Charlotte Gilman’s short story‚ “The Yellow Wall-Paper” and Margaret Atwood story‚ “Death by Landscape” depicts the mental health of two women. Although the stories represent different points of origin‚ both the wife and Lois demonstrate common themes of depression. While the wife in “the Yellow Wall-Paper” seems to have no certainty of an illness or cause for such disorder‚ she is subjected to isolation and false treatment by her husband to cure her anxieties. Lois on the other hand‚ has experienced
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The Protagonist in Death by Scrabble‚ by Charlie Fish‚ is a cold-blooded husband who is eager to kill his wife. The 42 year old husband detests his wife and has nothing positive to say about his wife. He blames his wife for his dull life and ends up dreaming about possible escapades. As the story progresses‚ he becomes obsessed with murder. Although the wife’s characteristics aren’t revealed in the beginning‚ the twist in the end reveals her true colors. She is full of hatred and relishes the moment
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Quite honestly‚ today’s readings had me going in circles—Socrates’ arguments were slightly difficult for me to follow because his different points were organized or explained in a way that relates his point in a cyclic manner. Regardless‚ Socrates attempts to argue the immortality and the existence of the soul. The most confusing aspect of this was the beginning of his argument. Socrates bases his argument from his un-doubtful acceptance of the soul existing and being immortal; although he is known
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discussion between Polus and Socrates‚ they are trying to decide if suffering something unjust is worse and more shameful than actually doing what is unjust. Polus states that it is worse to suffer‚ but more shameful to commit‚ an unjust act. When Socrates begins his argument against this‚ he questions Polus on the distinction between what is admirable and good‚ and what is shameful and bad. In Polus’ eyes‚ these pairs of words do not hold the same meaning. However‚ Socrates believes that what is good
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Meno and Socrates are very different characters. Meno seems to be really into his own knowledge and assumed expertise‚ while Socrates reserves himself and his pride by accepting that he knows nothing and humbled himself enough to accept new information and examine every detail to acquire the very best conclusion. They discuss the idea of virtue and the ways to attain it. While virtue is really hard to define‚ and we only know that it has something to do with knowledge and way of living‚ Meno by Plato
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happen through the unexpected detours‚ encounters with people or things or through hardships suffered. The changes can seem to make a small change to a person at first but over time they end up changing a person in a dramatic way. Arthur Miller’s Death of A Salesman‚ 1964‚ shows audiences the mental decent of an ageing man at the bottom of his career as a salesman‚ shows how his struggles in life have lead him to feel useless and hopeless this is contrasted to Lewis Carroll’s Alice
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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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I chose to analyze the poem “Dog’s Death” by John Updike. The reason that is chose this poem was due to that fact that the emotion and sympathy that the Updike had for his dog is very relatable on many levels for me. The death of a dog emotionally is comparable to the loss of a family member and I believed that the writer and his family viewed it in the same way. I felt that the tone that was set changed throughout the course of the poem. Frist you had confusion and disarray of what was happening
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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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