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Hypocrite
What is a Hypocrite?
Hypocrite. It's a term synonymous with words like fraud and counterfeit, bringing forth the image of a person who is shifty and less than trustworthy. In some respects they lack morals. In others, they are simply ruthless. A hypocrite is a person that will say one thing or agree with one idea in front of others, but when alone, totally goes against said idea or statement. More often than not, they are masters of articulation and deception
There are several examples within society of what a hypocrite is and does. One example would be a politician. Some politicians will do anything to win an election, even go as far as to be a hypocrite. During the campaign, he/she will agree with many of the issues that concern voters the most. However, once the politician makes it into office, he/she will totally go against the campaign promises that were made by voting on bills that ignore their voters concerns. They merely said what voters wanted to...
When becoming a police officer, one takes an oath stating he/she will uphold and protect the law and citizens. However, there are some who will take this oath and abuse it. For some officers, there may come a time where money is more important than a citizen's rights and chooses to go against the law he/she swore to uphold. It is at that point the officer becomes a hypocrite. The very people they swore to protect, this officer lies to and steals from, even going as so far as to protect the guilty rather than the innocent.
Thirdly, there is the example the news reporter. News reporters are supposed to report the news with honesty and integrity. Bringing to the viewing or listening audience information and truth. However, there are times when reporters use stories merely to advance his/her career. Taking tragedies and sensationalizing them, taking the lives of…
Tartuffe An Analysis of Hypocrisy in Moliere's Tartuffe No greater example of the religious hypocrite exists in all history than the example of the Philistine. What characterizes the Philistine (and all hypocrites) is something Richard Weaver describes as a barbarian desire to see a thing "as it is" (24). What Weaver implies is that the hypocrite, while making a great show of piety and the possession of virtue, actually lacks the interior
Plato's Apology Discuss the main points of Plato's the Apology The Apology is based upon series of speeches that were made by Socrates in 39 BC. He was standing trial for corrupting the youth of Athens by not believing in the gods of the city. This is because he would often question various ideas in order to have a greater sense of understand and enlightenment. As a result, there were several main
Chaucer's Friar In the Canterbury Tales, the Friar's Tale and the Summoner's Tale are intended to be satires about the corruption of the church in the Middle Ages, and would have been considered comedic by the audience, but also as being quite close to the truth. Chaucer was very likely sympathetic with the early-Protestant Lollards and Reformers and intended this to be a humorous commentary on "the abuse that infected the
Dante's Inferno And Manzoni's The Betrothed Alessandro Manzoni's only novel The Betrothed is a national institution in Italy and second in popularity in this history of Italian literature only to Dante's Divine Comedy. He was a liberal nationalist from an aristocratic family and a leading supporter of the reunification (Risorgimento) of Italy. His novel is set in Lombardy in 1628-31 and was in fact a call for liberation from foreign rule,
" Furthermore, it is noteworthy that many of the views espoused by Thoreau within his works of literature were regarded with as much condescension, and perhaps outright disdain, as he seemingly regarded those pursuing the gold rush in the preceding quotation. For instance, it is known that of the 1,000 original copies that the author published of Walden, he was only able to sell approximately a third of it. To a
Doll's House Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's Housemade him the father of modern literature. His writing showed tragedy and drama in a new and rather modern way. Prior to an analysis of the story at hand, it is only relevant that the plot and main characters are discussed in detail. This story does not revolve around a whole bunch of characters and is based on only a few days. The story