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exploits of ordinary people. Lysistrata may feature the conflicts and plights of a ‘hopeless war’(Aristophanes 58), but for 5th century Athens this was the norm. Tragedy, in comparison, features a certain rigidity that comedy is exempt from. To philosophers such as Aristotle, there are many critical aspects that a play must contain in order to be called a tragedy. In the case of Antigone, the moments of anagnorisis, peripeteia, and hubris can be clearly perceived. Tragedy must also have six…

Distraught by the death of his father and the sudden remarriage of his mother-to his uncle-, Hamlet resorts to a state of frenzy and exaggerated insanity. His demeanor is motivated by his father’s words spoken through a ghostly apparition. After learning that his uncle murdered his father in cold blood to usurp the throne, young Hamlet assumes a state of insanity in order to justify avenging his father’s death. Hamlet’s madness can be characterized through five main causes: grief from his…

Shanaz Shakur Ms. Churchill English Honors 2, Period 0 21 September 2016 Essential Motifs in The Once and Future King Other than for the purpose of storytelling and entertainment, people read books to learn life lessons and understand morals and values. People read stories and take into account what the characters learn, and apply those lessons to their own lives. In The Once and Future King, T. H. White teaches us three major themes; that while the justice system gives people a chance of being…

Each philosopher has their own opinion on civil disobedience and whether they agree with civil disobedience or not. Every philosopher states why the agree with it or why the don't. Agreeing with civil disobedience is ok when there are unjust laws that force people to break certain laws. However, if there are not unjust laws there should not be a reason why laws are being broke. Civil disobedience is also known as the refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for the purpose of…

through the philosophical texts and views of Martin Luther King Jr and Thomas Hobbes. Martin Luther King Jr enlightened the entire world with his views in Love, Law and Civil Disobedience and Thomas Hobbes showed the world a new side of political philosophy with his work in Leviathan. In both of these works one can see the contrasting views on freedom and can judge what influenced these views based on the time period that these philosophers lived. The true question of whether or not freedom…

In Crito, a dialogue written by Plato, the Greek philosopher Socrates is sentenced to death because of corrupting the youth, creating new gods, and being an atheist. Centuries later, another prominent figure, Martin Luther King, Jr., is jailed for civil disobedience in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. When questioned of their imprisonment, Plato and King, Jr. are both determined to maintain justice despite the injustices charged against them, but for Plato, justice means upholding the law at all…

they? Henry David Thoreau, “Civil Disobedience” critiques that citizens must protest a law that is unjust, and his own experiences and methods for protest, and Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” where he speaks of his approach to protesting against unjust laws, even if it lands him in jail. Both philosophers regarding on their answers on this question shows that they are both willing to protest and face the consequences for it, but they differ in their ideas of solutions.…

acts of Martin Luther King Jr during the Civil Rights Movement to Malcolm X’s any means necessary tactics during the same Movement—the issue of whether violence is inherent in all humans or if it is taught among, is prevalent. Did Malcolm X teach himself to be more violent than Martin Luther King Jr, or did King Jr simply teach himself to be less violent? Are the differences simply due to different beliefs or is there something inherent about their views? There are philosophers who will argue…

1. In the salutation, King refers to himself as a “fellow” clergyman, building his ethos and credibility (1). By referring to himself as a member of the clergy, King asserts his equality and his stature in society. This statement is meant to evoke a sense of respect from the reader, and to force the reader to consider the ideas that will be explained. The immediate audience for this letter is the eight clergymen who issued a public statement of concern regarding his movement. However, the broad…

Letter from Birmingham Jail vs. I Have a Dream The great civil rights leader, advocate, and preacher, Martin Luther King, had an extraordinary gift in making simple works such as speeches and letters into beautiful literature. In this essay, two works by King: “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and “I Have a Dream” will be discussed and compared. Although Martin Luther King is the author of both of these analects, and while he demonstrates many of the same skills in both of them, he brings about…