Critical Response to “The Moral Thinking of Macbeth” In his essay‚ “The Moral Thinking of Macbeth‚” J. Gregory Keller attempts to address Hannah Arendt’s claim in her article‚ “Thinking and Moral Considerations‚” that evil may arise in society directly from thoughtlessness. He attempts to use the murder of Duncan in Macbeth as an event to clarify her argument that thoughtlessness leads to evil and that thinking about the ethical ramifications of one’s thinking can actually turn people toward
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Critical Response #1: “On Paradise” by Nicolette Bethel In the essay “On Paradise” Nicolette Bethel starts off by discussing reality based on perspective. To illustrate this Bethel uses two examples. The first example is the image of a beach seen through the eyes of two people; a tourist and a resident. From the tourist’s perspective the beach is a beautiful‚ warm place where he can lay around and get a sun tan‚ enjoy the warm air and clear skies; however‚ from the resident’s perspective it’s a
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Critical Thinking R-PAS Response Paper The Rorschach Inkblot test is one of the most iconic psychological tests that is shown on television and media worldwide. I believe this wide spread media has called into question the inkblot test’s clinical utility‚ reliability and usage in the field of psychology. This paper will summarize and critique four articles‚ two that are against the Rorschach and challenge its usage in different aspects of psychology and two that are for the Rorschach and believe
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Alejandro Vargas English 101 April 21‚ 2014 Southern Gothic Critical Reading Response Essay In “A Good Man is Hard to Find‚” by Flannery O’ Connor the audience sees how an ordinary family road trip turns into a horrifying death scene. This is caused because of the genre of the story‚ Southern Gothic‚ combining some Gothic sensibilities (such as the Grotesque) along with the setting and style of the Southern United States. Themes of the Southern Gothic genre include deeply flawed‚ disturbing
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Critical Film Response (Western Eyes) The documentary film ‘Western Eyes’ by Ann Shin presents two Canadian women of Asian descent who are contemplating having plastic surgery to permanently change their looks. The aim of their surgeries was to westernize their appearances. Sharon‚ who is of Korean descent‚ wants to have eyelid surgery done to give her eyes ‘more of a fold’. Maria is of Filipino descent and was considering changing both her eyes and nose at the beginning of the film. Sharon‚ the
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ENGL 1123 P18 A Critical Response to “Censorship: A Personal View” In the article “Censorship: A Personal View”‚ an introduction to her book Places I Never Meant to Be: Original Stories by Censored Writer‚ Judy Blume‚ an advocate in the anticensorship movement‚ shares her experiences dealing with censorship and the banning of books throughout her career as a writer of children’s books. In this article‚ Blume explains how being told not to do or read certain books increases temptation and desire
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“Chronicles of Ice” by Gretel Ehrlich “Why did we trade in our ceremonial lives for the workplace? Is this a natural progression or a hiccup in human civilization that we’ll soon renounce” (Ehrlich 91)? Gretel Ehrlich asks these deep questions in her short informative essay “Chronicles of Ice” (2004). Ehrlich tells of her travels to The World Heritage glacier Perito Moreno‚ Argentina. In this short narrative‚ the author uses pathos and strong human related metaphors‚ to relay the direct correlation
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Nick Sbrocchi Sbrocchi 1 Mrs. Karanikolov NBE 3U Saturday February 22 2014 Look Not Only at The Now Shinichi Hoshi tells a great tale of irony and human stubbornness in the short story‚ “He-y‚ Come on Ou-t”. A great storm that hits a small town and destroys their shrine which leaves a gaping hole where it once stood; the villagers quickly figure out that the bottom of the hole cannot be found. A concessionaire
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"Remember The Titans" is a film text‚ centered by the issue of the injustice of a persons race and how it is triumphantly overcome. It is an uplifting story how an American town‚ Alexandria‚ conquered overwhelming resentment‚ friction and disharmony brought on by racial discrimination and mistrust. The town is further thrown into chaos‚ as protests rage over the killing of an African-American youth and then the integration of the major local High school; T.C. Williams. The integration lead to the
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Being a Woman Does not Correspond to Lack of Math Skills The amount of women who join or even are a part of science related fields‚ are few and the percentages are lowering over time. The question is why? Why aren’t women pursuing careers in these fields? The combination of stereotypes in society and the lack of education on this matter is the answer. They get in the way of a woman’s judgment and choices. This is the argument that the article “The Persistence of Gender Myths in Math” by Rosalind
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