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    Romanticism and Modernism as Strange Bedfellows: A Fresh Look of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive‚ But to be young was very Heaven! O time In which the meagre‚ stale‚ forbidding ways Of custom‚ law and statute‚ took at once The attraction of a Country in Romance! The Prelude—William Wordsworth (Come in under the shadow of this rock)‚ And I will show you something different from either Your shadow at morning striding behind you Or your shadow at evening

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    The Simpsons: Laughing at Ourselves Jessica French Professor Jean Graybeal The Existential Imagination 16 October‚ 2003 Comedy gives no better an answer to existential question than any other form of art or literature. It does however‚ give such a familiar yet ironical response‚ that the relief attained is often more satisfying than other medium. Jerry Rannow states‚ “humor is necessary to life.”1 The Simpsons is for many‚ the quintessence of comedy and offers a wonderful philosophical study

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    To begin with I would like to briefly what the dictionary defines as existentialism."A philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the wil"l(merriam-webster). It is a a 20thcentury philosophical movement that places the main emphasis on the existence of humans. Existentialism calls attention to freedom of action and freedom of choice. According to this theory

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    CRITIQUE PAPER #3 EXISTENTIALISM‚ RECONSTRUCTIONISM & NATIONALISM SUBMITTED BY: BETHEL JADE M. MEDIONA SUBMITTED TO: MS. YOLANDA DEL ROSARIO‚ MACE The lesson is about existentialism‚ reconstructionism and nationalism. These are parts of Educational Philosophies‚ and just like the other ISMs‚ it has significant role in us being human and in our Education. We will know how it was taught and what the importance of this three is. EXISTENTIALISM Existentialism‚ from its root word

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    Existentialism in Camus‚ ‘the Outsider’ and Kafka’s‚ ‘The Metamorphosis’ Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and Albert Camus’ The Outsider‚ both feature protagonists in situations out of which arise existentialist values. Existentialism is a philosophy that emphasizes the uniqueness and isolation of the individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe‚ regards human existence as unexplainable‚ and stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequences of one’s acts. In The

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    The Main issue with J.P. Sartre’s Existentialism with both Communists and Christians seems to be that that the Communists and Christians do not accentuate enough on individualism compared to the‚ and that the world is big and hence society must be a whole and equal. Christians believe that life is a gift from God‚ and hence Sartre’s existentialism seems to undermine Christian belief that life is God’s gift‚ when existentialism tends to show reality of life which would show the depressive‚ bleak‚

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    Existentialism is often defined as a philosophical movement or tendency‚ emphasizing individual existence‚ freedom and choice. As a result of the diversity of positions associated with this term it is impossible to define precisely. There are‚ however‚ basic themes common in existentialist beliefs. As is evident through the root of the word‚ exist‚ there is a stress on definite individual existence and freedom of choice. Developed between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries‚ this ideology influenced

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    Existentialism: A Theoretical Orientation Jared Smith Nevada State College In the mental health profession‚ there are many theoretical approaches available to therapists to help them in understanding their clients. These theoretical approaches‚ “provide a frame work for conceptualizing client problems and determining a course of action in counseling” (Erford‚ 2010). Existentialism is one of many theoretical orientations of the mental health profession within the human services industry available

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    called existentialism‚ which is crucial in Tom Stoppard’s play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - an absurdly written response to William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern experience times of enlightenment‚ humor‚ and sorrow throughout their journey‚ leading them to ponder whether their livelihood actually has some sort of positive meaning. However‚ the ultimate gift of death crept up on them‚ without any explanation or hope‚ for all eternity. The ideas of existentialism are shown

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    Existentialism is a philosophy that repudiates the idea of religion or any ‘supreme’ being bringing meaning to life‚ and advocates the idea that individuals are instrumental in finding a purpose to life through free will‚ choice‚ and personal responsibility. Hence in Samuel Becket’s existentialist play Waiting For Godot‚ he puts forth an idea that all of humanity is wasting their lives in inaction- waiting for the salvation of a deity‚ when that divine being may or may not even exist. As inferred

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