3. In What Is an Emotion‚ William James contradicts popular belief. He claims that when faced with certain stimuli‚ our body reacts first and then we feel an emotion. For example‚ when we see a bear‚ many people would say that they would immediately feel afraid and run. However‚ James’ theory is the opposite; he claims that when we see the bear‚ our hearts begin to race‚ we tremble‚ and ultimately run away. We interpret these bodily changes as fear and that is when we are afraid. Overall‚ James’
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What is Emotion? Emotion is another word for feelings. Some common emotions are anger‚ fear‚ love‚ sadness‚ grief‚ jealousy‚ hurt‚ disappointment and joy. We may have these feelings or emotions in response to things that are going on at the moment or when we remember something that happened in the past. Frequently‚ we also experience physiological changes‚ such as feeling hot; faster heartbeats‚ changes in our breathing‚ knotting in our stomachs‚ etc. when we feel an emotion. Emotions
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Music and Its effects on Societies Emotions Intro: What do you feel when you hear a rapid drum beat? Or even the shivering sound of the low hum of a bagpipe? We all probably at one time turned on music to lift our spirits from a sad time in our life or even just to amp up our attitude even farther from a joyous occasion. What is it in music that causes different emotions to come out and affect our attitude? Well that’s a question that is still being researched but we have somewhat of a understanding
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are most of the time expressed through violence. But at the very beginning of the sins‚ we started it through our anger that we cannot control. For example: revenge is caused by anger‚ envy is jealousy and greed can be caused by fear. Fear is an emotion that is used as basic survival mechanism‚ but has also proven that it can lead to an act of violence. The Bet by Anton Chekhov‚ the Hobbyist by Fredric Brown and Lock and Key by Rush have shown great example that emotional human behavior is one the
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Acceptance = Positive Emotion Something + Non Acceptance = Negative Emotion So‚ it is not ’Something’ or ’someone’ who is making us feel positive or negative‚ but it is our ’acceptance’ or ’non acceptance’ of something or someone‚ which is making us feel positive or negative. It isn’t the world but the quality of our response to the world (acceptance or non acceptance) that determines the quality of our emotions. Next time we feel disturbed with a negative emotion‚ instead of asking
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Love is an emotion with many sides‚ shades‚ and colors. The love which one feels for parents or friends is quite different from the love which one will feel for a romantic partner‚ but it too‚ is a form of love. There is also the emotion of love for things inanimate‚ such as the love of nature’s handiwork. The kind of beauty only present in the myriad oranges of a sunset or the jovial ripples of a pond. The emotion of love leaves an unmistakable mark upon the face of all it embraces. Moreover‚
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The Stranger and The Myth of Sisyphus? Why That’s Absurd! Before the mid-twentieth century‚ “tragedy” was a special word reserved‚ as Aristotle wrote‚ only for those in power. Modernist literature (spearheaded by Arthur Miller’s Tragedy and the Common Man)‚ however‚ muddied the waters — depicting many different types of people as tragic heroes. Among the first of these so-called commoner tragic heroes was Albert Camus’ Meursault. Like the classically tragic Sisyphus in ancient Greek mythology
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Sounds and Imagery of Human Emotion In Marge Piercy’s “The Secretary Chant”‚ the author uses images and sound to both dehumanize and mechanize the female speaker‚ while John Updike uses imagery and sounds to make the “Player Piano” come to life. Piercy uses images of the speaker‚ connected with various office equipment to give a vision to the reader of a woman living her life through the office equipment that is part of her very being. Piercy uses personification in reverse and other metaphors
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A Landscape of Emotions Being consumed by one’s surroundings results in an impressionable experience. Taking a deep breath of fresh air‚ admiring a breathtaking view‚ and watching the sizzling sunset evoke emotions. Willa Cather effectively evokes emotions in the reader‚ in order to relate to the characters’ feelings‚ by providing vivid descriptions of the setting‚ as well as through the reactions of Jim. From the start of the novel to the very end‚ descriptions of the Jim’s environment
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Unconquerable Emotion Emotion: The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the human male. Its hundred year mission: to explore strange new emotions‚ to seek out new Friendships‚ and new relationships‚ to boldly go where no man has gone before. Men‚ what are we? To define a man‚ you need not look further than the room in which he spent the first years of his life in. You pass across the threshold of the expectant child’s’ room‚ your vision floods with hues of the most befitting color for your new
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