Philia Essays

often times talking about a parental love. The third is “agape”, which is a love of contentment, and acceptance. And last is the love I believe to be most important, “philia”. This is a love based on fondness, and goodwill. This is a type of love where one person wishes well for the other person, and cares deeply about them. Philia is important to have in a friendship with another person, especially in what Aristotle refers to as a character friendship; one of the three types of friendship according

Communication Theory Title: Communication Theory and “Bride Wars” No one can deny that in most films, the plot is developed through the communications between characters. The process of communication can be classified and analyzed theoretically. In the following, I am going to apply different kinds of communication theory to the film, “Bride Wars”, mainly from Symbolic Interactionism, Expectancy Violation Theory and Social Penetration Theory. The film “Bride Wars” is about a couple of best friends

Station Eleven and I: What is Happiness? Happiness is being around your self-chosen family with a career in a profession that simultaneously gives you purpose and help improve our society. It is the feeling of comfort and being considerate of others. The novel Station Eleven has many different definitions of happiness as defined by various characters within the book. The character, Jeevan Chaudhary and I define happiness in exceedingly similar ways because we prioritize similar things in our lives

Euripides once said that “Friends show their love in times of trouble, not happiness.”. This is just one of the few things that is important about having a friend. Some others include that they can pick you up when you are down, and always have your back. always have your back, and There is a story of two famous authors who were great friends and helped each other through the struggles of life and pushed them to finish their books. You may have heard of them or at least their books., J.R.R Tolkien

In Shakespeare's time period, gender roles were viewed strongly where men would do almost anything to be “the man” while women usually stayed quiet. His play, Much Ado About Nothing, was a romantic story that contained genuine developing relationships centered on love. The antagonist, Don John, was jealous of the love around him and sparked turmoil that tested the loyalties and bonds of the other characters. In Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare, the character Leonato contains the societal mindset

What does friendship mean? Friendship for Merriam Webster, is defined as the state of being friends. Although friendship has different levels or intensities, at the end a good friendship depends on having a good and mutual bond. How can we distinguish a good friendship? A good friendship should contain basic elements like: trust, confidentiality, love, honesty, loyalty, empathy, and support. These traits are essential to have and maintain a good friendship. In the story “Damon and Pythias”, we see

Friendship offers numerous blessings that enrich life. A good friend makes happy days brighter and sad days more tolerable by demonstrating loyalty, optimism, and a spirit of adventure. Loyalty is staying faithful to a friend through both good and bad times. Optimism is looking on the bright side no matter how bad the situation may be. An adventurous spirit is being willing to take risks and try new things. A Separate Peace’s Phineas clearly embodies all of these traits, proving him to be a great

In modern society, a friend is portrayed as “a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard”. Throughout the play, Julius Caesar, the characters view friendship in completely different ways. The friendships are tested when the conspirators make the decision to kill a prominent leader in Rome. As a result, some are very loyal, while others don’t view friendship as a very important aspect in life. When the conspirators are faced with the decision of whether or not to kill

Friendships are complex relationships, but I would agree will Aristotle that there are three broad categories for friendships: utility, pleasure and virtue. However, I do not believe that these categories are mutually exclusive. Instead, I believe that friendships can be categorized into subcategories, where they can have characteristics from both utility and pleasure. The only pure type of friendship is a virtuous one because this is about caring for the other person’s well being, and not about

Throughout Act 1 love is the backbone of the play, with almost every character falling in love or at least falling in love with the idea of love. Twelfth Night gains most of its comical force by satirizing these characters; for example Orsino. Common themes throughout Act 1 are love and desire, melancholy and madness. In Act 1 Scene 1 the play opens with Orsino’s speech which is playful and melancholy, but has abrupt changes of mood “If music be the food of love play on”. This opening line is mostly

Modern society has taught people to liberally identify friends attributing to the reckless companionship one makes without acknowledging the pure intention of the relationship which in turn strays further from the pursuit of happiness. A friend is what most people would consider someone who has a fulfilling impact on one’s life; this fulfillment can range anywhere from someone to confide in, someone to aid them, or someone to comfort them. Few people recognize young peoples’ malleable attitudes

The Chosen gives many examples of an encouraging and healthy friendship. Those examples represent what it means to be a good friend, which I relate to and recognize as one of the themes from The Chosen. The Chosen has many themes, one of them being, to make good, new friends wherever possible. Danny and Reuven became friends, just like Kamryn and I became friends. I believe strongly that support, disagreement, and the same values, but different beliefs, are a good thing in any relationship. Friendship

Once two people introduce themselves and start to get to know each other a friendship can begin. Friendship is essential to life. The Bible has 115 verses on friendship and the importance of it. Proverbs 27:17 says, “Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.” What makes a true friend and how can they sharpen one another? While there are many adjectives that could be used to describe a true friend, encouraging, challenging, and having fun together are some of the important

Many people believe that money is not a source of happiness and that there are other things in life that are more fulfilling than financial wealth. According to Maris Rada, money contributes to greed and envy as people wish to live for nothing else but material gain. For Craig Fernandez, cash does not contribute to satisfaction and joy because it doesn’t provide meaning and emotional compassion as relationships with friends, family and loved ones. In short, money cannot buy indefinite happiness

In today’s society many people believe that true romance is dead, but it really isn’t. It’s just not the same as it used to be. Everything is toned down in a way, so they aren’t seen as these huge declarations of love that could get someone killed like they might have been when Cyrano de Bergerac was written. Even though romance isn’t seem in the same way, it’s still alive and kicking. In the play Cyrano, the main character, is constantly going around and making huge gestures, some of them aren’t

True love is possibly the most fulfilling of life's secret treasures. but love by a lesser standard is still extremely important for the human experience. In the poem True Love by Wislawa Szymborska Wislawa talks of how true love is overrated and unnecessary. But in truth the argument against true love is created to comfort those who lack it. Love, if not true love is an crucial emotion for the human race; it is important for psychological development, social development, and in the end happiness

What is the true meaning of friendship? Friendship means having someone that a person can rely on at all times. Friendship is seen as a great thing for most people. At times, though, it may make life worse in certain situations. An example between this conflict is presented in the book Of Mice and Men. The main characters in this story, George and Lennie, have an unusual friendship. George screams at Lennie all the time because Lennie has the tendency to do dumb things because he has a mental problem

Lithmi Jayasinghe Ms. Branch ENG1D-08 April 27, 2016 True Friendship True friendship is when people are always there for each other, during happy and sad situations. They always care for one another and keep each other out of trouble. They always have a joyful time and joke with each other and always honest to each other about everything. According to this definition, in the book “Of Mice and Men”, by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie have a true friendship. First of all, they traveled together

“Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation” –George Washington. I find the quote to be satisfactory when compared to the dictionary definition of friendship, “the emotions or conduct of friends; the state of being friends”. Friendship is an abstract concept to a degree, but it is definitively not a toxic or an otherwise generally crippling relation to another person. I strive to be the best friend I can be

Love is so tormenting that pain becomes part of one's regular life once it happens. Ironically, everyone looks for love so that they can find happiness, but mostly they end up losing themselves to an unattended & cruel world where no one cares about them. Even the one to whom you have lost every happiness of your life, he/she would become stranger all of a sudden. For one moment, everything seems unworthy and waste. At that moment, life hits you hard and reality comes into the picture that nothing