Category: morality

Abstract Why does the law bind people, and which law is binding? The answers that are attempted to this question often lead to discussions on interaction and relation (or lack thereof) of law and morality, and relate to the question of effectiveness of a law. The current paper aims to present these much trodden jurisprudential…

Introduction Differentiating a human from mere animal existence gives them the benefit of the freedom to do or omit from doing an act, but when a legal duty is imposed on the individual by the State, the individual loose his freedom of choice, automatically consenting with the rules laid down. Evidently, rules and regulations merely…

In literature, tradition can be seen as the driving force for an idea or a question that the author feels the reader has to know. The theme of tradition can raise hypothetical queries about the validity of these practices. This theme and the questions asked regarding it can be seen in two of the most…

Both texts, F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby and Margaret Atwoods The Handmaid’s Tale, show aspects of conventional behaviour not always being moral. Gatsby is involved with criminal activities in order to obtain his highly sought-after American Dream. The conventional system in the futuristic city of Gilead in is indefinitely immoral; Atwoods primary representation of…

Geoffrey Chaucers The Canterbury Tales depicts the journey of a group of individuals on a religious pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Thomas Beckett. Chaucer uses a frame narrative in his satirical poem to convey his stories through the pilgrims. The outer frame begins with all his characters meeting at the Tabard Inn in Southwark…

Introduction to Revenge and Mortality Edgar Allan Poe is most known for his short stories containing the same gothic themes. In most of Poes stories all the characters sound alike but in The Cask of Amontillado Montresor is different and has his own voice (Morsberger 336). In the act of committing a crime, it is…

Introduction to Revenge and Mortality Edgar Allan Poe is most known for his short stories containing the same gothic themes. In most of Poes stories all the characters sound alike but in The Cask of Amontillado Montresor is different and has his own voice (Morsberger 336). In the act of committing a crime, it is…

The Victorian Age was a period of remarkable development, growth and change for England. Dramatic changes happened in all spheres: economy, culture, trade, science and particularly literature. Due to the advancement of printing press and the increase of literacy, there was a boost in the literary culture. Among other genres, the English novel is the…

The Victorian Age was a period of remarkable development, growth and change for England. Dramatic changes happened in all spheres: economy, culture, trade, science and particularly literature. Due to the advancement of printing press and the increase of literacy, there was a boost in the literary culture. Among other genres, the English novel is the…

Thyestes is considered Seneca’s masterpiece and has been described as one amongst the most impactful plays. Thyestes is focused upon a plot encompassed by revenge, indeed mobilizes a fashion the standard connection between tragedy and viciousness, authority and sacri
ce. Seneca was renowned as a stoic philosopher, praised for his philosophical works, and for his tragic…