Comparing Choice and Responsibility in Death of a Salesman, Young Goodm

resource and Responsibility in Death of a Salesman, Young Goodman Brown, and No Exit Sartre and his existentialist philosophy have been subjects of curiosity for me for years. Only recently, after taking a philosophy class, have I begun to grasp some of the major(ip) principals of existentialism. Though Im unsure about some of the peripheral arguments and implications of existentialism, the core of the system appeals strongly to me homo beings are themselves the basis of determine and meaning, and in this sense values are real--evolving, developing, and real. Existentialism places the individual at the center of things, gives him a sense of empowerment and responsibility, and erects a bridge on which Man can find his way of life out of many of the traps and snares he constructs for himself. Sartres character in the play No Exit, Orestes, finds such immunity and, in a humanist sense, is one of the most enviable characters I encountered in this course. How can this be? Orestes c ommits two murders and is exiled from his rightful kingdom, barely escaping with his life. What is enviabl... Comparing Choice and Responsibility in Death of a Salesman, Young GoodmChoice and Responsibility in Death of a Salesman, Young Goodman Brown, and No Exit Sartre and his existentialist philosophy have been subjects of curiosity for me for years. Only recently, after taking a philosophy class, have I begun to grasp some of the major principals of existentialism. Though Im unsure about some of the peripheral arguments and implications of existentialism, the core of the system appeals strongly to me Human beings are themselves the basis of values and meaning, and in this sense values are real--evolving, developing, and real. Existentialism places the individual at the center of things, gives him a sense of empowerment and responsibility, and erects a bridge on which Man can find his way out of many of the traps and snares he constructs for himself. Sartres charac ter in the play No Exit, Orestes, finds such freedom and, in a humanist sense, is one of the most enviable characters I encountered in this course. How can this be? Orestes commits two murders and is exiled from his rightful kingdom, barely escaping with his life. What is enviabl...