Dichotomies

Conflict of the two goods: personal interest and common good 1. Introduction Human beings face a dichotomy: although we are self-sufficient beings, we are also social animals who seek to unite with others. While mankind’s main concern is for the preservation of the self, this is amplified and made complicated with the addition of the interests of others and the society. How is it possible for man to balance his own self interest with the common good in the midst of two seemingly natural human…

This is evident in Rogers approach via the dichotomy between Wills perceived and experienced self. He views himself as a perfect individual who does not need a psychological intervention, and who is mentally superior to his peers. In reality, he is severely troubled. He routinely gets into trouble…

Feminist theory as it relates to domestic violence highlights femininity vs masculinity and authority disparity in heterosexual relationships. It concentrations on the public messages that punishes a male’s use of viciousness and violence throughout life, and the forbidden gender roles that determines how men and women should behave in their intimate relationships. “Violence against women includes all verbal, physical, and sexual assaults which violate a woman’s physical body, sense of self and…

negative reviews Peter Evans, the company’s new director, rose to the occasion producing a taut psychological thriller. The casting was superb, with Ray Chong Nee as ‘the Moor’ Othello and Yalin Ozucelik taking on the villainous role of Iago. This dichotomy complemented one another, both physically and psychologically demonstrating the control the puppeteer…

When the term “the perfect women” is used, a general image comes to mind. This women is tall, thin, and conventionally pretty. She has a symmetrical face, straight hair, and is white. This women is meek, attentive, virginal, and easily controlled by man. This women does not exist, and has been created by society in order to keep women docile. Expectations for women’s identities, – their looks, their actions, and their thoughts – have all been constructed by society for societal gain, and are…

The Crossing: A Literary Analysis Man can easily feel miniscule in comparison to the grandeur of mother nature. Cormack McCarthy’s The Crossing details the emotions of the main character after losing his wolf, and it illustrates a dramatic dichotomy between mankind and nature. The excerpt’s inclusion of sacred language and drawn-out sentence structure concerning the burial of the wolf suggests that the experience was both solemn and awe-inspiring to the protagonist. The reverent language…

Due to the Huck's innocuous demeanor, the descriptions of the dichotomies separating the whites and blacks and the hardships plaguing the rural, impecunious poor become nearly palpable. Furthermore, the severe, lasting implications concerning Pap's brutal maltreatment of Huck illuminates the importance of the first-person…

Throughout the film The Shawshank Redemption, language with religious overtones is repeatedly used. The repetition insures that the audience does not miss the fact that at the heart of the film, religious ideas are being wrestled with. It is easy enough to have a meaningless prison film, filled with vulgarity and violence for the sake of pure entertainment. The Shawshank Redemption is different, however. The vulgarity and violence is not presented for the sake of entertainment, it is presented…

Autism is an incurable, intricate disorder of the brain’s development that affects many individuals. The disability can have a variety of manifestations in the many individuals whom it affects. According to Manoj Kanagaraj, a Duke scholar majoring in biology and computer science, “It's important to acknowledge that there is no single face of autism. We use the term ‘autism’ to describe what in reality could be five, or even 50, conditions”. In other words, autism affects everyone who has…

When Mr. Weidler asks Roark why he must be so “fanatical and selfless” (196) and refuse the Manhattan Bank Building contract on principle, he evinces two fallacious dichotomies within his own mind— two dichotomies that have facilitated the corruption and denigration of morality throughout man’s history: morality versus practicality, and morality versus selfishness. Not only is a rational code of ethics profoundly efficacious and practical in guiding the life of whomever abides by it, but also…