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¶ … Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Michael Gondry's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind takes its title from a poem by Alexander Pope -- the Papist living in 18th century England. The reference gives the film a dignity which it seemingly only marginally strives to uphold -- but underneath the film is a reflection of the bigger things at stake in life, love, and relationships: the who and the why. This paper will show how Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a film that attempts to answer the question of why fall in love, out of love, and ultimately fail to understand how any of it happens.
The film stars Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet as Joel and Clementine, two adults adrift in the modern world, where meaninglessness has rendered such holidays as Valentine's Day empty and void. When Joel meets Clementine, serendipitously it seems, on a beach in the middle of winter, it appears that all is about to change for the better. The two have some awkward...
He smiles: they have fallen in love.
But, of course, this has all happened before: in fact, Joel and Clementine have had a relationship before -- and both have had their memories erased so as not to have to think about the other anymore. Yet, once those memories are gone (but apparently not gone completely) they are still drawn to the same things that drew them in the beginning: their characters have not changed at all, and they have learned nothing from their experiences: his same judgments still abide and her same impulsive nature still wreaks havoc on the relationship. He fears intimacy, she fears boredom. Both are consumed by thoughts of themselves -- but it was not so at first, was it?
Here, Eternal Sunshine, Charlie Kaufman (the writer of the script) and Michael…
Selfishness Like any other sort of human vice, selfishness -- or the excessive concern with one's own individual desires and appetites -- can be threatening to the established social order if it slips out of control. Our own definition of selfishness takes into account its social effects: we establish selfishness as a vice by emphasizing not only the excessive self-regard it demonstrates, but also the excessive disregard for the well-being of
Selfishness of Employees There are a number of problems that need to be addressed by the company, and to do this will require decisive leadership. That leadership must combine a common strategic vision with the ability to transfer ideas between cultures. This paper will explain this concept of leadership as it pertains to running a global organization that faces some difficulties. There are a number of different communications issues that have lead
Rand's Rational Self Interest Rand’s philosophy regarding selfishness and altruism contains a crucial dichotomy, as virtually anyone’s philosophy regarding opposite concepts would. However, the opposition in Rand’s concept may surprise those who are not familiar with her philosophy. At a very basic level, Rand is stating that selfishness is actually good, and that altruism is really evil in “Introduction to the Virtue of Selfishness”. Thus, there is opposition found within this
Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand The Rationalization and Pursuit of Self-interest of Humanity in "The Virtue of Selfishness" by Ayn Rand Ayn Rand's collection of essays in the book "The Virtue of Selfishness" provides insightful thoughts about the emergence of rationalization and individualism within the individual. The author discusses how the dawn of humankind had already seen the emergence of individualism and rationalization. It is only in the process of
Self-compassion is an important concept to understand because it falls under the category of self-care. Selfishness on the other hand does not. Selfishness is commonly associated with actions that may satisfy a certain desire but that do not actually promote a holistic good. Self-compassion on the other hand is oriented towards helping the self. Bowen (2017) states that one should look at it this way: self-compassion is about showing love
Others argue against Ethical Egoism. The work of Pecorino states as an argument against Ethical Egoism the facts as follows: Ethical Egoism "provides no moral basis for solving conflicts between people; (2) Ethical Egoism "obligates each person to prevent others from doing the right thing; (3) Has the same logical basis as racism"; (4) "The egoist cannot advise others to be egoists because it works against the first egoists