[1]-Title‚ Author‚ etc. -The Penalty of Death -Written by H.L. Mencken‚ 1926. [2]-Thesis -The thesis of the essay is on page 395‚ and is the last sentence of paragraph 3. It states: "What I contend is that one of the prime objects of all judicial punishments is to afford the same grateful relief (a) to the immediate victims of the criminal punished‚ and (b) to the general body of moral and timorous men." -Means that in the authors point of view‚ one of the key points of punishing a criminal is
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This week we discussed the death of the author and looked at readings by Barthes and Moxey. While Barthes takes an extreme position‚ encouraging the abandonment of the author and discussing why the idea of the author should be abandoned‚ Moxey discusses the ways in which the death of the author effects art history. Both of the authors state that we are moving away from the humanist idea that we have a conscious mind‚ that there is a universal truth‚ and that there is a possibility of objective and
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4) In the essay “The Death of the Moth” by Virginia Woolf and “The Death of a Moth” by Annie Dillard‚ the two authors use the image of a moth to find out about their places in life. Instead of choosing any other animals‚ they use the death of the moth to describe death as an inevitable part of life. However‚ each author approaches and describes the death of the moth with different feeling. Woolf describes the moth in a calm peaceful setting where energy only rest in the little moth. This will further
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The apology of Socrates is quite a mystery; his defense is essentiality unbelievable by the average audience. A character so knowledgeable was like no other and can take someone time to truly understand his intelligence and spirt. As Socrates seeks the truth of the frequent lies told against him‚ he was determined to persuade the juries that the accusations presented were untruthful. I find it quite comical how sarcastic and knowledgeable he was to be put in the situation he was in. He was able to
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Socrates’ take on justice was a rather controversial viewpoint for his era‚ in that he opined about virtues men should possess and strive for that they might otherwise have no desire to obtain. A just man strives to promote justice for the sake of justice in itself. He‚ as one who is good‚ seeks to further justice because it fulfills his daimon‚ or nature. The nature of man is therefore‚ naturally‚ to do the right and proper thing. Good‚ as the nature of man‚ is what man desires‚ needs‚ and yet also
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In The Republic by Plato written 360 BC‚ Socrates touches on the “flaws of democracy by comparing a society to a ship.” If you were going on a sea voyage‚ “who would you ideally want deciding who was in charge of the vessel‚ just anyone‚ or people educated in the rules and demands of seafaring?” If we want to be an antagonist‚ we must passionately find the answer‚ as was done by Socrates’ conversationalist mindset. Should any of us ‚ without regard to level of education‚ experience‚ or skill‚ be
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Virginia Woolf is a British writer born in 1882 and she died a horrific death in 1941. She jumped unto River Ouse wearing an overcoat filled with rocks. She committed suicide as she was depressed and has a pessimistic feeling towards life due to a mental illness she has been cursed with. She wrote ‘The Death of the Moth’ in 1942. This essay contains a wide variety of rhetorical devices that makes it intriguing. Although the essay is short‚ she wrote a detailed story with an underlying metaphor.
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Socrates was a revolutionary philosopher whom at his time challenged society. He was a man of questions. When in conversation with others‚ he would merely answer questions with more questions of his own. When asking others questions to their questions‚ it not only helped him try to understand their point of view‚ but also helped him strengthen and guide his argument as well as weaken their own. As Socrates questioned other philosophers on justice‚ it helped make his argument strong that justice is
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Similar Theme in Fences and Death of a Salesman In his play Fences‚ author August Wilson tells the story of African American Troy Maxson‚ who struggles to support his family during the Civil Rights Era‚ which was a time in America’s history where blacks were institutionally segregated from whites (Kirszner and Mandell 1834). Similarly‚ in his play Death of a Salesman‚ author Arthur Miller develops a story about a traveling salesman‚ Willy Loman‚ who struggles to live the American dream. Miller wrote
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Death and the Arrow Chris Priestley Tom Marlowe is a typical and average fifteen year old who is an apprentice at his father’s printing shop‚ in London‚ England‚ in the year 1715. One day he finds out that his best friend‚ Will Piggot‚ has been murdered‚ after a series of mysterious murders in the city‚ and Tom is determined to find his friend’s killer. Death and the Arrow‚ by Chris Priestley‚ is a suspenseful and adventurous novel. Who murdered Will? Who has been murdering some of the people
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