Philosopher Socrates‚ who are willing to give up their life for the law are seen as true law abiding citizens. In the book The Trial and Death of Socrates‚ written by Plato‚ one of the most influential people in the Philosophy world‚ Socrates shows what a love for the law means‚ with actions that prove how one’s respect for the law can be taken to death. Set to be lethally poisoned after being found guilty of not only corrupting the youth‚ but also for failing to believe in the Gods‚ Socrates time is
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day Nkwo‚ on the 13th month. I remember pacing around the placid compound‚ with my younger brother Achike filling my ears with calm reassurance and comforting words. I sat under the eerie darkness to the break of dawn‚ whispers and prayers slipping from my chapped lips until the midwife came out‚ her bloody hands clasped at her front. “ Nwanne‚ the gods have given to you new life and have taken the old. You have been blessed with a beautiful daughter.” I looked up at her‚ my hands shaking. I knew
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Tennessee Williams‚ Blanche Dubois finds her way to the chaotic city of New Orleans in hopes of an escape from her painful life‚ and to find refuge with her younger sister Stella‚ as she is her only living relation. In light of her efforts to forget and shed her illicit past‚ she utilizes the bathroom and resorts to the act of bathing. Blanche’s continuous desire for the bathroom manifests escape from those around her and a need for cleansing away her wrong doings. Blanche‚ a bewildered woman‚ arrives
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LITERATURE TERM PAPER SOCRATES NO FEAR IN DEATH [Type the author name] 4/15/2014 Socrates did not choose to begin now at 70 years old and make choices which would have been contrary to who he was. He believed living long doesn’t matter‚ living well does. He lived a good‚ just‚ and ethical life and was poor because his life was spent on more noble things of the search of true wisdom‚ not of earthly self-pleasures of physical matters. He was the father of Philosophy and roamed the
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“The Harder they Come” “The Harder They Come‚” a famous film produced by Perry Henzell‚ a local Jamaican from the white ruling class‚ highlighted realities that are not often portrayed or depicted in most local films. Produced in 1973‚ ten years after Jamaican gained Independence from the British State‚ “The Harder They Come” portrays life Post-Colonialism and how Jamaicans dealt with remaining true to their culture and the adaptation of foreign culture‚ such veracities are illustrated through
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To survive one has to have the courage to be mentally strong and determined to achieve survival. A biography of Farah Ahmedi "Escape from Afghanistan.” Also‚ a fiction by Richard Connell “The Most Dangerous Game.” Both have similar themes as the story is being told. One of the selection‚ "Escape from Afghanistan” portrays how a mother and a daughter‚ are fleeing from their home country. To take refuge into another country and being able to survive during the war. Compared to “The Most Dangerous
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Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing‚ one of history’s most culturally significant films‚ brings to light both past and present issues of racism and prejudice. The film explores realistic issues of race and relationships between the people living in a predominantly African-American neighborhood in Brooklyn on the most sweltering day of the year. Throughout the movie‚ the neighborhood’s people grow increasingly frustrated with each other as the temperatures continue to rise. Tensions soon boil over and
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You Can Always Work Harder The best advice that I have ever received is that you should always try your hardest because if you don’t‚ you will regret it later. I incorporate this advice into my life by working hard in school‚ clubs‚ and sports. I know that if I do not try my hardest to reach my goals‚ I will always look back and wish I could redo it. For example‚ during a hard practice when I am tired and wish I could stop‚ I tell myself to keep working harder because I can always do more. I
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What is the primary cause for Macbeth’s descent into wickedness? "Shakespeare’s Philosophical Patterns" by Walter Clyde Curry Summary and Analysis Walter Clyde Curry discusses that the witches are demonic spirits‚ not hallucinations and that their main purpose is to bring the nature of evil into Macbeth. Curry states that the witches are just lost souls that belong to the devil‚ or perhaps even the devil himself although in the form of witches. Inevitably‚ the roles of the witches are mostly
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Having had two different forms‚ the creature knew what it had lost from one form and what it had gained from another but neither quite satisfied the quest it had made an integral part of its life. Pachooka took the droplet and placed it in the ebony crucible on the fire and watched as sparks began to throw themselves into the darkness of the cave‚ lighting up the shadowed corners. She picked up the satchel that she had rescued from the ignorant HobGoblin and shook it once again‚ like she had done
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