Utopian fiction depicts the portrayal of an ideal state that to a great extent serves as a vehicle for the satirical criticism of human life and the author’s contemporary society. Plato’s dialogue The Republic, through the subtle use of satire, provides an obscure critique of Athenian society. Thomas More’s work of fiction Utopia indirectly comments on Tudor England through the satirical discourse between Raphael and More. Episode “Space Pilot 3000” of Matt Groening’s satirical sitcom Futurama offers a mordant criticism of American society through the retrofuturistic portrayal of an advanced utopian future. Thus, the satirical portrayal of Utopia serves as a manifestation of the composer’s contextual concerns. Socrates, through the mouthpiece …show more content…
This is reflected in Groening’s critique of the career obsessed culture internal to American society, portrayed through the illustration of a poster depicting a worker beneath the mantra of “You gotta do what you gotta do.” The mantra highlights the individual’s obligation to complete affairs accredited to them, whereas the juxtaposition of the worker’s thumbs up against his crestfallen expression satirizes the predominant career occupied lifestyle within American society. Additionally, the late 1990’s in America was domineered by prejudice, often charged by racial tension and contentious immigration legislation. Groening comments on the rising xenophobia within American society through the illustration of a local scoffing at Fry’s inability to adjust to the future, regarding him as a “tourist.” Groening’s portrayal of a prejudiced local mocks this ignorant xenophobic mindset within American society. Moreover, Groening voices criticism of American society through Leela’s vindication of Fry’s antics, where she asserts a patronizing tone to plea that “he’s just a poor kid from the stupid ages.” Her ridicule of Fry creates satire, elucidating the discrepancy between American society and Groening’s retrofuturistic depiction of civilization in the 31st century. Thus, Groaning’s whimsical portrayal of an advanced future aids him in addressing his contextual
According to Olson’s beliefs, “one symbol of America’s opulent wealth is the number of people who can sit and ponder and comment and and write without producing a usable product or skill” (Olson 1). Olson believes the blue-collar workers are “America’s last true romantic heroes” (Olson 1) and deserve more credit than the white-collar workers. Olson’s use of symbolism is effective because it clearly states the stereotypes and beliefs Olson has about the blue and white-collar
Peter describes Socrates ideal of communication dialogue, as ‘souls
Through many of Plato’s works, such as the Republic, the Gorgias, and the Apology, the person that Socrates was and his personality shine through in his dialogue. Socrates was a man who asked many questions and always pushed not only his students but the whole city of Athens to look for more than just physical things. Many people claim, that Socrates went about teaching in the wrong way and that he is an arrogant fool and not an extremely wise person. However, I disagree with this claim. I believe that Socrates was a man who looked beyond the physical world and strived to gain as much knowledge as he could through asking questions and continuing to learn from others and in turn teach others, thus making him wise and striving to live the best life.
In the discourse of Socrates and Euthyphro, I find the exchange quite daunting because Socrates does most of the talking and therefore he is inclined to be leading. This brings me to question how a discourse should really be done. It has been disheartening to follow the train of thought of a well-known and highly respected philosopher because although it may have seemed that Socrates encouraged Euthyphro to speak his mind, he actually seems not to have given him the same space and time to explain and expound in his own words what he tried to communicate with the initial claims he made. In fact, it seems that Socrates has developed a unique, rhetorically powerful strategy to
So when asking whether or not his claim is plausible, we can see from the Apology and Crito that his enemies would say no, while his friends would say yes. In this paper, I argue that Socrates had lived a life no
Socrates attests that rhetoric does the same to the soul as cookery does to the
From beginning to end, Aristotle’s captivating reading, Crito, is composed with of the three rhetorical devices: logos, pathos, and ethos. Consequentialy, one of the existent rhetorical devices is more robust than the others. Whilst logos and pathos spawn well-founded emotional and logical enticement, the most indisputable rhetorical device used throughout the story is ethos. Undoubtably, ethos is the utmost evident rhetorical device in the story, Crito, as Socrates honorably stood by his morals, even after Crito tried to prompt the man to abandon them; demonstrating his thickness of character, integrity, and honesty.
Socrates asserts the effectiveness of the dialectic relationship and his “method is to call in support of [his] statements the evidence of a single witness, and to take his vote alone” (474a). Throughout the dialogue Socrates attempts to persuade three rhetoricians into a dialogue, with the intention of unearthing the truth, with each conceding to Socrates’ appeal to reason until Socrates’ dialogue with Callicles. This is where the weakness in Socrates’ position is revealed because had Socrates been able to persuade or engage Callicles this would have been a victory for the dialectical relationship, which Socrates’ argues is the only method of exposing the truth. Regardless of how consistent and logical Socrates’ method is Callicles refuses to participate, through the art of not listening, revealing the limitations in Socrates’ method at arriving to the truth and in essence the best way to
After he is sentenced to death, Phaedo tells the story of Socrates’ final hours and the uncompromising mentality that he upheld. While Apology and Phaedo are not centered around hubris and decline, both stories feature aspects of Socrates’ pride and the persistent belief that he had the right to spread his philosophical ideas. Overall, Plato’s was right to support the philosopher-king as his recounts of Socrates establish the foundation of Western
In order to establish my thesis, I will start by stating and explaining the argument that Socrates presents, I will
The Apology was supposed to represent Socrates' trial for his being a busybody and corrupting the youth. Socrates defended himself by saying that he was merely performing service to the god that said that he waswiser than anyone else. Socratesremained defiant during the sentencing portion of the trial, which led to him besentenced to death, and as such he had to face his mortality. In this paper, I will explain how he came to this conclusion,and show why this conclusion is false. At many points throughout the Apology, Socrates insists that death is not bad.
These dialogues are named after the person with whom Socrates speaks; however, it is crucial to notice that Socrates is the active force that drives the conversation and makes claims that are subjective and abstract, but the person with whom he speaks is merely a passive source of affirmation. It is important to notice the responses of each of Socrates’ disciples. The “Yes”s and “πάνυ γε” (73e, “Certainly”) and “Of course”s / “φῶμεν μέντοι νὴ Δί᾽, ἔφη ὁ Σιμμίας, θαυμαστῶς γε” (74a, “Indeed we shall by Zeus, said Simmias most definitely”) each have an inner connotation that which the context illuminates. For example, Ion in Plato’s “Ion” is a dialogue characterized by its ironic and patronizing tones.
Part A- Socrates In thinking of Socrates we must recognize that what we have is four secondhand sources depicting him. That of Plato, Xenophanes, Aristophanes, and Aristotle. All having radically different accounts on Socrates and his views. Out of all them we consider Plato’s to be the most possible account, even though we face a problem of different versions of Socrates.