To what extent does Sartre’s existentialist philosophy play a role in the lives of the characters in Embers?Consider the following examination of Jean-Paul Sartre’s existentialist philosophy:
“[In] His greatest work – Being and Nothingness – [Jean-Paul Sartre examined the central theme of his philosophy: freedom of the individual. Humans, he says, are profoundly free to creat their own lives and thus are entirely responsible for defining the meaning and moral relevance of their existence….Unlike almost every philosopher before him, he not only believes that we are free but also insists that we are radically free. We may be influenced by the factors of nature and nurture (heredity and environment), but ultimately we are not determined by them. We are totally free – free to define ourselves by our own lights and capable of resisting the physical, psychological, and social forces that will thoroughly shape us if we let them….As Sartre says, ‘We are condemned to be free.’ The blessing is that as free persons, we have the power to set our own goals, live our own lives, and create ourselves as we go. The curse is that as free beings, we can look to no one but ourselves to decide how we should live. We carry this burden alone. We must bear the awesome moral responsibility of deciding how we should live, how we should treat others, and what values we should prescribe for the rest of the world through our actions. We can celebrate our capacity to create our essence and live by our own rules, but because we are utterly alone in bearing this monumental burden, we are also condemned to experience great anguish, despair, and a sense of abandonment” (Vaughn 334-335).
Vaughn, Lewis. “Existentialism.” Living Philosophy, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. 318-348.
Watch the movie Embers (2015)
Then write a well-supported essay that answers
the following question:
To what extent does Sartre’s existentialist philosophy play a role in the lives of the characters in Embers?
Please use what I have attached to build from.
Remember
the following
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consider how the set, props, characters, and action within the
scenes help to support your analysis
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make sure that for each detail you include in your analysis that
you also provide a thorough analysis of that detail so that your reader can
understand the argument in your close reading
-for the evidence/quotes from the movie make sure you provide a thorough description of what’s going on in the scene
-then make sure you provide analysis, so breaking down what’s significant about that particular scene you just gave your reader and how is it helping you prove your point in that body paragraph
All of these three things should be in each body paragraph, so each paragraph after your introduction and before your conclusion.
use
MLA format and citations
§ The MLA
format for movie in-text citations: (firstwordofmovietitle
beginningtimestampofscene – endingtimestampofscene).
-then make sure you follow that with a complete in-text citation:
(Lady 01:10:45- 01:12:56)
12pt.
Times New Roman font, double-spaced and 1-inch margins
essay
should be at least 5 pages long, with your Works Cited page as the 6th
page
The sources will be the movie.
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