Contemplation

Hamlet Acts 3-5 1. Hamlet is a character who, is torn between impulsivity and contemplation. This is demonstrated most clearly in the obvious difference in reaction in regards to his interactions with Polonius and Claudius respectively. Although Claudius is the murderer of Hamlet’s father, Hamlet puts in to motion and takes the time to set up his uncle in order to make clear his uncle’s guilt. This is a distinct difference when compared to Hamlet’s impulsive action in killing Polonius. It seems…

filled with danger and life threatening situations. McCarthy demonstrates the parental role between the man and the boy, where the boy influences the man by showing him that there is good left in the world. He uses the reality of their world, the contemplation of suicide, the times where they could have died and the boy as the last true influence of good to portray the significance of the boy to his father. The reality of the world that the two characters live in as presented by McCarthy is…

Changing for Good Reflective Essay Precontemplation I was unaware of the amount of physical activity I should have been getting when I started my journey as a sophomore in high school. I was a four sport athlete participating in volleyball, basketball, golf and softball throughout high school. Everyday, I would attend a one to two hour practice but I was not meeting the physical activity requirements because I was not continuously active throughout the practice. I was meeting my 150 minutes…

Bradstreet’s poems she writes on how God is present in nature and that through presenting her writings through the form of meditation that the trees, land, and the many small these we see and hear are proof that god is there. In Anne Bradstreet’s poem contemplations she shows the method of meditation in her writings, like for the first part which is the composition of place. In her poem the first thing she says sets a place and gives in an image of where she is talking about. She says "some time…

and/or planned by humans, such as the gardens. The advantage of art is that we can imitate the naturalistic form of nature and expand our creativity to compose an ideal imagery. The two artworks, The Great Day of His Wrath and Ryoanji Zen Garden of Contemplation, exemplify the nature of different artistic approaches. While they both portray the “nature”, their emotion and interpretation differ. Beauty comes from the level of our realization which can be understood. Sublime, however, is shaped by…

Pizza, Soda, and Science Fiction Contemplation Being a nerd is the best. I mean, sure you're not going to be the coolest person in school and may get picked on but so what. High school students are like wild animals. They want to have the biggest, most baddest pack, or group of people, around them. So yes, the students that are alone going to have a difficult time getting through high school, and usually the ones left out have some sort of nerdy or "wired" tendency. Real life is a lot more…

prevention and overcoming addiction (Prochaska et al., 1994). I am most familiar with this model in the substance abuse setting. The Stages of Change Model consists of five stages which are; pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action and maintenance (Norcross & Prochaska, 2001). Pre-contemplation: Clients that are in this stage within the model are not acknowledging that there is a problem behavior that needs to be changed. They are not thinking about making any changes within a 6…

virtues, which, in turn, results in the genuine experience of happiness. However, in Book X, Aristotle reveals the life of study and contemplation…

change my thinking about this week's topic? In the task 5.1 contemplation I was able to change my perspective on contemplation. Before this class I had always thought of contemplation to mean lack of faith. I thought that this was a struggling area for me because I would contemplate things regarding the progress of my spiritual growth repeatedly. Also, I think that now I understand that even with time restraints that contemplation can be beneficial whether it is for a short amount of time or…

Aristotle seems to agree with Descartes to an extent regarding sensation. While Descartes believes that we cannot trust our senses at all, Descartes is a firm believer instead that we should seek only that which is undeniably true. Thus, since our senses can lie to us we should not trust them. This is best exemplified by his seeking of ideas that are ““Trying to build something that is firm and lasting”” Aristotle on the other hand believes that we should trust our senses if we are to become…