The Epic of Beowulf and the Novel Grendel Grendel is a monster‚ no matter what way he is described. A being that brings misery to all . This makes the next statement just captivating: the two Grendel’s in the poem of Beowulf and the novel Grendel‚ are two completely different beings. In the poem‚ Grendel is a mindless brute for a hero to slay; in the novel he interprets philosophy and is an unbiased mind viewing mankind . Beowulf is the main character in his own Epic‚ with Grendel being the first
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the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will. Consequentialism: the doctrine that the morality of an action is to be judged solely by its consequences. Nihilism: the rejection of all religious and moral principles‚ often in the belief that life is meaningless. Absurdity: the quality or state of being ridiculous or wildly unreasonable. Hedonism: the pursuit of pleasure; sensual selfindulgence.
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In Notes from Underground man‚ Dostoevsky takes us through a period of reform and bureaucracy. The underground man has his own way of thinking‚ much different from the society he lives in. He has a forever lasting battle with his conscious. Even though his deprived conscious is for the better in general. He is constantly surrounded with hypocrites and feels as if he is being judged by every move he makes. In the first chapter‚ we find out that he is very unhealthy but he refuses to get help. This
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The movement of people across borders is a common feature of today’s increasingly global society. However‚ when there is a forceful movement of people to a new religion‚ this migration results in a diaspora where the group is removed from their country of origin. An example of this is visible in Persepolis‚ a film adapted from Marjane Satrapi’s novel. The story shows the life of Marjane as she flees the Iran following the Shah’s overthrow in 1979. It shows the struggles of assimilating into a new
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I’m not totally sure that you have to get rid of one or the other‚ but Nihilism theories seem to have a lot less explanatory power than do dualistic ones to me. In this paper I will argue that the clearest difference between Descartes and Nietzsche here is that whereas Descartes thought that ideas are passive‚ Nietzsche thought the opposite. Well‚ Descartes tries to prove the existence of God‚ which is the condition of establishing/ensuring an external world‚ including inter-subjectivity‚ in his
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My friends are convinced that I’m insane. Most of them subscribe to a philosopher‚ visionary‚ or movement. I happen to subscribe to a comic book villain: specifically‚ the Joker. Apart from making me a topic of intrigue‚ it doesn’t often earn me many listeners. Now that you are somewhat bound to the task of reading this essay‚ I’ll try my luck. The Joker is known for his makeup‚ his charming smile‚ dapper clothing‚ and endearing behavior. I should also probably mention that he has a preference for
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Hemingway Notes Modernism: (and Postmodernism) is an artistic movement in response to the discontinuities‚ illogicalities‚ and fragmentation of culture and society in the present day. It refers to the tendency to experiment in radical new techniques‚ themes‚ moods‚ and structures. Atonalism in music‚ surrealism in painting*‚ vers libre in poetry‚ functionalism in architecture (Frank Lloyd Write) etc. It marks a change in they way we experience the world and how we perceive it. It is an attempt
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We could start by pointing out that rationality and logic are centrifugal to our structure of morality. That despite overwhelming amounts of evidence for our selfishness‚ our inclusion of considerations for all earthlings exists not as a protection against the insecurity of our arguments being considered intrinsically inconsistent but because of the obvious fallacies involved with anthropocentricism. There is no evidence that indicates that we are the most significant species on the planet‚ in fact
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technological advances and social structures that restrict individual autonomy. Lang is optimistic about societal reform whereas Orwell completely rejects the possibility of a cohesive world‚ revealing the shift in context from Weimar optimism to post-war nihilism. Therefore‚ a thorough study of the conceptual connections between these texts ultimately allows us to attain an enhanced appreciation
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Cartesian Skepticism to Existentialism The nature of our reality and existence has been a topic of debate since at least the ancient Greeks. Do we exist? Why do we exist? Does it even matter? These are questions I will attempt to address thoroughly. Answers may not be comfortable or satisfactory‚ but it’s better to rip that band-aid off now than continue blindly in the dark. Rationalism and Empiricism have both attempted to prove existence‚ but at their most extremes they fall apart. Using
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