Victor Frankl was a Jewish German psychiatrist who was interned in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. He lost his wife and family. Yet he emerged in triumph. His story and this book have inspired many, including Steven Covey, of Seven Habits fame. Frankl observed that many of the prisoners died when undergoing less hardship and suffering than those who ... moral excellence. The moral life, Frankl claims, can have deep meaning, even if it allows little or no creativity or pleasure, in part because if imparts meaning to suffering. Frankl quotes Dostoyevski: "There is only one thing...

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Transformations Understand HOW texts are valued HOW they are re-circulated Language forms and features Quotes, symbols etc. Ideas, values, issues in relation to context LOOK AT HOW HAMLET WAS VALUED FOR ITS TIME, THE WAY IT WAS STUDIED IT ... even--of Hamlet. The artificiality of the play is one of its major characteristics: we can never suspend our disbelief, because we know we are watching the story of minor characters from Shakespeare. At the same time, fate is a great force in the lives of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, despite--or because of--their cardboard quality ... through the plot. ...

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