...WHAT LIES BENEATH What Lies Beneath is a American supernatural drama-horror film directed by Robert Zemeckis. It stars Famous actors Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer which were the only choice for the lead roles. This is one of a few movies in which ford has played a villainous role. Story revolves around the perfect relationship of Norman and Claire Spencer until Claire starts hearing and seeing things. She gets to know the fact that there is a ghost in their house ,Tries to tell her husband about it but he didnt believe her and suggested her to take the therapy which she did. The therapist forces her to make a contact with the ghost to learn what lies beneath and she decides to solve the mystery herself. as released on July 21, 2000 at #1 at the box office, grossing just under $30 million. It continued strongly throughout the summer of 2000, and ended up grossing over $155 million in the United States, and nearly $300 million worldwide. Most of us will think that a thriller teaming Michelle Pfeiffer, Harrison Ford and with director Robert Zemeckis who has produced some great entertainments (like Forrest Gump), would probably be another success and will be worthwatching like his rest of the movies not just because the cast but also because of the traillers that are so promising. Well we have to think again. Because you can never judge the the taste of the cake by just looking at the frosting on top. Norman Spencer (Harrison Ford) a high statused scientific researcher...
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...Nicholas Hamilton Rhetoric 20 Amy J. February 17, 2015 The Irony in Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche writes in his essay “On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense” about the understandings of knowledge, truth, and morality. Interestingly the translation of the original title for Nietzsche’s work might have been “On Truth and Lie in the Extramoral Sense.” This is interesting because the translated version that is given for readers is “Nonmoral”; however another possible translation could have been “Extramoral” which shows that his writing may either be something not consistent with morality, but it may also be overly moral as well. Kenneth Burke writes in his work “Four Master Tropes”, about the tropes of metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony. He provides numerous definitions of irony as well as the three temptations of irony. Nietzsche’s writing and ideas about “truth and lies” are “ironic” based on the definition and examples Burke uses as well as the standard dictionary definition of irony. This irony accomplishes incongruity with what appears to be truth and lies and what it actually is; since there is no concrete truth, this is ironic in itself. Individuals often confuse and misuse the term ironic, but Kenneth Burke gives his opinion of what irony is. He says, “Irony arises when one tries, by the interaction of terms upon one another, to produce a development which uses all the terms…they are all voices, personalities, or positions, integrally affecting one another” (432)....
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...Lies have been around for as long as a person has been. Everyone lies, whether it is to protect the ones we love or to cover up something we don’t want others to find out. Lying is the new moral of our modern day society. It's much easier to lie to someone than to tell the truth. In Ericsson’s essay The Ways We Lie, she describes nine descriptions and examples of lies we all say in a day. No matter how honest you try to be, most people ends up saying a lie. Sometimes lies are necessary, but does that really mean someone should build their life upon lies on top of lies. We tend to not pick them out as “water is to fish”. Throughout the essay it tells about how humans can lie in many different ways. As the quote states “our acceptance of lies becomes a cultural cancer that eventually shrouds and reorders reality until moral garbage becomes as invisible to us as water is to a fish." Both cancer and garbage are used to describe the lying. Cancer is used to describe a...
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...should be taken into consideration when determining whether an action is moral. The primary goal of utilitarianism is to “balance the pleasure and pain as such, the question of to whom a pleasure or pain belongs to is irrelevant” (27). Many, such as Singer, even state that the idea that humans should get special consideration would be considered “speciesism” which would be comparable to racism. Then on the other spectrum lies the deontological view, which is the idea that some things have intrinsic value, or as Tom Regan believes, that animals or at least beings that were “subject to life” (beings...
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...Why do humans love puppies and kittens? Why don’t humans love baby fish and insects as much? The answer lies in how humans value life. Life is a complicated idea containing layers of meaning ranging from a philosophical to a biological side. Humans associate animals like a puppy as a friend yet for many, a fish as a meal. While both animals are alive in the biological sense (living, breathing, eating, etc.) humans think of and treat them in a completely different manner. The value of the life of an animal or robot is directly related to its similarity with human life, thus the closer something is to resembling human life, the more humans value it as shown in the outcry over the death of Harambe, and our emotional attachment towards robots....
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...Lying is an integral part of human life and communication. On occasion, it is easier to lie than to tell the truth. There are many reasons for lying, whether it be an attempt to protect someone or a lie out of compassion or charity. There are both advantages and disadvantages to not telling the truth. Sometimes, the truth may hurt a loved one, thereby making it easier to lie rather than see him/her get hurt. Although lying is considered malevolent by some, it's a necessary evil in life that has to be accepted. Lies out of compassion cannot be considered spiteful in any way. In my personal experience, sometimes, lying is the best, and only option. One winter, when I was eleven years of age, I was in New York City, right around the holidays,...
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...10/1/12 The Implication of Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” In The Republic, Plato reveals the overwhelming ignorance of humanity through the allegory of the cave. Plato summarizes his viewpoint of society as a whole through this allegory, portraying the human race as imprisoned in the chains of oblivion, unaware of its own inhibited perspective. A more contemporary philosopher, Umberto Eco, also criticized the state of society in a similar fashion in Travels in Hyperrreality; describing the overwhelming trend of “horror vacui.” The allegory of the cave reveals the importance of education in the journey towards enlightenment-only through instruction can individuals recall the inherent knowledge of the Forms. The significance of the allegory is rooted in Plato’s belief that there exist inherent truths hidden under the superficial surface of society that only enlightened individuals can uncover through education. Plato’s allegory of the cave follows as thus: A cluster of prisoners, having been enclosed in a cave since birth, has never laid eyes on any kind of daylight. Furthermore, these individuals are prevented from turning their heads to look to either side by their bonds, and can consequently only envision what lies straight ahead. Lying posterior to the shackled prisoners is a fire which is subsequently anterior to a wall. A collection of statues sojourn on the top of the wall and are manipulated by a separate group of people, hidden from the prisoners’ sight. As a result...
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...Those that make us who we are, also unable us from changing. The world is composed of different emotions which define us as human beings, and caused by the composition of these emotions, there are intertwined subjects which will never be transformed. In a world filled with diversity and minds of liberty, war will always be fought for individual’s honor and pride, and the term just cannot be fully defined and understood by one’s mind. Should one have the right to believe? Without a doubt, faith leads people out of their misery, gives people the light of hope during the abyss of darkness. But the idea of faith cannot and would not exist without an involvement of personal assumptions, especially when the topic of just, or perhaps right and wrong...
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...Coming up with different types of lies, saying lies, and showing without speaking but still lying. Humans lie in many forms, verbal, on social media, over technology and other ways. ( Stephanie Ericcson “Ways we lie” ) How do we lie? Why would anybody lie? We lie by not telling the truth because we don’t want the truth coming out. People lie to cover up anything bad they did, so they can make themselves look good. Like Stephanie Ericcson said “ We lie. We all do. We exaggerate, we minimize, we avoid confrontation we spare people’s feelings, we keep secrets, we justify lying to the big-guy institutions.” ( Page 472 2nd paragraph ) I’ve finally figured out the reason behind why people lie, so that they want get...
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...considering truth-value, regardless of the fact that we as humans discuss things that do not “exist” to the eye on a regular basis. Although it seems as though making statements such as these would come off as straight-forward and simple, existence is a philosophical outrage amongst many scholars that currently study the sort. We speak of many non-existent people, places, and things, yet seem to do so without disarray. But, what is not considered is the language of which we speak it, and that the idea that we are discussing something that seemingly is true by describing it with adjectives, yet we are using true descriptions to describe something that entirely does not exist to begin with. A common example of this is Santa Claus. A pot-bellied, white bearded man that has an extremely descriptive background story known amongst many. We as a culture have nurtured this alleged man into the “hero of christmas”, who brings toys and presents to even the poorest of children. Yet, we forget the original idea that he derived from. He does not exist. In more generic terms, a negative existential can simply be described as “X does not exist.” What Russell fails to acknowledge is the fact that, in order to conclude that something does not exist, you have to first accept the existence of the idea. In point, an example of “X does not exist,” must be true, because the idea immediately becomes true once discussed. So the problem lies in, how can something that is non-existent have characteristics...
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...Assisted Reproductive and Human Dignity As parents, we already possess high degree of control over the outcome of our children’s lives in the form of environmental choice. I could understand why some parents would be interested in shaping their children even before they are born. I presume they are trying to ensure the best possible lives for them. However, something about designing and modifying children feels un-natural. My initial reaction is that these parents are serving their own desires and looking for personal gain. Truthfully, I don’t think anyone wishes their child is born with a disease. I am however fascinated with all the advancements in reproductive technologies. One hand, it provides hope and a great opportunity to those unable to conceive naturally and also reduce the chances of babies being born with serious disease. But on the other hand, there is the sense of parents playing God. I would say any form or bioengineering or cloning violates the principle of autonomy. By parents choosing their child’s genetic makeup in advance, parents deny them the right to an open future. Then there is the associated risk of multiple gestation pregnancy where they are...
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...STRUCTURE 4 6 METRE AND RHYTHM 4 7 RHYMES AND OTHER SOUND PATTERNS 5 8 RHETORICAL FIGURES ON THE MORPHOLOGICAL AND ON THE SYNTACTIC LEVEL 5 9 6 SEMANTIC STRUCTURE 10 CONCLUSION 8 11 BIBLIOGRAPHY 9 12 WEBLIOGRAPHY 9 II © swopdoc.com Document uploaded/downloaded by Lala Seyfullayeva lalicka-22@hotmail.com at 21:07 CEST on Monday May 4th 2015. © Copyright protected material from swopdoc.com - Propagation or publication is prohibited by law 1 Prayer before Birth I am not yet born; O hear me. Let not the bloodsucking bat or the rat or the stoat or the club-footed ghoul come near me. I am not yet born, console me. I fear that the human race may with tall walls wall me, with strong drugs dope me, with wise lies lure me, on black racks rack me, in blood-baths roll me. I am not yet born; provide me With water to dandle me, grass to grow for me, trees to talk to me, sky to sing to me, birds and a white light in the back of my mind to guide me. I am not yet born; forgive me For the sins that in me the world shall commit, my words when they speak to me, my thoughts when they think me, my...
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...In regards to whether humans are born evil or innocent, British philosopher Thomas Hobbes once said,”The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone,” (bhsa). The debate of whether humans are born pure or evil has been argued since the 1500’s and one person who had an opinion on this topic was William Golding. Golding, a former WW2 veteran, agreed with Hobbes’s belief that humans are inherently evil and this concept is shown throughout his novel, The Lord of the Flies. In the book, a group of British boys crash on an island and the constant power struggle between two of the boys, named Ralph and Jack, along with the desire to survive brings out the worst in all of the boys . The question of whether humanity is inherently...
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...One of the pillars of human social interaction is the existence of lying. An ongoing debate of whether or not one should practice honesty or deploy a deceptive lie exists in most people’s minds. While most people think of lying as something invariably deliberate, some lies can be automatic and subconscious, and are said and accepted without hesitation or further thought. While it is clear to many how abundant lying is in today’s world, the consideration of how beneficial and morally correct lying is not one that is pondered often enough. Whether or not lying is something encouraged is a topic of great debate. To many, lying is a necessary tool that exists for the benefit of those who are wise enough to take advantage of it. However, when one...
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...Absolute deontologists would sat that a good way to look at this act would be to not focus on intentions or consequences but instead only focus on the act itself. The act of terminating life support or pulling the plug and euthanasia ends a life. Ending a life is called murder whether it was voluntary or not. It is the act that is judged not the intentions or consequence. If a person tries to end their own life via whatever means they choose is still murder but its called suicide. Murder and suicide and even attempted suicide are all bad words that have no good things stemming from them no matter how you could twist the definition. These words are considered bad because they are and it takes an act to make them real. Terminating a human life is wrong according to deontology and not ethical. It is wrong no matter what the consequence, intention or reason. The end of a person’s life should be decided by God and only God because it was his action that started the life in the first place. One of the strengths of deontology is that it has guidelines to be applied when making a...
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