Ambivalence

Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein challenges the readers to question the meaning of humanity. The Oxford English Dictionary defines humanity as “human affairs” and “human nature”, and also as “the quality of being humane,” (humanity, n). The affairs in life gather and form the nature of people, and the characteristics of nature makes it possible to define the quality of mankind. If so, what differentiates humans from other living beings, and makes it possible for people to name such quality as…

Talal Almas FWIS 194—Americans Abroad Dr. A Seglie Rough draft In the book Souls Of The Black Folk, W.E.B DuBois pitches his notion of “double consciousness” as a form of personal identity that is divided into multiple facets. For DuBois, double consciousness is “….a peculiar sensation [this double consciousness], of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others”. It is the “…two-ness of the two [American and “negro”] souls; two thoughts; two un-reconciled strivings” (DuBois 2—3). By…

In addition, Titus Andronicus due to a cyclical form of retaliation, the text complies to the concept of retributive justice as each character ultimately receives a punishment that is adequate to the severity of their crimes. To begin, Roman “soldier [of] forty years” (1.1.196), Titus is initially depicted as a “cruel, irreligious piety” (1.1.133) as he is “unkind” (1.1.89) signifying he is “lacking in kindness or kindly feeling; [or] acting harshly or urgently” (OED 6a). I believe Titus must be…

Jimi Hendrix’s cover of Bob Dylan’s, “All Along the Watchtower,” was a greater success than the original begging the question: since the songs are lyrically identical, which musical techniques boosted Hendrix’s cover to the top charts? Among these techniques are choice of instrument and tonal variations between the two songs. Hendrix preserves and arguably adds on to the original meaning behind the song through these variations in musical technique. Hendrix faced the risk of appearing…

The National Eating Disorders Association, a nonprofit organization advocating and supporting those suffering from eating disorders, defines an eating disorder as a serious emotional and physical problem that can have life-threatening consequences and often experience extreme emotions, attitudes, and behaviors surrounding weight and food. Due to these factors, many who suffer from an eating disorder often find themselves in the care and treatment at clinics and hospitals. Thus, many hospitals…

Hamlet is perhaps one of the greatest tragedies of all. It stars, possibly, one of the weakest heroes literature has ever known. Hamlet is a typical, tragically flawed character, but what is it that makes him tragic? The answer to this question lies in the play’s writing itself, specifically the contrasts that Shakespeare used. Hamlet contrasts greatly with other characters present in the play and with what he sees around himself. These overwhelming differences are what set Hamlet apart and…

path to survival. Some of these people were a great help, some provided him with a great disservice, and others managed to do both simultaneously. This memoir presents the reader with an ambivalent attitude toward non-Jewish neighbors, and this ambivalence sheds light on a much more broad moral question: can collective trauma bring out both the best and the worst in people, and what does that look like for those that are in need of aide? As mentioned above, Thomas Blatt meets a variety of…

Though there were many styles of art presented in the lecture this week, the ones that fascinated me the most were realism, impressionism and post-impressionism. Interestingly, all three of these styles have their own way of illuminating the viewer/audience. While realism captures people and events of their own time, impressionism captures effects of light, fleeting moments of color. Post-impressionism, on the other hand, expresses emotions through quality of formal element such as color, line,…

problem is with feminism rather than with the flawed people who act in the name of the movement” (10). Throughout each essay, Gay reflects upon her own flaws and insecurities as a woman and feminist. She does so through the exploration of her own ambivalence, reactions, and encounters with the many accounts and experiences of womanhood in her personal life and in pop culture. Her exploration is through consideration and comparison of the ways in which she and other women displayed in pop culture…

Hactivism as a process has a dual-edged character. The organised activity exposes the “transparency and accountability” (Diamond 71) of global power exploitation. However, such methods are seen questionable in the accountability and transparency of their practice(s). The main concern with hactivism is the preconceived notions of its values are translated offline as vigilantism. However, the whole concept of vigilantism is based on the idea of not condoning individual action to exercise…