Amanda (Mother): “No‚ sister‚ no‚ sister – you be the lady this time and I’ll be the darkey.” 1. While the play takes place in 1937‚ Amanda’s comment indicates that she believes that black women were still to be serving and cleaning up after white women‚ suggesting slavery. Amanda: “Resume your seat‚ little sister‚ I want you to stay fresh and pretty for gentlemen callers!” 2. Amanda’s reference to calling Laura‚ her daughter‚ “little sister” implies that Amanda sees herself more as a sister and
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Despite an exciting plot‚ this film wasn’t as satisfying as I wanted it to be because it needed more emphasis on Mr Ripley’s thought process. Recently I watched The Talented Mr. Ripley. I believe the film’s purpose was to entertain and keep the viewer involved‚ and it did a great job of doing so. You have no idea what is going to happen next and the plot‚ which was very vivid and alive‚ keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout the entirety of the film. Despite an exciting plot‚ this film
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Amanda Knox and the Media Gina Pardue SPEA-J 370 Popular Culture and Crime Instructor Stephanie N. Whitehead‚ PhD 4/15/2012 Amanda Knox is an American student who was studying abroad in Italy when was accused and convicted of murdering her roommate‚ Meredith Kercher‚ and was found innocent of the crimes after serving four years in an Italian prison. The scrutiny surrounding this case is one of media influence and how it set her fate. Knox was not able to get a fair
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A Life Worth Living After being sentenced to death for his controversial views and teachings of politics and religion to the youth of Ancient Athens‚ the historical philosopher Socrates was given an ultimatum to spend the remainder of his in exile. To this‚ Socrates stated “the unexamined life is not worth living”. [i] Like the subjective nature of philosophy itself‚ this quote from one of the most famous philosophers of all time can come in an array of interpretations. What Socrates
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Six Unforgettable CyberBullying Cases Ever’’‚ The origins of bullying began when Amanda Todd used video chat to interact with people. Then one day‚ a stranger harassed her to show him her breasts. As a result‚ the bully blackmail her and post it publicly for the world to see on Facebook. Amanda Todd was shamed by the public and the bully kept striking her according her mother Carol Todd. On September 7‚2012 ‚ Amanda Todd posted her well known video “My story: “Struggling‚ bullying‚ suicide‚ self
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Socrates examines his life in Plato’s The Apology and whether or not it is worth living if he cannot do what he believes is his life mission‚ practicing philosophy. Now‚ is an unexamined life worth living‚ a bad life‚ or can we buy the good life with our money‚ and our power? Socrates explains what a virtuous life entails in comparison to a non- virtuous life and are both lives ok to have‚ or in the end is the virtuous life that Socrates talks about the only way to life with no regret when faced
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In Philosophy this far‚ we’ve covered many topics. In highlighting Philosophy‚ Wisdom‚ and the quote‚ “ The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living”‚ I will express the knowledge and insight I’ve taken away from Unit 1. This embodies one of the many examples of the concepts I will explain: “Too often‚ we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of the thought” (JFK). Philosophy is the rational analysis of the truths and principles of being‚ knowledge‚ or conduct; the pursuit of happiness
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Unexamined Life Not Worth Living? As one of the most influential philosophers‚ Socrates was known as a man who believed in “striving to make oneself as good a person as possible”1. Many of his teachings revolved around his idea that “an unexamined life is no life for a human being to live”2. As a student of philosophy‚ I believe in this way of life due to the following considerations. The central point of Socrates’ proposal is that in order to be human‚ one must actively examine life. People must
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Ezra Hochman Wednesday/Friday 12:25-2:05 Diogenes vs. Socrates: What is a life of worth? One can either write the story of their own life‚ or let other people and circumstances write it for him. Too often do citizens of the world follow the assumptions of society‚ as personal independence can seem frightening or uncomfortable. Both Socrates and Diogenes were of the mind that the purpose of human life is to constantly better one’s self by way of personal and spiritual growth. We are unable to
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In addition to Shakespeare illustrating Hamlet’s journey of revenge‚ he also portrays the idea of worth. After attending his father’s funeral and hearing the celebration over the crowning of his Uncle and new marriage of his mother‚ Hamlet is confused throughout the play. In fact‚ this sequences of events was so abrupt that it disturbed Hamlet and rose awareness from the people around him‚ especially his mother and Claudius. Afraid that Hamlet might be catching onto him‚ Claudius sends Rosencrantz
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