Irrationality

types of societies - Utopian and the dystopian,where they are opposed to each other. While the former imagines a model world which has been perfected by an ideal form of government, model citizens and absence of any form of false ideology or irrationality, whereas the latter give us a glimpse of a nightmarish future, where everything has gone horribly wrong. 1984 the dystopic world is the result of a political revolution post the world war and post nuclear atomic bombing. Historical events with…

This essay is a comparative study of two Absurd plays. But before we start with the essay let’s look at what the Theatre of the Absurd is. The ‘Theatre of the Absurd’ is a post- World War II concept. The first and the most important playwrights of this movement were Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, Arthur Adamov and Jean Genet. These plays focus on or represent the absurdity of human existence. Absurdity in this context means disharmony or meaninglessness. This style of writing was first used by…

Donatello, the early Italian Renaissance sculptor, was born Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi in Florence, Italy, sometime in 1386. His friends and family gave him the nickname “Donatello.” He was the son of Niccolo di Betto Bardi, a member of the Florentine Wool Combers Guild. Donatello (1386–1466) A sculptor who revolutionized the art in Florence during the early Renaissance. Born as Donato di Niccolo Bardi, he was an apprentice in the workshop of Lorenzo Ghiberti, and assisted Ghiberti in…

White supremacy was developed on the notion that dark skin represents barbarianissm, irrationality, unpleasant aesthetics and inferiority. As a result of this notion, white supremacists began to impose their culture, beliefs and faiths onto the “savages”-Africans. In Robert Hayden’s literature work, Middle Passage, the reader relives the experience…

in literature. Additionally, the boy meeting the friendly survivor at the end, “validates the man's words in physical and conceptual form,” (76) contrary to the fatalism the father feel for the future. At lies the heart of the novels paradox, irrationality or at the very least complexity of the fathers impending attitude: hope. Not the kind of hope that is based in physical reality, more so, his goal for finding meaning at the end of the tunnel. Luckily for him, the was realised in the…

The Communication Accommodation Theory is a theory of speech, which entails that "when people interact they adjust their speech, their vocal patterns and their gestures, to accommodate to others". Developed by Howard Giles, the theory explores the reasons as to why individuals accentuate and understate the social variations between themselves and others, both verbally and nonverbally in various situations. The theory accommodates 2 different forms of interaction between individuals;…

Just A Pawn: Erotomania, Silencing, and, Reduction to Appearance in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” Within the five acts of William Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet”, there are only two female characters featured within the text, one of them was a young and impressionable girl named Ophelia who was only present within 5 of the 25 scenes. Most of the text focused on Hamlet and his male counterparts—who make up the patriarchy of the play—strong personalities, struggles, and challenges. However, Ophelia plays…

At first, Meursault is distraught and upset by this sentence, but he comes to terms with knowing he will die a prisoner. Meursault knows that he will not escape judgement and death. His only hope is that he does not have to die by guillotine. He believes that by being beheaded one has to hope that it happens on the first time, otherwise it would be extremely painful and lead to immense suffering. He does not want to rely on anyone else for how he dies. Meursault contemplates an appeal and…

Weaknesses of TPB 1. This theory had a poor predictive power in behavioral intention and perceived behavioral control (Ajzen, 2011, & Werner, 2004). 2. Bias, irrationality, and inaccurate information had an effect on behavioral beliefs, normative beliefs, and control beliefs (Ajzen, 2011). 3. Affect and emotion could interrupt participants’ intention and behavior (Ajzen, 2011, Knabe, 2009). 4. Past behavior could…

The Outside of the Inside “Deliver us all from the naked in heart;” Eudora Welty uses this phrase in her short story “No Place for You, My Love” to emphasize the unnamed woman’s desire to hide her inner emotions (Welty 394). The Lord’s Prayer utilizes the phrase; deliver us from evil, as a way to ask to be saved from sins. Having a naked heart can be compared to wearing one’s heart on one’s sleeve, an act of revealing all emotions to the world. Therefore, to deliver someone from the naked in…