"It happened that a young female Yahoo, standing behind a bank saw the whole proceeding, and inflamed desire, as the nag and I conjectured, came running with all speed, and leaped into the water" (Page 295, Paragraph 1) This incident harshly reminds Gulliver of "who" and "what" he is. ... "But I shut it up and checked my thoughts with this conclusion, first, that we did not know by what light and law these should be condemned; but that, as God was necessarily, and by the nature of His being, infinitely holy and just" (Page 206, Paragraph 2) The example suggests that "Robinson" believes that...

• Word Count: 1742
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As Diana Reese states in her article, "A Troubled Legacy: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the Inheritance of Human Rights," "Shelley's monster moves across the shifting terrain of his own indetermination at "superhuman speed"; traversing the slash between man/citizen, reasoner/human, general/individual will in ways that pose a delicate challenge to the work of reason in Enlightenment projects for a new authorization of law" (Reese 49). ... The creature declares: "Your hours will pass in dread and misery, and soon the bolt will fall which must ravish from you your...

• Word Count: 2008
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When you strip away all the layers that have been influenced by society, family, friends and self-interests, what do we find at the core of human nature? That is, are we naturally inclined to act cooperatively towards other people or do we only act in our self-interests, even if that includes underm...

• Word Count: 2481
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate