Essays Tagged: "Conscience"

Chaos and Macbeth. A Tale of Two Theories

indeed responsible for his own actions which are provoked by an unwillingness to listen to his own conscience, the witches, and his ambition.First, Macbeth ignores the voice of his own psyche. He kno ...

(3 pages) 56 0 5.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Was Macbeth a Victim of Ambition

ally renounced the idea of morality, although it is apparent that his ambition is stronger than his conscience.At first, Macbeth had the itch to be king, but he did not have the will to scaratch it. W ...

(3 pages) 68 0 3.6 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

The Deterioration of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's Relationship

acbeth is a play full of darkness, evil, and tragedy. It is the story of a man who goes against his conscience and commits a horrible deed which leads to his destruction and loss of everything he has ...

(5 pages) 172 0 4.2 Jul/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

The Loss of Humanity in MacBeth

t individual to thefocus of everyone's fear and anger, because he loses his human characteristics ofconscience and remorse.As the play starts Macbeth is very human; he has feelings and friends and he ... esults in another that needs to be killed. With each kill Macbethmakes he loses feelings. Macbeth's conscience is soon deteriorated to nothing, and hiskillings are numerous. After killing Banquo and c ...

(2 pages) 32 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Lady Macbeths Suicide Note

These last few months have been sorry ones. The actions you and I have undertaken have played on my conscience, and I am finding it hard to cope. I realise that the path we had chosen was the wrong on ...

(2 pages) 34 0 4.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

The Downfall of Macbeth

are provoked by Lady Macbeth, the witches, his ambition, and an unwillingness to listen to his own conscience. These forces had no direct control over his actions but simply pointed out different pat ... Macbeth chose the path of darkness.Throughout the entire play Macbeth ignores the voice of his own conscience. He knows what he is doing is wrong even before he murders Duncan. His own conscience is ...

(4 pages) 119 0 3.9 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth

Greenspan - The Case for the Defense

themes including the balance of Positiveand Natural influences in the courtroom, whether a lawyer's conscience intervenes withhis duty as a counsellor, and the alarming rate of perjury occuring in fro ... erthey are innocent or guilty without being proven guilty is irrelevant to Mr. Greenspan. Alawyer's conscience must not be his deciding factor when advising or counselling a client.This viewpoint is e ...

(2 pages) 45 0 5.0 Apr/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Capital punishment

states altogether. Elsewhere, it is much more peaceful, but the issue still remains, tugging at the conscience and moral fibre of the people.The banner under which these 'pro-life' activists march is ... he rest of humanity, exalting themselves over the demise of others. The offence strains against our conscience, urging us to see to it that justice be swiftly served. In truth, by the very act of comm ...

(4 pages) 128 0 3.3 Sep/1995

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Fate in "The Natural" by Bernard Malamud

the rest of your life until the day you die. I think that fate is something that exists in your sub-conscience, therefore making it nothing more than your conscience. In the book The Na ...

(2 pages) 94 1 4.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Birth of a Nation - Art or Propaganda

ver instincts guide him, seeks to keep the defeats and victories of battle in his memory and on his conscience. To accomplish this men have used paint and canvas, ink and paper, or instrument and song ...

(3 pages) 109 0 4.2 Jan/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Huckleberry Finn vs. Holden Caulfield

at's right islong and confusing. During his adventure is forced to choose between his morals and hisconscience. When Huck runs into the bounty hunters he is forced to make one of thesedecisions. He mu ... to make one of thesedecisions. He must choose whether to turn his run-away slave friend Jim as his conscienceadvises or to trust his morals and protect his friend in need. Fortunately, his will isstr ...

(2 pages) 57 0 5.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain

The Apprehensive Apparition - hallucination

ll the hidden terrors in all world hallucination is far most the worst. One day realizing that your conscience has gotten louder has got to be the most frightening sounds you could ever experience. Ha ...

(2 pages) 38 0 4.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Joseph Conrad "Heart of Darkess" This essay describes the "human tendencies toward evil" found in conrad's work the heart of darkness.

in an environment lacking any rules, creates turmoil in the human soul, as it struggles between its conscience and its tendencies towards evil. Kurtz confides in Marlow near the end of the book, and f ... to see this internal struggle in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, as Kurtz struggles between his conscience and his tendencies towards evil.

(4 pages) 320 0 3.4 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Huckleberry Finn's Struggle With Conscience

ures" appeal to readers who had to make some of the same tough decisions Huck did in struggles with conscience.When readers first meet Huck, he is living with the Widow Douglas and trying his best to ... a power of fault in me for doing a thing that had some good in it" (4). Huck is struggling with his conscience early in the novel. He knows that the widow is right, but his reaction is still childish. ...

(3 pages) 99 0 3.7 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain

Bolt's "A Man for All Seasons"

he type of life that is foreign to many readers. More's actions were all based upon two things, his conscience and God. When More is being pressured into signing the oath by Norfolk in the name of fel ... by saying, ' And when we stand before God, and you are sent to Paradise for doing according to your conscience, and I am damned for not doing according to mine, will you come with me for fellowship?'( ...

(3 pages) 88 1 4.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Fountain Head"

lifestyle that the average citizen lives. Roark conforms to only what he considers valid in his own conscience. The novel opens the door to lead the way against the oppression of conformity. The envir ... hey both believe in the same ways of thinking and therefore they are very much on the same plane of conscienceless. The reason why Gail conformed to society was to play against their trust in the futu ...

(3 pages) 38 0 3.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Hamlet's Tragic Flaws

, because the witches put the idea in his head. Lady Macbeth edged him on, while he battled his own conscience. In the end, through his own mistrust and suspicion, he was discovered and executed. As w ...

(5 pages) 177 0 3.9 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet

Conscience in "A Man for All Seasons," by Robert Bolt

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary defines conscience as 'the sense or consciousness of the moral goodness or blameworthiness of one's own cond ... ther with a feeling of obligation to do right or good. In "A Man for All Seasons," each character's conscience plays the ultimate role in the outcome of the story. 'Individual conscience' is trait tha ... he play in each of the main characters. Sir Thomas More and King Henry VIII show their unchangeable conscience, by their actions. More refuses to accept the King's divorce of Catherine, and marriage t ...

(3 pages) 65 0 3.4 Sep/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Leo tolstoy reberth by death(Death of Ivan Ilyich)

deviating from what was rule d by society, by his pleasure, by materialistic motives, but never by conscience. His contact with his wife and children was limited and shallow because he didn't find pl ...

(1 pages) 117 0 3.5 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Oedipus Rex, Predestined Fate

eir lives. However some people don't realize that they are in charge of their own live and can make conscience decisions to change the course of their lives.One of Oedipus' ancestors committed a terri ...

(4 pages) 120 0 2.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology