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Would life in the state of nature be ‘solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short’? Answer with references to Hobbes. People are astounded by the opinion of Thomas Hobbes about the natural state, and his hideous idea has been controversial for hundreds of years. He claimed that if there was not an extreme powerful authority, our lives in the pre-moral world would be ‘solitary, poore, nasty, brutish and short’. This essay shall argue that despite the instinctive aversion we felt upon it, the…

playwright Oscar Wilde published his one and only novel The Picture of Dorian Gray which tells the adventures of a man named Dorian Gray and his painting, which can be surmised from the title. Dorian wished that the painting, created by his friend Basil Hallward, would get old and be one that is marked by life instead of himself. He had been recently told by Lord Henry Wotton that “[Y]outh is the one thing worth having,” (Wilde, 34). The interesting part of this otherwise ordinary tale is that…

To be considered a monstrous character, it takes a little more than pure blood and gore. To be considered a monstrous character, there is an almost formulaic pattern that must be followed in order to have the true attributes of a monster. The characteristics that these monsters share or differ in can determine their true nature. In Robert Louis Stevenson’s “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” Susan Hill’s “The Woman in Black,” and Friedrich…

Turkey Meatloaf Phase 1 Serves 4/ Prep time: 10 minutes/ Cook time: 50 minutes Meatloaf can include a plethora of difficult to find ingredients or be as simple as seasoning, meat, bread crumbs, and an egg. This recipe is obviously the latter kind but it is certainly not lacking in flavor. You might want to whip up two of these savory loaves so that you have extra for lunch the next day. 1 teaspoon olive oil ½ small sweet onion, finely chopped 1 teaspoon minced garlic ½ teaspoon grated fresh…

Sutton Hoo was located in Woodbridge, England, and it was discovered to be an Anglo-Saxon cemetery that dates from the 6th and 7th centuries AD. It was located on Edith Pretty’s estate, on a hill overlooking the River Deben, in Suffolk. Pretty had been curious about the mounds of earth located on her land, and she was not sure what they were. She decided to excavate the embankments on her otherwise flat property, and to her surprise, she discovered the archaeological treasures of Sutton Hoo.…

In The Picture of Dorian Gray when talking to his friend, Dorian himself says that “‘each of us has Heaven and Hell in him, Basil.’” (Wilde 169). While Dorian was making an objective point with that statement, he is also describing himself. However, Dorian’s balance of Heaven and Hell was more inclined towards Heaven than Hell. Dorian started out as a very innocent young man…

ETHICAL DILEMMA IN MEDICINE BY: Parminder Mann, RN, BSN, CCRN. Rowan University In the medical field, the interdisciplinary team members come across a dilemma once in a while in their career. Some Nurse's and Doctors' come across this dilemma more often than others. Working in critical care as an Registered Nurse, the author came across the ethical issue of end of life care in many scenarios. The extent of the problem was that the patient…

Dorian Gray Master Theme Paper The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde is about three men--Lord Henry, Basil Hallward, and a younger man named Dorian--who all have either hedonistic views or depleasuristic views on life. Lord Henry influences Dorian to be hedonistic and only care about beauty and aesthetic pleasure, buthowever Dorian takes it to the extreme and becomes completely enveloped in beauty. Throughout the novel, these two hedonistic men idolize beauty, but as they idolize it, they…

In Storper and Walker’s The Capitalist Imperative: Territory, Technology and Industrial Growth, economic growth is defined as “an increased in the productive powers of an economy” (Storper and Walker 1989). This is considered concrete improvement, representing real wealth, as opposite to capital accumulation, an abstract gain in purely monetary terms. Long term growth is driven by the goal of surplus generation through production by means of capital investment, strong competition and…

During the time that Oscar Wilde was writing The Picture of Dorian Gray, gothic literature had declined in popularity. Although many of the gothic tropes still managed to make their way into many narratives of the late-nineteenth century. These narratives, Dorian Gray, included became known as Victorian gothic literature. The Victorian Gothics aimed to juxtapose the psychological terror, mystery, madness, and curses with a recognizable and familiar environment. In The Picture of Dorian Gray,…