In his soliloquy in Act 2 Scene 2 Line 380 he’s especially brutal towards Desdemona in his plans showing no shame what so ever. Othello exhibits a part of humans that is able to be tempted and deceived. While a good man at the start, Shakespeare uses this as a template to bring out the green-eyed monster of jealousy in Othello, as an attempt to highlight that quality in each of us. The dream speech in Act 3 Scene 3 Line 466 is where we see Iago makes this happen. As Iago ends Act 1 with his soliloquy, we become sure that dishonesty is one of his most revered qualities.
Perhaps more so than Emotivists, Prescriptivists see ethical language as fairly meaningful. They believe that the terms used are able to create absolute rules that everyone ought to follow. It would seem that ethical language is seen by many as very meaningful, although for varying reasons. However agent centred theories such as Virtue Ethics would argue that our main focus of morality should be on becoming as virtuous as possible, rather than deciding what is meant by ethical language. Therefore it would seem that perhaps morality should be more focussed on individuals’ actions rather then defining what is meant by ‘good’ and
"Modern comedy is cruel and cynical” Barry Cryer. To what extent do you agree that cruelty and cynicism are at the heart of the comedy in ‘Educating Rita’? Cruelty and cynicism play a vital role in creating comedy in ‘Educating Rita’. Both of the characters have aspects of their lives that the audience can laugh at, however for a majority, it can be perceived as cruel due to the fact that most of the circumstances we laugh at negatively impact the lives of the characters. Willy Russell uses superiority theory to engage the audience by creating comedy through the misfortune of others.
Within the extremely popular play named ‘An Inspector Calls’ Priestly uses the play to expose the lies, deceit and overall hypocrisy of people during his time. Hypocrisy is usually demonstrated by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have. In a literal sense, weakness is the state of lacking strength. However, Priestly portrays weakness as having personal defects or failings especially in lack of moral integrity. Again, Priestly shows wickedness somewhat detached from its literal meaning and instead shows wickedness in the characters departing from the rule of divine and moral law.
The story of this episode suggests that when people have obsessions, they may unconsciously embody the traits of the objects of their fascination and may not realize this problem in time. Indeed, Martin’s sinister behaviors and actions, the statues’ symbolism of Martin’s admiration and his final realization of his embodiment of the evil side of human nature all showcase that the protagonist unconsciously manifested malevolent characteristics and only realized it once it was too late. Martin’s sinister behaviors and actions show that he has evolved to resemble the object of his obsession; he personifies human’s evil nature. In addition to moving the statues in his house without his wife’s consent, Martin locks his wife from the basement, dupes her by saying that they will only stay for a couple of days, and does not listen to her when she complains about the fact that he has “been paying more attention to these murderers than [he] ever did to [her]” (The New Exhibit 15:34). By prioritizing the statues over his real human relationships, Martin shows that his obsessions have caused him to mistreat his relatives.
The story of this episode suggests that when people have obsessions, they may unconsciously embody the traits of the objects of their fascination and may not realize this problem in time. Indeed, Martin’s sinister behaviors and actions, the statues’ symbolism of Martin’s admiration and his final realization of his embodiment of the evil side of human nature all showcase that the protagonist unconsciously manifested malevolent characteristics and only realized it once it was too late. Martin’s sinister behaviors and actions show that he has evolved to resemble the object of his obsession; he personifies human’s evil nature. In addition to moving the statues in his house without his wife’s consent, Martin locks his wife from the basement, dupes her by saying that they will only stay for a couple of days, and does not listen to her when she complains about the fact that he has “been paying more attention to these murderers than [he] ever did to [her]” (The New Exhibit 15:34). By prioritizing the statues over his real human relationships, Martin shows that his obsessions have caused him to mistreat his relatives.
The rhetorical question at the end of this stanza also emphasises the sarcastic tone. In the sixth stanza the bullies are compared to ‘dry rot’ in a metaphor. This is done to highlight how to Peters the bullies were like a bad disease that he did not want and that they caused him pain. The final stanza begins with ‘so’ which highlights the sarcastic tone. The third line repeats the sound of ‘ess’ which draws attention to this line which talks about how Peters is now
In conclusion, it is extremely transparent that Tom is a more corrupt character compared to Jay Gatsby. His dishonesty, jealousy and lack of moral values exemplify his corruptness. In comparison to Gatsby, we see many similar traits and actions between these two characters with vastly different consequences. Gatsby’s motivations are pure when seeking his true love while Tom’s motivations are malicious and intend to hurt others. Cited Work Fitzgerald, F. Scott, and Matthew J. Bruccoli.
It shows dramatic irony because not only do Maria, Sir Toby and Sir Andrew know about these letters and so does the audience, which adds to the comedy, readers crave the concept of knowing something that another character does not know because it make them feel powerful. Now that Malvolio has read the letters and is convinced that Olivia is in love with him, Maria gathers Sir Toby and Sir Andrew for a good chuckle “Most villainously, like a pedant that keeps a school i’ the church. I have dogged him like him, like his murderer. He does obey every point of the letter that I dropped to betray him. He does smile his face into more lines than is in the new map with the augmentation of the Indies.
They can be proven with facts and justified with logic. However, truths that originate in our mind are a moral kind, such as sympathy, thoughtfulness, and affection towards another person. Emotions are our instinctive responses to how we truly feel at a certain moment in time. Our emotions show how we truly feel but cannot be categorized as justified truths because emotions mean different things to people in other cultures and are always changing, whereas truth is constant and never changing. Philosophers such as Parmenides believed that intellect and reason binds all reality, which is unchanging.