Unit 3 Written Assignment What was the basis of her claim against McDonald's? On February of 1992, Stella Liebeck, 79 years old, bought a cup of coffee through the drive-thru of McDonald’s restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The hot coffee was served in a Styrofoam cup and cost 49 cents. Stella’s grandson, Chris, who was driving the car pulled into the parking space so that she could pour cream and sugar to her coffee. Once in the parking space, the old lady was trying to remove the lid…
prophet, present the truth to King Oedipus and his wife Jocasta. Oedipus has been blind to the truth all his life. And Jocasta is also blind to the true identity of her king. The difference between blindness and seeing is how King Oedipus and Jocasta a blind to the truth of how Oedipus has become king and the prophecy that was place upon him as a child has shown its fate. And seeing refers to the prophet who doesn’t have sight, but can see into the future and has told the King the truth about…
One of the most well-known novels in the world is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. The story about a horrifying monster has been read by people from all around the world for many years, and it is considered a classic. Because this novel is well-known, it was transformed into a film directed by James Whale titled “Frankenstein.” After reading the novel and watching the film, the similarities and differences between the monster can clearly be seen. The monsters in both the novel and film were both…
In sixth century B.C., a Greek Philosopher named Epimenides who is a Cretan stated, “All Cretans are liars.” This statement was the start of the liar paradox. The liar paradox is a statement in which it says that the statement itself or the subject who said the statement is lying. Other examples of this paradox are “What I am now saying is false” or “This sentence is false.” The reason statements like “This sentence is false” is a paradox, or contradictory, is because if that whole statement is…
On January 19, 2011, Taco Bell was served a lawsuit, from a law firm, accusing the restaurant chain of using a mixture for taco’s that did not contain enough beef to meet USDA requirements to call the meat ground beef (Roper, Samikkannu & O’Rourke, 2012). The law firm alleged that the restaurant chain was using more filler than beef for tacos and therefore be labeled as taco meat filling. The lawsuit further claimed that seasoning for the beef were misrepresented, when in fact they were not…
At the beginning of Oedipus Tyrannus, Oedipus is overly confident, and with good reason. He is notorious for being the one who saved Thebes from the curse of the Sphinx and become king virtually overnight. He announces his name proudly as though it were a healing charm to others by saying "my children, I am here, famous Oedipus." Oedipus acts very swiftly, and he seems to be very confident even through the very end of the play where he calls upon his brother Creon and his mother Tiresias.…
The motif of vision, one that is effectively portrayed throughout the story, contradicts the visions of leaders and alternates the results of their impact on the society. Blindness leads to the downfall of any hero, it obstructs their judgements, which therefore, causes them to fail to see temptations and eventually fall into their nadir. However, the narrator witnesses the blindness of Barbee and Brother Jack, which he recognizes, but does not fully acknowledge it to prevent the same from…
transformation of the gift Gawain receives from Morgan Le Fay, a green girdle. Initially, the girdle is a symbol of protection; however, when Gawain breaks his contract with the Green Knight, it becomes a symbol of personal shame. Once Gawain returns to King Arthur’s court, though, the girdle is adopted as a symbol for the Knights of the Round Table, making it a public symbol of the knights’ code. Despite this public absolution of Gawain’s sin, the knight’s personal shame never self-absolved.…
Hamlet is a play written by William Shakespeare in 1601. This tragedy is about Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, morning over the death of his father and extracting revenge on his uncle who murdered his father. This essay is evaluating the iconic scene where Hamlet meets his dead father and his father tells him of his uncle's betrayal. These 2 scenes will be evaluated on the quality of cinematography: music, acting, and camera work. In Kenneth Branagh's version of the meeting, the music stands out…
witches, and this prophecy ends up influencing Macbeth’s decisions which will end up affecting his future drastically. First of all, Macbeth should have just ignored the witches when they told him that he was going to be the Thane of Cawdor, and King. Based off of knowledge of the future, if Macbeth would have just ignored the witches he may have not died a cold, blooded, murderer, instead of a…