the WWI and the anti-war oppositions of our author Kurt VonnegutSlaughter House 5 can be considered as one of the significant works of post modern American literature. In this work I am going to criticize this book regarding the elements of the Archetypal Approach; that is‚ the hero‚ his quest and sacrifice‚ mother earth and father sky‚ and elements of the world. HERO‚ QUEST AND SACRFICENormally the term hero reminds the reader a robust and glorified character; however‚ in this book we happen to
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there are two main characters of the Cave Socrates and Glaucon. Socrates stood out more and the author Plato. Socrates wises man in Athens and he’s kind of a jerk. The representation of the Socrates‚ human nature and the enlighten figure of language. Plato trying to tell the audience that there is darkness and light. Plato dialog forms how you get out of the cave into enlightened. Socrates and Glaucon are trapped into a situation. The decisions‚ options Socrates make are fade towards themselves. By the
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There are numerous charges against Socrates in the reading of The Apology. The basic charges against him include impiety‚ corrupting the youth‚ and theorizing about unknown topics. He does not believe in the gods that the state does‚ and therefore seeks for natural explanations to processes that occur in the world around him. He did not recognize the gods and introduced other new divinities. Socrates was charged with corrupting the youth. Due to the constant asking of questions and inquiry‚ it lead
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In the Ring of Gyges‚ Glaucon and Socrates argue over what justice really is. They talk about the classes of goods. The first class being some things are good no matter the consequences‚ such as joy (The Ring of Gyges‚ Plato). The second class would be things like health and knowledge‚ things that are desirable for their results‚ and the third class are things like a job‚ or exercise‚ things that are only good for their consequences (The Ring of Gyges‚ Plato). Glaucon places justice in the second
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Junias explains how the knowledge of what is fearsome and what is encouraging is courage. While Socrates continues Nicaraguas’ line of thinking by introducing animals into the conversation‚ if courage depends on knowledge then animals such as lions are not smart enough to know‚ and even so few humans are able to understand. In response to Socrates and to Laches further questioning as to whether he believes animals that are commonly seen as courageous are wiser than us‚ or if he contradicts everyone
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flourished in Ancient Greece from 470 BC until 322 BC. They were Socrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle. These philosophers were famous for their "schools of thought." They questioned basic and widely accepted ideas. The works of these three men were the foundation for great western philosophy and still play a vital role in our evolution today. The lives they led influence the modern world greatly. The first of these three men is Socrates who lived from 470 BC until 399 BC. He was born in Athens to a poor
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In Republic‚ Plato uses his writing to express different opinions‚ through the conversations of Socrates and other characters. Towards the beginning of Republic‚ Socrates says that people believe others don’t “feel” old if they are rich and wealthy and not because they have a disposition to happiness. Socrates is pointing out that people value wealth and believe that being rich is the key to a happy life rather than having the disposition to look at life with happiness always. Another point Plato
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Selling one’s soul to the devil is an archetypal theme as old as time itself. In the story The Devil and Tom Walker as well as in the movie Snow White and the Huntsman‚ Tom Walker and Queen Raveena are motivated by greed. In the story The Devil and Tom walker by Washington Irving Tom Walker is motivated by greed. During the story Tom and his wife are always hiding eggs and other things from each other in their forlorn looking house. Tom was also never a man to stick at trifles when large sums of
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The Myth of Er concerns the issue of what happens to us after death. What Socrates is trying to sum up‚ which he has been mentioning through out the entire book‚ is that we should all live a wise‚ strenuous‚ and philosophical way of life. Socrates’ tale is for people from all walks of life‚ he only wants us to pursue a just way of life. The way it correlates to politics is that he wants people that hold a high status is politics to make sure they are just in the decisions they make for their people
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Moreover‚ both Frodo Baggins and Luke Skywalker‚ the archetypal heroes in The Fellowship of the Ring and the Star Wars trilogy‚ demonstrate the heroic quality of determination with Frodo when he finds his seed of courage then when he endures the wound of the Morgul blade and when he fights against those who underestimate him‚ and Luke shows determination when he trains with Obi Wan and then when he trains with Yoda and most importantly when Yoda dies. When Frodo finds the seed of courage within himself
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