The task of defining citizenship is an difficult endeavor which takes much thought and careful examination in order to make sense of what constitutes the ideals of citizenship. Previously, I never gave much thought to what citizenship is and what it means to me. My first inclinations were that citizenship was related to politics and practicing the rule of law. From whot I have learned in class, I can confidently say that my views of citizenship have changed for the better to include a broader vision than just the politically involved law-abiding citizen. Citizenship is, at its least, the individual’s practice of civic engagement in the forms of political participation, critiquing government, instituting change through democratic process while abiding by the rule of law, contributing to society as an economically efficient/skilled worker, building the local/national community through means of financial donation and/or active participation, being environmentally conscious, and recognizing the valuable cost of freedom while exercising in civic engagement with a global vision incorporating the voice of the youth.
Political involvement is not always seen as appealing to the community, especially to those individuals who feel that they have been betrayed by the politicians and government they have elected. The first step to understanding citizenship is to define the concept of social contract. Social contract is an agreement shared by both the government and the people in which both parties operate and institute change by abiding by the rules and regulations that are stipulated within the contract itself. The first step to citizenship should be to vote because by not voting for state and national representatives, the individual is...
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Rousseau, J. J. (1762). The Social Contract: Book I. . 1. Subject of the First Book, 2. The First Societies, 3. The Right of the Strongest, 4. Slavery, 5. That We Must Always Go Back to a First Convention, 6. The Social Compact, 7. The Sovereign, 8. The Civil State, and 9. Real Property.
What is a tragic hero? A tragic hero is typically defined as a character in a literary work who has a lot of pride and makes a judgment error that leads to their ultimate demise. The downfall usually has to do with their pride.
‘Hills Like White Elephants’ is a short story authored by Ernest Hemingway about an American and a girl named Jig. In the story, the two are sitting in a train station waiting for the train to Madrid. While they wait, they have an intense ongoing debate on whether or not to abort Jig. At the end of the story, the train is about to arrive and the man carries luggage on the tracks as they prepare to leave. The end of the story does not clearly define the outcome of its decision. She said I feel good at the end of the story - happiness is a central theme of the story, but we wonder if she went through with the operation. The paper discusses the manner in which symbolism has been employed in the story to communicate about an abortion, the couple is considering to go through.
The Scarlet Letter illustrates that the illumination of self-deception gapes open after one like the very jaws of hell. This is apparent through all the main characters of the novel. Although Hawthorne's work has several imperfect people as the main characters, including Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth, the worst sinner is Roger Chillingworth. Chillingworth commits the greater sin because of his failure to forgive; he has an insatiable appetite for revenge; he receives extreme pleasure in torturing Dimmesdale. Hester Prynne, however, has committed sins of almost the same magnitude.
Charity. Selflessness. Abnegation. Benevolence. Humanity. These are the words that come to attention when the thought of citizenship comes to mind. Doing the right thing, all the time. Acting not in one’s own self-interest, but in the interest of others. But if one is to truly understand the concept of citizenship, one must be willing to acknowledge that citizenship has much more depth than just the good deeds you do. Sometimes you are left with having to choose the lesser of two evils. Such choices, like those referenced in the novel “Citizen Vince” by local Spokane author Jess Walter, are what truly define citizenship. The novel, which takes place in the 1980’s, is centered mainly around a young man by the name of Vince Camden. Throughout the book the author incorporates many denotations behind the term citizenship through Vince’s thoughts, actions and struggles to bring to light the deeper meaning behind the term and how one can truly attain citizenship, symbolically that is.
When it comes to being a tragic hero the character has to have the qualities of being a tragic hero. A tragic hero is where the main character of a tragedy whose fatal flaw leads to his or her destruction. Either the character was born into society as a great man or a slave, they may have carry
One of the main ideas Hawthorne presents in The Scarlet Letter, is the nature of sin. The main three characters--Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale and Roger Chillingworth--all commit a great sin, some resulting worse than the others. Sin can be and is committed by anyone and everyone at some point in their lives. Although in God’s eyes all sin is equal, I believe some sin has greater consequences than other sin. As humans, we look at sin on different levels. For example, murder being worse than theft. Each person throughout the novel received some sort of consequence for the sin they had committed. Some of them accepted it and lived with what they had done while others turned it into their whole life.
A tragic hero can be described as a great or virtuous character in a dramatic tragedy who is
Citizenship is something that largely defines many of us. Our citizenship comes with a community, a group of people and land to which we belong, as well as a sense of pride. Citizens of a community must coexist and cooperate with one another for the community to thrive and prosper. The idea of individuals within a community forming a mutual trust and respect for one another, is a concept Danielle Allen introduces as “political friendship.” Political friendship extends beyond the immediate reaches of one’s community, but to strangers entering one’s own community, or to those of another community with which you seek to enter. It is not friendship in the sense that a bond is formed or that there is deep rooted affection present, but rather one
Shakespeare's Sonnet 138 is one of his sonnets about the Dark Lady. Dark both in appearance, and in her actions, she is once again the subject of the sonnet. The speaker is the lover of the Dark Lady. Whether the speaker is married to her or not is not completely clear. Based on lines regarding age “...she knows my days are past the best” (6), it seems that they have been together for a long time, but not necessarily married. The sonnet doesn't sound like the speaker is talking to anyone, but rather musing to himself. When reading aloud, the sonnet sounds like it could a soliloquy, simply the speakers saying his thoughts out loud to himself.
By definition, a tragic hero is a protagonist that due to some tragic flaw loses everything he has. Throughout history, literature has always been filled with main characters possessing some tragic flaw. In Macbeth, Macbeth’s tragic flaw is his enormous ambition to become king. In Hamlet, Hamlet’s tragic flaw is his need for revenge for the death of his father at the hands of his uncle. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh’s tragic flaw is his need to be remembered. In the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf, Beowulf also has a tragic flaw, excessive pride and the search for fame, which ultimately leads to his demise.
My citizenship project is in the form of a recipe for the perfect pie. My citizenship pie holds the information about the recipe to become the best citizen you can be. The first piece of my project were the ingredients of my pie. I chose to use freedom, rights, voting, liberty, free speech, rights to bear arms, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, and freedom of assembly. I chose these because in the passage The pale king, David Foster Wallace said, “We think of ourselves as citizens when it comes to our rights and privileges, but not our responsibilities.”. I put civic responsibilities in my ingredients because if you do some or all of these, it will make you a great citizen. I also put a few optional things in my ingredients such as
Rousseau, Jean-Jacque. The Social Contract. Tr. G.D.H. Cole. Accessed 15 July, 2011. Available from http://www.constitution.org/jjr/socon.htm
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, citizenship means “the quality of an individual's response to membership in a community.” That is the most detailed definition it had. It is true, but it leaves a lot of room for speculation. Does that mean that anyone with legally living in America is a citizen, or is there more to it than that? In my opinion, there is. To me citizenship means to care about your country, follow and respect its rules, and take an active role in helping it be a better place for other citizens. When I say care about your America, I mean that you don’t complain about its customs such as the weird obsession we have with the Fourth of July. Don’t roll your eyes when the culture is discussed. You are the one who chooses
A tragic hero can be defined by several different factors; the hero usually has a major flaw that prevents him from seeing the truth that lies in front of him, which contributes to the character’s peripeteia due to mistaken judgement. This mistake then leads to achieving anagnorisis, usually at the end of the play, but is too late to change anything, and results in death.
In conclusion, Paradise Lost can be seen through a historically contextual lens that allows us to see the parallels between Milton’s life and experiences during the reign of Charles I, and the predominant themes in his epic poem. Many of the themes in Paradise Lost, from the broader situational occurrences to the behavior of individual character’s and their attitudes toward the situations in which they find themselves can be seen as directly influenced by Milton’s time as a Parliamentarian in 17th century England.