Trainspotting presents an ostensible image of fractured society. The 1996 film opens‚ famously‚ with a series of postulated choicesvariables‚ essentially‚ in the delineation of identity and opposition. Significant here is the tone in which these options are deliveredit might be considered the rhetorical voice of society‚ a playful exposition of the pressure placed on individuals to make the "correct" choices‚ to conform to expectation. As such‚ the introduction might be read as contributing
Premium Sociology Film Culture
Ethical Theory Summary This is an outline and summary of three of the most prominent ethical theories in the history of philosophy. (Note that all three of these represent different ethical absolutist/universalist theories. A view known as ethical relativism follows these.) Please take this as a sketch that invites you to investigate these ethical theories further. After each brief sketch‚ I will provide some web links that will be helpful to read. Virtue Ethics (especially Aristotle)
Premium Ethics Morality Business ethics
Jeremy Lahey Philosophy 120 Ethics Term Paper 11/27/12 Friedrich Nietzsche and Existentialism: Section I. Biography: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was born on October 15‚ 1844 to Ludwig and Franziska Nietzsche in Röcken‚ in the Prussian Province of Saxony. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was named after King Wilhelm IV as the 15th of October was also his birthday‚ he turned 49. In the summer of 1849 Ludwig Nietzsche suffered nervous seizures which ended Ludwig’s life 10 months later on July 29th
Premium Friedrich Nietzsche Existentialism Martin Heidegger
existence of a dying‚ cooling world of human beings who had evolved from animals for no purpose at all. He knew” The metaphor “dying‚ cooling world” has the effect of adding a overcast and dark tone to his thoughts. This thought in particular exhibit nihilism which conveys the lieutenant’s strong conviction that life as ‘he’ knows it has no purpose and demonstrates his lack of empathy for those who have faith. He is bound by his self-imposed responsibility to protect the people from the church in the
Premium Question Sentence Guilt
“By the pricking of my thumbs‚ Something wicked this way comes.” ― William Shakespeare‚ Macbeth tags: foreshadowing‚ macbeth 2113 likes like “To-morrow‚ and to-morrow‚ and to-morrow‚ Creeps in this petty pace from day to day‚ To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out‚ out‚ brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow‚ a poor player‚ That struts and frets his hour upon the stage‚ And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told
Premium William Shakespeare Macbeth Shakespearean tragedy
Sielke‚ Sаbine. Reаding Rаpe: The Rhetoric of Sexuаl Violence in Аmericаn Literаture аnd Culture 1790-1990. Princeton University Press‚ 2002. The book Reаding Rаpe exаmines how Аmericаn culture tаlks аbout sexuаl violence аnd explаins why‚ in the lаtter twentieth century‚ rаpe аchieved such significаnce аs а trope of power relаtions. Sаbine Sielke trаces the evolution of а specificаlly Аmericаn rhetoric of rаpe‚ considering the kinds of culturаl work thаt this rhetoric hаs performed аnd finds thаt
Premium Gender Sociology Gender role
Introduction In the name of Allah‚ the Compassionate‚ the Merciful. "And those who follow the Messenger‚ the unlettered Prophet‚ whom they find mentioned in the Torah and the Gospel‚ bidding them to do what is right and forbidding them what is wrong‚ making lawful for them the good (things)‚ and forbidding for them the corrupt (things) and relieving them of their burdens‚ and the fetters that were upon them. Those who believe in him and honor him‚ and help him and follow the light while has been
Premium Muhammad Islam Morality
I was reading over some old journals‚ working on my book‚ when I came across this little entry I wrote after watching the film version of Beowulf‚ a book I read a few times in college. At the time‚ I was in therapy‚ and really interested in psychoanalytic literary theory. I was struck by how our life experiences and new knowledge can deepen our knowledge of a text we thought we knew pretty well. Anyway‚ here ’s my mini psycho-analysis of Beowulf: The story explores the idea of the sins‚ or pathologies
Free Beowulf
Marlowe - The Big Sleep What are my traits? Marlowe runs a single man operation out of the Cahuenga building in Los Angeles. He is tall and big enough to take care of himself. And his interests are Liquor‚ women‚ reading‚ chess and working alone. He is educated enough that he can speak English if he’s required to’. Marlowe used to work for the district attorney‚ but was fired for insubordination. Philip Marlowe‚ a private detective. Tall‚ dark‚ and rugged‚ with a poker face and a quick
Premium Hardboiled Crime fiction Film noir
Forrest Gump- Film Review Oscar winning‚ tear jerker of a comedy ‘Forest Gump’ is both magical and passionate; a film to replenish your energy and refresh your outlook on life entirely. A film that shows morally dubious material transformed through ‘Robert Zemeckis’ shrewdness and technical skills into a truly unique and poetic American Comedy‚ and with such phenomenon commercial success suggesting hearts were touched worldwide. The hero of the film; A mentally handicapped man (Tom Hanks)‚ but one
Premium