ENGA10H3 Lecture : ENGA10 LECTURE 02.docx
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Nietzche: behind morality is an excuse for priviledge: suggest there"s something behind appearances. Beauty is not a trait for survival in the literal sense, but may be so in a cultural sense. Problem: prayer is for guidance; google is when you know what you want. We are already told who we"re supposed to be (through advertising; Secret is made for a man vs brute for a man) The word you is used repeatedly; ads are always calling to you. There is a modern sense of lack: from the moments after birth, we are hit with a standard for everyone/everything else (the. Arnold ( dover beach ): armies clashing blah blah dark: reference to evolution, survival of the fittest . Dorian gray has this trait of beauty. In a way, dorian gray is a contestant in a reality show, and lord. Wotton is the mc telling him he needs to win and he won"t have his beauty forever.
