Conscience

good or bad are can only be blamed on us. Sophocles's Antigone portrays human emotions and consequences that follow two distinct choices. We can broaden the spectrum by saying that Creon represents public policy and Antigone represents individual conscience. According to E.S. Shuckburgh we must examine which is more important 'state law or

Fight Club: A Search for Identity The society we exist in is replete with people who have an inner desire to be perceived differently from how the world perceives them. David Fincher’s Fight Club portrays the struggle of identity and perception through the narrator’s character, who is ironically never assigned a name throughout the film. The narrator’s identity undergoes a shift from an initial complete disconnection from the real world to an adaption of a second identity or alter-ego (“Tyler Durden”)

Everyone in this world has a conscience that makes a person do bad things and good things. After a person has done a bad thing they will usually feel guilty and when they feel guilty enough they will admit to there wrong doing. Guilt exists in everyone that is human. In these stories "As the Night the Day" and "The Heir" guilt affects the two children Kojo and Sogun.      In the Story “The Heir'; Sogun felt guilty for letting his grandfather accuse Sokpae for taking the jades when he was actually

unthinkable question, “Who could hurt their own children”? Most likely, the average man and woman care for and are anxious for the safety of their children. If Medea is considering harming her children, the reader could question the clarity of her conscience. The natural man’s instinct could trigger at this point and a question could be established. “How could a mother speak these dark words about her own offspring?” One could begin to rationalize the situation and establish a summary of Medea’s emotional

People are taught to “forgive and forget” in order to be happy, afterall living with a grudge can being a serious damper in ones life. It may be easy to forgive a friend, or even a stranger depending on the situation, but what if the person that had to be forgiven was themselves? In the Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, the story is told through multiple points of view. Each member of the Price family is noticeably different, and each have their own inner demons. As each character is unlike

escaped suspicion, revenge from James and those who could put his pursuit of pleasure in jeopardy, Dorian could not escape himself. This is the theme that really stuck with me. Dorian pursued pleasure with complete disregard for his soul or his conscience and in the end it led to his lack of pleasure and death.

Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the values of the character Dimmesdale change over the course of the book as a result of the events he goes through. He overvalues social acceptance which causes him distress and imposes heavy guilt on his conscience but finally realizes that the only way to rid himself of that guilt and sin is to confess. Dimmesdale’s values of social acceptance and honesty change as he realizes that it is more important to honor honesty over social acceptance, demonstrating

“Guilt is cancer. Guilt will confine you, torture you, destroy you as an artist. It's a black wall. It's a thief.” Dave Grohl perfectly describes this psychological demon inside our minds, munching away on our inner esteem. However, this contrite conscience only comes after a harrowing deed has been done, after a haunting experience has been encountered. One such phenomenon occurs in the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart,” where the protagonist, an unnamed narrator, brutally murders an old man to get

The obscurity of human thought and sentiment inhibits the possibility of understanding an individual’s actions. The human mind is composed of its own due process, which, in certain individuals, might disable the ability to make decisions and act. In the play Hamlet the protagonist is marked by an indecisive nature. By analyzing every aspect of a possible action, Hamlet inevitably finds a reason not to act. His actions are untimely. The often procrastination of serious acts lead to an

People’s true character is revealed through their actions. Their morals and ethics can be told from how they choose to act in a situation. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible; the character of John Proctor is an honorable man despite having committed wrongful acts. He was able to redeem himself through acts that is considered courageous, such as when he refuses to contribute to the lie of witchcraft in Salem, when he fights for the people who were convicted of witchcraft and when he regrets being a dishonest