Chapter 1
Define a Soliloquy from slide 16. How is the art of Language effective in Hamlet famous soliloquy? For instance, what is meant by "undiscovered country"? Give one more example of your own from the excerpt.
A Soliloquy is your own person thoughts and feelings that you don't share with anyone else. Hamlets famous Soliloquy is when he speaks to the audience as if he was speaking to himself, he shares his thoughts to himself. When Hamlet speaks of this "other country" he is talking about the other side, such as heaven or hell, or even peace after death.
Define the terms, Humanities, Beauty and Aesthetics.
Humanities is art, literature, architecture, languages, etc. Beauty is something that is enjoyable or pleasurable to the beholder. Aesthetics is how beauty inspires you.
Do you think that Beauty today is still related to the concept of morality as related in Ghirlando's painting (slide 4) from the Renaissance period?
I believe beauty does have to do with morality, people who are good to other people and have kind hearts are looked at as beautiful people. This concept ties into Ghirlandaio's painting because Tornabuoni's late wife followed these characteristics as well, she was moral perfection.
How subjective do you find the concept of Beauty? Is what's beautiful to one person usually beautiful to most? Explain any ambiguity.
In my opinion beauty can be different for each person, everyone has their own ideas of lust. Beauty can also be universal, there are many things in our society that many people find beautiful.
What is a Renaissance Man? Do you think that the Renaissance idea is still relative today? Explain.
The Renaissance man is someone who has many different abilities, he excels at many things. Today's Renaissance man is very different, people aren't experts at multiple things anymore, we mainly focus on one given ability and try to learn everything about that specific thing.
Define briefly the Socratic Method.
The Socratic method is that people have different point of views that all come together on the discussion or project. It's about a question process that results in universal truths.
Examine the selection of the dialogue of Socrates' question on pg 11 of the textbook. How do we draw truth from the Socratic Method? How is Justice defined here? Explain in 3-5 sentences two values you see in this dialogue.
We define truth from the Sarcastic method by questioning a series of things till the final answer is found. Sarcastic dialogue goes in depth as to why and who makes something the way it is. The more questions asked the more knowledge you obtain from something no matter what it is. The scarcities method works for any situation, that's why after all these years it's still a prominent way of solving
