“The Tiger” Reflection William Blake seemed like a supernatural poet who thought about the unknown of the universe and pursued to solve them. In his poem "The Tiger"‚ Blake questions the mentality of this so called “God” to create such a violent and harmful animal after having created a kind and gentle one such as the lamb. To understand the poem I had to fully understand the thoughts of the speaker‚ in which there is not a clear addressee‚ considering that the speaker didn’t mention who he or
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John Locke Vs. Bernard Williams In this essay‚ I will be explaining John Locke’s case of the prince and the cobbler and Bernard Williams’s second description of the A-body person and the B-body person. Bernard Williams has the correct analysis of the situation where the body is part of self-identity since it is inevitable for us to fear future pain. John Locke claims that memory is the key to identity‚ so “as far [as] someone’s memory goes‚ is so far the identity of the person.” (Campbell) First
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Origins of William James / Jamesian Thinking William James‚ born 1842‚ was a trained physician who subsequently dabbled in works of philosophy and psychology (in which he officiated as a formal study through lectures) (Goodman‚ 2009). As did many philosophers‚ Jamesian thinking seeded many discussions on various philosophical topics such as metaphysics‚ morality‚ free will-determinism‚ religion and the afterlife; however‚ what truly made his ideas notable was his uncanny ability to borrow and integrate
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In Joseph M. Williams and Lawrence McEnerney’s Writing in College‚ Williams and McEnerney discuss the shift from high school writing to college writing where argument‚ interpretation of expectations‚ and learning how to make a “good” point in a paper are key to successfully satisfying the instructor’s assignment. Arguments should be convincing‚ with evidence to support their reasons‚ and to have counters answering objections and other questions that may go against its favor. Williams and McEnerney
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Abigail Williams Abigail Williams was born in an unknown town with unknown parents and then moved to live with her uncle‚ Reverend Parris‚ when she was younger. I think the reason she likes older guys‚ like John Proctor‚ because she never really got to know her father. When she moved in with her uncle she felt loss since he was extremely strict and all about himself so she found out ways to get attention. Therefore she started dancing in the woods with her friends and claiming people she does
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She believes that the previous sexual encounter between her and Proctor means he still and always will‚ love her. Williams is portrayed as the enemy in the play‚ no doubt that she is more conniving than any other character‚ as shown in Act I‚ when she threatens the other girls involved in the so called ‘witchcraft’‚ she states‚ “And mark this. Let either of you breathe
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William Blake not only a poet‚ but he was also a painter‚ engraver‚ printmaker‚ and most notably a visionary. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime‚ Blake is now considered a key figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His visual artistry has led one contemporary art critic to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced". Although he lived in London his entire life except for three years spent in Felpham‚ he produced a diverse
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Abigail Williams is selfish‚ manipulative‚ and a compulsive liar. The entire play wouldn’t exist‚ if Abby hadn’t have been so jealous and selfish. It was Abby’s fault that the girls were in the woods with Tituba trying to cast a spell on Elizabeth Proctor‚ because Abby is in love with her husband John. The whole reason the Salem Witch Trials even started was because Abby was in love with a man that wasn’t her’s to have in the first place‚ and she wanted to do anything possible to get rid of his wife
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William Lloyd Garrison: Uncompromise During Times of Compromise William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879) was an American journalist and adamant abolitionist. Garrison became famous in the 1830s for his uncompromising denunciations of slavery. Garrison lived a troubled childhood. His family lived in poverty. In addition‚ his father was a drunkard‚ and when Garrison was three years old‚ his father deserted his family and never came back. Thus‚ with the absence of an encouraging father figure
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suggestive‚ beautiful lyricism to tragic bitterness. (Yeats 1‚ 1). His early work tended towards romantic lushness and fantasy like quality‚ and eventually moved on to a more modern style (Yeats 2‚ 1). William Butler Yeats was very devoted to writing. Early on in his career he studied William Blake’s poem and Emanuel Swedenborg’s writings and visionaries. In eighteen eighty-eight‚ "Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry" was published‚ which was a study he did with George Russell and Douglas
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