...In the opening scene of Twelfth Night, Shakespeare defines his concept of courtly love. An examination of the opening soliloquy foreshadows the author’s views on the different views of love between the nobility and peasantry classes. It is clear from Orsino’s ruminations that he that he believes in love as a pure ideal. To paraphrase, Orsino believes in love at first sight and is immediately smitten by Olivia. He states, “O, when my eyes did see Olivia first, Methought she purged the air of pestilence” (3). In many ways, this is classic Shakespeare who, as a playwright and historian, thrives on dichotomy as a literary trope. Shakespeare exemplifies this topsy turvy notion, that I brand a dichotomy, by introducing the character of Olivia’s Uncle Toby Belch. Toby, to be polite despite his name, is a drunk. However, he is the comedic figure of the play. While nonsensical, he emblemizes the fact that love is real. He is a clown, but like many, clowns in literature, he is the most grounded character, despite his obvious flaws in the play. When Toby speaks, the viewer, importantly the audience of an Elizabethan drama not a 21st century English class, understands love is real. In this manner Toby acts as a mask for the real world....
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...The purpose of this study was to examine the “functional organization of the prefrontal cortex and how it is affected by learning to perform tasks that require working memory for spatial locations and features of stimuli” (Meyer, Lian, Stanford, & Constantinidis, 2011). To illustrate this hypothesis, research by Meyer, Lian, Stanford, and Constantinidis (2011) examined the results of working memory tasks in the context of two contrasting theoretical models of organization in the prefrontal cortex. One theoretical position, the domain-specific model, argues that the dorsal and ventral regions of the lateral prefrontal cortex are specialized for spatial and nonspatial representations of information, respectively; this is a dichotomy that parallels that of the dorsal and ventral visual streams (Meyer et al., 2011). Moreover, this model represents a content-based viewpoint, which argues that different areas of the prefrontal cortex are involved in different types of working memory based on domain (Owen, 1997). An alternative position, the integrative model, argues that the dorsal and ventral regions of the prefrontal cortex are shaped by the demands of cognitive tasks imposed on them by an external environment (Meyer et al., 2011). According to this position, this model represents a process-based viewpoint, which concerns itself with whether the information is maintained or manipulated....
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...One of the recurrent themes in The Romance of the Rose is the dichotomy between the “real” outside world and the one showed inside the garden. This separation of worlds emerges from the social limitations imposed by the court, which the narrator illustrates with his use of allegorical characters and challenges these social structures by voicing them out loud. This idea of the exterior versus the interior is also found in Euripides’ Medea, which I related to Guillaume. When Jason betrayed Medea by marring Creon’s daughter, Medea finally perceived Jason’s true nature, which he had concealed to her, but were revealed by his pursue of power and his oath-breaking deeds. In lines 516-519 Medea asks the heavens the following: “O Zeus, why did you give to men clear signs of gold that...
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...The American Presidency is a nuanced and complicated job. It requires intense political skill, captivating charisma, and a well-versed knowledge of communication. As president one facing many obstacles, most of which are contradictory in and of themselves. These contradictions create the dichotomy of the legendary presidents versus those that fell flat. Arguably, the most notable of president was George Washington, the very first president of the United States of America. He is notable and remembered as the greatest due to his ability to traverse the political expectation of both the common people as well as those in government. The citizen of this new country saw themselves in George Washington. He understood the people because he too had...
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...The Dichotomy of War According to Freud our life is played out in two different, opposing forces. One of them, Eros, is the drive for sex, love, and self-preservation, whereas the other is known as Thanatos, the drive for death and self-destruction. It is the yin and yang of motivations and urges. Put simply, Eros wants us to live and struggle through and with pain and suffering; Thanatos prefers to end it all with death, the equalizer, the dark force, the state of constant peace, calm and rest. My father, a 66 year old retired plumber, is a Vietnam vet seeking treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder for the first time in his life. He has two purple hearts and a plethora of mal-adaptive coping skills which have come rather pronounced in his golden years. He lives on a 117 acre ranch in Ellensburg, Washington. His home is off-grid meaning he is not connected to any public utilities and produces his own energy and his home is completely self-sufficient. Most would say this is a remote way of living. Some would say it’s a form of isolation. With all of this privacy at his fingertips, my father still chooses to venture out into the wilderness for days at a time by himself, with his rifle. There is no question in my mind that war gave my father purpose and meaning that is still a part of his identity today but in ways he still doesn’t fully comprehend. As a result of his war experience, he felt pulled in both directions of Eros and Thanatos; the will to survive and the...
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...The subject of privacy has been a divisive issue throughout history. The public/ private distinction originated out of individuals desire to set boundaries for private and public spheres. The idea behind the public/private distinction is that the law should enhance the public good, while respecting and creating a balance for private liberty. Out of this distinction, various issues on ones natural rights and the responsibility of the law to protect these rights both in the private and public have been raised. The feminist movement and housing rights have been directly impacted negatively by the public/private dichotomy and the separation of the two realms. In these two movements, and many other campaigns, the public/private separation has placed...
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...Every written work has inscribed meaning and purpose intended by its author, but it is a person’s personal perspective as to which elements of the text provide that meaning. Because reading is a reflection of the reader, one person’s summary or analysis cannot reflect the full importance of a certain passage. In her essay, A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf explores the dichotomy between men and women to conclude her purpose that a woman needs an income and her own space in order to create things in the same way that a man is able to. In such, there are numerous examples of where Woolf employs techniques such as similes, metaphors, and the way in which these relate to one another in order to have the reader come to this conclusion. However, an overarching and general summary of this work does not...
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...The philosophy of evolution rests on the belief that the planet earth is of an immense age: about 4.5 billion years old. For years, biologists have questioned the diversity of all living species. The estimated 3-20 million living organisms on the earth shown countless changes in shape, size, etc. With much of the world’s species extinct, there is now a projected 9% of species to have ever lived, now extinct. The development of the evolutionary theory over the past couples of decades has sparked more conversation now than ever before. Charles Darwin, an English naturalist and geologist, gave a clarification on why there is diversity and change in species. The four reasons were: • Physical traits and behaviours allow species to live and breed. • Physical behaviour comes from adaptations to environment. • Adaptations to environment comes from natural selection. • Natural selection then creates evolution. Today, in the 21st Century, humans have change immensely since 3 billion years ago. We have smaller bodies. The human body is shorter, lighter and smaller boned. These physical factors evolve from our adaptation to genes, diet and environment. The human jaw and teeth have become smaller and more fragile. This is because of the relationship between body size and dietary changes, our teeth have had to adapt to meat, processed foods and other different food groups. Over 3 billion years ago, our ancestors, the chimpanzees and early hominins (australopithecines) had dietary capacities...
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...The Dichotomy of Truth vs Fun F. Scott Fitzgerald was able to create a unique structure for his novel The Great Gatsby which effectively handled his dichotomy of “Do we really want to know the truth?” vs “Do we really want to ruin people’s fun?” Fitzgerald narrates the story through the character of Nick Carraway which allows the reader to see character development through the eyes of someone actually living and seeing it. The structure of the novel is also a scrambled mess with new information constantly being learned just not always in chronological order. This causes Nick to be detective-like and put the story together for us by using flashbacks and other forms of storytelling. Multiple scenarios throughout the novel such as Tom and Myrtle’s secret affair, Nick reserving all judgement, and Gatsby’s parties show us how the structure of the novel...
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...In the tumultuous state of global affairs, the United States has been increasingly subject to criticism for their refusal to accept refugees fleeing genocide in the Middle East and North Africa. In the wake of the Trump Administration’s recent travel ban on persons entering the U.S from countries that primarily practice Islam, there have been a myriad of comparisons to when Jewish refugees were turned away from America’s doorstep and forced to a certain death during World War II. There is truth in this equivalence, but there is a dichotomy between the motives behind these genocides. The killing of civilians in the Middle East is to suppress political dissent and achieve religious monoliths, whereas the Nazi death camps had one motive; racial “purity.” The impact of the Nazi...
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...Kobe Bryant had established himself as a professional basketball player, by the year 2003. Kobe Bryant had five championships with the Los Angeles Lakers and had fourteen all-star appearances. Kobe Bryant stayed with the Los Angeles for his whole career (20 seasons). One night in the summer of 2003 when Bryant stayed at the Lodge and Spa at Cordillera Hotel, Colorado to because he was getting upcoming surgery on his knee. In the process of trying to repair his knee, Bryant was accused of committing a felony of rape against a hotel worker at the hotel he was staying at. Bryant’s victim was a 19- year old hotel employee named Katelyn Faber. Katelyn had stated that Kobe allegedly raped her in his hotel room the night before he was going to have...
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...Sartoris’s source of knowing what misery and hopelessness comes from his family, but particularly his father, Abner. Faulkner uses the father’s actions and the dichotomy of differing types of fires to display this. After the Snopes family have been exiled from their county, they sit around a measly campfire the father has made. There are two types of fires his father had to deal out: one for his family and the other for hatred. When Sartoris says that the fire his father built for the family is, “a small fire, neat, niggard almost” (158), it shows the reader that the love the father has for the family is puny and weak. The fire is meant to keep the family warm and protected just like his love should, but it barely sustains them in the cold of the night. Abner keeps this fire to himself when Sartoris says it is “niggard”, a word that also enforces that it is “neat.” When something is neat, it is held back...
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...1. What is the law-enforcement-social casework dichotomy? What evidence do we have to support that it is a false dichotomy? The law-enforcement-social casework dichotomy is basically whether a parole/ probation officer should fill a role, whether that is focused on the protection of the society/public or helping the offenders reintegrate back into society. The community policing era mentioned throughout my classes encourages a problem solving oriented policing method along with a rehabilitation oriented framework for offenders. Based on the officer and their views and attitude on rehabilitating offenders varies between the law-enforcement-social casework dichotomy. On the law enforcement side of this dichotomy officers are more focused on...
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...The tension between the universal and the particular has always been a major topic in Bible studies. Since this dichotomy is also important in daily lives, there are many cases in the Scripture that reflects and discusses about it. Here I would like to present four examples from both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Then from these examples and other reading materials, which perspective of the dichotomy the Church privilege shall be evident. Let me introduce the first example of the dichotomy, which compares the Book of Proverbs and the Old Testament as a whole. As the name Hebrew bible suggests, the Old Testament mostly concerns about the history of the Israelite people. For example, one of the most important parts in the Old Testament is the Pentateuch, the five books of Moses that focuses on the history of Jewish people. In these books, it appears that God chooses the Israelites among all the races of men. He leads the Israelites out of slavery and suffering in Egypt and brings them back to the Promised Land. He also makes a covenant with them on Mount Sinai, thus indicating the special status of the Israelites. In Exodus 3:6, God says to Moses: “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” In this sentence, God specifically addresses that He is the God of the Israelites people and shows his favor toward them. This is a good example of particularism. Furthermore, later in the Old Testament the books of Deuteronomy, Joshua...
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...1. Describe where/how you have experienced the impact of socioeconomic status and/or culture on health behaviors? As a home health nurse, I visited patients in their home, and the way people choose or are able to live reflects socioeconomic status and health behavior. I observed first hand a spectrum of poor individuals living in subsidized housing and surviving on meals on wheels, and affluent individuals living in high-rise condos with the ability to shop at natural food markets. The dichotomy overwhelmed me to have an unbiased approach to every individual patient. Garcia (2005) reflects how it is difficult for low socioeconomic status impacts the ability to eat a healthy diet. This was observed in the person’s dependent on meals on wheels...
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