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- 41: Compare And Contrast Of The Me
- Compare and Contrast of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and The Stranger by Albert Camus Existentialism is defined as a philosophical movement that human beings are completely free and responsible for their own actions. Existentialists will try not to cause waves and remain completely uninvolved with ... two stories: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and The Stranger by Albert Camus are very different in approach, their endings are similar in that they both support the basics of existentialism. The biggest difference between the two characters: Gregor and Mersault is their physical form. One has changed physically into a giant insect while the other remains a normal human being ... him for help. He becomes susceptible to the physical. Mersault takes responsibility for his actions by being executed after he commits murder. Both the stories’ endings support the basics of existentialism by demonstrating the following rules: responsibilities, loneliness, abandonment, no control, do not cause waves and the act of being uninvolved. Gregor and Mersault demonstrate all of these characteristics; however ...
- 42: Walking Around
- ... of surrealism in the poem because it does not rhyme at all, instead is an effort to express feelings and emotions in a free style. We can also see the existentialism idea as Neruda is bold and tells us everything that is in his mind. Neruda tells us what he thinks about society in general. In this poem we can see ... a nun." I thought that because of his experience of loosing a friend during war, he would be against any kind of violence. But, I then I thought that since existentialism consists of an active role of the will, and not the reason, Neruda was just being spontaneous. He probably was just trying to get out all that he felt, even ...
- 43: Essay On The Stranger
- ... death was only a matter of time. A war-torn world of death and poverty could only encourage such beliefs that Camus had. Camus is known as prominent modern existentialist. Existentialism possesses many vague meanings, just like Camus¡¯ ambiguity in the novel. The basic theme of existentialism is the stress on individual existence and the resulting individual freedom and choice. Existentialists believe that there is no objective and rational basis for decisions. Camus perhaps is sending a ...
- 44: Hard Times
- ... her father helped to hide Tom when he was running from his crime. Such things were typical only of the circus life and not of its opposite, The Gradgrind world. Existentialism was also the most effective philosophical theory at the novel's end. Out of Tom, Louisa and Mr. Gradgrind, the only one who I view as truly being happy and ... a part of us is suppressed. As I wrote, Mr. Gradgrind attempted to suppress both the affective, and part of the cognitive areas, which is why he failed and apparently, existentialism prevailed.
- 45: My Personal Search for a Meaningful Existence
- ... beneficial as long as they are not taken to an extreme. I share this belief with William James and Viktor Frankl, who agree with many of the fundamental ideas of existentialism, but also stress the importance of faith in leading a meaningful existence. William James' essay, “The Will to Believe,” uses the traditionally scientific method of empirical study to describe philosophic ... for meaning, but it is also provides the necessary comparison by which success and happiness are measured. My beliefs, like those of James and Frankl, divulge from the theories of existentialism at this point, because I value faith to be an integral component of my existence. I have a devout faith in the existence of God, an afterlife, love, and truth ...
- 46: Existentialists: I Am Me, and You Are You
- ... in an intuitive statement by a celebrated individualist, Tarzan. “Me Tarzan, you Jane” is at the nucleus of the beliefs of the existential atom. This seemingly simplistic statement relates to existentialism by leading us to the idea of man's individualism, guiding us to belief of existence before essence and ushering us to the notion of freedom of choice. These three ... in an existential view, we notice it is more than what it appears to be. Existentialists, such as Jean-Paul Sartre, see that this statement brings forth three concepts of existentialism: individualism, existence before essence and freedom of choice.
- 47: Historical Analysis Of Jerzy K
- ... brutality and bigotry. Both cultures used some form of religious ideology to enforce a doctrine of hate upon selected groups whom they perceived to be inferior. Totalitarian rhetoric and Nietzschian existentialism replace a hybrid of Catholicism, which in turn replaces medieval superstition as the protagonist is carried from the innards of village life to the heart of totalitarian power. In the ... played a major role in ethnic extermination as well by condoning, and often perpetuating, Hitler¹s hate. More than that, however, the book¹s slow panorama of superstition, Catholicism, and existentialism give us a three-dimensional understanding of all the myriad of ideas that were floating around at that time. We understand them from the mind of a child, we apply ...
- 48: Hard Times 2
- ... her father helped to hide Tom when he was running from his crime. Such things were typical only of the circus life and not of its opposite, The Gradgrind world. Existentialism was also the most effective philosophical theory at the novel's end. Out of Tom, Louisa and Mr. Gradgrind, the only one who I view as truly being happy and ... a part of us is suppressed. As I wrote, Mr. Gradgrind attempted to suppress both the affective, and part of the cognitive areas, which is why he failed and apparently, existentialism prevailed.
- 49: Friedrich Nietzche
- ... Nietzsche died in 1900, apparently unaware of his former self. Few other names in philosophy hold such deep meaning in Western society as Nietzsche. Variously linked by scholars to nihilism, existentialism, and thee Nazis (though he died two decades before National Socialism took root in Germany) Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the most misunderstood philosopher in history. He embraced no formal ... those thing should be disregarded. What Nietzsche did suggest was that many people used religion, especially Judeo-Christian teachings, ass a crutch for avoiding decisive actions. Nietzsche’s contribution to existentialism was the idea that men must accept that they are part of a material world, regardless of what else might exist. As part of this world, men must live as ...
- 50: I Critical Response To Rosencr
- ... understood. Their love or admiration for philosophy is portrayed throughout the play, thus the answer for their questioning nature. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s philosophical views would be categorized as existentialist. Existentialism is a basic philosophy that states existence precedes essence; an even more elementary explination is believing in nothing but one’s own existence. This belief leaves the two questioning not ... was that of normality and not absurdity. One can see that to understand absurdity there must first be an understanding of normality and that can not be done because as existentialism proves, their main philosophy, existence precedes essence. Through questioning the validity of an “absurd world” Rosencrantz and Guildenstern would clearly have proven that absurd can not exist to human understanding ...
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