“Dover Beach” is a deeply melancholic poem‚ with reference to “Kraken” and “Relic” Dover Beach is a deeply melancholic poem however Relic is also melancholic with a nihilistic approach; meanwhile Kraken refers to romantic sadness. All three poems relate to sadness and offer a different perspective of it. Relic is a first person monologue as is Dover Beach that is not specifically directed to anyone‚ Kraken even though it is a monologue it carries a disembodied voice which mirrors better
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Seneca‚ Smith‚ and Nietzsche introduce interesting variations in their philosophical ideas of emotions and passions in the political realm. While Stoicism calls for the banishment of emotions all together‚ Smith advocates for putting oneself in another’s situation and imagine their feelings. Nietzsche on the other hand offers an amusing account of acknowledging the detrimental effects of suppression and internalization of emotions‚ which thereby produce bad conscience. Consistent with the Stoic
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It is you ‘Know thyself‚’ said Socrates‚ Greek philosopher. His argument was we must know ‘thyself’ in order to be wise. As people grow up‚ they want to find out about themselves. Students‚ for example‚ think critically about what they want to become because adults say the thought of money equals happiness is wrong. Dr. Carl G. Jung states that‚ “one must get in touch with the Shadow and Anima/Animus before one can truly get in touch with Self.” The film‚ I love Huckabees‚ shows examples of existentialism
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Today’s arrival in Sri Lanka of the Geneva-based UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) bears testimony to the stark reality that the modern world is framed in such a way that countries that dare stand up to the economically and militarily more powerful Western nations‚ especially the US‚ are condemned to be scrutinised down to every minute detail by the so-called ‘international community’. The United Nations is where it is done. Sri Lanka has fallen into this category. In the 1980s and
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With reference to the novel The Great Gatsby‚ many critics would argue that Fitzgerald’s views on many key themes are indeed ambiguous and can be interpreted in a number of ways. Whilst it cannot be denied that in The Great Gatsby America is often portrayed as dark and despairing‚ Fitzgerald also often glamorizes the roaring twenties‚ which‚ equally were not always looked upon glamorously by the people of the time themselves. An area reflecting the dark and despairing nature of 1920s America
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Although Shakespeare’s context influences to view death as a pathway to eternity and an afterlife and Stoppard’s context influences nihilism and existentialism of no afterlife the resultant idea in both plays are very similar. Shakespeare explores the idea largely through his soliloquys whilst Stoppard examines it in conversation‚ trying to test its significance. Guil questions whether;
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Macbeth - Technique |Illustration |Effect | |Gory imagery‚ foreshadowing |“unsex me here‚ and fill me from crown to toe‚ top-full of direst cruelty” |Shows the violent lengths she and her husband will go to in order to fulfil their lust for power. | |Foreshadowing |“O never shall sun that morrow see!” |Showing how blinded Lady Macbeth is by her ambition and her failure to contemplate the potential consequences of her and Macbeth’s actions | |Taunts regarding his masculinity |“Art thou afeard
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mindedness might have lessened his desolation and anxiety which otherwise exercise a dehumanizing effect on him. Nirode chokes the voice of his conscience in the zeal of his idealism and suffers alienation. His quest for identity is thwarted by his nihilism and unlike Amla and Dharma‚ his reluctance to mould himself according to the situation he is entangled into‚ lands him in trouble. An amiable relationship with society and others would have been possible only if he had moved a step away from his
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Man’s Search for Meaning: Response Paper Viktor Frankl (1902-1997) was an Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist‚ and is notable as the founder of logotherapy‚ a form of psychotherapy which focuses on the achievement of meaning in life. He was also witness to one of the most terrible genocides in world history‚ and it is his experiences and his takeaways from the concentration camps that form the basis of his book‚ Man’s Search for Meaning. The book is separated into two parts: the first part details
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Hippocrates lived through the ages of 460 B.C to 370 B.C. He was the ancient Greek Physician of the age of Pericles. He is identified as the “most important figure in Medicine” and “The father of Medicine.” He was born on the Island of Cos. It was believed that his father‚ also a physician‚ traveled around and learned some practices. When he comes home he practices it and taught Hippocrates the ways. Hippocrates was the only one who believed that diseases were separate from Religion terms. He was
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