PLS 325 Ancient Political Theory Sagynysh Yeltayeva 10/10/15 Reading response on “Republic” (Book 7) In Book 7‚ Socrates presents the famous metaphor – allegory of cave. The metaphor demonstrates the influence of education on a human soul. People see shadows of statues in the dark place and believe these figures to be real. This shows people’s lowest stage on the Socrates’ line – imagination. When a prisoner is unchained‚ blinded with the light of fire‚ within the time he sees that indeed shadows
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An allegory is a visible symbol that represents an abstract idea. Beowulf was said to be an allegory to the Christ story because it has so many Christian elements in it. in the beginning of Beowulf (lines 1-300) the author tells that beowulf is on his way to help the Danes defeat Grendel‚ a monster that is killing innocent people‚ and was told to be a demon descended from cain (the Bible states that cain killed his own brother and was evil). After Grendel was introduced it explained how he heard
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Journal Article Critique-“The Presence of the Present: Hijacking ‘The Good War’?” In the journal article critique “The Presence of the Present: Hijacking ‘Hijacking ‘The Good War’?” the authors‚ V. William Balthrop‚ Carole Blair‚ and Neil Michel‚ critique the WWII Memorial‚ which was opened up to the public in 2004. They state clearly in their thesis that “[They] contend that the Memorial’s rhetoric affirms contemporary U.S. imperialism under the revered sign of World War II‚ ‘speaking’ more about
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Singer’s allegory of the drowning child poses a complicated battle between morals and selfishness. His point that one is morally obligated to save the lives of others puts conflict in their mind. Of course someone will save a drowning child thrown into their path‚ but whether or not they go out of their way to find the child to save them is entirely different. Singer needs to first recognize where moral obligations come from in order to properly assess what they accomplish. I am morally obligated
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Rhetorical Analysis of “The Good Daughter” In the personal essay‚ “The Good Daughter” by Caroline Hwang‚ the author describes her incident with a Korean woman which made her question her own identity. Her parents came to America two years before she was born‚ so she knows only a little about her native Korean culture. Although she considers herself an American‚ deep down she also feels obligated to keep her Korean heritage. She uses rhetorical devices of ethos‚ logos and pathos throughout her essay
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and development of the characters of The Green Mile that merit literary analysis. Of the literary elements present‚ the allegory of Jesus Christ portrayed through the character of John Coffey is the most prevalent. John Coffey‚ a gentle giant of a prisoner‚ has supernatural powers that bring a sense of spirit and humanity to his guards and fellow inmates. As Paul Edgecomb’s awareness of Coffey’s gifts evolves‚ the allegory to Christ is unveiled and develops significantly throughout the entire
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Discussion Question 5 In platos republic‚ book VI‚ platos tells the story of Allegory of the cave. This story tells of what plato believes true education is. First plato tells what education is not. “Education isn’t what some people declare it to be‚ namly‚ putting knowledge into souls that lack it‚ like putting sight into blind eyes”(518b) then plato describes what he thinks education is. “Then education is the craft concerned with doing this very thing‚ this turning around‚ and with how the soul
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Family is really important to people they have many different definitions of family to some people family is the people who are closest to you for others it is the one that are related to you. Amy Tan uses symbolism‚ imagery‚ and allegory to support the theme of family. To people their family is their number one priority with everything they do‚ they do it because they believe it will help their family. To other their family are just people related to them or they do not even care for eachother.
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analyzing an article written by John Haldane in the Commonweal magazine. The article is called “Evil to Good to God”‚ written on February 3‚ 2017 (Vol. 144‚ Number 5). In this article‚ Haldane addresses a plethora of topics dealing with Christianity and how it impacts the world today‚ including‚ but not limited to: The basis of religion and faith‚ philosophical intentions and as well as the battle between good and evil. As we already know‚ the Bible has 27 books to its name that discusses the
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The Greek philosopher Plato would have benefitted from using Salvador Dalí’s “The Persistence of Memory” as a tool for defending his views on reality. Dalí’s surrealistic painting and Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave” refer to the illusionary aspect of the human senses and how easily a fake reality can arise from those tricked senses. Plato would have seen the famous melting clocks representing time’s dynamic nature in dreams and understood their importance to false realities because dreams are
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