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Many people tend to believe that vengeance has more value than forgiveness and it’s ok. Seeking vengeance is not the same as forgiving someone who wronged you. When you forgive someone after being wronged, you let go of a desire to harm the person. Therefore, forgiveness has more value that vengeance since it helps you live a longer and healthier life, feel relief without feeling resentment of holding grudges, and it helps you protect yourself from future hurts. To begin with, forgiving people who

Betrayal is the breaking or violation of a trust, and often it is seen as an act of disloyalty with unrecoverable consequences. In the fictional novel 1984, by George Orwell, the author uses betrayal as a recurring theme which is highlighted throughout the book. The existence of fear causes individual character’s betrayal to the others as the government controls every aspect of the society and destroys trust among its citizens. It demonstrates that how no amount of love or loyalty to someone could

People use courage all the time. Courage is shown in 9/11 videos with the first responders running into the buildings to save the people suffering, in the military when men and women go fight for the freedom and safety of our country, and sometimes in ordinary people in their everyday lives. In "The Hobbit", J.R.R Tolkien demonstrates how an ordinary person can be very couragous when faced with difficult obstacles. In Bilbo Baggins ordinary world, he lives in a shire called Hobbiton. Bilbo has

So far, all of the texts that I have read for my seminar class surrounds the questioning of what is justice. There is this text that defines: justice is the sacrifice of one soul for the happiness of others. That text is called: “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”. Omelas city can be seen as the utopia where there is no suffering except one single human. The cost of that utopia is the suffering of a single child. I could say that the child is sacrificed as a “vessel” to hold all the evil, and take

The people, not the society, are Since the people of Omelas are not to be blamed for their immoral misconducts because they are not being taught much morals beyond what is socially accepted, their society does not advance morally throughout the ages as it does not learn from its mistakes and it only conforms to acts that would help it to maintains it grace. However, the individuals advance morally as they realize and depart the sins of Omelas to escape the grotty scenes that result from the dehumanization

A Utilitarian is someone who follows the teachings of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, the two best-known Utilitarian’s of the late 18th to early 19th century. The core belief of Utilitarian ethics is that “The morally best alternative is that which produces the greatest net utility, where utility is denied in terms of happiness or pleasure (Bollert).” This means that, the action, which results in the greatest amount

There is a fine line between bravery and stupidity. To be brave is a state of emotion that enables one to face danger or pain without fear. Where as, stupidity is mistake lacking intellectual ability. One can argue that any courageous act is just running from your problems with heroic remembrance. These two personality traits are considered antonyms, but astoundingly similar. Through Shakespeare's great tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, Juliet changes dramatically. Juliet has become more independent shown

Life As We Knew It I have always heard people say "revenge is a dish best served cold." I never really understood what this saying meant, so I had to look up it up on the internet. What I finally decided it meant was that after you are wronged by somebody, you should wait to retaliate for when your target is not expecting it. In Susan's Glaspell's Trifles I think this is a great example of someone serving up a cold plate of revenge. Trifles is also a great example of the gender boundaries that were

One of the key themes present throughout Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko is “betrayal” based solely on the concept of trust. Throughout history, fine literature has provided us with novels that reveal betrayal as the base and themes of the story. For example, Oroonoko’s deepest values of trust and loyalty are turned against him. His trust in friendship and honorable truth to his word, expose him to the treachery of Europeans/Africans who calculate human worth on a measure of profit and fear. A man without

The violinist: The argument Thomson tries to make is that a person is not obligated to allow someone to live of their life functions. The scenario he presents, is you were abducted and your organs were connected to the violinist so the violinist can live. You are not morally obligated to stay attached to the violinist even if without you they are dead. Henry Fonda: The argument her is that no one has the right to depend on another person to live. The scenario is that Thomson needs Henry Fonda to