Vengeance, greed and jealousy may all disturb society. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Claudius and Commodus, Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, all are disrupting the social order induced by their greed for success that inevitably results in the death of both people. First of all, the greed and pride in the cruel people blind them to the true truth. Finally, both Claudius and Commodus must make every attempt to attain and retain their positions. Firstly, envy will drive Commodus and Claudius into a machiavellian disposition to attain grandeur.
Before Marcus Aurelius ‘death, he said he wanted him to become Rome’s next emperor and to bring Rome back to a republic. The reasoning behind this is that “‘Your shortcomings as a son are my weakness as a father'” (Marcus Aurelius). Everything Commodus needs his father to be loving and to embrace him as who he is. Marcus also praised Maximus for his own son. As Marcus prefers Maximus as the emperor of Rome over his own son, Commodus is furious. It made Commodus a evil villain.
On Sept. 1, 1923 Mr. and Mrs. Pierino Marchegiano of Brockton, MA became the proud parents of a lively twelve pound baby boy. The child was named Rocco Marchegiano, but the world would one day know him as the legendary boxer Rocky Marciano. When “bambino Rocco” was 18 months of age, he contracted pneumonia. Although … Read more
Freud was born in Freiberg, on May 6, 1856, and educated at the University of Vienna. When he was three years old his family, fleeing from the anti-Semitic riots then raging in Freiberg, moved to Leipzig. Shortly thereafter, the family settled in Vienna, where Freud remained for most of his life. Although Freud’s ambition from … Read more
Albert Camus (1913-1960) was a representative of non-metropolitan French literature. His origin in Algeria and his experiences there in the thirties were dominating influences in his thought and work. Of semi-proletarian parents, early attached to intellectual circles of strongly revolutionary tendencies, with a deep interest in philosophy (only chance prevented him from pursuing a university … Read more