Ignorance

Taran Bedi Mr. Curnett English 9 Feb 17th The Correlation of Ignorance, Sight and Truth in Oedipus Rex Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex was written over 2,500 years ago. Although this play may seem ancient and irrelevant to today’s society, its themes and actions are relevant to modern society. Sophocles’ play Oedipus revealed many ideas that are now used in western drama. Sophocles’ use of dramatic irony became a new method for artists who wanted to create tension in the plots of their work.…

Ignorance when looked up in the dictionary means,” a lack of knowledge or information”. When said on the street Ignorance is a sophisticated version of calling someone stupid, which means “lack of intelligence or common sense”. When used in an African American household this same word means you are retarded, which means “less advance in mental, physical, and social development”. The word ignorance has many meanings, and in specific moments in time ignorance is called for to make statements or to…

Ignorance Is Strength Fire is the embodiment of beauty and destruction all at the same time, this is represented in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. In this dystopia, ignorance runs rampant and shows itself in every character excluding Clarisse and Beatty in the novel. The character Mildred is the embodiment of ignorance. Guy Montag’s ignorance is a bit different compared to everyone else. Captain Beatty, unlike many of the other minor characters has a reason for his ignorance, if he has any at…

jubilantly, "Ignorance is Bliss", the wonderfully dreadfully, perfect mistake people make. What is so blissful about not knowing, better yet, purposely not wanting to know truth? The idea that Ignorance is Bliss makes sense to most, I mean, yeah, the truth can hurt but think about it. Removing a band-aid fast is far better than doing so in a slow and agonizingly painful manner. The difference with knowing is that pain is temporary, pain is understood, pain shapes the future. With ignorance comes…

They lack knowledge or information which leaves them believing false thoughts. The most innocent ignorance can be shown through Mr. Wilson. Tom states that Mr. Wilson believes that Myrtle leaves so often to visit her sister in New York. His lack of knowledge or intelligence keeps him from noticing his wife’s suspicious actions. Then comes Catherine, who shows ignorance about her sister’s affairs, but also through other subjects as well. Catherine mentions she has been to one of Gatsby’s…

A majority of you know that Christopher Columbus was the first to discover and explore the Americas, but many are unaware that this is a mythical statement; in fact, the information that we have learned about this individual is mostly false and inaccurate. We have been taught to think that this man was an amazing person, we have been taught to believe that he was courageous, intelligent, and modest. Still to this day, schools are educating children with these lies. Historians have looked into…

Historical events to support the theme of ignorance versus education are in both Pleasantville and To Kill a Mockingbird because in order for a society or a person to change and progress , they always have to be exposed to a new perspective. To begin, One of the protagonists in the movie Pleasantville is named Jen. In the beginning of the film Jen is a shallow teenager, who is self centered, dim witted, and appearance focused. After Jen travels into Pleasantville, a tv show set in the…

Shakespeare’s comparison of ignorance to darkness and hell in Twelfth Night illustrates the ironies inflicted on the main characters and shows that as long as they do not know the true state of their situations, they will be in the agony of their own personal hells. Feste and Malvolio deliver a shared simile in 4.2, which reveals the foundational theme of the play: the characters in Olivia’s house (sphere of influence) are ignorant of their true situations. MALVOLIO. I say to you this house…

depicts many of his characters as fraudulant and manipulative. Many of the conspirators use Caesar’s ignorance and prideful nature to their advantage in order to succeed in their overall mission- killing him. As the story escalates, Caesar continues to be oblivious to the deceptive actions of the people closest to him. Ultimately, it is Caesar’s own ignorance that leads to his death. Caesar’s ignorance is plainly displayed during a conversation with Decius Brutus on why he would not be…

This extract sheds light upon Rawls' theory of the "veil of ignorance." Through this theory, Rawls' focuses on highlighting the importance behind the formation of a society from an "original position" where each individual though thoroughly informed about the facts of the world, is oblivious about himself in terms of his social status, class position, wealth, health, natural talents, opportunities, characteristics etc. The idea behind Rawls' theory is for the individuals within a society to…