Did Lepine come up with these ideas himself or was he a product of a society that dictated classical roles and oppression of women? The latter is probably true. The double standard that exists needs to be altered. When examining terrible acts like this threw a feminist perspective on crime, this idea becomes even more painfully
It is produced from a feeling of indignation and intolerance for the conduct that takes place in prostitution. That feeling brings the opponents to believe that the society finds itself in a vulnerable position. In this vulnerable state, the community becomes threatened by immorality, but how can they determine whether or not sex for money is immoral? Perhaps, one would consider a profession in taking people’s homes that have been affected by the Recession more criminal than prostitution, but that occupation by no means criminalized. This brings one to the conclusion that it is impossible to assume there is one shared morality because different opinions exist.
“Ropes on the back of my hands I could strangle with”-Havisham This is another example of the pain of love and it is particularly effective as it shows the extreme physical tension within “Havisham” and describes the pain of love as a driving force of murder. This metaphor and its meaning can also be found in “Valentine” as love is described as “lethal”. “Carol Anne Duffy” uses them both to revile the pain of love and its implications. The pain of love is not only confined to a mental state but also a physical
Joe Vitale Mrs. Reganato English III – Academic 9 April 2014 Effects of Guilt Guilt, by definition, is an emotion that occurs when a person believes that they have violated a moral standard. It is the single driving force that can push someone off the edge thus into a spiraling downfall of tragedies. Through numerous centuries of literature, guilt has been one of the key themes repeatedly stressed. In this way, the morals of mankind are accentuated, explored and disturbed. In The Tragedy of Macbeth, guilt plays an immense role in the lives of Macbeth and his Queen; guilt is the single attribute that pushes them to the edge and tests their sanity.
Functioning societies can be thrust into turmoil over an imbalance in these factors as evidenced in King Lear by William Shakespeare and The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. By examining King Lear and The Handmaid’s Tale one can see that sexual desire, the need for more power and the desire for violence are causes of serious corruption but must be satisfied to maintain balance in any society.
Conscience Conscience can be defined as that “gut feeling” you have when you know the difference between right and wrong. Some of us have the ability to tell a lie and not feel guilty afterwards, while others can’t handle it and eventually come clean because it is the morally right thing to do. When it comes to our own desires and selfish needs our conscience can often times be manipulated. In Flannery O'Connor's, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” the grandmother showcases her selfishness through a series of events where she lies and manipulates her own family members to get what she wants without ever stopping to think that her actions may not come from the goodness of her heart like she believes. An example of someone who would fess
Within Arthur’s coward self lies his guilt, and openly, lies Hester’s guilt. Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne commit an immense sin that causes different feelings to erupt throughout the novel, with guilt being the most rising. When it comes to secrecy and guilt, for Hester, it is undeniable.
In yielding to his authoritarian and patriarchal nature it seems like she has been defeated. However, in reality she is ‘using’ the values imposed on her for her own personal gain. By acting submissively to Petrucchio, although in a physical sense she is compromising her values, she still maintains these but simply does not express them. Subsequently, a conflict between appearance and reality arises. Following such scheming and defeat of
I believe that this study was not ethical to conduct because it directly harmed another person just to get a statistic and a person would always get hurt based on the fact that human behavior follows normative influence almost every time. A reason for an ethics board to not approve a test like this one could be to just define ethics in itself, and use that explanation for your whole argument. Ethics is defined as a branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions (Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2009). This means that there are certain things you can and cannot do to a human being just to get results for a test.
Medea Discussion Question #2 I actually think that Medea is the victim compared to Jason being the villain, although not entirely. I think this evidenced during a conversation between the nurse and the tutor, “Nurse: Oh, what an enemy Jason’s proved to those he should have loved! Tutor: What human being is not?” (Lines 15-16). They are both shown to have had their feelings of love with near absolute abhor. I think Medea deserves pity in certain situations, such as in the beginning and the events leading up to the murders, when she is shown crying out in the beginning of the play, “The pain of misery!