Essays on Passions

The epistolary novel and intimacy are often branded as synonymous terms. The Coquette initially aligns itself as simply an epistolary novel, as the controlled expression of the writers, and limited point of view, offered by the letter form, allows the two leading men to reveal their true thoughts, whether they are the suddenly untempered passions of Reverend Boyer or the duplicitous libertinism of Major Sanford, in a limited and controlled way. However, the often stark contrast between these written confessions and other characters’ perceptions of the writers gives the reader a sense of intimacy, and involvement, in spite of ...

Technologies such as articulation attract observation to the representations, practices, effects, and experiences that constitute them. Others such as assemblage heighten to this comprehension by drawing awareness to the methods that these representations, practices, effects, and practices articulate to use a particular dynamic shape with larger cultural outcomes. The notion of the assemblage may best be acknowledged by thinking about the term constellation, which is applied by Guattari and Deleuze when they speak about assemblage. For instance, a group of heavenly physiques such as the Big Dipper takes a particular form: it chooses, draws together, marks out, and covers ...

For an act to be courageous it must be an act which the individual must understand its danger completely.

For an act to be courageous, then it must be an act that the individual is afraid of but still goes ahead to perform it.

For an act to be courageous, then it must be a real life situation.

For an act to be courageous, it must be intentional. For an act to be courageous, it must be an act that is voluntarily decided upon. For an act to be courageous, then it must be an act that the individual clearly understands the dangers that they are supposed to face. For an act to be courageous, it must be an act that the person clearly knows the dangers that befall him in his ...

BODY AND SOUL RELATIONSHIP FROM GREAT THINKERS

Body and Soul relationship The relationship between body and soul has been the main concern for many thinkers since the beginning of the history of philosophy. In this paper, we will be exploring this relationship from the perspective of three great thinkers: Plato, Aristotle, and Saint Agustin. They were all interested in this relationship, and as they do have common views, they also differ in many areas. The main concern that these three thinkers have is that the humans are made of both body and soul. They can see and touch the body, but they cannot touch the soul. ...

The Enlightenment of Buddha and C.S. Lewis’ We Have No “Right to Happiness” both deal on the themes of unbridle passions and the consequences it brings in man’s life. Buddha’s realization that the true path to Enlightenment can only be achieved through selflessness is reflective of the avarices of men. Greed and ignorance pervade through the man’s life and he as he continues to delude himself with this over and over again in his cycle of rebirth, he will be unable to find the true path to reaching enlightenment. Although the tenets of Buddhism may not ...

Influence of Social Media

Social media is defined as “computer-mediated tools that allow people or companies to create, share or exchange information, career interests, ideas, pictures and videos in virtual communities and networks” (Buettner, 2016). Social media today comes in so many platforms. The most famous platforms used by billions of people around the world are Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat and others. In the United States, the total time spent by users on the Internet on social media reached 121 billion minutes in 2012 (Nielsen, 2012). Experts talk about three major types of social media: public social networks (Facebook, SnapChat, etc), Social Extranet – where ...

I am passionate about photography and graphics design. On the other hand, my interests include writing and reading. My passions and interests relate to my entrepreneurial goals because I can turn them into vibrant business ventures. Specifically, I intend to start a business, and firmly believe that with the photography and graphics skills that I possess, I can start a successful photography business. Additionally, my writing interests relate to my business goals, as I will be able to write features and blog about my work. Such features will play a crucial and integral role in marketing my business. Some ...

Philosophy Final Exam

4. (a) How does Locke describe the state of nature? Locke describes the state of nature as a logical abstraction developed by man himself. He does not entirely accept it as the outcome of historical developments. He describes nature from two perspectives. The first view sees nature as a free environment where everyone has the liberty to do what pleases them as long as their actions do not have an adverse impact on others. Nature makes every man equal. No man has power over another and everyone is free. Every man has some power which lets him act with ...

Compare and contrast Achilles in Dante’s Inferno and Homer’s Iliad

Compare and contrast Achilles in Dante’s Inferno and Homer’s Iliad

Introduction

Dante Alighieri in his legendary text, Inferno, believes that anyone who committed unacceptable deeds would be damned eternally among the nine circles of Hell. Without a doubt, people like Achilles were to be found in these circles. Specifically, Achilles existed in Hell’s second circle. He qualified for this circle by being not only extremely selfish but lacking self-control, having raging passions and betraying his country at times. These descriptions paint Achilles largely in weakness. His description of Hell focuses mainly on his failings rather than his ...

Vincent van Gogh was born as the son of a middle class family in 1853; his style of painting created a maelstrom of rejection, panic, and curiosity from the late 19th century public. The famous Van Gogh scholar named Zola previously stated that no other artist had ever exceeded Van Gogh; his immense popularity as a result of his insanely beautiful artworks made him a champion of the rejected artists who crafter genius masterpieces that are all timeless, hysterical, and eccentrically beautiful at the same time. (Naifeh and Smith Ch. 1, n.p.). Throughout history, Van Gogh is probably one ...

Titian’s and Peter Paul Rubens’s Venus and Adonis

The essay looks at Rubens and Titian version of Venus and Adonis and makes a comparison of their style. While Rubens and Titian version of Venus and Adonis, Rubens’s picture is typically Baroque. Rubens was greatly influenced by Titian and copied his version of Venus and Adonis. The story behind Venus and Adonis is derived from Ovid's Metamorphoses. The goddess Venus is shown clinging to her mortal lover, the handsome young Adonis, whom she is infatuated with. Venus attempts to stop her lover from going hunting. But hunting is a passion with Adonis and he knew that it ...

Epicurus viewed death as annihilation. He observed that people fear death because they think they will have unpleasant life after death. He says this fear can be removed when a personal understands death as an annihilation since the atoms that make life disperse after death. He thinks that death is neither harmful for the people who are living nor to the dead. This, he argues, is because the living are not dead while the dead do not exist. He also thinks that when people anticipate death it is erroneous for them and irrational since there is no life after ...

Passions which drive me to live a healthy way of life are related to my wish to treat my body as a temple for my soul. I have deep personal beliefs that eating balanced meals and leading an active lifestyle must be the only key to achieving personal happiness. Eating unhealthy food and not working out leads to the lack of enthusiasm, the zest for life and to melancholy, as well as to the overall lack of energy. I am passionate about living a healthy way of life because it gives me the energy I need to go through ...

Analysis of the Character of Shakespeare's Macbeth in the Social and Historical Contexts

The play "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare, which is based on the Scottish history, appears to be not so much a work of art as a political response to the era in which it was necessary to develop a Scottish theme, emphasize the historical friendship of England and Scotland, and tell about the popular witches and witchcraft at the new royal court. Undoubtedly, tragedies are the creative heritage of William Shakespeare. They express the power of his brilliant mind and the essence of his era, precisely because the subsequent periods comprehended their conflicts through the prism of the Shakespearean works ...