The Dutch Golden Age is one of the finest examples of independence breeding cultural pride. During the 17th century, driven by new freedom from Spanish Catholic rule, the Dutch Republic experienced a surge in economic and cultural prominence. An influx of trade boosted commerce, leading to the rise of a large middle and merchant class in the market for the proliferation of art that had cropped up in response to the burgeoning celebration of Dutch life and identity. Painting flowered as artists focused on everyday scenes of ordinary life, expressed through a growing cadre of genre works, all indicative of the thriving creative period.
Basically to Ahab there exists something more behind the world some kind of neo-Platonic aspect. He thinks there is an unknown reasoning behind the mask of all visible things, what that is can be any man's guess but to Ahab whatever it is, it is nothing less then vengeful.
Answer:
It helps with the detail aspect to the art
Explanation:
Look back at a time where you really screwed things up, but you learned something
then basically just tell them a time where you screwed up and survived
(you could just take the time that you messed up and make up a lesson you learned, you don't actually have to learn it, it just has to sound believable)
