Technology‚ Society and Environment Man versus Nature Technology Versus Environment Money Versus Wild Life “We have used the oceans as our toilet and it is now catching up with us.” Greg Bossart‚ chief veterinary officer of the Georgia Aquarium The pollution that the most intelligent species on earth creates and carelessly discards continues to destroy the environment of the most beautiful locations on planet earth at the sacrifice of a vast number of innocent sea creatures who are paying
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John Krakauer‚ Into the Wild: Philosophical Journey or Suicidal Folly? Compared with oriental people’s implicit quest for freedom and truth‚ people in western countries are more direct which means that they pursue their goals through practice. The book‚ Into the Wild‚ tells a story about a guy who had a philosophical journey. The book shows a process of a person’s spiritual growth: from the yearning for the absolute freedom‚ a kind of irrepressible impulse and force‚ to the yearning for
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Religion versus Science I choose a topic: “Religion versus Science” because I found it interesting and cognitive. I was raised Catholic‚ and some historical moments with Catholic religion are quite attractive for me. Science has often challenged religious dogma‚ since Copernicus first upset the Church-approved‚ heliocentric model of the cosmos. However‚ after the Enlightenment‚ when the empirical method of scientific enquiry was fully established‚ science has come to be seen as a competing
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Caliban readily admits the attempted rape‚ retorting: O ho‚ O ho! Would ‘t had been done! Thou didst prevent me. I had peopled else This isle with Calibans. (1.2.353-55) This exchange sets the stage for Caliban’s behavior during the rest of the play. On his own gathering wood in Act 2‚ Scene 2‚ Caliban continues to curse his master; then hearing a noise which he thinks must be Prospero’s spirits coming to punish him‚ he
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in the Play and the Movie Versions of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Plays often get converted to movies. As the media changes‚ many of the elements of the play changes as well. Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ was turned into a movie in 1996. The movie mondenizes the theme play to adapt to the change. Specifically‚ it changes some settings and creates new moods for the original work. The changes of the settings‚ the time and the place‚ make the movie more modern than the play‚ which
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One of the essential themes of the Tempest is the duality between nature and society. This is made evident through the character of Caliban: the disfigured fish-like creature that inhabits the island at which the play takes place. Caliban lacks civilized influence due to the fact that he was born on the island deprived of any social or spiritual morality other than nature and instinct. He is literally man untamed. Caliban is not monstrous simply for the sake of being frightening‚ his ghastly
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Oedipus Versus Creon At first glance‚ Oedipus and Creon are two very different people. But as time progresses their personalities and even their fates grow more and more similar. In Sophocles’s play "Oedipus the King"‚ Oedipus and Creon are two completely opposite people. Oedipus is brash and thoughtless‚ whilst Creon is wise and prudent. In "Oedipus the King"‚ Oedipus effectively portrays the idea of the classic "flawed hero". He becomes arrogant and brash. He accuses Creon and Tiresias of
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who they are‚ how they are viewed by others‚ their qualities and beliefs‚ and what differentiates them from other people. One’s identity is shaped by the decisions they make; the choices they make represents their ipseity. The Shakespearean play‚ The Tempest‚ demonstrates how one’s spiteful mentality and pessimistic beliefs defines the abhorrent mindset of the main antagonist‚ Sebastian. Sebastian develops a sense of hate against his own brother‚ king Alonso‚ and the negative influence from Antonio
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Appearance versus reality Appearance versus reality is an important theme in William Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’. The theme focuses on characters who are deceived by what appears to be real‚ and on the tragic consequences that follow this error in judgement. By evaluating the way the play shows that appearances are deceptive and the consequences of each pretence it is apparent that Shakespeare is conveying the message that all humans must make a decision whether to choose the world of appearance or
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Films versus books Nowadays‚ in the century of the technological progress‚ people tend to read less and instead of it they prefer to watch movies. It depends on people‚ but for me books are much better. Firstly‚ books develop in us the power of the imagination. Readers create their own world‚ they decide for themselves‚ how the characters look like‚ how they speak and other details. This imagination is the creative process‚ which is missing in the film. Books let us live everything that happens
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