Essays on Conscience

Writing a metacognition essay is fairly new to me and on top of that critically analyzing the way I think is something I never considered. If I had to decide on how I think, I would have to say I tend to visualize almost everything I hear and see. Every time I think I always…

The novel ‘Generals die in bed’ by Charles Yale Harrison recounts the story of a young Canadian soldier’s encounters during World War I. As the story unfolds, the unnamed soldier’s experiences in the trenches become increasingly intense. The narrator and his fellow soldiers share one resolute belief: to simply survive amidst the horrors of war….

God be praised: there even Gimpel cannot be deceived indicates that Gimpel finally realizes that God is the only being you can trust. The earthly world is full of deceitful people. Gimpel learned that by having faith in God and ignoring the ignorance of others, that he really is fooling them. Important advice from the…

According to Bertie Charles Forbes, the founder of Forbes Business Magazine, “The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure” (“Greed Quotes”). From an ethical point of view, greed is not essential to a successful business. Wanting to have more than what you already have at the expense of…

“The Phrase Finder” quotes Lord Acton as saying, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” Acton expressed this sentiment in a letter to Bishop Creighton in 1887. This concept seems to be illustrated in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Similar thoughts on the corrupting nature of…

Revenge, which causes one to act blindly through anger rather than through reason. is based on the principle an eye for an eye. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the struggle between justice and vengeance consumes Hamlet and eventually demonstrates that the pursuit of revenge ultimately leads to tragedy. Throughout this play, Hamlet contemplates whether it is…

Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a powerful character whose traits go against the stereotypes of a Jacobean woman. Her soliloquy in Act 1 Scene 5 included dark imagery such as “dunnest smoke of hell” and “take my milk for gall”. The use of dark imagery emphasizes lady Macbeth‘s violent behavior. The imperative “come you spirits”…

Set during the sixties and using the Troubles in Northern Ireland as a suitably depressing backdrop, “Cal” by Bernard MacLaverty is the tale of a tragic love affair and the hopelessness of life during the Troubles. Cal’s struggle for normality within the chaos which was life in Northern Ireland, has enabled MacLaverty to create a…