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    Peepli Live Essay

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    How can comedy be employed to make serious critiques of societies? Is it an effective method of highlighting serious issues? Answer in relation to Peepli Live. The application of comical natures and satirical themes are used to represent realistic social issues, redefining film as an outlet of truth. Hence, this creates a platform for both entertainment and education, forming a humourous pedagogy. Throughout the film Peepli Live (2010), the director, Anusha Rizvi, discusses relevant existential

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    Sartre's perspective on freedom is “We will freedom for the sake of freedom. And through it, we discover that our freedom depends entirely on the freedom of others and that their freedom depends on ours. Those who hide their freedom behind deterministic excuses, I will call cowards. Those who pretend that their own existence was necessary, I will call scum”. In other words, Sartre’s believes that freedom is absolute, and the existence of one's freedom. Every man values stand for themselves, as the

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    comprehend God’s standards. Mystics of the spirit have faith. 12. Mystics of muscle lay their values with society. The standards of society are beyond the right of man’s judgement and are obeyed as a primary absolute. 13. A mystic’s whole purpose of life is to be an abject zombie who serves a purpose he does not understand and is not to question. 14. Sacrifice is surrendering something you value in favor of something that you do not value. “If you own a bottle of milk and gave it to your starving child

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    When I reflect on what matters the most to me I begin to look at what gives me a sense of purpose. Family, country, and believing in myself is what gives me that purpose and is what matters to me. I feel these characteristics are in the make-up of my DNA and what drives me day to day. If I were to pass away tomorrow, I feel in retrospect that I would not have any regrets because I live everyday with the mantra of family first, country second, and believing in myself. My family means everything

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    Meaning of Life, Richard Taylor argues that meaningless lives our lives that consist of a repetitive cycle of struggles that do not give us any purpose. Taylor describes a meaningful life as one that has a purpose, and is creative and unique to that specific person. Also, the meaningful life is lived in a good and just manner. In The Meanings of Lives, Susan Wolf argues lives that are not involved in an activity that brings positive value are meaningless lives. A person that has a meaningless life by the

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    Selfishness: The Root Of All Unhealthy Relationships In “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” characters who exhibit selfish behaviours build unhealthy relationships. To begin, Helena creates several difficulties as a result of her selfishness and envy of Hermia’s prosperity. Correspondingly, Oberon and Titania face conflicts concerning control. Finally, Egeus and Hermia’s strong sense of pride make them struggle to cooperate. For these reasons, relationships are made fragile due to desire of self-gain.

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    the main purposes for humanity? Is it a universal motive, or could it be more than one? You may think it depends who you are talking to, and this idea may have some true to it. There is a divergent range of beliefs of what these goals or purposes in life are. Some people would base it on religion, love, happiness, tradition, culture values or many other things that could even be unknown to some individuals. For the most part most of these categories can be linked in some way, They can be complete opposite

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    Sartre's Dancer Meaning

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    determine and direct the course of one’s own actions, controlling the outcome. Even though she is shrouded in the negativity, she, like Sartre, turns abandonment, anguish, and despair into beauty, rather than becoming depressed from a lack of dictated life meaning or direction. In dance, every dancer transforms the choreography with each performance. No dancer will convey the same message as another, and no audience member will interpret the work in the same way. This is the beauty of dance: it is there

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    themselves and obtained careers. Thinking of only long-term decisions, my parents are here today, providing for my brother and me as well as giving back to their parents. My parents gave up their personal interests for our futures. Our happiness and life style are because of my parents; they work hard every day to see us smile. For that, I am truly thankful to them and admire their long-term

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    problems for individuals who need the ability to make their own choices for their own sake. In the novella “Anthem” by Ayn Rand,a dystopia takes place in a futuristic era. It is long after a worldwide apocalypse. They are taught that having their life is a privilege.”We are nothing. Mankind is all. By the grace of our brother we are allowed our lives.” It is one of the many rules that their society follows. In the novella “Anthem” by Ayn Rand,the hero is different from everyone in his society. He

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