Star Trek

I have never really watched Star Trek so I did not know anything about it. Right from the start they introduce ideas of the Cold War and Shakespeare. It would have been nice to have a little more background on the show. As they went more into depth on the show and its connections I found myself more confused because I had no idea who the characters were. It was confusing for me to read this article. However, I did get a few points from the reading. They talked about the "end of history". I do not agree with this. History is always happening because everything we do is history. The author also made connections between democracy which linked the show to the US. Star Trek does not see it the same as the US does because their mission is "to seek out new civilizations and destroy them". I thought it was weird that that was their goal if they try to have a democracy. Heroism was brought up in the article along with Shakespeare. Although I have not seen it, from what I read Shakespeare was quoted until one person died, which signified the end of a type of monarch or ruler.