Dichotomies

qualities, of a high standard; possessing or displaying moral virtue” and “evil” stands for “profoundly immoral and wicked.” What might at first seem like a clear opposition between the two concepts becomes extra complex after a thorough study. The dichotomy between good and evil has been heavily discussed by critics, whether a clear divide between the two concepts can truly be established or whether the answer is going beyond it has been the focus of attention in plenty of different fields of…

reality, good and evil and nature out of order. When Lady Macbeth says “That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from crown to the toe-top-full of direst cruelty.” (No Fear Shakespeare Macbeth, Pg. 32) This quote encompasses the dichotomy men vs. women, this section is talking about Lady macbeth talking to the spirits and asking for them to turn her into a man because her husband isn’t manly…

careers and motherhood,” which is a feeling Rosa experiences after giving birth to her creation and grasping at it for emotional fulfillment (Prescott and Bogg 168). Within the span of the movie, particularly after Rosa gives birth, the half of the dichotomy focused on her personal life largely hinges on the concept of maternity. The balance of maternity and research is most artfully depicted in the scene beginning at 11:00. In this tranquil scene the camera looks down on Rosa and the chimaera…

The Gender dichotomy categorizes objects, behaviors, thoughts, social settings, events, emotions, careers, college majors, etc. either masculine or feminine according to that society. Depending on the biological sex of the person determines which of these two categorizes the persona falls into. According to the dichotomy, biological men should be masculine, and biological females should be feminine. Also, the two should…

In the article “Plugged In,” Dan Kennedy attempts to persuade his readers into believing young adults do not pay attention to the news, and ultimately the world around them. During the year 2007, American citizens dealt with tremendous technological and political change: President Bush places thousand of troops in Iraq, the American military intervenes into Islamic militant territory, President Obama announces candidacy, Microsoft and Apple both release new operating systems, and numerous space…

drives their behaviour through his protagonist, Dr Jekyll, a man who is hiding a darker side of him, Mr Hyde. Gothic literature, especially Stevensons’s novella also examines the dichotomy of society and the social construct within it, through the context of Victorian London. Dr Jekyll is a man who embodies man’s dichotomy and the duality of man’s nature. In the novella, on one hand, we see him as a doctor, a man of high social class who’s social circle includes other respectable gentlemen such…

Mexican-American population. According to the law, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gave Mexican-Americans white status, however many of them were lynched and murdered by law enforcement, cowboys, regulators, and so-called vigilantes. Subsequently, the dichotomy of black and white helped maintain and perpetuate racism through an explicit social code that bypassed the law. Less than hundred a years later, many Mexican-American were content with being labeled as white, but just as African-Americans…

Test. This personality assessment is derived from Carl Jung and Isabel Briggs Myers approach to classifying individuals using three dichotomies derived from Carl Jung - extraversion vs introversion, judging vs perceiving, thinking vs feeling, and a fourth dichotomy judging vs perceiving; proposed by Isabel Briggs Myers. Possible combinations of these dichotomies result in sixteen different personality types each assigned a four-letter acronym (Humanmetrics Jung Typology Test). This paper will…

that would likely not have been allowed or encouraged in works written by African Americans of his generation. Brown’s presentation of irony through the poems of published authors and through religious teachings, as well as the use of multiple dichotomies strategically placed in juxtaposition to one another are only a few of the myriad tactics Brown used to exemplify the absurd nature of chattel slavery and to call Christians…

female characters are depicted in horror films as either the stereotypical virgin or the nymphomaniac sex kitten. The virgin girl notably lives, while the deviant sex kitten ultimately suffers a brutal, yet seemingly deserved death. This strange dichotomy has not so subtle undertones of religious morality and those who deviate from it suffer immense consequences of their choices. Film theorists, particularly feminist film theorists, have condemned the sexual binary and stereotyping of women in…