Themes for Life and Literature

"Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition." Montaigne

Empathy and Resilience

Prompt – the ways in which an individual’s resilience is shaped by empathy. (June 2015) THEME:  The presence of empathy in an oppressed individual’s life often provides one with strength enough to not just bare the struggles of life but… Continue Reading →

Self-perception, Illusions, Reality

Prompt – the role self-perception plays when individuals seek to reconcile the conflict between illusion and reality. (June 2014) Theme Statements:   Part 1: When an individual’s reality threatens one’s identity and status, a sensitive individual may consume oneself with… Continue Reading →

Ambition

When pursuing one’s ambition beyond reasonability, an individual may become desensitized to cruelty, thereby drastically altering their identity to the point of losing one’s humanity. Text – Macbeth Act 5, Scene 5 PROMPT – January 2012 Discuss the idea(s) developed… Continue Reading →

Morality

From the film Apocalypse Now – a quote by Kurtz, but functions as a theme statement embedded in the dialogue: Context: Writing to his son (Willard reading letter from the dossier) explaining his perspective having assassinated three men and one… Continue Reading →

Responsibility

When an independent individual is faced with the conflict that a helpless individual is dependent on them for survival, one will usually face this responsibility by putting the dependent’s needs before their own. could use this for Taylor in the… Continue Reading →

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