Utterance

Those speakers who utilize pathos, logos, and ethos in order to engage their audiences win their favor more often than not. Point being, in Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, the character Antony wins the bona-fide of the Roman people by using the icon of Julius Caesar’s body (post mortem) in order to solicit a hatred in the plebeians against Brutus who used his elements of rhetoric ineffectually. Hence, Antony is more auspicious in his arguments as he has the greater mastery in the…

The Terroristic Threat statute is discussed herein. We start with defining the statute and its punishments, followed by common elements and their importance. Then speculation as to it’s importance in Texas law including how the law’s intent aligns with its application and how its application affects public safety. All states have their own version of a Terroristic Threat statute. While each has it’s differences in definition and application, the common thread is that a threat to commit any…

“If a chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, without my stir” (1.3.157-159). Shakespeare believe that our action determines our fate as shown through Macbeth.. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the tragedy began when Macbeth became the victim of his own desire. Every downhill and event was created through his own will. The prophecy was told, but it was up to him decides to carry on the murder of King Duncan. The witches foretell the future, but they did not control his action. Macbeth has…

What then is the consequence of the two ‘senses’ in Geertz theory, being models ‘of’ and ‘for’ when applied? As mentioned in his second axiom, these grand conceptions of the world “establish powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods and motivations in men”, which are propagated deep within use of certain upheld symbols. Geertz defines a motive as “liabilities to perform particular classes of act or have particular classes of feeling.” In Advaita, the motivations which propel a person to a…

Many times in life, we as a society never truly accept or even acknowledge our responsibility for our actions. We find people to blame for what we have done ultimately eliminating the faults of our selves. We have to ask ourselves, “why does this happen”. This happens for various reasons like personal benefit, wants, or fear of punishment. In William Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, Macbeth does just this, not accepting responsibility for his actions. He has not accepted or even acknowledged…

companionship with people her own age, Pearl played alone and made up her own games: “Her baby-voice served a multitude of imaginary personages,old and young, to talk withal. The pine-trees, aged, black, and solemn, and flinging groans and other melancholy utterances on the breeze, needed little transformation to figure a Puritan elders; the ugliest weeds of the garden were their children, whom Pearl smoke down and uprooted, most unmercifully” (78-79). This game that Pearl created is her form of…

outlook. Reagan contended that the perpetrators of crime do not engage in illegal activities because they are desperate to earn a livelihood, but because they were brought up in a way that predisposes them to act criminally (Ronald Reagan). This utterance failed to take into consideration the fundamental realities that existed on the ground, for example, the national culture of discrimination and…

Bowie legitimizes, “The tone and rhythm of utterance can be more significant than its ‘propositional content,’ and this already indicates one way in which the musical may play a role in signification. Judgment on whether music has meaning in the way natural languages do would seem to presuppose an…

Introduction The message that is prevalent in this current culture is that Islam is a religion of peace. This is the predominant issue that is being researched in this paper. Is Islam a religion of peace or is it a religion of war? With a carful analysis of the history and doctrine of this ideology, an answer to this question can be clearly seen. History Islam is on the rise throughout the world. Noah Feldman writes, “By 1995 it was estimated that there were between 4.6 million and 5 million…

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s well-renowned plays that centralizes on a king’s struggle with guilt and, ultimately, the road to his demise. Although Macbeth was known for being a man of bravery and honor, Shakespeare utilized a plethora of literary devices to showcase that his ambition had overcome his state of mind. In Macbeth, Shakespeare used strong dynamic characters, significant motifs, and powerful soliloquies to develop the theme that the ultimate desire for power has the capability to…