Repression is the process of trying to suppress a memory that provokes bitter feelings from your conscious awareness. For example, in a school affair when you were trying to present something in front of the crowd, you embarrassed yourself by stuttering because you were not prepared well. you were trying to repress that memory in order to move on.
During the renaissance period, it is a generally acceptable norm that women only suitable to do a certain job (most of them related to maintaining household)
This norm leave a lot of women with massive talents and intellegence to just sit around and wasting a lot of their youth doing something that below their scope of capabilities, just like what's portrayed in the poem.
The correct answer in the given choices above is the last choice which is they use technology and military strategy to conquer other people. For the development and how they were able to flourish was because of the fact of the military strategies that they used and enhanced that provided them power, expanding their kingdom. This allows their Empire to be greater because of it.
Modern day warfare is caused by the same reason as with what happened at Thermopylae when Spartans fought against Persians. The only difference between today and the past is that we are now educated people with human rights and decency. Civilizations have evolved and progressed over the years. In my own opinion, NO, it would not create the same kind of heroes as before just because of some greedy ambitions and self-interest.
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<span>As opposed to the hierarchical structure of societies in the agricultural and industrial ages, the use of technology has leveled the playing field in the information age, making information, sharing of information, and the access to the resources to sustain it, truly global in its scope. Access to information is no longer in the hands of a few and is not, therefore, being used to subdue to stratify society.</span>