https://padlet.com/bjohnson100/7k5r2a0alhey Used to organize my essay ideas en-us 2018-12-10 01:10:59 UTC 2025-10-27 16:39:59 UTC hello@padlet.com bjohnson100 https://padlet.com/bjohnson100/7k5r2a0alhey/wish/312745600 Through the writing of books such as Julius Caesar, Paradise Lost, and Dr. Faustus, authors challenge the traditional concept of a tragic hero or monster and force us to think about people's true nature, because reading helps us to empathize with people as mentioned in the quote, "Individuals who often read fiction appear to be better able to understand other people, empathize with them, and view the world from their perspective." ]]> 2018-12-10 01:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bjohnson100/7k5r2a0alhey/wish/312745600 bjohnson100 https://padlet.com/bjohnson100/7k5r2a0alhey/wish/312745653 2018-12-10 01:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bjohnson100/7k5r2a0alhey/wish/312745653 bjohnson100 https://padlet.com/bjohnson100/7k5r2a0alhey/wish/312745679 2018-12-10 01:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bjohnson100/7k5r2a0alhey/wish/312745679 bjohnson100 https://padlet.com/bjohnson100/7k5r2a0alhey/wish/312745698 2018-12-10 01:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bjohnson100/7k5r2a0alhey/wish/312745698 bjohnson100 https://padlet.com/bjohnson100/7k5r2a0alhey/wish/312745738 Through reading books such as Frankenstein, Brave New World, and Never Let Me Go, one can acknowledge that when humans strive to become a god figure, they are unable to empathize with others due to their struggle to accept the difference between creator and creation, which leads to a feeling of overwhelming guilt. ]]> 2018-12-10 01:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bjohnson100/7k5r2a0alhey/wish/312745738 megryan https://padlet.com/bjohnson100/7k5r2a0alhey/wish/313142823 2018-12-10 19:52:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bjohnson100/7k5r2a0alhey/wish/313142823 bjohnson100 https://padlet.com/bjohnson100/7k5r2a0alhey/wish/313153390

Thesis (Revised):

• Through the writing of books such as Julius Caesar, Paradise Lost, and Dr. Faustus, authors challenge the traditional concept of a tragic hero or monster and force us to reflect on our tendency to place things into two black and white categories of good and evil. Our human nature causes us to monsterize anything that is unfamiliar or against what we believe, but through reading books we can "be better able to understand other people, empathize with them, and view the world from their perspective."

Introduction

• thesis! (last sentence)
• use the full quote here, not specifically in thesis though

Julius Caesar (paragraph 1)

• In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, the battle between the tragic hero and monster is between Brutus, a friend of Caesar's who was tricked into killing him, and Caesar himself.
• I think Brutus is the tragic hero 
  • He is tricked by the conspirators into thinking he should kill Caesar; he is the only one who kills Caesar out of his love for Rome, rather than out of jealousy (Act 3 Scene 2)

Dr. Faustus (paragraph 2)

• In Dr. Faustus, Christopher Marlowe creates Faustus as a tragic hero, though he wants to be like Satan, who usually possesses a negative connotation.
•  Faustus only became interested in power, but once he learned to use it he abused it. (Scene 1 pgs 3-5)
• Somewhat links to paradise lost; Faustus wants to be like lucifer, who was thrown from heaven 
• Faustus wanted power, but he abused it. He tried to make a contract with God, but still never asked for forgiveness for his sins. (Scene 14)

Paradise Lost (paragraph 3)

• John Milton forces the reader to sympathize with Satan by telling the creation (capitalized?) story through Satan's point of view. 
• Shows Satan's weaknesses--> sympathy 
  • gives him an "unconquerable will" (line 106)
  • describes his despair (around 190)
  • realizes the evil in himself/very human (around 255 and 215-220)
• He describes God with negative qualities --> sympathy 
  • "brooding"- line 22

Conclusion 

• repeat the quote, describe the human condition 

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Thesis

• Through reading books such as Frankenstein, Brave New World, and Never Let Me Go, one can acknowledge that when humans strive to become a god figure, they are unable to empathize with others due to their struggle to accept the difference between creator and creation, which leads to a feeling of overwhelming guilt. 
• (Humans want to become a god figure by trying to control the society but they can't because of their inability to accept the differences of everything.)

Intro

• use thesis and mention the quote chosen from the writing prompt

Frankenstein

• In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein's selfish desire for knowledge leads him to create a monster which he struggles to empathize with because he cannot overlook their differences.
  •  strives to become a god figure when he brings his creation to life. 
  • Victor’s selfish desire for knowledge, another god-like quality, also led to the monster’s creation.
  • victor abandons his creation after creating him
  • Victor had a selfish desire for knowledge, and through this desire he became a god-figure
  • Does victor not create a second monster out of fear or out of guilt for what he has done?

Brave New World

• In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, the Controller's need to eliminate difference in his society leads him to create a substance which 
• 
  
• guilt for leading the society leads him to create and give the citizens soma to use as a distraction and their emotions to give them false happiness. 
  • Soma is used to suppress emotions
  • creating their own knowledge - creator

Never Let Me Go

• In Never Let Me Go, the people in the outside world dehumanize the clones and refuse to accept them, though they are exact clones, they still are casted out as different because of the guilt the outsiders face when trying to play the role of creator in the decision of life or death. 

disregard their emotions and right to life in order to hide their guilt they are faced with for making them.

• Clones are dehumanized throughout the novel
• They are somethings not somebody
• They are made for the rest of the civilization to prosper over
• 
  
  

Conclusion 

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