we cannot seem to forget nor answer. Where did we come from? How was the universe created? What is our purpose? Are we innately good or bad? Assumptions‚ theories‚ evidence‚ faith‚ and science have all been used to try to answer these questions accurately. Specifically the question whether we are born good or bad will be addressed. Locke says that we are born good with a blank slate. Whatever we learn and how we learn it from society is what fills the slate. However Hobbes believes that we
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Throughout the novel Grendel by John Gardner‚ the monster Grendel has many different encounters that change his view on the world‚ but it becomes unequivocally clear that his true way of life is through nihilism. Grendel starts out in life as a nihilist where everything is meaningless to him. However‚ he longs for meaning. His only dilemma is within himself because he cannot see how an animal like him has any true purpose. As Grendel matures and leaves his mother he becomes interested in looking
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Evil is a word that comes to mind when you think of a villain in some stories. A villain is defined as a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime. The main character in the play Macbeth‚ is definitely one whom many would think of as a villain. Macbeth begins the play as a very noble man and soon becomes someone very evil. The play Macbeth is a very controversial event of good versus evil. In the beginning‚ the character Macbeth is someone of courage. He is always
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Although Othello is the protagonist of the play and Iago is the antagonist‚ the two characters are not the ultimate portrayals of good and evil. Othello is not a war between good and evil‚ but instead a demonstration on how destructive jealousy and gullibleness can be. Othello’s downfall is brought about by his exploitable nature and is not a portrayal of evil triumphing over good. Othello places a
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Gorgias by Plato focuses on the nature of rhetoric‚ art‚ power‚ and good versus evil. The dialogue begins with Socrates and Chaerephon by asking Gorgias some questions about the nature of his art‚ and what he professes and teaches. Then‚ Polus comes in and exploited his actions by being arrogant. But as soon as Chaerephon ask him questions Polus does not fully answer the questions he was being asked. Then Socrates asks Gorgias and mentioned Polus that for him rhetoric is an art. Gorgias agrees and
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remembers. Madeline’s courageous act led to Javert developing a justified suspicion based on his memory of a strong prisoner. Jean Valjean undergoes an internal conflict when he is torn between freeing an innocent man and thinking of the greater good. Valjean says‚ "He repressed his first generous impulse and recoiled before such heroism."Although Valjean turning himself in would mean reverting back to his old ways‚ it is what is values are pushing him to do. He would be tainting all he owned and
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Are people evil or is there behavior evil. I say people are evil in general. FDR once said “all we have to fear is fear itself.” to me this is a lie I would’ve said all we have to fear is the evil people that create fear. Meursault in the book The Stranger by Albert Camus is a evil man by producing fear in multiple cases. With Meursault spending the day with his girlfriend they had this conversation.”She asked me if I loved her. I told her it really didn’t mean anything but that i didn’t think
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Grendel in the novel shares many of the problems as the Monster in Frankenstein does. Grendel and The Monster both share suffering‚ isolation from mankind‚ and their monstrosity towards mankind. Grendel and the Monster both share their isolation by being exiled from mankind’s society due to their “monster” characteristics. In the novel Grendel‚ Grendel says to himself‚ “So it goes with me day by day and age by age‚ I tell myself. Locked in the deadly progression of moon and stars. I shake my head
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The play that was shown at Utica College‚ Dracula‚ had a theme that portrayed tragedy or good vs. evil. Tragedy can be described as the theme for this play because the play consisted of a fight between love and life‚ where in the process there were a lot of deaths. The director’s vision of this play resembled that a common story of tragedy. This play is considered to be a core concept because there was no suprising or unexpected elements throughout the play‚ such that the concept was‚ indeed succesfully
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Howard Gardner distinguishes eight domains of ability in his theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI). Briefly discuss each of these intelligences and explain how you will apply any four of the intelligences to your classroom. Howard Gardner believed that intelligence was made up of multiple components. He distinguished between eight different types of intelligences‚ and maintained that they are independent of each other. Each separate system of intelligence can interact with others to produce
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