As a result of this, social mobility was limited at this time and people socialised in small circles, with only those of a similar class. Any socialisation out of this was seen as absurd. It was women especially that felt the limitations of the late 18th century/early 19th century, as there were strict expectations of them. Women were seen as possessions of men, and expected to be educated and well behaved, mostly in hope to ensure themselves a husband of wealth in order to further themselves as women did not inherit any land or money from their fathers, this went to the closest male relative. Any kind of acting out of against the expected image of a woman would be seen as shameful and would lead to isolation even further in terms of socialisation and the hope of a husband.
She believed women were to serve their husbands and should follow any orders ordained to them. Ban Zhao represents a passive aggressive educated woman that agreed with most of the Chinese patriarchy which made it easy for her to successfully produce literacy work. Being in a family that valued education, Ban Zhao understood the importance of it. She also understood that within the patriarchy, women were not encouraged to get an education. “I, the unworthy writer, am unsophisticated, unenlightened, and by nature unintelligent.” She starts off with this introduction to emphasize women being inferior in society.
At that time, a woman’s life is just like passing from her father’s hand to her husband’s. And the society did not think it was a wrong thing, they still thought women should only pleased their husbands first and they should not to work as men, all their job and duty was to be a good housewife, take care of the whole family. Due to these opinions, most couples in 19th century had no love between each other. Kristina, who married with a rich man to support her mother and two brothers, she had no love to her husband, all she wants was support her poor family. But now, she becomes a widow, her husband and mother died and her brothers were grow up, she does not need to support any one more, she does not need to live for any one more.
Lastly, the English economy was not overly regulated, a pre-capitalist reform that many philosophes longed for. In stark contrast, France was ruled by a corrupt and arbitrary government that suppressed popular sentiments and over-regulated the domestic market. While France became more chaotic, England enjoyed great prosperity. Granted, its insitutions were idealized, and the major corruption of Robert Walpole’s Parliament was overlooked. Nevertheless, England was one of the world’s freest societies, and for the time being, its policies appeared to be working to
They also believed that serenity comes to those whose will is in according with the World reason, the Logos. This type of thinking leads to reduction of frustration and anxiety. 5. What is the disinterested rational will, and why is it important to Stoic doctrine? Disinterested rational Will is a matter of having no personal attachments or motives.
Jane’s new wealth, due to her uncle’s death, allows Jane to be truly independent, “I am independent, sir, as well as rich: I am my own mistress”. Although Jane attempts to be independent earlier in the novel, it is always impossible due to her economic disadvantage. She strives to have freedom in her relationship with Edward Rochester and through her feminist power gains her some freedom, his economic dominance always hindered her liberty. This idea was expressed by Bronte through slave imagery. Jane was a slave to her profession and class, “governess slavery”, and was discriminated against by Rochester’s wealthy friends.
Weil says that when you perform an action you should not do it seeking to be crowned hero but because heroism can be performed without desiring to prove to anyone that you have done something good for someone else without them asking. The difference between Weil’s view and the grandmothers actions is that the grandmother is looking for the approval of other’s whereas Weil isn’t interested in any earthly gift or reward. However, Weil receives something much greater and more powerful by acting upon the will of God. He grants us the gift of eternal salvation; a gift given to us by God when we obey him. Never considering God before in her life, the grandmother turns to God in prayer as
Throughout Amusing Ourselves to Death, Postman (1985) discusses many affects that were caused by this major shift in technology; three of these dynamic media affects include: the loss of depth when it comes to what the media is presenting to its viewers, how the media has changed the way Americans view politics, and how the media has shaped the audiences ability to understand what is truth and what is simply entertainment. Sense 1985, the time Postman wrote this novel, there has been an abundance of studies performed on these particular affects of the media, and many of the recent findings can help support the claims that Postman (1985) made so many years ago, in regards to todays society. Through out his literature, Postman (1985) expresses his worry that Americans are becoming less media literate as the television is becoming more central to the American society, he writes “Telegraphy also made public discourse essentially incoherent. It brought into being a world of broken time and broken attention” (p. 69). Postman (1985) also discussed the idea that the television becomes most trivial and, therefore, dangerous when trying to present important cultural conversation topics such as: politics, religion, news, and education (Postman, 1985).
Develop your own argument to lead your discussion about the role of alienation in the novel. Since August, when I start studying at AUCA, I have read a lot of wonderful works, which help to understand human nature and our society. And Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” is one of them. It’s clearly that Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and Plato’s and Confucius’s works are very different in style and methods of telling, because they have been written in absolutely different times. But they also have similarities.
The continent person must overcome their struggles whereas the virtuous person has no struggle to overcome therefore is not as virtuous because they do not have to make the moral decisions that the continent person has to make. To Aristotle a virtuous person is a person who does the right action and does not struggle with his desires at all. A continent person, on the other hand, is a person who does the right action but struggles to overcome his desires to do the wrong thing. Aristotle explains this difference by saying,“ For the continent and temperate[virtuous] person are both the sort to do nothing against reason because of bodily pleasures, but the continent person has base appetites, whereas the temperate[virtuous] person lacks them” (NE, VII, ch.9, sec. 6).