with a big dream (Fitzgerald 141). This statement helps take away some of the disguise of wealth and overwhelming power‚ and brings him into a more human perspective. Gatsby’s tragic flaw is that his view of the world is obstructed by his own naive idealism. It is very clear to the reader that Gatsby is idealistic when‚ while Nick is over at Gatsby’s house‚ he reflects on Daisy’s and Gatsby’s relationship and he notes‚ “There must have been moments… when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams… because of
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comes to power. Brutus is portrayed as the tragic hero‚ and he gives numerous speeches to convey his opinions and feelings about the subject matter. In William Shakespeare’s play‚ The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ the character Marcus Brutus makes many appeals to rhetoric‚ specifically ethos and pathos‚ in order to get his point across to the audience. Throughout the story‚ in order to express himself‚ Brutus makes many appeals to ethos. For instance‚ at the start of his eulogy‚ Brutus uses the phrase:
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he hit the audience with Pathos (Emotion)‚ unlike Brutus who used Logos (Logic) and Ethos (Ethics). Mankind are subjected to their emotions rather than thinking for themselves‚ and due to this Antony’s speech prevails Brutus’s speech. When Brutus spoke to the crowd‚ they understood what he was saying and trusted him. When Antony spoke‚ the crowd rose up in rage and was set on revenge‚ which had the opposite effect of Brutus’s speech. Brutus could’ve won the argument but he made some mistakes
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This is NOT an essay - it is a collection of notes which are the foundation of an 800 word comparison of two articles regarding the place of humanities in university studies‚ and the roles of mass communication.<br><br>Part 1 (800 words - 30%)<br>You will be given two short readings by the end of Week 3 of the Semester. Identify the approach or approaches used in each‚ and with reference to the features and examples of the identified approaches as presented in Subject materials‚ justify your answer
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Yeats explores the tension between the real world and the ideal world in many of his poems. The natural world‚ rich with the peaceful sounds of honey-bees and ‘linnet’s wings’‚ is compared to the greyness of city life. He contrasts the heroic idealism of the patriots who died for Ireland with the drab merchant class who ‘add the halfpence to the pence.’ Elsewhere his poetry is alive with the tension between the feverish mortal life of ‘fish‚ flesh and foul’ and the desire for immortality. In his
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society in such a way that he himself is worthy of respect and admiration. Shu-self analogy‚ reciprocity.Wen-arts of peace. Music‚ Poetry and Art. Virtue. Xiao-obedience‚ devotion‚ respect for one’s parents and elders. In reaching the state of idealism according to Confucius; one must understand the need for good moral character and good government. Being of good moral standing gives way to the many concepts of the Daodejing. (Dao de jing‚ can be translated as "The Classic/Canon of the Way/Path
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for-myself. There is no matter in itself: it exists only in my consciousness. And my consciousness consists in perceiving ideas (in the Lockean sense) and in perceiving itself intuitively. (…) Kant would dismiss Berkeley’s philosophy as dogmatic idealism.” Berkeleyan gnoseology dictates that the material world exists only as a cognitive act‚ produced and existing in a mental act;
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GREAT GATSBY ESSAY Can chasing an ideal blind us and prevent us from seeing the truth? Sometimes ideals can become such a big driving force in our life that they cause us to overlook the truth and ignore reality. Reality and ideals are contrasted through the goals in life of the characters Nick‚ Gatsby‚ and Daisy. Through contrasting ideals and the reality of a situation‚ F.Scott Fitzgerald suggests that chasing an ideal without recognizing the truth will not allow an individual to attain their
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Antony is his trusted friend and supporter. Another friend of Caesar‚ but much less of a supporter‚ is Marcus Brutus‚ who is a leader of the conspiracy against Caesar. While Antony and Brutus are both friends of Caesar‚ other character traits including courage‚ loyalty‚ and sincerity set them apart from each other. Antony and Brutus are both admirably courageous. It took great courage for Brutus to kill Caesar‚ for he was his best friend. He shows the complications in the decision when he tells the plebeians
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As we know‚ Tess of the D’Urbervilles is the most famous novel of Thomas Hardy. No doubt‚ Tess is the major character in this novel. But today I’d like to talk about one of the male characters‚ named Angel Clare. He is a freethinking son born into the family of a provincial parson. This youngest of three brothers didn’t enter college as his siblings‚ but went to study agriculture so that he might become a farmer. He not only has superior intelligence‚ but also has liberal opinions which is beyond
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