ENGA10H3 Lecture : Lec 2
Document Summary
The myth of perfection: a soul is connected to transcendental certitude. Google-ing equivalent to praying in the 20th century. Requires no faith: advertising replaces sacred scripture. Always targeting you : reality shows mimic transcendental certitude. Must always have a winner, and have others voted off. Relation b/w self and other has become vampiric : scientific discourse. More concerned with what we can do with machines than faith: the arc first before us (2 triangles connected by an arc, go from worth to price. What you pay is not what something is worth. Dorian grey: dorian grey is really charming, mistakes. Lord henry is a father figure to him, and misguide/fail him. Basil looks backward in life, henry looks forward in life: dorian chooses to show basil the portrait first before henry, basil loves to paint dorian grey because he looks good, dorian"s mom. Grandfather murdered his father (son in law) in a duel. Died soon after due to grief: grandfather.
