Egotism

rough the characterization of Montresor and Fortunato, Edgar Allen Poe’s “A Cask of Amontillado” suggests that a hubris leads to physical and cognitive collapse. The beginning of Montresor’s arrogance is easily showcased with the use of indirect characterization through his thoughts in the first few sentences of the short story. In his eyes, his bloodline or his family’s name is of paramount importance and anyone who disagrees is considered disrespectful. This can be shown in the text when…

Having a lot of pride could be blinding, and it recurrently contributes to an otiose outcome. Individuals put pride into little things accordingly from their judgement for no reason, and get hung up on the values they feel they achieve from them. When these values are proven faulty, they lash out into a demise. Having too much pride can take over one’s mentality and overthink ideas that are meant to be kept simple. In situations like this, a person can be destructive and affect people surrounded…

In D.H. Lawrence’s story “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” child neglect held the protagonist – Paul – captive. Despite his parents providing for his needs, he yearned for quality time – resulting in materialism acting as his fragile foundation for external validation. Furthermore, the main character’s gambling addiction transformed him into the primary breadwinner. Throughout the plot, his family failed to find security in temporary luxuries – which led to Paul’s uncle exploiting his nephew.…

recognize one’s self-dependence on God and if you act in active, self-centered idolatry. As an individual, it is natural for human beings to care for themselves and to try to achieve success. In the process of achieving success considers an amount of egotism. But he also states as humans “always unsatisfied drive in human creature towards an ever-elusive goal” and he refers humans to Wolfhart Pannenberg’s world openness or openness to the future. That means he agrees humans have tendency to…

is an attraction to the audience of the same gender although she has been built by the author as a bitch obviously. On the other hand, from a male’s angle, David Finch infused a sense of wicked black humor into some scenarios as a mockery to Amy’s egotism. The story is presented mostly from Nick 's perspective in the film in order to increase sympathy for him. Dockterman (2014) points out Gone Girl is both “a sexist portrayal of a crazy woman” and a “feminist manifesto.” Therefore, it leads to…

Nature is more than the phenomena of the physical world; nature is emotion. Nature eradicates all negativity and friction in life and exposes the tranquility. The intricacy nature provides is unequivocally astonishing; moreover, nature is like space as a result of its incredible complexity. Ralph Waldo Emerson, a wise, transcendental man, shares the same perspective as I toward nature; there is nothing in this vast, sophisticated world that has the ability to come to the equivalency of serenity…

Emily Dickinson’s “The Drop,” can be interpreted multiple ways, one being the literal sense and another in a metaphorical sense. Word for word, the poem directly indicates a droplet of water getting lost in the massive waves of a sea. However, the subtext of the poem correlates back to the major theme of self and the global society. “The Drop” cannot be viewed one sidedly, rather from all possible aspects; we must “flesh out” to discover the deeper meaning, or the author’s intended purpose of…

make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” Rosten’s claims are correct because the objective of life is to be attentive to others in order to have a positive impact, and happiness is a byproduct of these actions. In a world full of egotism, it is often forgotten that it is selflessness and benevolence that have a beneficial influence that gives life purpose. We do things to benefit ourselves first, for our interests, to make our lives better before anything else. This…

What ties all these important readings together? Each reading represents a form of religion, the creation of the world and describing the important events that happened in a certain era. From “Siddhartha’s Enlightenment” discussing meditation and the concept of the world. These readings point out how religion works out in each part of history and how they had to make decisions in the past. The “Epic of Gilgamesh (The Underworld)” was an interesting part of literature. This reading talks about…

First, the fact of absolute egotism, such as ingratitude and cruelty become possible for weak people which were the worst to Shakespeare. Second, the fact of the proper support that evil gain by extraordinary powers of will and understanding. A.C Bradley view on Shakespeare’s tragedy…