Dichotomies

The Dichotomy of Grendel’s Mother in Beowulf In his chapter “The Might of Grendel’s Mother” from the book Beowulf and Celtic Tradition, author Puhvel argues that the character of Grendel’s mother is dichotomously written insofar that she is at once a fighter and defender, but is simultaneously inferior to her son. At the same time, women are portrayed as creatures to be feared throughout the land, yet they are written as being primarily peacemakers. As taken from an Anglo-Saxon text by Curtin…

Constitution. While the politics/administration dichotomy was the instrument that scholars used to solve the complex issues created by the law of the land. Laurence J. O 'Toole, Jr. (1987) is his article, Doctrines and Developments: Separation of Powers, the Politics-Administration Dichotomy, and the Rise of the Administrative State, contends that the development of the American administrative state was an amalgamation of the politics/administration dichotomy and the constitutional principle of…

to success and so arises class dichotomy. To be wealthy is to be a part of the upper class, the desired group and to be the goal of the lessers. Social dichotomy fuels many and is the main conflict within many of the stories throughout British literature. “If you be wise, then go not far to dine; you’ll spend in coach hire more than save in wine,” (Swift text 335) . A quote from Smith’s Description of a City Shower which is straightforward example of social dichotomy. Smith’s poem describes…

There exists a separation between the idea of the spy and the spied. Through this dichotomy we are able to recognize the line between the viewer and their relative field of vision. This is topical in the larger matrix of surveillance and intervention in film. The line between objectivity and intervention is integral for surveillance to stay effective. Let us then suppose that if the line is broken, a conflict will arise. The resolution of said conflict ends with a common underlying theme. When a…

Atticus and Boo of the gothic novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. Atticus Finch is the unwavering moral compass that guides the reader and his children to the path of righteousness while Boo Radley is the silent guardian; a dark knight. The dichotomy between imagination and reality is sometimes bent and inflected, resulting from the assumption of perception as actual reality. And this is the case for Boo Radley and Batman. In the beginning of the…

In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne employs a wide variety of dichotomies, but arguably the most important example--the classic “public versus private” dichotomy--is a reoccurring theme, commanding the reader’s attention amidst a colorful amalgamation of appealing messages and thematic concerns. As the story documents the characters’ behavior as public values, regarding social and cultural ideas, and private tendencies shape it, Hawthorne indicates that a balance or agreement of the force…

I will talk about Woodrow Wilsons’ theory of dichotomy of politics and public administration some of the strengths and weaknesses associated with the theory and apply it to the Columbia accident where politics played a major role. Woodrow Wilson theory of the separation of politics and public administration is a necessary part of public administration to stick to task of enforcing public policy and operate efficiently. The dichotomy of an agency is a necessary to allow it to run properly without…

in my work. So while it may take me slightly longer than others, I make sure that my work is the best quality I can produce. In the Myers-Briggs personality test there are a total of 16 personality types. The basic preferences derive from four dichotomies. These are Extraversion or Introversion, Sensing or Intuition, Thinking or Feeling, and Judging or Perceiving. The…

“Zac Easter knew what was happening to him. He knew why, he knew that it was only going to get worse. So he decided to write it all down—to let the world know what football had done to him, what he'd done to his body and his brain for the game he loved. And then he shot himself” (Forgrave). Zac Easter was a young boy that struggled silently with CTE; a disease that ruins the brain tissue and causes memory loss, confusion, aggression, and impulse control problems along with many other unfortunate…

Starting at the precise moment of one’s birth, our bodies become part of a society founded and maintain by a scheme of docile bodies. Mainly focused in the control of the human body, the structure emphasizes in turning the body into an obedient machine that will serve the necessities of a given civilization. Philosopher Michael Foucault describes this scheme, composed by three main techniques: “the scale of the control, the object of the control and the modality”(Foucault, pp. 331-332). Although…