Plato’s Symposium is a book of speeches given in honor of Eros‚ the god of love. Aristophanes‚ a comic poet‚ gives the first speech‚ and the second is given by Socrates. The first speech tells a humorous history of mankind and how it became “whole‚” addressing gender issues and sexuality. On a more serious note‚ the second speech addresses the origin of Eros and his use to humans. Before launching his speech‚ Aristophanes warns the group that his eulogy to love may be more absurd than funny
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The film Hidden in Silence is based on a true story. During WWII‚ while Jews are sent to ghettos‚ Catholic teenager Stefania Podgorska (called Fusia in the movie) helps 13 Jews to save their life while raising her little sister. Every day‚ she risks execution by given food and water to the silent individuals living above her. The film is not very explicit in the violence against the Jews; instead‚ it conveys a message of hope for mankind‚ despite the horror humanity shows itself in sensitive ways
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‘Victoria should adopt reforms enacted in England which allow the jury to draw a strong adverse inference from a suspect’s exercise of the right to silence when questioned by police and permit the trial judge to direct the jury accordingly.’ Critically discuss. The right to silence is a fundamental right that should not be curtailed in Victoria. The right itself consists of a collection of a complex set of rights‚ which involve a variety of procedural rules‚ seen as stemming from the protection
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Wiesel introduces his tragic memoir Night with the fact that silence was not the answer for victims of atrocities. This memoir depicts Elie Wiesel’s experiences at Auschwitz‚ one of the cruelest concentration camps during the Holocaust. Through the pain and seemingly eternal silence that fell upon the victims‚ a voice needed arise to shed light on the broken actions in the world. Elie Wiesel‚ in his memoir Night‚ reminds the world that “silence” or “indifference” to atrocities committed anywhere is an
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Caitlin Park English 10H Summer Reading The Chosen Symbol: Silence Silence serves as a symbol‚ signifying many things in The Chosen‚ by Chaim Potok. Throughout the book‚ Reb Saunders rarely converses with his Danny unless it is about Talmud or their religion. In chapter 18‚ he says that he did this to teach his son to understand and feel pain and suffering. In addition‚ he does this because this was the way he was raised by his own father. Reb Saunders wanted his son to grow up with the
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“Silence” by Marianne Moore‚ written in 2003‚ I feel represents the Literary Modernism movement which was based in the late 19th and early 20th century. In the poem‚ Moore talks about what her father used to say to her as a child. The first line reads‚ “Superior people never make long visits‚ have to be shown Longfellow’s grave nor the glass flowers at Harvard.” I feel like she’s saying that some superior people are not modest but they can be. Moore wrote this poem with the “freedom” characteristic
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Spiral of Silence Theory Explanation of Theory: The Spiral of Silence theory explains why people often feel the need to conceal their opinions/preference/views/etc. when they fall within the minority of a group. Theorist: Elizabeth Noelle-Neumann Date: 1984 Primary Article: Noelle-Neumann‚ E. (1984). The Spiral of Silence. University of Chicago‚ Chicago. Metatheoretical Assumptions: Ontological Assumption: In this sense‚ the theory is extremely scientific. Spiral of Silence believes
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A main concept of the novel Silence of Stone‚ by Annamarie Beckel‚ is the protagonist‚ Marguerite de Roberval’s hunger‚ appetite‚ and desire for indulgence. This concept may be viewed and studied both literally and figuratively. Throughout her experience in the new world‚ she manifests her craving for love and must survive with very limited resources when she is stranded and left to her own devices on the Isle of Demons. In this essay‚ the literal meanings of hunger and appetite will be examined
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Spiral of Silence Theory Elizabeth Noelle-Neumann’s spiral of silence is a theory that was developed in 1974 and as the founder and the director of the Public Opinion Research Center in Allensbach in Germany; she has found evidence of how the spread of public opinion is formed. The term spiral of silence refers to the increasing pressure people feel to conceal their views they think they are the minority. People will be unwilling to publicly express their opinion if they are in the minority and
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Unconditional Love in “The Song of Songs” What is Love? Robert Frost once wrote “Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” Love is one of the strongest emotions we feel‚ yet it is the hardest emotion to ever be understood. “The Song of Songs” by Ellen Gilchrist‚ explores the theme of love‚ particularly a mother’s love for her child‚ and the impact it has on one woman specifically‚ Barret Clare. In Gilchrist’s short story “The Song of Songs” Barret Clare is a woman who has never
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