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I believe that her sister’s transformation might be considered as the other metamorphosis in the novel.   The metamorphosis of Gregor sheds lights onto the metamorphosis of Grete. I believe that there is some kind of brother-sister affection between both but the minute Gregor’s alienation begins, her sister’s transformations comes up. In other words, at the end of the novel, Gregor’s sister becomes a woman after the death of Gregor. This cannot be a coincidence. The presence of Gregor might hold back Grete’s state of being a woman. After his death, she feels free. In addition, Grete’s metamorphosis might shed light onto the theme of alienation in the rest of the novel. Maybe, one of the major results is that Gregor’s alienation is the psychological distance between around him just like his sister Grete. Gregor’s alteration results in total separation from his family. At first, he and her sister have a great relationship but as the transformation continues Grete starts to ...

Developments of the technology bring us certain tranquility as long as we understand how to manipulate them within a great understanding. Knowledge may be taught but the full comprehension may not. The real concern begins with this insight. Although scientific knowledge can simply be converted into a technological system for our lives, without even noticing, its momentum may change the world up to a point of no return. This paper depicts the social complexity of modern-day prosthetic devices while mentioning future advancements of the prosthetic The history of the artificial limbs is broader than we expect. Prosthetics is created by the early Egyptians due to their curiosity to the field of artificial limbs. (Norton,2007) Their times' prosthetics are used for the cosmetic appearance and psycho-spiritual sense of wholeness. In the dark ages, prosthetics went through little advancements and its usage was mostly to cover the deformity of the body rather than an effective function...

Throughout history, there are different types of social groups that are influenced by each other. The influence does not necessarily in a positive manner rather the depiction can be seen as antagonistic. The Communist Manifesto starts with a great rivalry between the Bourgeois and proletarian or oppressor and oppressed with frequent struggle as it moves forward in time. As we can see this type of opposition between Victor Frankenstein and his monster, we can attain certain similarities to this situation.   In Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein novel, every time the monster and Victor has an incident, it utterly reconstructs the minor parts of the society as also we can see this reconstruction in the Manifesto. These reconstructions, then, create a self-sufficient and dangerous system which cannot be controlled by its creators just like the monster in Frankenstein novel.   The monster affects the environment while disregarding the fact that the social norms are in presence. In the M...

Morality, in its contemporary meaning, is described as the ideologies that provide distinction to action, decision, or intentions of an individual to be determined whether right or wrong (Jones, 2019). However, as subjective as it is, morality could be illustrated in many other ways as reflected in the works of Shakespeare (Hamlet), Condorcet (Sketch for a Historical Picture), Descartes (Discourse on Method), and Machiavelli (The Prince). Morality, as described in the works of the aforementioned political philosophy identities, are different from the customary connotation of morality. Clearly, morality is illustrated and intended to appreciate rightful acts that are equitable and just and avoid evil by implying standards as to what is right and what is wrong (Ali, 2015). First, Machiavelli, in his work The Prince, portrayed morality as a mere act to be shown to other people, but not necessarily live by its philosophies (Tay, 2012). Morality could be taken in pretense, use it to su...

Emotional Prostitution The psychology behind Black Mirror: Season 3, Episode 1 There are basic 5 emotions that are suggested by Paul Ekman.   This paper mentions which emotions are focused, which state triggers of each emotion, how emotions can be evaluated in the main character, which personality theories can explain the main character and lastly my ideas and comments on between social media and individual’s experiences.   I would say the fundamental emotion that is represented in Black Mirror is anger. However, emotions can be also seen that sadness, disgust, fear, enjoyment. These 5 emotions are universal that all humans conduct. The main point of the episode is how anger can be a driving force when we encounter annoyance, frustration, exasperation, argumentativeness, bitterness, vengefulness, and last but not least fury. These experiences give rise to increase the intensity of the anger which each experience can be found in episode 1. Although the main char...

    Freud claims that no one can love you the way you love yourself because no selfless deed exists. This belief clarifies why Gilgamesh is having so much trouble with competing for his own selfishness during the journey. He tries to love Enkidu despite the fact that his love is not genuine.  On some level, he feels obliged to try because they are not so different than each other since both have equal strength and power. Gilgamesh assumes that both can gain various benefits from each other’s unique power, so, with a little bit of contribution received from self-interest, the love arises between Gilgamesh and Enkidu. However, whilst the Gilgamesh’s characterization is given, it is emphasized that he cannot set aside his personal accomplishments in order to not jeopardize Enkidu’s life. His dead drive becomes much stronger concept than his love towards Enkidu in the battle with Humbaba. The hesitation to kill Humbaba costs him a friend. The reason why he stops to kill Hum...

   D uring confliction over whether men’s natural disposition is a confliction for the human relations or not. With assuming it is, these natural instincts must be taken under control by social regulations as Freud claims. At  this point, the element of civilization begins since natural dispositions are changed by the society itself. Otherwise, a powerful man can dominate neighbors not only because of his death drive, but also his appetitive interests. The effort to avoid powerful individuals exists in the society. However, the effort becomes more effective if only if “the majority [of society] united against all separate [and powerful] individuals”(49). Laws are for the individuals, but they cannot be broken for the interests and benefits of individuals as they are made for the goodness of the society. This explicitly indicates that the term of justice is shifted from individuals to society since laws determine whether an act is justifiable or not, which means that ju...