Warren She was the love of my life and she was whisked away from me like candy before dinner. Mary and I had arrived at the airport and unlocked our car. It was late night in Long Island, New York and the parking lot was practically empty. We started driving home from our honeymoon in the beautiful Bahamas. I had nodded off on the plane and was my brain felt as if it was clogged with molasses. I had married Mary a few months ago and we were both from fairly rich families. We owned a luxurious apartment
orientation. Over the course of her life, Alison Bechdel eventually comes to the realization that she is a lesbian. Interestingly, Alison Bechdel uses this novel to recount her experience of events that helped to shape her personal identity, which resulted in a transformation of the way she sees herself. In the end, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic is a wonderful narrative that shows its readers the complexity of personal identity, and how things like sexual orientation, love, the values of society, and politics
A comparison of song types within the Irish Singing Tradition The singing tradition is a vibrant and essential facet of Irish culture. From lullabies to lays, keens to laments; all combine to generate a truly versatile genre. All of these song types feature several similar traits; they all stem from an oral tradition, all boast a fruitful history in Ireland and all reflect the emotions of the communities in which they were created. Further to it intrigued me to notice that nods to paganism and supernatural
Introduction This paper presents a case study of a dispute between a worker who has an accident at the workplace and his employer. The paper will critically analyze the argument by following the critical thinking step in an attempt to solve the problem. John Smith, one of the organization’s workers, injured his hand with a machine while attending to his duty at the work place. The accident results into a dispute over who should be held responsible for the accident. Parties, the injured worker and
discussed in this essay so far, the double standards originate from the structure and values of Early Modern English society. The topic of sexuality was also subjected to laws that favoured men and, according to Bernard Capp, “female sexuality was regarded (by men) as a male possession” (70). Leontes’ words reinforce this argument: “Ere I could make thee open thy white hand / And clap thyself my love; then didst thou utter, / “I am yours forever”” (WT, 1.2.104-106). This perspective on love and marriage
1. INTRODUCTION If we see our passage on earth as a theatrical play, what snapshots of our experiences would we wish to share with our contemporaries? At the core of this class is the desire to go deep within ourselves and explore how we can artistically and critically materialize the intimate relationship between our body/mind and the arts. Some of the situated questions we will raise are, for example: What aesthetic principles underlie and inform our practices? How do we see the boundaries between
Woman: God’s second mistake? Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher, who regarded ‘thirst for power’ as the sole driving force of all human actions, has many a one-liners to his credit. ‘Woman was God’s second mistake’, he declared. Unmindful of the reactionary scathing criticism and shrill abuses he invited for himself, especially from the ever-irritable feminist brigade. The fact and belief that God never ever commits a mistake, brings Nietzsche’s proclamation dashingly down into the dust bin
Normative determinations differ from scientific determinations in that they follow a procedure. Returning to the matter of stealing cake, Jack could acknowledge that rather than stealing from Tom, he has other choices in accordance with moral law. While he may realize that in accordance with causal law he will ultimately face the effect of his theft, only via a normative determination will he experience practical freedom. In this Critique, Kant’s main purpose is not to draw the reader’s attention
Kant to focus less on theoretical obscurity and more upon practical issues and leads to the notion of good will which Kant explains at the outset of Section I in Groundwork: It is impossible to think of anything at all in the world, or indeed even beyond it, that could be considered good without limitation except a good will (Gr. 4:393) Good will includes several features: it is neither merely designed to make us happy, nor does it rely on the consequences of an act or unconditional good. While