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"The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing" (Henry Ford). The path to success is filled with road blocks of mistakes. While at the time they seem like set backs the knowledge gained from a mistake is priceless. Mistakes are some of the key characteristic that will define a person. Mistakes provided guidance, for people as they mature. Mistakes are vital for a person too mature as they are the pinnacle point of learning. Even more so a person tends to have one mistake in…

Chasing Pseudo Dreams: The pursuit for The American Dream in “Winter Dreams” F. Scott Fitzgerald brilliantly highlights one man’s pursuit of the American Dream in his short story “Winter Dreams.” He uses the protagonist Dexter to emphasize the shortcomings of money in America, and one’s vision of money in the 1920s. In “Winter Dreams,” Fitzgerald uses the protagonist Dexter’s unrealistic vision of the American dream to emphasize the shortcomings of the dream, which ultimately lead to Dexter’s…

During early 17th century England, Elizabeth I died and was succeeded by James VI of Scotland who inherited a mostly autonomous government at age 37 in 1603. King James developed many favourites throughout his reign with the most infamous being Thomas Overbury, due to his murder in 1613. In his book, “The Politics of Court Scandal in Early Modern England News Culture and The Overbury Affair, 1603 – 1660,” Alastair Bellany discuses many aspects of James’ interpersonal relationships throughout his…

The American Dream: Evaluated Through The Death of Ivan Ilych The dictionary definition for the American dream is “A life of personal happiness and material comfort as traditionally sought by individuals in the U.S.” (Dictionary.com). Sounds perfect does it not? However, Ivan in Leo Tolstoy’s novel The Death of Ivan Ilych, appears to be pursuing the American Dream. He has a position with great power and status, possessions, and an excellent salary; every action he makes is based on a desire for…

Lecture one of "Taming of the Shrew" covers how Shakespeare views London, the importance of religion, bear baiting, backstory of old London such as sewage pollution, a discussion of "Shakespeare in Love" and how the movie is different from actual London during the 17th century, the plot structure, how "Taming of the Shrew" is a mixture of genres. While, lecture two continues the plot structure of the triple action play, changes in identity and personality, relationship dynamics, the use of…

The American Dream is the ideology that every citizen has an equal opportunity to achieve success. It can be described by James Truslow Adams, who coined the term, in his book ‘ The Epic of America’ by "that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement." (p404). Important because it originally gave the Americans a hope for the future, especially during the Great Depression (1929-1941).…

Mr. Heidegger’s magnum opus, Being and Time, sparked an intellectual event that spread far beyond philosophy. Being and Time is considered a landmark work of the twentieth century, although it was at first rejected and thought to be “inaquidate” It was originally published in Germany in 1927 and the original copy was only four hundred and thrity-seven pages long. Many people that have read his book consider it a legendary difficult read. Mr. Heidegger’s largest critigue is that Mr. Martin as…

No Escape The Shining is based off a novel written by Stephen King in 1977 and later produced as a horror film by Stanley Kubrick in 1980. The summary of the film is of a family that heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future. Kubrick takes the study called phenomenology, which is the development of human consciousness and self-awareness as a…

The Plague by Albert Camus is a novel that demonstrates the selfishness of the people of Oran, Algeria as they fall victim to a plague, causing the entire town to be quarantined. The book’s narrator, Dr. Bernard Rieux, shows his viewpoint of the citizens of Oran through his remark, “In this respect, our townsfolk were like everybody else, wrapped up in themselves; in other words they were humanists: they disbelieved in pestilences.” The Plague was written not only to demonstrate how selfish…

into an insane, power thirsty spiral without him being aware of it. The witches pay a visit and speak to Macbeth and Banquo before they mysteriously vanish. Macbeth gets latched onto these words of the evil witches, “All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter” (1.3.48). With these powerful words stuck in Macbeth's mind, it changes the rest of the play completely. Whether Macbeth realizes it or is aware of the obsession the prophecy has on him is unimportant because one way or another Macbeth…