Moral character

In Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" he uses various comedic devices to create comedy; most noticeably melodrama and farce. These devices are used excessively in order to repeatedly address serious matters in a light-hearted manner; Wilde does this to create humour as opposed to offending his audience. Wilde deliberately wrote the play in this manner as he was fully conscious that his audience consisted of upper class Victorians. Throughout the play, Oscar Wilde articulately…

realist Anton Chekhov implements such perception as he colours the story with white, black, and grey. An exploration of “The Lady with The Dog” serves to examine his employment of colour in addressing the issue of morality, specifically regarding the characters’ actions, and in part, the conveyance of his personal views of what is right and wrong. Although each individual will claim to retain a unique perception of what is right, most can share the agreement that the colour…

Society” that “Nothing can corrupt and disintegrate a culture or a man’s character as thoroughly as does the precept of moral agnosticism, the idea that one must never pass moral judgment on others, that one must be morally tolerant of anything,” (Rand “How to Lead”). This is saying that someone must pass moral judgment and assessment of someone else’s character to keep your own character from shriveling away into nothing. Moral assessment and judgment is exactly what Equality 7-2521 did with…

Theory in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a reoccurring theme throughout the novel involves the moral education of Huck. This theme of positive character development within the harsh social constructs of the 1930’s and 1940’s, defines Huck’s morality. The psychoanalytic literary theory helps support this theme of choosing morals over the majority of society. Throughout the teachings shown to Huck by the Widow Douglas and the society around him, he…

Utilitarianism is the moral principle that highlights the act that produces the greatest happiness for the greatest number, meaning it is a consequentialist position - only focusing on the outcome of the action. Unfortunately, the intentions of the individual has no moral merit when deciding whether the action was morally right or wrong, what matters is the outcome of the action and if that action generates happiness. Therefore, this theory has no connection to personal integrity or motives of…

     A Russian born American science-fiction writer and biochemist once quoted, “Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.” This statement generates a…

However it is distinct from sociopathy, which is commonly used interchangeably, which in reality is incorrect. Sociopathy can be defined as a disorder in which a person takes part in antisocial, and oftentimes criminal behavior, in addition to lacking a moral sense of responsibility. One of the main differences in the two disorders, is that psychopathy is believed to be a natural genetic disorder, while sociopathy develops from the environment a child grows up in,…

Introduction What you are about to read is my own interpretation of a moral code that hopefully can be applied in both life and business; this moral code it is neither complete nor correct but simply a work in progress. Throughout this essay I will go through 5 versatile moral codes that will give the reader both insight into my belief system and hopefully their own. My first code “Words are capable tools”, is my most commonly used code it is universal and can be used under a variety of…

Locke contends that humans are born amoral. I believe all human beings are born amoral without the familiarity of good and bad deeds. However, as they mature, different cultures impart them with diverse experiences that either make them immoral or moral. Definition of Morally Bad and Morally Good Morality denotes the assortment or classification of concepts of right and wrong behaviors. On the one hand, actions are regarded morally right if they raise the comfort of the individuals who are…

properly remembered, and it violates the son who is denied his legacy.” Therefore, the pantomime performance starts in the context of Gertrude’s and not Claudius’s betrayal. This insistence on the behavior of the player-queen creates “an image of the moral censure passed on Gertrude by both Hamlet and the Ghost.” Correspondingly, during The Mousetrap play in the scene where the role playing the queen promises her husband that she will never remarry someone else and to love him forever, Hamlet…