Personality Essays

In William Shakespeare’s, Macbeth, a tragedy written 1606, Shakespeare brings to attention the complex intellect between the ideas that man must face in making decisions. This play takes place in eleventh century Scotland. Macbeth, a once noble and loyal soldier turns to evil ways for things he desires such as …

Although there are different Deist philosophies, one of the most consistent viewpoints is that our earth was created by a god who is like a blind watchmaker meaning that the Earth’s creator completed it without knowledge, but in a perfect order. Evidence of Dickinson’s belief can be acknowledged by Thomas …

In Arabia, the period before the emergence of Muhammad was a time of many different and varying religious practices. To understand the religious beliefs and practices of the time, it is necessary first to have some basic appreciation of Arabia as a whole. The Arabian Peninsula can be divided into …

In this world, there are many attitudes towards life that one can possess. This attitude can range from nihilism to ignorant idealism depending on the human being. The works entitled “Dead Poets’ Society” and “The Catcher in the Rye” hold a variety of stances on life. However, the novel, “The …

In George Herbert’s poem “The Collar,” published in The Temple (1633), the author/persona rebels against the casuistry that the Christian life imposes, only to be brought back finally into childlike submission when he hears (or thinks he hears) the “Lord’s” gentle rebuke. My argument is that, astoundingly, the poem’s elaborate, …

Background Conceptualized in 1946 as a manufacturer and supplier of photographic paper and related office equipment, Xerox is presently one of the biggest and oldest document-management company in the world. Xerox, initially known as Haloid, became significantly prominent in 1959 with the introduction of the world’s first plain paper photocopier …

The Anthropocentrism view is the belief that humans alone have intrinsic worth or value. Simply put it means that if something promotes the wellness or interests of humankind then it is a good thing, if not than it is a bad or neutral thing. An example would be the animals …

The mediaval English drama Everyman is an example of a morality play and a naïve allegory. The plays show the reckoning and judgement of the sinful main character, Everyman. Death is sent to him by God and he faces the task of a journey to save his immortal soul. The …

Mention the word “greed” or any of its synonyms, and one is likely to receive many a disdainful stares. It is listed as one of the seven deadly sins in the Catholic doctrines and yet, virtually every single person that inhabits this planet is guilty of it. Greed drives desire, …

Usually, in novels, the main character’s strength overshadows his weaknesses. In the Greek tragedy “Antigone”, however, the main character of the same name has as many strong points as weak ones. In the next paragraphs, I will point out Antigone’s strengths, weaknesses and, finally, the evolution of the character throughout …