Question: Kant‚ the founder of deontology‚ insisted that lying is always a moral fault. So how should a deontologist handle the problem of Anne Frank? That is‚ if you are hiding someone from murderers and you know that under casual inquiry or rigorous interrogation the only way to keep the secret is to “convince” yourself of a lie and thereby lie to convince the evildoers‚ have you done a bad thing? Answer: Kant‚ the founder of deontology talks about Moral Absolutism. He speaks that right
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Katherine Anne Porter’s style in “Flowering Judas”‚ is a little different from the other authors in “Short Stories for Students.” Porter main focused in “Flowering Judas” was that she explained loneliness and depression well. Her intense taste of the present and remark and her operative crisis in the story sets a pattern for readers. Porter made the story “Flowering Judas” on a real-life-based story because of the experiences of her life. With her lifestyle‚ she invests her life into the protagonist
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remembered? There is a myriad of ways to be remembered‚ but choosing the things you want to be remembered by can be troubling. Anne utilizes her diary as a part of her life in numerous ways. How she used this diary was an important necessity she used to identify herself‚ but it also raises a question. “What do we use in life to identify ourselves?” The diary is basically Anne Frank’s best friend. When she is in the annex and is closed off the rest of the world‚ she does not have many people to talk
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process. It takes patience‚ stealth‚ and a good teacher. A chinese proverb says “Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day teach a man to fish and he will eat forever.” Teaching is important not only in fishing‚ but in every situation. Socrates‚ Anne sullivan‚ The Cat in the Hat‚ and former convicts are some simple examples that this ancient proverb is still relevant today. Socrates was known as the great teacher‚ through his pupils‚ many people were educated‚ such as Alexander the Great. Socrates
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Anne Moody learned about the importance of race early in her life. Having been born and raised in an impoverished black family from the South‚ she experienced first-hand the disparity in the lives of Whites and Blacks. The story begins with Anne as a four-year-old child watching her parents work everyday for Mr. Carter‚ a white plantation owner. She witnessed several black farmers living in rotten‚ two-room wooden shacks. It was most likely evident to her‚ even at that early age‚ that Whites
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Act I‚ Chapters 1-2 Prologue and Act One‚ Scenes 1-2: Summary: Prologue. The Chorus announces that the story will not be wars‚ love affairs in royal courts‚ or great deeds‚ but the tale of Faustus. Faustus was born of ordinary parents‚ in Rhodes‚ Germany. When he came of age he went to Wittenberg to live with relatives and study at the university. Due to his great talent‚ he quickly completed his studies and became a doctor of divinity‚ known for his brilliance in theological matters. But alluding
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Zaneh Williams February 24‚ 2012 Manipulation of Sappho Anne Carson’s presentation of Sappho’s surviving poetry‚ Fragments of Sappho heightens the eroticism and same sex-desirability that Sappho is well known for. In the text‚ Sappho never explicitly engages in any sort of sexual activity or intercourse‚ whether with a male or female. Therefore‚ it is unknown as to whether she ever acted on her clear sexual yearnings. Carson’s editorial choices and translation of the text‚ however‚ intensifies
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being chased. Many of them went into hiding‚ but some weren’t lucky enough and were taken to concentration camps. Anne Frank and her family were part of the lucky Jews who went into hiding‚ until the Gestapo found them and took them to concentration camps. The Franks shared the hiding place‚ or how they called it “Secret Annexe”‚ with another family‚ the Van Daans‚ and Mr. Dussel. While Anne was hiding‚ she wrote all of the events that happened in her diary. As I read her diary I found many differences
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ENG- 102 Witch Way Is Which? After reading the poem “Her Kind” by Anne Sexton a lot of thought and emotion arises. It leaves a lot to be questioned and can be interpreted in many different ways depending on the reader. I perceive it as the author symbolically describing her experience with manic episodes that she endured‚ but she describes it all in the second person perspective. She writes of a “witch” who is dark spirited‚ “twelve fingered”‚ mentally abnormal‚ and isolated from her community
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Deena An Analysis of the Symbolism in Katherine Anne Porter’s “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” Symbols play a vital role in a story‚ which is used to deliver the underlying meaning in a particular way. By employing several symbols‚ Katherine Anne Porter expresses the special “jilting” ingeniously. The name “Weatherall” reveals the character of the heroine. The author concentrates the whole life of Weatherall on the substance “light”‚ which foreshadows the inescapable death. Running through
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