The river imbedded in the story is recognized as a territorial division between good and evil. A river could also be interpreted as a continuous flowing act much like life itself. However in "All Quiet on the Western Front" the river in fact symbolizes a natural break between land of ruthless violence, and a land of worthier entities including beautiful women, houses and luscious landscape. The soldiers are forbidden to cross the river to visit the land side of better things but, "on the other side... there are women" (p.143), whom beckon them to go cross over to them. The men become very giddy, nervous and, "are all glowing and full of a lust for adventure" (p. 146).
When any action is done, it may have a right outcome which leads to happiness or a wrong outcome which produces pain. Therefore, this principle significantly determines the total joy of the world in general. The nature of human beings is governed by two key elements of pain and happiness. All human doings are inspired by the need to have pleasure or prevent pain. The principle of utility also advocates that, the correctness or incorrectness of a deed is dependent on the ability for the action to lead to joy or sadness.
How has T. S. Eliot utilised specific elements of his form to engage varying audiences intellectually and emotionally? T.S. Eliot’s ‘Preludes’ and ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ explore the self-consciousness caused by the intense pessimism of a toxic urban world, which leads to passivity and a lack of agency. Eliot uses varying elements of the form of poetry to present the major concepts of his modernist context, the conflict between the individual and society, disempowerment and time and the ritualistic nature of life, which also allow him to intellectually and emotionally engage a present day audience. Eliot portrays life as tarnished through urban decay, which is typical of the modernist era.
Write about two themes common to two of the poems written by Les Murray. Les Murray gives the reader a deep understanding of isolation and sadness. For Murray, the result of the poems “An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow” and “Performance” are themes of isolation. Murray has created a vibrant energy whilst exploring these themes of the human condition through the energy and inventiveness of language. “An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow” is a poem about an unknown man that is seen crying in Martin Place.
“…the whisper went around… we’d suddenly got so restless” shows that the atmosphere of the scene is one of secrecy – hence the “whispers” – and excitement – “restlessness”. This creates a mood of expectation and excitement, both with the clones and the reader. Kathy describes the events to have a “bit of a dare element to it.” The exciting tone is continued by the clones “swarming” out of the class, to confront Madame “all around her, all at once.” The verb “swarm” creates a feeling of rushing and hurriedness; alluding to the movements of insects – which often holds negative connotations. Ishiguro continues the hurried and rushed atmosphere with the quote “We had a hurried conference”, proving the clones were in a rush to hatch their plan. “[Madame had her] briefcase held tightly to herself in both arms” proves that Madame is anxious about entering Hailsham.
Both sources 1 and 3 immediately engage with their reader’s attention by using varied sentence lengths. Source 1, ‘Britain’s big problem with water’, has varied sentence lengths to put across various views. Long sentences such as ‘The North and West normally get plenty of rain ... receive less than parts of the Mediterranean’ are needed so they can state the factual content of the article. Short sentences are also used in the article, but are built to emphasise previous points such as ‘But it’s true’. By using varied sentences the writer, ‘Geoffry Lean’ effectively intrigues the reader to read the entire article and not bore the reader with a crammed factual article.
In the same way Operant conditioning can be applied due to the fact that we like those who provide us with rewards and dislike those who don’t – or provide us with punishment. Argyle (1988) showed research evidence to support this, demonstrating that everyday experiences of people who are
Jefferson says, “We hold these truths to be self-evidence, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” (Jefferson, 80). He states how having these natural rights mean happiness to the citizens. We were created to use our ability to reach what we desire happiness should be. In “The Aim of Man” Aristotle has his own views when it comes to material and spiritual happiness. Aristotle argues that material is what an object consist of and this matter we could not live without.
Lippman addresses his criticisms toward the general population to imply the commonality of the tolerant behavior he describes, making it familiar to all readers to interpret in regards to their own ways. The true purpose of our right to freedom of speech is disregarded when
#2502979 Political Thought I Exam Prompt #2 21 October 2013 The Good Life The Republic by Plato and Aeschylus’ Oresteia both express different viewpoints on what makes one’s life “good”. Contrasting the two, Plato believes that happiness is about one upholding and interacting within the city, while Aeschylus depicts an image of how happiness is corrupted by power and lust. Although the two writings are fundamentally different due to the opinions of the authors, both express the importance of sustaining the good life. Aeschylus has given us the example of Clytaemnestra to show his views on the good life. Clytaemnestra feels that in order to achieve justice for her daughter’s death she must seek revenge on her husband.