Portrait of a Priestess By: Joan Breton Connelly The historical figure referred to as the “Oracle of Delphi‚” in ancient writings by Aeschylus‚ Aristotle‚ Diogenes‚ Euripides‚ Herodotus‚ Plato‚ Plutarch‚ and Sophocles‚ was the “Pythia‚” or “Priestess” of the temple of Apollo at Delphi; located in a cave on mount Parnassus‚ beneath the caspian Spring. The Pythia was a respectable position for a women among the ancient greeks. Several women were selected to succeed the position of Pythia over the
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Joan Didion’s book‚ Slouching Toward Bethlehem‚ takes place in California during the 1960s. She opens the book with a different feel from what most people would have imagined California to be like today. People picture California as a beautiful place full of sunshine and happiness and make it out to be the ideal life. However‚ Didion describes how terribly wrong that visualization of California is. During the 1960s‚ it was a place of “love and death in the golden land‚” and it held “seasons of suicide
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As the Jewish woman who experienced the World War II and confronted the Fascism ideology in Italy‚ Ginzburg utilizes the understandings of her identity and experiences in her story by introducing Judaism and Fascism‚ and elaborately illustrating the conflicts between them. Therefore‚ the characters in The Mother are either typical Jews or Fascists‚ and their behaviors are judged by either the Judaism or Fascism moral standards. The character of the mother of the two boys in the story coincides with
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BABYHOOD Characteristics of babyhood: (From 2 weeks to 2 years) i) Babyhood is the true foundation age. At this time‚ many behavior patterns‚ attitudes and emotional expressions are established. It is a critical period in setting the pattern for personal and emotional adjustments. ii) Babyhood is an age of rapid growth and development. Babies grow rapidly both physically and psychologically. Changes are rapid in appearance (height and weight) and capacities. The limbs develop in better proportion
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Monkey Represented as a Human Character Monkey is created by the author as an individual entity that resembles the characteristic of an ordinary human being. It is quite obvious that the audience would better understand the idea hidden in the literature if the characteristics of the protagonist are closely related to those of the reader. In Monkey ‚ the author carefully parallels the traits of Monkey to the lives of human beings. Then why does the author portray so much resemblance between
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UTILITARIANISM Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that holds that an action is right if it produces‚ or if it tends to produce‚ the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people affected by the action. Otherwise the action is wrong. This cost-benefit analysis is a form of utility calculation. People in business theory use utility curves to plot the results of various actions‚ choosing those that maximize whatever it is that they wish to achieve. This utility approach is not foreign
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We frequently make moral judgments about the actions of others. We proclaim that things like removing a wallet from someone else’s pocketbook on a crowded train; flying airplanes into the Twin Towers; and intervening (or not) in the Syrian war are wrong. According to Gilbert Harman‚ such judgments about people’s actions are defective because they lack relativity to the individual’s moral framework. (Harman‚ 1975) In ‘Some Moral Minima’ Goodman argues that “there are certain things that are simply
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Honesty: The meaning of honesty is “truthfulness” Honesty is a great value which is recognized all over the world. A person is born with the quality of honesty but it is difficult to find a truly honest person. This “honesty” word is very much know to whole world but has less impact on the character main part of our society. The value of honesty is highest compliment for a person. An honest person can also be identified by his nature and behavior like sun. The sun is known to all by its light
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Is there ever a valid reason for someone to decide when to end his or her own life? A French court has rejected a request from a 52-year-old severely disfigured former schoolteacher for the right to die‚ in a case that has stirred much emotion in France. The high court in Dijon‚ eastern France‚ decided to side with the prosecution which argued current legislation does not allow Chantal Sebire’s doctor to prescribe lethal drugs. In her appeal to the court‚ Ms Sebire said she did not want to endure
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The moral issue of torture is one that has come under scrutiny by many national and international organizations as of late. To talk about torture one must really understand what torture is. As taken from Dictionary.com "1.a. Infliction or severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion. b. An instrument or a method for inflicting such pain. 2. Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony. 3. Something causing severe pain or anguish." This is just the literal meaning of the word but doesn’t
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