Singleness Essay Examples

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An Analysis of how Beowulf Reflects Cultural Values and Customs (517 words, 1 pages)

The poem Beowulf accurately exhibits the principal structure and values of Anglo-Saxon society. In the poem, there is no distinction between myth and history, yet many elements of the epic accurately reflect aspects of the Anglo-Saxon period. However, the poem is not anachronistic, in that it confronts transgenerational issues, which ... Read More

An Analysis of The Drew Carey Show (596 words, 1 pages)

Actor, comedian, author and television comedy sensation Drew Carey stars in "The Drew Carey Show" as an average single everyguy struggling to stay financially and romantically afloat in the unpredictable '90s. From Mohawk Productions, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television, this half-hour comedy depicts the life of a wannabe ... Read More

The Theme of Death of the Good and Young in Battle in Aeneid (609 words, 4 pages)

Within the Aeneid, there are many themes contained inthe text. One of them is the death of the good and theyoung in battle. This recurring theme seems to be prevalentin Vergils epic because it most definitely occurs in allbattles. When there is battle, there are consequences. Most often these consequence ... Read More

An Analysis of Literary Techniques in There Will Come Soft Rains by Sara Teasdale (384 words, 1 pages)

There will come soft rains (War Time) By Sara TeasdaleThere will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,And swallows circling with their shimmering soundAnd frogs in the pools singing at night,And wild plum-trees in tremulous white.Robins will wear their feathery fireWhistling their whims on a low fence-wireAnd not ... Read More

An Analysis of Michael Jackson’s Single Man in the Mirror (476 words, 1 pages)

Man In The MirrorWritten and composed by Siedah Garret and Glen Ballard. Performed by Michael Jackson, Featuring Siedah Garret, The Winans and The Andrae Crouch Choir.Man In The Mirror is a former number one single performed by musical pop sensation Michael Jackson. The theme of the song is easy to ... Read More

An Examination of Parent’s Influence on Children (1660 words, 3 pages)

A TASTE OF HONEYANOTHER TEENAGE MISTAKEMorals are defined as expressing or teaching a conception of either behaviour. Teaching moral values to a child are usually the responsibility of the parents. A parent influences a child at a young age, although as they mature they have the ability to accept or ... Read More

The Influences of Witches, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth’s Ambition on the Character of Macbeth (293 words, 1 pages)

Macbeth EssayFrom the very beginning Macbeth has been a victim of the witches prophecy and Lady Macbeths ambition. With no support he soon succumbed to the pressures of each. The Witches prophecy was that Macbeth would become Thane of Cawdor and then after become king. The witches didnt elaborate as ... Read More

Rethinking MacCarthyism, not MacCarthy (1612 words, 3 pages)

The single most important factor in understanding the United States involvement in Vietnam is fear. In the years leading to the Vietnam Conflict the United States was immersed in paranoia toward Communist Russia and the communist movement as a whole. This paranoia has its roots in the depression of the ... Read More

A Philosopher of Nature (1483 words, 5 pages)

Fifty years ago the single greatest philosopher walked upon this earth. How can I be so dauntless as to refer to one man as The Greatest philosopher? The answer is simple. All philosophers ask questions. Few of these questions will produce earth-shattering revelations and even fewer will change the world. ... Read More

Aristotle’s Political Ideal (2332 words, 4 pages)

Aristotles Political IdealIt is not Fortunes power to make a city good that is a matter of scientific planning and deliberative policy. Aristotle, along with most of the prominent thinkers of his time, theorized upon what the Ideal Political State would be and through what means it could be obtained. ... Read More

The General Will (6377 words, 18 pages)

Rousseau's concept of "the general will" (la volont gnrale) has been generally misunderstood. It has been criticized on the one hand as a form of vacuous idealism, and on the other hand as nothing more than another name for majority rule. But the concept is, in fact, neither of these. ... Read More

An Analysis of Aristotle’s Definition of a Good Man in Nicomachean Ethics (1446 words, 3 pages)

The Good ManBase on Aristotle's Nicomachean EthicsPlato believed that a man could only become good by knowing the truth, and he could not know the truth without being good. This shows to be somewhat of a paradoxical argument. On the other hand, Aristotle had a different theory regarding the goodness ... Read More

An Examination of Descartes’s Views on Knowledge (1814 words, 3 pages)

Descartes believed that the origin of knowledge comes from within the mind, a single indisputable fact to build on that can be gained through individual reflection. In the first meditation he casts doubt on the previous foundations of knowledge and everything he has learned or assumed. He says But reason ... Read More

A Philosopher of Nature: Albert Einstein (1486 words, 5 pages)

Fifty years ago the single greatest philosopher walked upon this earth. How can I be so dauntless as to refer to one man as The Greatest philosopher? The answer is simple. All philosophers ask questions. Few of these questions will produce earth-shattering revelations and even fewer will change the world. ... Read More

The Life of Plato (2034 words, 3 pages)

Life Plato was born around the year 428 BCE into an established Athenian household with a history of political connections -- including distant relations to both Solon and Pisistratus. Plato's parents were Ariston and Perictone, his older brothers were Adeimantus and Glaucon, and his younger sister was Potone. In keeping ... Read More

Teaching Moral Values to Children in A Taste of Honey by Shelegh Delaney (3368 words, 5 pages)

A TASTE OF HONEYANOTHER TEENAGE MISTAKEMorals are defined as expressing or teaching a conception of either behaviour. Teaching moral values to a child are usually the responsibility of the parents. A parent influences a child at a young age, although as they mature they have the ability to accept or ... Read More

Defining Justice in Plato’s Republic (1489 words, 4 pages)

PLATOS Republic In Plato's Republic, Socrates leads a discussion with his fellow philosophers attempting to isolate the concept of justice in the soul. In order to accomplish this task,they hypothesize that justice can occur both in the city as well as and the soul. Because the philosophers are more familiar ... Read More

Three Types of Relationships in Product Offering (7550 words, 18 pages)

Each of the three types of relationships implies a general class of product offering. The transaction-based relationship implies a single product the technical advisory relationship accompanies product and service bundles and partnership involves a theme-based array of products and services that change according to the customers stage of life. By ... Read More

The Magical Realism Used in Gabriel Garcia’s “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” (943 words, 2 pages)

Fantasy is uninhibited imagination, magical realism is the art of producing effects beyond human power by supernatural means, a myth is a traditional story, or legend that concerns a superhuman being without always being based in fact. The stories, A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, by Gabriel Garcia, and ... Read More

An Analysis of Hobbes’ Concept of Absolute Sovereignty (2751 words, 4 pages)

A state is sovereign when its magistrate owes allegiance to no superior power, and he or she is supreme within the legal order of the state. It may be assumed that in every human society where there is a system of law there is also to be found, latent beneath ... Read More

An Account of a Dutch-Canadian Family’s Immigration to Canada (1363 words, 3 pages)

INTRODUCTIONMany people immigrated to Canada with hopes of a better life and refuge from places and times of uncertainty. People in foreign countries were made aware of Canada and all it supposedly had to offer through channels such as relatives who were already living in Canada and governmental advertising. Information ... Read More

A Comparison of the Believes of Philosophers Socrates and Descartes (952 words, 2 pages)

One of the odd yet interesting ideas that philosophers demand be debated is that of the true nature of the human being. Even though probably each philosopher has his own unique perception of the true nature of the human being, philosophers tend to share some of the same basic attributes ... Read More

A Liberating Quest for Education in The Autobiography of Malcolm X (608 words, 1 pages)

I read an excerpt from the book, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, by Malcolm X and Alex Haley. In this part of the book Malcolm discusses his quest for knowledge. He starts off by telling us about how he wrote his Harlem, hustler friends and told them all about Allah ... Read More

An In-Depth Look at Five Senses Making up His Beliefs (1248 words, 2 pages)

Rene Descartes asserts that our most fundamental beliefs are uncertain, and consequently, all beliefs resting on these basics are also uncertain. In his First Mediation, he sets out to find and destroy all beliefs in order to eventually create a stable foundation in which all of these beliefs may rest. ... Read More

The Questions and Meaning of Morality (927 words, 2 pages)

The question of Morality and what it meansThroughout the recorded history of man, there has been a series of questions continually asked by each generation. Who are we? Where are we going? Why? Is there a God? Are just a few of the questions that continue to engage the minds ... Read More

A Look at Descartes’ Doubt About the Legitimacy of All Sensory Perception (840 words, 2 pages)

According to Descartes, the essence of material substance is simply extension, the property of filling up space. (Med. V) So solid geometry, which describes the possibility of dividing an otherwise uniform space into distinct parts, is a complete guide to the essence of body. It follows that there can be ... Read More

A Critical Analysis of Nyanya’s Arguments About Consciousness (923 words, 2 pages)

One of the Nyaya arguments against the claim that consciousness is a property of the body is as follows Premise 1 All bodily qualia the causes of which continue to be available, endure as long as the body exists, for example, color and so on. Premise 2 No conscious states ... Read More

A Discussion of Whether Ethical Theory Is Useful in Day to Day Life (1341 words, 2 pages)

. Is ethical theory useful in day to day life? Do I use ethical theory to make a choice? I will use three philosophers, Alasdair MacIntyre, Jonathan Bennett, and Mary Midgley to assist me in answering these questions.In her work Trying Out Ones New Sword Midgley argues against moral isolationism. ... Read More

The History and Origins of Confucianism (1373 words, 2 pages)

What is Confucianism? Confucianism was the single most important thing in Chinese life. It affected everything in China education, government, and attitudes toward behavior in public and private life. Confucianism is not a religion, but it is more a philosophy and a guide to morality and good government. The Laozian ... Read More

An Overview of a Different Route to the Same Conclusion Regarding Creation and Evolution (1383 words, 2 pages)

Creation vs. EvolutionA Different Route to the Same ConclusionThe argument over how the earth was created has been an ongoing battle for many years. Who really knows if some supreme being created the universe, or if it was the end result of a massive explosion from a single atom? Creation, ... Read More