirt. Without shoes, our feet would be extremely dirty and could potentially be covered in cuts from the scraps of materials found on the surfaces we walk on daily. Shoes have several definitions for what they are used for and how they are used in different situations. Shoes can be used in a religious aspect when shoes are removed in the presence of a sacred spirit, but they can also show off the style and the class of whoever bought and wore the shoes. Since there are so many different …show more content…
ways to be able to use shoes, there has to be a way to help the environment as well, right? Shoes were not only recycled in Shakespeare’s time when money was scarce for anyone besides the wealthy, but shoes are also recycled in the 21st century and can help save the environment. Whenever we think of the religion of Buddhism, we tend to think of peaceful relaxation and meditation.
Whenever I think of Buddhism, I personally think of having to remove shoes and to wear comfortable clothing so that the worshipper can be in a comfortable position and focus on worshipping their god. Most worship done in Buddhism is done with kneeling or sitting on the ground and those positions would not be comfortable when wearing shoes. It is also a form of respect to remove shoes and convention of etiquette when in the temple. It is not just Buddhism where shoes are removed though; there is also a part in the Bible where God tells Moses to remove his shoes in Exodus …show more content…
3.5: God said to Moses, Stand afar off and put off thy shoes, for the place is holy. Nowe if holy places must be reuerenced, then much more holy images, as the crosse of Christ, and such like. Ans. God commaunded the ceremony of putting off the shoes, that he might thereby strike Moses with a religious reuerence, not of the place but of his own maiestie, whose pre∣sence made the place holy. Let them shewe the like warrant for images. (http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A09339.0001.001/1:132.3?g=eebogroup;rgn=div2;submit=Go;subview=detail;type=simple;view=fulltext;xc=1;q1=shoes) In this passage, God is saying how wearing shoes in a holy place are not respectful to the god that is being worshipped. The temple is sacred and removing shoes is a form of respect; not just in religion but we also take shoes off in someone else’s home because we do not want to dirty the floors at our host’s house. This may be the same reason shoes are to be removed in a temple: it is respecting a temple, something sacred that should not be dirty or contaminated like shoes would be capable of doing. Bringing class into the religion discussion a little bit, any person of any social and wealth class is allowed to worship whoever and whatever they want. This can be shown in Julius Caesar when the cobbler is talking about his awl. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, awl is “a small pointed tool used for piercing holes, especially in leather” (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/awl). An article by A. Jonathan Bate called “The Cobbler’s Awl: Julius Caesar, I.i.21-24” he says: The opening exchanges between Tribunes and Cobbler perform the dual function of foregrounding the tension within the state and, and more pragmatically, warming up the theatre audience by means of some stock wordplay, beginning with the Cobbler’s reference to himself as ‘a mender of bad soles’ (Bate 461).
I think this is pretty amusing because God is the only one who is said to save “bad souls” and people who need help with getting their lives on track, and the cobbler is fixing “bad soles” of shoes: shoes that need help with being put back together. Lives supposedly get put back together with the worshipping of a God and shoes get put back together with the “God” of shoes, otherwise known as the cobbler. Religion relates more to the wealthy status of a person than I originally thought.
The Protestant religion was the most popular religion in Shakespeare’s time. This does not mean that only rich people could be practicing Protestantism, this means that this is the most popular religion for everyone in Shakespeare’s time. The first known record of using the term “Protestant” was about 30 years before Shakespeare was born (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/protestant). The Protestant religion can be defined
as: A member of any of several church denominations denying the universal authority of the Pope and affirming the Reformation principles of justification by faith alone, the priesthood of all believers, and the primacy of the Bible as the only source of revealed truth; broadly : a Christian not of a Catholic or Eastern church. (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/protestant) When I was growing up in a Christian church when I was younger, I never had to take off my shoes or remove any clothing to be able to worship God in church. There were a few methods of “cleansing” or “respect” in the churches I attended which were taking communion, praying silently during the congregational prayer, and getting baptized if you were ready to take a journey with God. Again, class never mattered when it came to a baptism or who was allowed to attend church on Sundays and worship. This point is again reiterated in a critical work by Albin de Valsergues: “Besydes this, he that would forge an heresie somwhat more pleasaunt and easye, one might soone doo it: the which is, that for to go to Paradise, we haue no neede of hose, shoes or money, because that our Sauiour did so commaund it to his Apostles” (de Valsergues unnumbered). There are several cultures that believe that there is only one “God” and that is all someone can worship, but that is part of the culture and if someone grows up in the culture, it will most likely be something they are comfortable with and will want to respect the religion, culture, and influences they grew up with. Moving into more of the class perspective in the 16th century involving shoes, The Oxford English Dictionary has a couple of very specific definitions of shoes. Shoes can also be defined as protective footwear and can be considered a source of protection from the world: “An outer covering for the human foot, normally made of leather (but often of other materials) and consisting of a more or less stiff sole and a lighter upper part” (http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/178435?rskey=pcvKWe&result=1#eid). The OED uses the word “covering” which automatically makes someone think of protection from harmful elements. In the 16th century, Shakespeare’s time, shoes were not as convenient or stylish as they are today. In this time period, it was not rare for the commoners, the lower class citizens, to be without shoes, or to be without a full pair of shoes. Shoes may be thought of to have been expensive because the material that they were made of was leather which is not cheap, especially not for a working class citizen. Commoners, or people of lower class had to work for a living, unlike those who were lucky enough to be wealthy. One popular occupation for a commoner in Shakespeare’s time was a cobbler. A cobbler is “one whose business it is to mend shoes”
...at Saint Francis has removed his shoes and stands barefoot. Taking the shoes off is commonly interpreted to mean that something holy is occurring.
The first example of shoes comes in the chapter, in “The Family of Little Feet”. A young Esperanza and her two neighborhood friends, Rachel and Lucy, are given a bag of shoes, with high heels and other nice shoes. The try them on and parade
These shoes are terrific for quick walks like when you need to take the dog out for a quick jaunt around the block. Slip them onto your feet without socks if you want. They have an antimicrobial Ortholite memory foam cushion. This will stop them from smelling funky when you wear them without socks.
Both sides possess positive and negative benefits for different horses. Shoes help with traction and can improve the movement of the horse. Conversely, leaving a horse barefoot causes potential damage and erosion of the outside hoof wall when exposed to harsh terrain. Leaving a horse’s hooves barefoot usually produces healthy hoof growth and less strain on the bank account. In contrast, shoes often fall off, cause pain for some horses, and create snow balls on the bottom of the hooves during the winter snowy months. Whatever the case when considering shoes, the owner needs to weigh the advantages and disadvantages to both sides of the
The major divisions of the Protestantism are Baptist, Presbyterians, Anglicans, Methodist, Lutheranism, Unitarianism, and Quakers (www.encyclopedia.com). Even the very first Protestant Reformers were unable to maintain a unity of faith or purpose. The divisions of Protestantism are just an example of the continued fragmentation of the churches. The tendency towards this divineness is a strength to the Protestantism religion.
In Shakespeare’s time, 1564-1616, practicing Catholicism was illegal in England. Some historians have claimed that William Shakespeare was Catholic and hid this fact out of fear of persecution. Others go as far as to say that Shakespeare shaped parts of his plays after his own Catholic beliefs. Between Shakespeare’s youth upbringing, education, and the availability of Catholic literature, William Shakespeare had a basis if not a belief in the Catholic faith.
On Sunday, September 8, 2013, I visited the Wat Buddharangsi Buddhist temple of Miami in Homestead. Every Sunday, they present a meditation service in English for two hours from three to five in the afternoon. Once I parked, the place of ritual was conveniently located across the parking lot. There was a shoe rack outside of the temple. Before I came to this temple, I read the guidelines from their website. The requirements for new guests are to remove your shoes before entering inside. Therefore, when I saw the shoe rack, I was not in shock. I was relieved to see that the temple provided a neat spot to place shoes rather than having them scattered on the floor.
Going back into ancient history we see evidence of hoof protection. Horsemen in ancient Asia would protect their horses hooves with booties made from hides and woven plant material. This extra cushioning would protect hooves from the long hours of work on hard ground, and probably helped prevent lameness in horses. My general belief is that shoeing a horse can benefit the majority of horses, but it truly depends on the hoof structure of each individual horse. On the other hand, barefoot can be good in the cases of really hard feet, but will also vary from horse to
1. Is the international market arena in which your athletic footwear company competes characterized by multicountry competition or global competition? Explain why.
Your Shoes is a poem about a daughter who has run away from home. In this poem, the shoes symbolise the narrators. daughter, because as long as she can see and feel the shoes then she feel a connection with her daughter. The key theme in both these stories is the theme of parental. relationship, as they both differ in social class systems, as with Pride and Prejudice, the social class system, was well-versed in the intricacies of class behavior.
...t England from a Catholic family. Growing up Shakespeare would have seen the persecution of Catholics under the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. “The persecution of English Catholics was as cruel as it was necessary in the government's eyes.”(Sommerville) With this often violent persecution occurring Shakespeare would have wanted to maintain a neutral position in this matter. As a member of the Catholic Church and living in an Anglican state Shakespeare would have had a vested interest in religious tolerance. “...it seems that Shakespeare does not really choose between pagan, Protestant and Catholic meanings, but rather merges these conceptions in a quasi-ecumenical vision of the world at large.”(Chiari 9) Shakespeare’s plays generally remain very open towards religion. He doesn’t focus on the practices or beliefs of a single religion. but instead generalizes religion.
Pointe shoes are special shoes the women wear to dance on their toes. The tip of the shoe, called the box is made out of tightly packed layers of paper mache, fabric, or cardboard. This needs to be very sturdy, because the dancer will be putting all of her weight on it. The sole of the shoe, or the shank, is made out of leather board or red board, it is important for this to be sturdy, because it supports your ankles. In some professional companies pointe shoes are custom made to fit the dancer’s foot perfec...
Some of this equipment includes soft ballet shoes and pointe shoes. A pointe shoe, which is one key element of ballet, is a shoe used by dancers to dance on the tips of their toes. However, intense training is necessary to learn and maintain the skills for this kind of dance. The first pointe dancers used a regular soft shoe to go en pointe, thus the technique was used sparsely due to its difficulty.
Shoes are not only worn to protect the human feet. They are also worn because they add the final touch to the style you are trying to create. The history of shoes is very long and nobody really knows when the first shoes were created but we do know that they were originally made to warm the feet. Now, there are many different types and each kind helps you function a different way. The shoe is also made up of many parts and every kind of shoe has different parts then other types. Year by year, shoes have been improving and becoming more and more popular. Now, we have all the equipment and all the materials we need to make the shoe better than ever.
Athletic shoes are worn by many people of different sex, age, and size. Athletic shoes are something that is very comfortable to wear and have give people’s feet the right support. Athletic shoes also help people perform different activities better and at ease, an example is running shoes. Running shoes help people perform the activity of running better. People who do sports such as track wear running shoes so that they can get the right boost from their feet when running and to be able to run for a long amount of time without their foot getting a cramp or their soles not cooperating well with the track. Football and baseball players wear athletic shoes called cleats so that they can get the right amount of traction on the field when their running so that they don’t slip and fall on the slippery