Honorific

In Essay I of Nietzsche’s The Genealogy of Morals, ‘Good and Evil’, ‘Good and Bad’, Nietzsche attempts to study the origin of contemporary morality by examining the conditions and circumstances by which the values of morals have emerged. This investigation of his, lead him to conclude that the morals that exist in us now, are not inherent in us, but were caused by a “slave revolt” in morality through the feeling of ressentiment. In this essay, I will be discussing what ressentiment is, why and…

When the 15th amendment passed, it allowed black men the right to vote. Although, this was a positive change, white officials responsible for the disfranchisement of black men trying to vote deterred its effectiveness. This disfranchisement went on for decades without any change. Things such as poll taxes and literacy tests enforced disfranchisement of poor former slaves who hadn’t received an education. These tactics were reduced for poor, uneducated white people by the used of a “grandfather…

Antonio Antonio is a Venetian merchant with an air of melancholy about him. He has many friends and is close with Bassanio. He deeply cares for Bassanio, agreeing to his proposal and allows him to borrow money on his behalf. Antonio is said to hate Jews, showing that he has his prejudices. Although he does not usually lend or borrow money with interest, he is willing to break this habit in order to help Bassanio, showing that he deeply cares for him. Antonio has kicked and spit on Shylock in the…

Louis XVI reigned France from 1174 to 1792 and was characterized by financial instability. However, the lack of wealth was not depicted in the lifestyle of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. The royals and the nobility were living in wealth and due to an unfair tax system, only the poor paid taxes. Furthermore, two decades of poor grain harvests, drought, and increasing bread prices had started unrest among peasants. A number of ill-advised financial maneuvers in the late 1700s worsened the…

“It is usually the fate of these ordinary taxpaying Indians to remain in their humble category, whatever their advantages of understanding and experience, or however much money they may earn. They can hardly be entrusted with responsible rank or honorific duties,” (Poma 6). Perhaps the biggest similarity between Acosta and Poma is rank. They are both of a higher rank that the normal Incan citizen, which could lead for a less than accurate depiction of how the people truly act and believe. Having…

Double sidedness is human nature. Therefore, novels of a variety of genres cover the subject of double sidedness. What is important is that the detective genre also covers this subject. As an example, this essay will analyze two detective series. The first is the well-known Sherlock Holmes and the other is Gojeonbu(A classic club) which centers around a club that studies classics. More precisely, two characters of each series will be analyzed in terms of the double sidedness concept. Detective…

Things Fall Apart is a post-colonial novel written by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe in 1958. The fictional novel of Things Fall Apart refers to the protagonist Okonkwo and how the Igbo culture collapsed. The novel paints a poignant portrait of a wellfunctioning African society that undergoes tremendous change (Hartman) Okonkwo is a respected and motivational leader within the Igbo community of Umuofia located in Eastern Nigeria. He earns fame, power, and respect when he defeats Amalinze the Cat…

Stephen Colbert once said, “Find the courage to decide for yourself what is right and what is wrong, and then expect as much of the world around you. Try to make the world good according to your standards.” (Colbert) This sums up perfectly what any college student learns in their first semester - if they take University Seminar with Megan Swanson. I have absorbed plenty of information throughout this first semester, and I feel that I am adequately prepared to face these next years of my life.…

Sylvia Plath writes to express the things that have happened throughout her life that also affected many young women her age. She also writes to discuss stigmatized or provocative topics. Plath takes to discussing subjects such as depression, double standards, and societal expectations, at length and candidly. Drawing from her own life and battles with depression, Plath herself went through some of the more invasive procedures as described in the novel. For Esther Greenwood, the therapy “took…

Central Theme The author’s main argument in this very interesting book is to analyze what is the right thing to do—as the title indicates. As I read the book, I came to the conclusion that there is no direct answer as to what is the right thing to do, even through all of his examples and references of moral philosophers. It was up to me, the reader, to decide—based on my moral intellectual self—what the right thing to do is. Sandel overall taught us that justice comes in different shapes and…