Ring

The ring of Gyges grants the ability to become invisible by only “turn[ing] the collet of the ring.” This, for Gyges, gave him power and confidence to conquer the kingdom. I’ve often thought about this situation but a different light. The question If you could have any superpower what would it be? My selection has always been to have the ability to be invisible, but not for the reason that Gyges would want. I feel like it would be satisfying to dip in and out of sight, avoid interactions and…

can be seen in many characters, from no corruption in Tom Bombadil, to some in Frodo, Boromir, and even more in Gollum. Those with more power to begin with are more likely to be corrupted, and Saruman is a great example of this. In Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R Tolkien, power causes addiction and corruption in many of the characters, regardless of their intentions, showing the danger that power possesses. To start off, Tom Bombadil was a very content character. His acceptance of what he had…

enjoy stories. The 2002 Gore Verbinski movie, The Ring exhibits the aspects of Seger’s Hero myth in which all eight milestones are met throughout the movie to open the minds of the audience to more than just their own closed-minded perspectives. The milestones include the catalyst and the descent into the journey, the reluctance to leave and receiving help, and finally rock bottom and seizing the sword. Throughout the first 30 minutes of The Ring, Rachel begins her journey into discovering the…

On March 8, the Norfolk Police Department announced the arrest of 44 people in connection with an alleged drug ring. The arrests were the culmination of an 8-month investigation by multiple state and federal law enforcement agencies. According to court documents, in August, a police informant told authorities that one of the defendants was picking up heroin in New York and transporting it to Virginia, where it was distributed through a network of dealers. Officers then tracked the man, who had…

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien is been give high praise, yet is part of the novel that fall short for critic and that the women of his world. Some have said that he paints an “old-fashioned, misogynistic depiction of women” (JN 101).When his novel was published this was the excepted view of women. Therefore, are we holding to Tolkien to our moral standers today, not stopping to think of what society thought of women when this novel was being written? Others have said that his society…

Q. 2 Define in detail the attributes of “value” when buying and co-designing a $50,000 wedding ring. What creates a wonderful buying experience? Attributes When buying and co-designing a $50,000 wedding ring, value is a major part of the buying process. Some of the factors that attributed to the value of this process is amazing customer service, great business values and ethics, and knowledgeable staff. Each one of these plays a major part from the instant a customer walks through the door…

Christian NFL player Ben Utecht revealed in a book that he wore his wedding ring even before he got married as a way to ward off temptation of sexual sin. In an interview with The Christian Post earlier this week, Utecht explained that after he proposed to Karyn, they had to wait two years to get married because of their separate careers. Karyn at that time was living in Minnesota and the former NFL star was busy with his football career in Indianapolis. Because they only saw each other once a…

We know that fame and money, take people to a whole other level. There are individuals capable of doing anything just to be like their idol. During Spring Break I watched the movie “The Bling Ring”. This movie tells the story of a couple of high school teenagers, whom all had a good economical status, but were not happy with all they had and went on styling until they started robbing the houses of many famous celebrities like Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, Megan Fox , Lindsay Lohan etc... They go…

would be illogical to seek out pain or grief, especially if we assume that this is our only life to experience pleasure. If there is no afterlife, then it would make sense for us to spend the time we do have maximizing our personal well-being. The “Ring of Gyges,” an excerpt from Plato’s Republic, addresses the question of whether an unjust man experiences more happiness, or goodness, than a just man. In this excerpt, Glaucon contemplates the idea that injustice is potentially more powerful and…

In the Ring of Gyges narrative, Glaucon supports an argument that "whenever anyone thinks that he can safely be unjust, there he is unjust," implying that it is unnatural for a human being to follow ethical or moral principles when given freedom to do otherwise. According to his theory, it is not beneficial to be righteous or "just," as injustice and dishonesty presented as a far more lucrative option. While I agree that people do act in self-interested ways and cooperate with one another…