Philosopher Robert Louden presented a criticism of virtue ethics. Rather than arguing that virtue ethics as a moral theory is wrong‚ Louden argues that the agent-centeredness of values ethics fails to provide adequate guidance for the action of the agent‚ thereby making the theory useless and disregardable. Louden’s first criticism is that virtue ethics does not allow for actions to be viewed separately from the agent (Louden‚ 228). This focus on virtues and not actions result poses a problem when
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spilled over the question of whether the world-view of archetypal auteur Stanley Kubrick is nihilistic or not‚ and appropriately so. To my mind‚ this is one of the most important questions we can ask about genuine artists and their oeuvres. If auteur criticism is to have any validity‚ from a philosophical perspective‚ it must address such issues. True cinematic geniuses (e.g.‚ Bergman‚ Antonioni‚ Wertmuller‚ Hitchcock and Cronenberg‚ to name only a few) have something to teach us about the meaning of life
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There are rules‚ trends‚ theories even rubrics that clearly indicate what we believe is to be right‚ wrong‚ acceptable‚ and what is frowned upon. Yet it is a combination of these criticisms to which the world generally adapts to. Lois Gould’s short story “X” combines all of these aspects‚ by portraying various criticism such as psychoanalytical‚ cultural‚ and Marxist‚ through a scientific machine called the Superpsychiamedicosocioculturometer. Difficult to pronounce‚ this wondrous and well-trusted
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Essay of ‘New Criticism’ Approach and its Application on Jake Allsop’s “Gossip” Aditya Rizky Ramatio Yuni Astuti Edwin Yogi Andrean Laksmi Nuraningsih Literary Criticism Wednesday‚ 13.00 – 14.40 p.m. ‘New Criticism’ Upon close examination of these discussion questions‚ a distinct pattern or methodology quickly becomes evident. This interpretative model begins with a close analysis of the poem’s individual words‚ including both denotative and connotative meanings‚ and then move to a discussion
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Michael Prather 12/4/08 Essay #2 The Objectification of Women in “On the Road” A Feminist Criticism In On the Road there is an ever-present objectification of women. As a result‚ the woman loses her human qualities and can be compared to an inanimate object. There are several ways in which this objectification takes form in the novel. It is achieved through the act of gazing at women. The woman can also be used as a means to achieve something else‚ in this case sensual pleasure. Since the culture
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3. Method‚ Material and Source Criticism In this section the process of choosing cases will be presented. The method that was used will be included‚ as well as its pros and cons. Furthermore‚ the material will be described and a source criticism will be combined with this. 3.1 Comparative Method Comparative analysis means to weight two or more different aspects against each other in order to find similarities and differences. Within comparative analysis there is something that is called “lens”
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A Dual-Criticism Look at The Birthmark Literature is many things: provoking‚ heartwarming‚ emotional‚ traumatic‚ poetic‚ maybe even life-changing. Literature can also be incredibly ambiguous. While literature can be “simply read”‚ when one takes a step back and looks at a piece through specific lenses‚ the work can take on an incredibly different‚ deeper meaning. Taking the lead of criticisms such as formalist‚ psychoanalytical‚ biological‚ feminist‚ Marxist‚ etc.‚ one can dig deeper into a text
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Movie Criticism American film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert use a form of criticism that “considers the organic unity of the unique work” to review the 1978 horror film Halloween (Mays 1974). The form of criticism used‚ is a sub category from Emphasis on the Text‚ which is called New Criticism. Ebert stated that‚ “there is a difference between good and scary movies” before discussing with Siskel why they appreciated this movie. According to Siskel & Ebert‚ this film was “directed with a
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Connor Gallagher Mr. Dalton English Honors Freshmen 12 February 2013 The Romeo and Juliet Story Romeo and Juliet is a play created by Shakespeare a very long time ago‚ but this play has been adopted into many other movies‚ plays‚ songs‚ and even phrases. In class we watched Romeo and Juliet‚ West side story‚ and Princess Bride. These are all renditions of the original and are unique in their own way‚ West Side Story is a musical‚ Princess Bride is a medieval story‚ and Romeo and Juliet is a
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I remember 2 years ago when I met my students for the first time. Among all my students‚ I strongly think that Alex is the student that matured the most. Alex lost his father from a car accident only about 2 years ago. Sometimes when he hears someone talking about their dad that their dads played with them or that they bought a present for them‚ Alex is suddenly silent. There even was once a time when he started to cry because he said he wanted to see his father. It is then when I started to understand
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