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Dostoevsky's Crime And Punishment: Raskolnikov's Mathematical Evaluation Of Moral Dilemma Presented To Him Exemplifies The Empirical View Of Utilitarianism
Number of Words: 1714 / Number of Pages: 7
... a non-utilitarian
would reject even the notion of deliberating about the act of murder in such a
mathematical manner. He might contend that Raskolnikov's reasoning, and the
entire theory of utilitarianism, cannot be used to judge morality because it
rejects individual rights and contains no moral absolutes.
A utilitarian bases his belief upon two principles: the theory of right
actions and the theory of value. These two principles work together and serve
as criteria for whether or not a utilitarian can deem an action morally right.
First, the theory of right action argues that the morally righ ...
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Silko's Ceremony: Gender Roles
Number of Words: 532 / Number of Pages: 2
... may have been a mother figure to him, but to Tayo she was just someone who looked after him.
Old Grandma, unlike Auntie, does accept Tayo and wants what is best for him. When Auntie rejected the idea of a medicine doctor because he's not "full blood", Old Grandma got angry and said that he was her grandson and why should she care what they say anyway (33). She has been around for many years and doesn't worry about what other people will say about Tayo or about their family.
The significance of Montano to Ceremony is very powerful and vital to the recovery of Tayo. She lives up in the rim rock and is ...
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The Grapes Of Wrath: Symbolism
Number of Words: 1197 / Number of Pages: 5
... s spirit is not broken. The method used to develop the
theme of the novel is through the use of symbolism. There are several uses of
symbols in the novel from the turtle at the begging to the rain at the end. As
each symbol is presented through the novel they show examples of the good and
the bad things that exist within the novel.
The opening chapter paints a vivid picture of the situation facing the
drought-stricken farmers of Oklahoma. Dust is described as covering everything,
smothering the life out of anything that wants to grow. The dust is symbolic of
the erosion of the lives of the people. ...
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Pycho By Alfred Hitcock
Number of Words: 1978 / Number of Pages: 8
... money is to thank for this. Another thought from Mr. Cassidy is that money does not buy happiness, but it buys off unhappiness. His interaction with Marion was brief but very vital to the next turn of events.
Mr. Cassidy asked Marion point blank if she was unhappy. Her reply “not inordinately” shows that she is not completely happy with her life(Hitchcock). The major source of her unhappiness is the fact that she can not marry her beloved Sam until he gets his feet on the ground financially. She then takes Mr. Cassidy’s advice on using money to buy off her unhappiness by steali ...
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The Island By Gary Paulsen
Number of Words: 408 / Number of Pages: 2
... atmosphere in the story is that of a small hick town in northern
Wisconsin:open,friendly,relaxed and very laid-back. It strikes me as being
very much like "cottage country" in northern
Ontario:lakes,forest,fishing,small town life. The time is the late 1980's.
The novel ends with Wil seeing that his father is watching him from
shore. Wil rows over and finds that his father is tired and sad,his eyes
rimmed with red from crying. Wil invites his father over to the island and
realizes that this saga will only end when Wil finds an island big enough
for his whole family so they can learn what he has ...
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“The Slippery Slope Of Pizza Money": The Money Scheme
Number of Words: 1509 / Number of Pages: 6
... all knows this is untrue.
Looney continues to say how desperately sad this is for college sports. “To fold one’s ethical tent is perfectly in line with: ‘When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping.’ This is the concept of acquiescing to adversity, turning backs on the problems, and seeking pleasure to distract from real concerns”(1). There are many things the schools can do now. For starters, the schools can arrange, or say they arrange, jobs for their special athletes so they can make money while playing. Do we really think that these students are actually going to show up for these ...
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The Mending Wall
Number of Words: 758 / Number of Pages: 3
... I tell him.
One may find far-reaching connotations in this poem. As well as that it states one of the greatest difficulties of our time: whether national walls should be made stronger for our safety, or whether they should be let down, since they impede our progress toward understanding and eventual common humanity.
"Mending Wall" can also be considered a symbolic poem. In the voices of the two men the younger, capricious, "modern" speaker and the old-fashioned farmer who replies with his one dogged sentence, his inherited aphorism. Some may hear the opposition of two forces: the zeal of revo ...
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The Pearl Greed And Its Abunda
Number of Words: 775 / Number of Pages: 3
... triggered Kino’s breakdown. Because Kino was exceedingly possessed by the prosperity the pearl might possibly produce for him, he even assaulted Juana, as a result of her recognizing that the pearl and the greed it caused was gradually diminishing Kino and her community’s lucidness. Although Kino assumed that selling the pearl would improve his family’s level of affluence; his dreams, and goals entirely counted on the infinitesimal detail that the pearl would bring opulence. His ravenousness blinded him to the actuality that he would be defrauded of his wealth, which would inev ...
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The Return Of The Native: The Opening Chapter
Number of Words: 1022 / Number of Pages: 4
... to Eustacia, coupled with the fact that Captain Vye unwittingly kept the letter from Eustacia until it was too late, suggests that perhaps destiny is against her. It is under the downpour of the rain, on the rugged heath where Eustacia laments her fate. Eustacia’s own remark, “how destiny is against me!” (354) and “I have been injured and blighted and crushed by things beyond my control!” (354) affirm the existence of such a force, the power of fate.
On Egdon Heath, night and darkness comes before its “astronomical hour” (11). This presents the idea of Egdon Heath’s unchangeable place in time. This ...
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Othello - The Ambivalence Of H
Number of Words: 1112 / Number of Pages: 5
... evil of Iago and how he fools the other characters into believing he is an honorable man. His false displays begin with him and Roderego informing Brabantio of Desedemona's marriage to Othello, a Moor. The reader knows from the conversation between Iago and Roderego in Act I scene 1 that the two men are upset that Iago is not Lieutenant and Roderego cannot have Desedemona and they are acting out of Malice and retaliation. But, to Brabantio, their acts appear to be out of concern for the well being of Desedemona and respect for Brabantio.
The second instance in which the ambivalence is shown is after ...
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