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Hamlet’s monolog is one governed by rationality. It is a meditation on life and death, being alive and not being, over the disadvantages of existence and the act of suicide. Hamlet compares life with death. He sees life as missing the power, humans as being exposed to the blows of life and outrageous fortune. The only way to dodge the blows will be to stop existing. The death is thus a desirable state. Nevertheless, it is also seen as a journey to the unknown, to a place for which there is no…

“Everything in the world displeases me: but, above all, my displeasure in everything displeases me,” said Friedrich Nietzsche a German Philosopher. This German philosopher believed in nihilism, which is a philosophy that rejects all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless. This perspective on the world is continued, in the novel Grendel, by John Gardner, as the main character Grendel goes through different philosophies, from solipsism to nihilism. Grendel…

Saint Joan of the Stockyards, play by Bertolt Brecht attempts to represent drama of life with regard to financial issues of 1930’s. He makes an attempt to dramatize the complex economic situations with the help of his study of Marxism and capitalism. This play portrays the depths of suffering which has a moving effect on audience. In Saint Joan of the Stockyards everything eventually comes down to the question of meeting ends and means. It also portrays the socio-economic difference in classes…

“Friedrich Nietzsche on Master and Slave Morality,” an explication by Dr. John Armstrong, explains Friedrich Nietzsche's view on morality that argues Slave Morality is created to restrict “superior” people. To achieve such a claim, Armstrong compares and explains Master Morality and Slave Morality, and he further reveals the flaws of Slave Morality, “[the] artificial boundaries that constrain the strong from reaching their full potential” (5). Opening his analysis, Armstrong chronicles the…

Based on Marx’s concepts in Marxist criticisms written in the theoretical framework above, the Marxism of the necklace will be analyzed. 3.1 Economic Power in “The Necklace” “The Necklace” short story gives us clear image about society in which the distribution of goods are unfair. Mathilde described as a woman who has no skill or even commodity to sell for. She has only beautiful face and appearance that she uses to attract her husband who has similar status to her. She has no access to join…

In his work “Beyond Good and Evil”, Nietzsche argues that the concept of “good” and “evil” are initially designated by those individuals with the political and social power to live their lives by sheer will (master morality abiders) whist the others who lack this force are doomed to be subjected to their power (slave morality abiders) until eventually the latter overthrows their masters. One of the main themes Nietzsche formulates in this work is that ancient Roman society was grounded in master…

The story “The Interlopers” written by Saki is also connected with Nietzsche’s philosophy on Apollo and Dionysus, which are central themes within his first major work, The Birth of Tragedy. I am going to argue that the Apollonian and Dionysian philosophy can describe not only humans and that someone can go from Dionysus to Apollo with just a few words. I am going to argue this despite the fact that in general this philosophy is applied on human beings, yet relating it with “The Interlopers”.…

In his On the Genealogy of Morality, Nietzsche presents a potent challenge to morality by saying that Morality is one kind of ethical system that promoting narcosis, calm and passive. It is created by hatred priests who are envying of Nobles’ power and strength and horrified of pain, struggle, and restlessness. It is hindering human flourishing now but yet necessary to help us get into a better post-moral society, finally, enable human flourishing. Nietzsche unfolds his argument by firstly…

Since the initial publication of Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto in 1848, his work has sparked a variety of reactions and debates around the world. Deemed as one of the most influential and still relevant pieces of political propaganda today, the Communist Manifesto inspired nation building and affected social, political, and economic policies throughout the world. The Communist Manifesto outlined Marx’s vision of a socialist society, where everyone was equal, class hierarchies were abolished,…

The world is created not by physical measures, but through language. Empowering the speaker, language enables one to place meaning to a word. Hence, words generate categories and divisions based on the perception of the speaker. Control is gained through the power of the tongue. Along with control, manipulation can be the byproduct of language. In the act of naming, people have the tendency to assume the existence of that object. When interfering with the existential factors of any type of…