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They Shouldnt Make You Promise That
Fiction
Human Activities
In everyones lifethere comes a point in time when you assess your life, notjust look back in time, but see the progression, the triumphsand the failures…..Eleanor Smith had reached this point. Shesees that things arent as they seem, the passion and desire isgone from her marriage, she is unable to influence herchildrens life, her best…
The Role of Aristotle’s Rhetoric in Marc Anthony’s Oration
Aristotle
Rhetoric
Marc Anthony’s speech during Julius Caesar’s burial is an effective incorporation of Aristotle’s rhetoric, which helps him persuade his audience to shift allegiance from Brutus’ and his co-conspirators’ side to Julius Caesar’s. An extensive examination of Aristotle’s rhetoric will reveal the techniques used by Marc Anthony in his speech. The diction in an argument…
Power And Control In Maggie Research
Control
In the novel Maggie, the predominant themes are power and control. The narrative centers around the ongoing battles faced by Maggie, as she is consistently subjected to the authority and manipulation of those in her life. Whether it be her brother Jimmie, her mother, or Pete, they all enforce their dominance over her and dictate…
Thomas Frank, Consumerism and Dissent
Consumerism
The contemporary problem of a society which has a democratic and liberal political setting alongside a free market economic system or any society which gears towards such characterizations remains to be one that involves what contemporary political thinkers and scholars refer to as the notion of the plurality of values. Isaiah Berlin, for…
Samuel Becketts Use of Comedy to Counter Existentialism
Existentialism
Theatre of the Absurd
In Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett introduces audiences to two vagrants, Estragon (Gogo) and Vladimir (Didi). To summarize the action of the play: the two men are alone on a sparsely decorated stage. One lone, barren tree and a heap of rubbish are the only setting. Gogo and Didi discuss their existence which…
Review of Filoli Historic House
Architecture
Art
Botany
Idea
Natural Environment
History of the Property William Bourn II was of the wealthy mining magnate family of California that believes: “Fight for a just cause; Love your fellow man; Live a good life”. In the crafty acronymic combination of the first two letters of the first words of the three phrases of his credo, he named the…
Nietzsche’s Polemic
Ethics
Friedrich Nietzsche
Logic
Metaphor
Metaphysics
Truth
Nietzsche is known for being inherently polemic. He describes himself as such and even titled his book On the Genealogy of Morality as a simple “Polemic”. This book is central to Nietzsche’s thoughts on the revaluation of existing values and both influences and is influenced by his other writings on the subject. It is evident…
Summary of the Frog and the Nightingale – Vikram Seth
Human Activities
Singing
Once upon a time, a frog croaked in Bingle Bog throughout the entire night, starting from dusk and lasting until dawn. Despite the hatred of all the creatures towards its loud and unpleasant voice, they had no alternative. The voice emanated from the sumac tree, where the frog sang every night until morning. Despite facing…
Philip Roth Defender of the Faith Short Summary
Karl Marx
Defender of the Faith was released in 1959 in a collection of stories titled Goodbye, Columbus. Defender of the Faith is considered to be the best part of the collection because it explores the conflict between personal feelings and religious loyalty, rather than exploiting, as Roth had done previously. The Defender of the Faith explores…
Analysis Of Cargoes John Masefield
Fiction
Imagination
Literature
Jonathan Abrams is the founder, CEO, and Junior Computer Programmer at Socializr, an online service for sharing event and party information with friends. He is an award-winning serial entrepreneur who created Friendster, the pioneering social networking service, in 2002. Jonathan, the inventor of a United States Patent for a “System, method, and apparatus for connecting…