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1. Summary of Sifocles’ Antigone The tragedy of Antigone is a direct confirmation of the Greek saying: “Above all else in human life is the law, and the unwritten law is higher than written.” In order to regret the weak, honor the gods, respect and love your loved ones, you do not need to issue a law. Each person is […]...
2. Summary Sophocles of Antigone Sophocles Antigone In Athens they said: “Above all in human life is the law, and the unwritten law is higher than written.” The unwritten law is eternal, it is given by nature, on it is held every human society: it commands to honor the gods, to love relatives, to pity the weak. The written law […]...
3. “Antigone” Sophocles in brief In Athens they said: “Above all else in human life is the law, and the unwritten law is higher than written.” The unwritten law is eternal, it is given by nature, on it is held every human society: it commands to honor the gods, to love relatives, to pity the weak. The written law is […]...
4. Summary of the Oedipus in the Colon Sophocles Sophocles Oedipus in Colon Colon – a place to the north of Athens. There was a sacred grove of goddesses Evmenid, terrible guardians of the truth – those about which Aeschylus wrote in “Oresteia”. Among this grove stood an altar in honor of the hero Oedipus: it was believed that this Theban hero is buried […]...
5. The search for the meaning of life in the tragedy of IV Goethe “Faust” Johann Wolfgang Goethe was the most outstanding representative of the Enlightenment in Germany at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. About himself, he wrote: “I have a tremendous advantage due to the fact that I was born in an era when the greatest world events took place.” His great experience as a great […]...
6. “Eternal” theme of love in the tragedy of W. Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” There is no sadder story in the world than the tale of Romeo and Juliet. V. Shakespeare The famous tragedy of W. Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” was first staged in 1595. Centuries have passed, but today, as in the days of Shakespeare, this “sad story” makes one tremble of heart, as this eternal theme continues […]...
7. When and why there was a moral Ethics call the science of morality. In this word the meanings of two foreign words are combined – “ethics” and “morality”. In translation, they denote the same thing: the domain of knowledge, which examines the qualities inherent in the perfect person. The word “ethics” in this sense is known for more than twenty-three centuries! Nevertheless, […]...
8. The tragedy of Martin Eden How many of them fell into this abyss, Deployed in the distance! There will come a day when I will disappear From the surface of the earth. M. Tsvetaeva Jack London’s novel “Martin Eden” is largely autobiographical, it is a kind of confession of the writer and an attempt to predict his future through the […]...
9. “Oedipus in the Colon” by Sophocles in brief Colon – a place to the north of Athens. There was a sacred grove of goddesses Evmenid, terrible guardians of the truth – those about which Aeschylus wrote in “Oresteia”. Among this grove stood an altar in honor of the hero Oedipus: it was believed that this Theban hero is buried here and protects this […]...
10. The problem of choice in the tragedy of W. Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” To be or not to be, that is the question. V. Shakespeare. Hamlet The tragedy of W. Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” is rightly recognized as one of the greatest philosophical tragedies, since it touches upon questions that for centuries worried thinking people: what is life and what is death? what is the cause of misfortunes and misfortunes […]...
11. Theme of love in the tragedy of Goethe “Faust” Oh heaven, that’s beauty! I have never seen such a thing in my life. How unspoilt-pure And how sarcastically, without malice! I. Goethe “Faust” is a work on which Goethe worked almost all his life and which changed along with the author. In the center of the tragedy, the story of Dr. Faust, in the […]...
12. “Eternal” questions in the tragedy of W. Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” The brilliant English playwright William Shakespeare lived and worked at the turn of the 16th-17th centuries. His work is divided into several stages. The early period reflects the worldview of the Renaissance and is the embodiment of humanism. Plays of the first period are filled with optimism, the joy of life, contain an element of […]...
13. The tragedy of Father Gorio The subject of money in the novel, or rather, “damned passion to gold,” is explored by the writer in two main aspects: philosophical as the cause of the disintegration of natural “natural” links, when spiritual values ​​are deliberately sacrificed for the sake of achieving material values, and social, when the human condition in society is […]...
14. The philosophical tragedy of IV Goethe “Faust” – an expression of the advanced educational ideas of the era The eighteenth century, completed by the Great French Revolution, developed under the sign of doubt, destruction, denial and passionate belief in the victory of reason over superstition and prejudice, civilization over barbarism, humanism over tyranny and injustice. Therefore, historians call it the Age of Enlightenment. The ideology of the Enlighteners triumphed in the era when […]...
15. Images of the main characters of the tragedy “Faust” Goethe I now taste my own supreme moment. I. Goethe Goethe wrote his tragedy “Faust” for over 25 years. The first part of it was published in 1808, the second – only a quarter of a century. This work had a strong influence on all European literature of the first half of the XIX century. Who […]...
16. What is the tragedy of Martin Eden? “On the beach at night alone, As the old mother sways her to and fro Singing her husky song “. (At night by the sea one, Water, like an old mother, with a husky Song lulls the earth.) W. Whitman When this is the end of a person’s life, they always look for an explanation […]...
17. The tragedy of the war in the works of H. Böll The work of the German writer Heinrich Böll is almost entirely devoted to the theme of war and the postwar life of Germany. His works immediately gained fame, began to be printed in many countries of the world, and in 1972 the writer was awarded the Nobel Prize “for creativity, which combines a broad scope […]...
18. The moral feat of man in war Fire of glory at the Kremlin wall at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier… Symbol of Eternity – fire and stone… Piskarevsky Cemetery in St. Petersburg… Mamayev Kurgan… How many of them, such famous and not too well-known monuments on the ground of the past war. But the eternal monument to heroism is not only […]...
19. Theodore Dreiser The American tragedy Theodore Dreiser American tragedy Kansas City, a hot summer evening. Two adults and four children sing psalms and give out brochures of religious content. The older boy clearly does not like what he is forced to do, but his parents are passionately devoted to the work of saving lost souls, which, however, brings them only […]...
20. The Problem of Good and Evil in the Shakespearean tragedy “Hamlet” To be kind, I need me Ruthlessness. V. Shakespeare Probably, there are no people who perceive Good and Evil as something definite once and for all. In the same way, as there is no color in the living nature without halftones, without shades. Of course, everyone has his own idea of ​​the ideal, everyone goes […]...
21. Why is the moral of civil society called humanistic With the emergence of man, certain norms of his behavior arise concerning himself, other people and society as a whole: customs, traditions, rules. Moral norms allow us to evaluate people’s actions from the point of view of good and evil. The norms of morality offer the ideal of human behavior. The embodiment of this ideal […]...
22. Composition on a moral and moral theme The life of a person consists of moments. These moments can be calculated in inches, for example, as in J. Aldridge’s “The Last Inch”, the pilot’s son, at the cost of enormous effort, overcomes inch by inch, saving his father’s life. These moments can be calculated by a leaflet, as in O. Henry’s novella The […]...
23. “American tragedy” Dreiser in summary Kansas City, a hot summer evening. Two adults and four children sing psalms and give out brochures of religious content. The older boy clearly does not like what he is forced to do, but his parents are passionately devoted to the work of saving lost souls, which, however, brings them only moral satisfaction. Ace Griffiths, […]...
24. How to preserve the moral values ​​of society The treasury of the moral experience of each people is its language. Among the first words to be learned by a person are quite a few that are related to morality: well-bred, naughty… The word is our first moral teacher, because listening to mother’s lullabies, grandmother’s tales, we learn to compare with the notion of […]...
25. A true friend Who can be rightly called a true friend? The one who by his own behavior, by his actions, will prove this, and not the one who only in words your friend, but in fact – only a friend. If Yura is my true friend, then it means that I can approach him with any feasible […]...
26. What is the tragedy of Ophelia? At the bottom of it, where or… M. Tsvetaeva “Dialogue of Hamlet with a conscience” The image of Ophelia is one of the brightest examples of Shakespeare’s dramatic skill. Her life is shown as a dotted line: farewell to Laertes, talk with her father, a story about Hamlet’s insanity, a conversation and a break with […]...
27. The writing of true and false values Everyone in his life sees for himself a certain purpose and a cause to which he would dedicate his life. But man is a social being, and depends on another person. And often people take for ideals other people’s values ​​that carry in themselves, both positive and negative. One of the main topics addressed in […]...
28. Heroism is true and imaginary What do people put in the notion of “heroism”? Heroism is courage, determination, self-sacrifice in a critical situation. But can there be imaginary heroism? Let’s try to understand this with concrete examples. So, whom do we call the true hero in the sense that we put in the word “heroism”? Such a hero can be […]...
29. Honor is true and false Honor. What it is? What is the meaning of this word? It is not easy to answer these questions. I think that honor is a sense of dignity, the ability to live a life of conscience, not to tarnish yourself with dishonorable acts, to overcome in oneself such feelings as envy, hatred, greed, that at […]...
30. The problem of man’s moral choice in war Perhaps, in many years people will return to the theme of the Great Patriotic War. But they can restore the events, only having studied the documents, memoirs. It will be later. And now those who bravely rose to defend our country in the summer of 1941 are still alive. Still fresh memories of the horrors […]...
31. Writing is difficult to be a true friend Is it difficult to be a true friend? An integral part of the life of any person is a friendly relationship with someone who understands and supports him. Blood relatives, who give the first experience of interaction with the society, do not always turn out to be good friends. Many parents tend to consider the […]...
32. True love cleanses and exalts every person, completely transforming him Love like madness; love is madness; love, leading to insanity… Perhaps, most brightly this metaphor was embodied in their works by Russian writers of the turn of the 19th – 20th centuries – Bunin and Kuprin. Creativity AI Kuprin permeated with a theme of sincere, pure, radiant love – Love with a capital letter. But […]...
33. The moral fall of Eugène de Rastignac The theme of the “damned passion” for gold is intertwined in the novel “Father Gorio” with another no less important topic that can be formulated as a problem of the moral formation of the personality. The artistic study of this problem is central to the entire epic cycle of the novels of “Human Comedy.” And […]...
34. Power essay It is difficult not to agree with the ancient philosopher from China Han Fei who suggested that the order in the state leads to the existence of power and the observance of the law, and the rejection of power and law will necessarily lead to unrest. But the question immediately arises: “Is it possible for […]...
35. “Children of Captain Grant” is true in brief On June 26, 1864, the crew of the Duncan yacht, owned by Lord Edward Glenarvan, the most prominent member of the Royal Thames Yacht Club and the wealthy Scottish landowner, catches the shark in the Irish Sea, in the belly of which finds a bottle with a note in three languages: English, German and French. […]...
36. Composition on the topic “Is it difficult to be a true friend” An integral part of the life of any person is a friendly relationship with someone who understands and supports him. Blood relatives, who give the first experience of interaction with the society, do not always turn out to be good friends. Many parents tend to consider the baby not just an inalienable continuation of themselves, […]...
37. When there was a moral From the lessons of world history it is known that sprouts of spirituality have been characteristic of man since ancient times. Archaeological finds indicate that for a long time people began to take care of each other. Despite the harsh living conditions, they cared for the sick and cared for the children, paid homage to […]...
38. Composition on the topic “Moral problems” Criticism notes that in the writings of a number of our writers a new hero has emerged, thinking about the meaning of life and morality, looking for this meaning, which understands its responsibility in life. Thinking about the problems and vices of society, thinking about how to fix them, such a hero begins with himself. […]...
39. The threat of moral emptiness and its overcoming Moral emptiness, like the new for Charles Dickens ethical category, first appears on the pages of the novel “David Copperfield.” Is it accidental? Dickens, having refused in his work from the mechanical forces that cut the knots of contradictions, and dispelling the illusions of self-deception of their heroes, in a certain sense deprived them of […]...
40. Summary Tsar Oedipus Sophocles Sophocles King Oedipus This is a tragedy about fate and freedom: it’s not the freedom of a person to do what he wants, but to take responsibility for what he does not want. The city of Thebes was ruled by King Laia and Queen Jocasta. From the Delphic oracle, King Laius received a terrible prediction: […]...