Flattery

Wollstonecraft advocates for an improvement in the education of woman by providing arguments of how better education can benefit women. Wollstonecraft also emphasizes the importance of women being treated as rational beings rather than being suffocated with flattery and treated as if they are children. Wollstonecraft states, “My own sex, I hope will excuse me if I treat them like rational creatures instead of flattering their fascinating graces.” She uses this to establish her slight annoyance…

Advertising agencies make attempts to sell their product, be it through enticement, flattery, or coercion. Ralph Lauren, mostly known for their brand of clothing, attempts to sell a fragrance of cologne called ”Polo Red.” Magazine advertisements such as this generally consist of brief pictures with text; this ad, interestingly, has a section to sample the smell. In order to make an attempt to advertise Polo Red, Ralph Lauren tries to appeal to the target audience’s sense of ‘manliness’ and…

I began cultivating my skills as a violinist at the ripe age of seven. As a naive child, praise and flattery caused an inflated ego, and compliments became detrimental to my growth as a musician. My biggest regret is failing to realize at a young age that great violinists are not defined by their achievements, but rather their sphere of influence created as a result of music. My senior year of high school served as a rite of passage towards becoming a mature musician. I finally took the…

emphasizes the dangers of ignorance through the metaphorical and literal blindness of Lear and Gloucester. Furthermore, it also emphasizes the importance of knowing the consequences of ones actions; such as loving one child more than the other and that flattery is not a quantifiable way of determining true love. Furthermore, though Edgar and Cordelia, Shakespeare reiterates the importance of loyalty and perseverance through their words and…

The short “Hand in Marriage” Clip of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is an analogy of Mr. Collin’s sudden decision to marry Elizabeth, instead of Jane, in chapter 15 of the original Pride and Prejudice. Although the movie remains accurate to the setting and time of the novel, the 19th century culture is intertwined with the attributes of a zombie apocalypse. The events of the plot are almost identical to the original storyline, except with the addition of living dead to create more conflict. In…

As humans, people essentially seek healthy relationships in their lives to fill a need for connection. According to Dr. Cloud “Your own performance is either improved or diminished by the other people in your scenario” (Cloud 1). Throughout The Power of the Other, the pure idea of someone who holds an influential impact in your life whether it be in the business persons work/ personal life; constitutes towards the business person's level of success. In the four corners of connection emphasized…

In the Iliad, women are depicted as items of trade and as markers of rank for the men who control them. The epic poem, predominantly viewed as “a male-controlled world”, concentrates centrally on the rage amongst men but it also happens that the bulk of this rage is influenced, instigated, and stimulated by women. Throughout the text, the men are portrayed to be the most powerful, but in actuality the most crucial characters in the epic are female, and the women are just as powerful as the men,…

The male characters in Alice Walker ‘The Color Purple’, Arthur Miller ’Death Of A Salesman’ and Shakespeare ‘King Lear’ portray dominant characteristics and are often shown as strong and assertive. However, it could be suggested that the male characters do reveal their suppressed emotions making the audience feel sympathetic toward them. In the play King Lear which was published in 1605, Lear becomes untrue to himself and loses sight on who he is. Lear has become an insecure person which…

nose and the glint of the metallic cap pinched between his arthritic fingers catches his eyes. Overturning the bottle cap he reads the bit of knowledge it contains. “Inveigle... Verb… To persuade someone to do something by means of deception or flattery,” he says to himself.…

speech giving and orators, claiming they are not performing a techne (465a). Instead, they are participating in a form of flattery. Socrates claims that persuasive speech making is flattery, because “…it guesses at what’s pleasant with no consideration for what’s best” (465a). In other words, when someone takes part in persuasive speech making, they are taking part in flattery because they are only taking into consideration what would best appeal and convince their audience versus, what they…