A different example in this time period is The Seafarer. While The Seafarer is about a man who goes off to sea, it also explains how someone can work for something but at the end it returns to the beginning just like many empires. The beginning of the poem explains that this sailor goes through trials that many don't have to face by stating, "Who could believe, knowing but / The passion of cities, swelled proud with wine / And no taste of misfortune, how often, how wearily, / I put myself back on the path of the sea." (Seafarer l. 27-30). Many in the world get to where they want to be by doing things that are less than favorable. If a man needs a house then what is stopping him from building his own? The man could build it upon his own ground …show more content…
Wars will be fought, men will become exhausted, and in the end all of that hard work will have been for nothing as "Those powers have vanished, those pleasures are dead. / The weakest survives and the world continues, / Kept spinning by toil." ( Seafarer l. 89-90). Hard work can only take one so far, and fear can break it all down again. Even the fear of being alone can break what has worked so hard for. The Wife's Lament is evidence of an empire having fear of being alone as they search for someone to stay by there side, which at the end leaves them in ruins. It all starts when one is dependent on another which end the independent person going "away from his people / over the tossing waves. I felt cold care in the dark before dawn, / wondering where my lord of the lands might be." (Wife's l. 6-8). Dependence can be a caused be manipulation that many don't realize that they are being swindled. Dependence can cause people to do idiotic deeds that endanger many. While many revert to this dependent state, for many there is "A moment of lyric consciousness [that] expands and reiterates itself until it is resolved by social
“The Wreck of the Sea-Venture,” written by Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker in their book Many Headed Hydra, tells the story of the shipwreck of the Sea-Venture en route to Virginia in 1669, which left the passengers of the ship stranded on Bermuda without a ship to continue the journey to Virginia. While the members of the Virginia Company made a boat to continue the journey, the remaining passengers of the Sea-Venture had to cooperate with one another in order to survive. The authors’ thesis in this document is the shipwreck of the Sea-Venture and the actions taken by the sailors portray the themes of early Atlantic settlement. For example, the sailing of the Sea-Venture was caused by expropriation. The Virginia Company advertised the New
In the poem "A Song of Changgan", It establishes with the speaker not wanting to be with her husband "And I lowered my head toward a dark corner; And would not turn to your thousand calls;" However, as she turns fifteen she considers that she has no other choice and grasps the fact that she loves him. "But at fifteen, I straightened my brows and laughed, Learning that no dust could ever seal our love, That even unto death I would await you by my post; And would never lose heart in the tower of silent watching." When the speaker turns sixteen, her husband sets off on a lengthy journey which made her worried as he hasn't come home for a while. "Your footprints by our door, where I had watched you go, Were hidden, every one of them, under green moss, Hidden under moss too deep to sweep away. "
This story represents the suffering induced by the isolation. In the time period on which this history was reflected, it was socially tolerable for wives to be
Sally Satel, author of “Addiction Doesn’t Discriminate? Wrong,” leads us down a harrowing path of the causes and effects that lead people to addiction. It can be a choice, possibly subconscious, or a condition that leads a person left fighting a lifelong battle they did not intend to sign up for. Mental and emotional health/conditions, personality traits, attitudes, values, behaviors, choices, and perceived rewards are just a few of the supposed causes of becoming an addict.
becoming a part of many other’s way of living; where dependence of it has become a habit in
In the first case the judge would like to show the 3 men sympathy but he believes he isn’t above the law, he sentences the death penalty. The philosophical label of this judge is legal positivism. One thing that the judge says to back this up is “As much as I would personally wish that these men could return to their families and put this tragic event behind them, I cannot permit them to do so. I am not free to make the law”. This quote showed that this judge was a legal positivist because he says that he wants to show them sympathy and let them return to their families, but he is not free to make the law and he is not above the law. Another quote to back this up is “I have sworn an oath to apply the law that authorized legislators have enacted”. Similar to the last quote, the judge is showing that whether he wants to be sympathetic or not he cannot because he has sworn an oath to the law that he cannot break. One weakness of this theoretical approach is that it is very ruthless. These men did not have a choice, killing Ozzie was the only way for the men to
...t societies can be weakened or even fall due to political corruption, war, and social injustice. When a society has one of these things, or even all three, it will not be a safe or fun place to live. Citizens will start riots and some will maybe even flee. And honestly, these things are bound to happen. Ultimately, we are doomed… it’s just up to us how long that will take.
...h lower bodily pleasure. Since the world is desolate and they must strive for survival, people will have to simply live with their basic needs instead of reaching for better and higher pleasures. In addition, people might live less moral lives in the real world. With the fight for survival, people might result to immoral acts such as stealing and killing. The consequences of these actions would reduce happiness and only cause more people pain.
This is added to by the fact that she is isolated from others. She lives in “a lonesome-looking place” with poplar trees around it that were also “lonesome-looking.” She has no visitors and does not visit others. This isolation is because of her husbands wishes. So not only does he not provide her with love or affection, he prevents her from getting companionship elsewhere.
Temptation: Everyone faces temptation in his life, while few are able to resist temptation, others are taken over by the influential power it possess. The power of temptation causes one to oversee the evil and be consumed by the good because addiction exerts a long and powerful influence over one. When taken over by temptation, one craves for the object of addiction, losses of control over its use, and continues involvement with it despite adverse consequences. Those who are unable to resist the temptation become dominated by the object while others see the evil that the object holds. People become addicted to anything that gives them temporary relief, but has negative consequences that one cannot foresee because of the power of the addiction.
It is when one’s addiction drives them to pursue an more than one needs, reaching excessive measures at some points. In Chet Faker’s Terms And Conditions, the speaker deals with a greedy woman who fooled him into thinking she loved them, only to come to his senses far too late. This would be the most accurate insight for what I have been witnessing from the other side of the relationship I mentioned in the sin of Pride. The “deceit laced with flattery” stems from a purpose of pure greed and dependency.
These individuals devote themselves completely to certain substance that allows them to forget about their reality and leads them into a world of ecstasy, one which they are unable to reach without it. Continuously, their addiction takes over their lives and turns them into "slaves" of the substance causing their lives to fall apart and eventually leads to being homeless, in jail, or dead. However, there are other forms of addiction whether is a mild addiction and not as severe as drugs or alcohol but it still falls under its definition. Some examples of addictions that we do not notice are pornography, internet, television, eating, entertainment, and money. Most of these examples have their own negative aspects. Also, others might have a dependency on unhealthy eating habits which eventually leads to their bodies suffering from a broad range of medical conditions. Others also tend to create a dependency on shopping and spending money on unnecessary materials. Lastly, some individuals also have bad habits that involve constant lying and deceiving. All of these examples are just a few of the things that fall under the umbrella of what an addiction truly is and each has a negative connotation to it. Yes, some might disagree with certain examples given but truth is we each have our own addictions we just try to hide them and point out the addictions of others instead of helping
So, it is clear that addiction is all around us and can attack anyone of us at any given time. Even studies conducted show that people neglect to speak around their dependency for two primary reasons. Foremost, because people do not comprehend, or they bear a total misconception to their addiction, that they do not realize that addictions can be critical to their overall wellness. Moreover, second, many people believe being an addict will never happen to them, but, in reality, most addictions start off as simple little habits. Such as starting with one drink after dinner and before you know it you are drinking several drinks a day. However, one does not opt to be addicted to a substance, because addictions are physical defects in the brain, a disease, and not one’s choice.
...uch as addiction, whether it is addiction to money or other items. People might not even realize it that they were being controlled by the money. Money which brings troubles to human is not everything. Health, lifetime, relationship, happiness, and appetite are the most important thing in human life.
... One would assume that the consequences would be horrific. But Nietzsche doesn’t agree. Rather than mourn the coming change, Nietzsche believes we should embrace it. Out of this event comes an opportunity to change life completely; a chance for free thought to a degree that has never before been available to us.