The text "On self-respect in amazing to me because it is an answer that I am seeking at this stage of my life. The question I am now facing is the relationship between character‚ self-respect‚ and personal responsibility. Joan Didion says‚ "character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life - is the source from which self-respect springs." I am in my senior year and I now understand the importance of responsibility. With a good character and with a strong sense of personal
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Self-Respect is a quality which is extremely important for the dignity‚ confidence and personality of an individual. People with self-respect have the courage of accepting their mistakes. They show certain toughness‚ courage and character. Without self-respect‚ one becomes an unwilling audience of one’s failing both real and imaginary. To live without self-respect is to live counting ones omissions and commissions. It is like lying down on an uncomfortable bed that we have made for ourselves
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Vengance in the Odyssey Vengeance is the main theme in the Odyssey‚ it is what all the conflict in the story is for every conflict in the story is caused because of each characters thirst for vengeance . The three characters that show this most greatly are as follows. Poseidon through his constant punishment of Odysseus throughout the story. Secondly Telemachus’ need to make the suitors pay for disrespecting his house as well as his mother and the lack of his ability to become
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Women in The Odyssey After following an epic that revolved so completely around men‚ The Odyssey has quite a lot of female roles. True‚ the ancient Greeks had a better androgynous balance than other civilizations‚ and this is reflected very clearly in The Odyssey. Femininity has not only a bigger role in this epic‚ but it seems as though it is honored with its own unique power. This is shown in characters like Circe and Athena‚ but also subtextually in the many female weavers throughout the
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letters‚ and in any well-ordered institution. Military courtesy is not a one-way street. Enlisted personnel must be courteous to officers‚ and officers are expected to return the courtesy. Officers respect soldiers as individuals‚ just as you respect officers as individuals. Without this basis of mutual respect‚ there can be no military courtesy‚ and discord will result. One of the most important of military courtesies is the salute. It is a respectful greeting‚ a sign of recognition between military
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By Definition‚ an aphorism is a terse saying embodying a general truth or astute observation. It is derived from the Greek word aphorismos‚ meaning to delimit or define‚ and was first made popular in Aphorisms by Hippocrates. Throughout The Odyssey‚ Homer sprinkles in these axioms with the intent of encapsulating his themes. One example being‚ “It’s bad either way‚ spurring the stranger home who wants to linger‚ holding the one who longs to leave-you know‚ ‘Welcome the Coming‚ speed the parting
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entreat you‚ great Sir‚ have a care for the gods’ courtesy; Zeus will avenge the unoffending guest.” (Homer 989). Everyone did not obey hospitality though. The Cyclops‚ and even Odysseus did not obeyed by this unspoken set of rules. For example the Cyclops had power and decided that he didn’t really have to welcome Odysseus and his crew. “We Cyclopes care not a whistle for your thundering Zeus or all the gods in bliss; we have more force by far.” (Homer
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essential in Greek society that Zeus‚ in addition to being the king of the Gods‚ is also the God of travelers (Wikipedia). This created an obligation for the host to be hospitable to their guests‚ and conversely‚ the guests had their own responsibilities as well. If either the host or the guest was to break any rule set by Xenia‚ there would be severe penalties dealt by Zeus and also by society (Wikipedia). In The Odyssey‚ Xenia is a theme which is shown repeatedly throughout the book: Nestor and
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Franco‚ April Elaine T. Bs- Psychology III-3 Did respect for the elderly stopped? ABSTRACT The experiment focuses on the recent study by Professor Luke Gormally about the dignity and respect for the elderly. This study aims to know about the prudence and care of the teenagers in elderly people. This will determine whether prudence of younger female and male is still manifest in our society. The researcher used field observation. And the result was the male still has the prudence to help elderly
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I‚ have always respected authority‚ I believe it is always imperative to respect authority‚ as shortly after I entered the Marine Corps I heard a story about a NCO that told a LCPL to get over here now and he did and right after he moved the berm where he had been standing was shot right where his head would have been. I remember that story from when my gunny told it to me when I first got to the fleet it’s something I don’t think I will ever forget it is one of the things that reminds me every day
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