Intro to Philosophy 2.) Patriotism can be thought of as love of one’s country. Describe love of country using Frankl’s notion of love. What practical obligations does Frankl’s definition of love demand for a patriotic citizen of a democratic nation? Frankl says that love is realizing the potential of the beloved and therefore enabling them to manifest their potential. To love ones country‚ a patriotic individual needs to learn to look past what is and rather at what could and should be.
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that is diagnosed as the disability to cope with any form of stress. Since it is one of the most common disorders in the U.S.‚ there are a large amount of people that have and will need to control this illness. As one of the many people in the world‚ Victor‚ the main character in Frankenstein by Mary Shelly‚ had such a severe case of anxiety that he was almost driven to insanity. During the story‚ you follow his battle with this disorder. He had a constant obsession with trying to get away from the creature
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Title When a novel by Victor Hugo is titled Les Misérables‚ flags must go up in the reader’s mind that this is not going to be a happy and fluffy story‚ it is called The Misérables/Wretched/ Victims after all. This is not just a story about the human condition and its relation to misery‚ but also provides models on how to deal with said situation‚ both good and bad. Hugo expresses misery not simply by saying “Life is hard‚” but by showing misery through the experiences of men‚ women‚ and children
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Victor Frankenstein has been studying philosophy and chemistry‚ which has become his occupation. His destiny is to recreate life again and has been taught by Professor Krempe. At the end of two years he has finally made some decisions on how to recreate‚ ”I made some discoveries in the improvement of some chemical instruments‚ which procured me great esteem and admiration at the university.”(Shelley 18). His attraction was the structure of the human frame. Also‚ as he states in the writing‚ “ I revolved
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‘For the Fallen’ and ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ are two very different poems indirectly expressing Wilfred Owen and Laurence Binyon’s views on war. The contrast of the poems is mainly down to when they were written as Binyon wrote his poem at the very beginning of the war‚ meaning the poem has a very propagandist and optimistic outlook on the war. He also wrote it before he visited the front in 1916. However Owen wrote his poem near to the end of the war‚ in hospital‚ after fighting on the western front
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of view chances from Victor and Bull. Victor’s parents are rich‚ but neither of them wanted a child. They treat Victor poorly and with very high expectations. Victor is bullied heavily at school by Bull. Being overwhelmed by his life Victor tries to kill himself. Bull lives with his mom and grandpa who are very poor. Bull’s family spends almost all of the money they make on alcohol. His grandfather who is always drunk beats Bull a lot. Bull takes out most of his anger on Victor at school. Bull finally
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when writing the story. She influenced the readers to think that Victor is the overall villain in Frankenstein‚ by showing them that you cannot just go and create or destroy life like you are God. That’s what Perry is saying‚ he is saying that Victor tried to create life out of death. He also took all the dismembered body parts and sort of threw them together without thinking about the end result and how that creation would feel. Victor created the monster without himself having a stable father figure
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Victor‚ Sailor‚ and Prometheus What are the similarities between Victor Frankenstein‚ the sailor from “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and the figures from “Prometheus”. The three stories of these characters can tell you. Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”‚ “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ and the story of Prometheus. Victor Frankenstein a young Swiss boy‚ he grows up in Geneva reading books by old alchemists‚ and he goes to the university at Ingolstadt. There he learns about
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The Monstrosity in Victor and The Creature Throughout the novel‚ the idea of monstrosity is expressed straightforwardly. Between the Creature’s hideous image and Victor’s abuse of knowledge‚ it’s hard to tell who the real monster is in the story. Standing at eight feet tall and with grotesque bodily features‚ the Monster is shunned by the world. He was created out of many stolen body parts and brought to life in the most unusual way. He is not only brought to life by Victor’s workings with
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