Euphemism

Modernity and the Family “Father” said the child, “Has the world always been like this? The man pondered for a moment and thought about what the world had become “Son, we have become a generation so concerned with pleasing ourselves, that we have forgotten to please God”. There are multitudes of problems that arise in today’s society as the world becomes more modern, exchanging traditional values for those that are secular and shifting their reliance from God to themselves. These values are…

The spoken and written word, dating back to the first civilizations and the Agricultural Revolution, has been used to express our thoughts and feelings, to help communicate with the people around us, to empower, and to inspire. However, language can also be used negatively: to denigrate, insult, obfuscate, euphemize, or deceive. It is especially used negatively in politics, where politicians use rhetoric and language in order to lobby their own agenda, further propaganda, and divide the…

Sitting in Judgement of Good and Evil It is a natural tendency, as well as a learned behavior, for individuals to sit in judgement of certain things, or events. We learn from a very early age, things that we deem, are either good or bad for us depending upon a particular circumstance. Therefore, it should not come as a surprise, when individuals find an easy path towards being judgmental about another’s actions, personality, appearance or anything else that they choose to delve upon. Many of the…

1933-1945, was the deliberate attempt to slaughter the Jewish people. In 1941, there were approximately eleven million Jews living Europe; however, by 1945, their population had diminished by six million. When discussing “The Final Solution,” a euphemism for this genocide, the notorious dictator’s name comes to mind. Without the reinforcement Hitler received and his power, he would not have been able to execute this monstrosity. In turn, without Hitler, the Germans would not have been capable of…

In All Quiet on the Western Front by Enrich Maria Remarque, there is a common theme of ups and downs. As time progresses on the front lines and off, characters emotions alter. The soldiers struggle with keeping their humanity no matter the circumstances. The main character, Paul Baumer is practically stripped of his humanity by feeling like a foreigner in normal society and accepting violence, still he has sparks of humane behavior in the darkest of times. The first signs of Paul’s loss of…

The circumstances that form the setting for an event, otherwise referred to as the context is an undoubtedly fundamental factor in the development of any creative piece. This ideology is supported by an analysis on the Georgian era novel Emma and the 20th century film Clueless. Both texts manage to incorporate the themes of class and vanity, both of which maintain extreme prominence. An in-depth exploration of these themes provide a sophisticated comprehension of the social, political and…

Psychology Quinn Perkins is a wonderfully complex and intelligent person, who is capable of picking up new skills rapidly and who is not afraid of getting her hands dirty. At first, Quinn is a trusting, optimistic person, with expectations of happy endings for everyone, but as the years go by and as the team fights new disasters every day, she realizes that things are not black and white. She understands that good people can do bad things for the right reasons, and that sometimes, they have to…

Propaganda is information specifically designed to persuade or mislead, and censorship is the suppression of information deemed objectionable. Although both are just tools, censorship and propaganda are not justifiable in any free society because their entire purpose is to blind and control. No matter what form it takes, propaganda is a tool used to control the citizens of a society. It’s dangerous because it works. In Germany, women were granted the right to vote in 1918. At the time, a very…

Esther Akerewusi Ms. Jackson ENG4U 31 May 2018 The Leverage of Language in Gilead What is Language? Language is a method of human communication, either spoken or written, that consists of the use of words in a structured yet conventional way. In the book, The Handmaid’s Tale, the people of Gilead are powerless as they have no means of communication amongst themselves. The use of religious language creates power for the Gilead government to control the behaviour of its citizens while neologism…

Some scholars have interpreted Shakespeare’s works as replete with subversive feminist messages. At face value, the play is extremely sexist. The worth of the women in Hamlet is intrinsically tied to their sexuality. Shakespeare adopts this premise regarding women and adds to it their incapacity to govern themselves. As a result, women succumb to their own sexuality because men establish their power by manipulating women to their own ends. The phallocentric world of Hamlet is sexist, and the…