Society : A Realm Of Doubt

In exploring the fragility of humanity throughout contextual shifts, individuals develop a deeper insight into the ramifications of one’s downfall as a result of the unbridled pursuit of power. This is due to a reflection on an individual's’ duplicity and conscience as values of honesty and compassion are corrupted and influenced by reckless ambition within texts. In a comparative study of Shakespeare’s morality play King Richard III and Al Pacino’s docudrama

Texts are shaped by their compositional context and thus offer new insights about the composer’s era. However, as there are ongoing concerns of humanity, key ideologies resonate over time and are affirmed between texts as shown in William Shakespeare’s play ‘King Richard III’ (1591) and Al Pacino’s docudrama ‘Looking For Richard’ (1996). King Richard III examines the irrational behaviours and moral ramifications of a power lust Richard to explore ideas of the relentless pursuit of power, betrayal and deceit, reflective of the theocentric context of the Elizabethan society. Centuries later, Looking For Richard explores Pacino’s journey to reshape a Shakespearean text that is representative of the changing contextual norms and values of a contemporary American audience who are confused and sceptical about the relevance of Shakespeare’s plays. Both texts provide an image of Richard’s deceit reflective of their distinctive contexts. However, despite the disparity of time, both texts display how key ideas such as deceit, endure and resonate over time.

Social validity was introduced by Wolf (1978), in which the need to measure the acceptability and impact of a programmed intervention in the society by the consumers. Since then, there have developed several models with different components of social validity (Carter, 2011). For example, Reimers, Wacker, and Koepple (1987) conceptualized a “decision-making” model of social validity, which focused on the level of understanding of an intervention. They created a six-level flow chart with numerous potential outcomes related to the implementation of an intervention to evaluate the acceptability of the intervention. Later, Schwartz and Baer (1991) described a model that was based on Wolf ‘s (1978) social validity, which emphasized the most significant variables influencing intervention acceptability. Despite the various models of social validity, the assessment of social validity in current studies rarely matches with one specific model to take into account as a scientific tool (Schwartz & Baer, 1991). Therefore, the purpose of the current paper is to critique how social validity was evaluated in Towery, Parsons, and Reid (2014) article using the models of social validity in Reinmer et al (1987), and Schwartz and Baer (1991). In addition, suggestions to improve their social validity assessment are discussed.

This book described the “ideal renaissance gentleman” through advice given by the courtier. Throughout the book are conversations between the courtiers of the Duke of Urbino, discussing the vision of a perfect court. It is an example of a dialogue, which is a popular renaissance literary structure, composed of drama and conversation. Castiglione’s work had a large impact on the aristocratic idea of the perfect English gentlemen and was thought to be an interpretation of Renaissance court life. The Book of the Courtier was a representation of the ideas and values of Renaissance Humanism, as it emphasized the growth of individual thought and character. This relates to one of the concepts of the Renaissance, “exaltation of human capacities and potential”. The value of the individual is believed to be important in the humanistic way of life. Society was starting to become more concerned with human potential and achievements. Focus was turning away from spiritual matter, and turning towards more worldly matter. This book epitomized the “universal man”, or the “renaissance man”, which is a man that excels in everything. This brings us to an important renaissance term mentioned by Castiglione, known as sprezzatura. Sprezzatura means to preform well, without appearing to have put in much effort or thought about the matter and is mentioned

The pursuit of individual recognition in the form of power and authority remains intrinsic in texts despite the change in contexts. This is evident in William Shakespeare’s 16th century play, King Richard III and Al Pacino’s 19th century docu-drama, Looking for Richard. Both texts explore that the pursuit of individual recognition can be initiated by an individual’s flaw in character caused by the corruption of their sense of morality in order to gain power. This is depicted through the malicious and treacherous nature of the central character, Richard in both texts. There are central ideas conveyed in these texts, including the nature of authority, the acquisition of power and the significant impact determinism plays in one’s decisions and actions. However, due to the difference in cultural context, Pacino reshapes these values to make Shakespeare accessible to a modern day audience. As a result, Pacino sequentially follows the plot of King Richard III in order to emphasise the relevance of Shakespeare’s plays in a modern society. Pacino addresses this through an emphasis on film techniques instead of dramatic techniques. Therefore, it is evident that the comparative study of these texts allows the responder to appreciate the connection between contexts and values, allowing the responder to reflect upon their own society’s concerns.

Chapter Ten: An Aspiring Society covers the social and religious reordering that occurred in the 1700’s in the colonies. The norms about the consumption of alcohol were challenged, there was a leap in time and challenges to established religion swept the colonies during the Great Awakening.

The exemplary novels are timeless not only for the stories they tell, but also for the vivid ways in which they depict society at the time when these stories were written. Through the analysis of Cervantes’s Jealous Extremaduran and Deceitful Marriage, one is able to see and dissect the many jobs and roles played by people in society during the 16th and 17th centuries in Spain.

Desire for power is a fundamental human concern that connects Niccolo Machiavelli’s 16th century speculum principum The Prince, and Shakespeare’s 1599 historical tragedy Julius Caesar, through the contextual barrier.(respond to question) Machiavelli’s Italy has become “beaten, despoiled” by constant infighting whereas Shakespeare’s Elizabethan England is fear ridden with rife possibility of aristocratic war to acquire the throne of heirless Queen Elizabeth I when her reign ends. These contexts of different time period, but filled with the same political tension, shape their criticism of Renaissance humanism’s hubristic depiction of man created “in the image of god” especially through utilisation of historical antiquity, a Renaissance technique, to explore the compromising influence of human desire for power on their moral integrity and state’s stability and glory. Therefore, the comparison of both texts (incl. their given extracts) with different contexts but similar treatment of key human and state values, reveals the impossibility of a perfect human governed state. (respond to question)

In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, a young, alienated prince struggles with his being. In a royal setting, much of life is centered around social interaction. As Hamlet discovers that much of the social interaction he encounters is analogous to actors in a performance, he struggles to find true meaning in a world that resembles a “performance.” As a result, he further alienates himself until he reaches the point of full autonomy. His journey is largely composed of two processes: a painful and intense disintegration and a powerful reintegration. In the course of this paper the terms “disintegration” and “reintegration” are used often. In Hamlet’s case, disintegration refers to him alienating himself until he no longer feels any grounding in his life. Furthermore, reintegration refers to him reestablishing his relationship with the powers at be of his world so that he can cope with a world ruled by social identity rather than true identity. The specific goal of this paper is to argue the validity of Hamlet’s disintegration and reintegration as sustainable solution to alienation. By using Hamlet’s narrative and the publications of authentic authors, this paper will articulate both Hamlet’s journey

Over the course of history, different authors have used different methods to “touch” their audience. They incorporate human ideas in their writings to give the people something to connect to. One concept they use is interpersonal relationships: how people react to one another and how they affect each other. Other literary concepts used to grab the audience’s attention are the interplay of the justification of murder and manhood. These techniques provide people with a new perspective on their own lives as well as the life of others around the world. They emphasize emotions and reveal what is accepted as important in a society. These literary techniques are not reserved for books but also include plays, movies, and other mediums. William Shakespeare uses his play, “Macbeth,” to demonstrate the importance of universal human concepts, such as the interplay of the justification of murder, manhood, and the value of interpersonal relationships, in literature.

Through discovery, our perception of human nature changes alongside the world we live in. this is shown in Micheal de Montaigne’s essay “of cannibals” and ‘The Tempest’ drama written by William Shakespeare. Both show, when man is left alone in a natural state, humans grow to perfection, compared to the state of a civilized man whom is corrupt and alters human nature to an animalistic form. The tempest portrays human beings in a civilized state, whom the characters do inhuman acts for material gain and Micheal de Montaigne’s “ of Cannibals” represent man in a natural state whom when left untouched grows to an paragon society. Yet, which is better? a man in a natural state or a man in a civilized state.

While Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude and Willam Shakespeare’s Hamlet illustrate corruption, in One Hundred Years of Solitude the corruption is on a grander scale, as it affects seven generations and destroys the whole town; whereas, in Hamlet, it only affects the small remote kingdom.

Hamlet, a play by William Shakespeare, is as much a mystery as a tale about depression, madness and sanity. Shakespeare reveals how the scourge of corruption and decay rapidly spread; and the emotional consequences that follow. Insanity, madness and depression are as intolerable as corruption and deceit; and just as intertwined. The play makes one ponder if it is possible to be sane in an insane world full of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption? By examining the themes of melancholy, madness and sanity in Hamlet, Shakespeare details his character’s descent from depression to madness. Additionally, Hamlet’s psychological state can be

Throughout the course of this semester, I have learned there are many different terms and theories about society that I feel like I can relate to and have a much better understanding about the concept of sociology. For the last paper of this class I would like to talk about the last three sociological concepts that I feel have helped me improve my understanding of the relationship between society and myself. The three concepts that I will talk about are: fictive kin, agenda setting theory, and lastly, bystander effect or diffusion of responsibility.

At the beginning of the semester, I knew very little about sociology or even what it was about. I just knew I needed to take the class for my degree plan to transfer to a four-year university and that I would be doing a lot of reading about different terms and theories of society. However, this first month of class has helped me improve my understanding of what sociology is about and shown me how my personal society has impacted the way I view society. Not only did I learn about the relationships between society and myself, but I have also learned different concepts that have helped me gain a better understanding of how society works. There are three specific sociological concepts that has helped me improve my understanding of the relation