While the statement "the root of all evil is desire- is a factual truth in many situations "the sins of greed, lust and pride come to mind "desire can also be the driving force behind love, loyalty or success. ... Desire can be a force of good "it can win hearts and change destiny for the better. ...
The jealousy that was apparent in Emilia's heart may well have been the driving force in her choosing to defy her friend Desdemona, and aid Iago in successfully tricking Othello into believing such horrible lies about his wife. ...
Also, however, Hamlet does not want to confront Gertrude with the crime in a rational way, thus forcing her to make a difficult choice between Hamlet and Claudius, with disastrous psychological results for Hamlet if she chooses against him. ... This explains why Hamlet berates Ophelia to the point of driving her insane and towards her untimely death. ... Thus, since Hamlet cannot induce his mother to stop loving Claudius by killing her or driving her insane, as he did with Ophelia, he must somehow bring about this stoppage while leaving her alive and sane. ...
Aristophanes believes that love will; in fact, heal the wound in us that resulted from the splitting of the original man "he will restore us to our original nature, and by healing us, he will make us happy" (Aristophanes, p.30) In essence, Aristophanes defines love as the driving force that compels us to seek out such unification "Love does the best that can be done for the time being: he draws us towards what belongs to us" (Aristophanes, p.30). ...
The communication theory that I will discuss is known as the Byrne's Reinforcement Theory. I chose this theory because of all the options its seems to have the most relation to my day to day life. In researching this theory I have many ideas and aspects that are very important to building lifelong relationships. In outlining this paper I will discuss the history of the theory, analyze studies pertaining to the theory, and I will show how I perceive the theories to be applicable. In this theory of reinforcement it is evident in every new relationship that we encounter, we look for peopl...
