Friday, May 2, 2014
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Ethics and Etiquette
Ethics and Etiquette
·
ETHICS is an internal system of moral
principles; morals, principles, values
·
ETIQUETTE is an example set of manners, customs,
and tradition of a society that governs how people treat one another or act in
social situations; proper, manners,
customs, traditions, protocol, decorum
Ethics changes person to person
while etiquette changes from society to society. With a difference in ethics in
each person, it is easy to offend someone, especially someone of another
culture.
Movie Theatre
Etiquette
1.
Before The Movie
·
Buy your snacks and drinks before the film
starts. This prevents distracting other moviegoers during the screening.
·
Find your seat and turn off all electronics. It
is extremely rude to be on your phone during the movie as it distracts the
others and brings attention toward you.
·
Whisper. Although the movie has not started,
others want to listen to previews.
2.
During the Movie
·
Don’t talk. If you absolutely have to, whisper
softly as to not distract those around you.
·
Chew quietly and don’t slurp your drink. The
worst thing is trying to enjoy the movie and someone is chomping on his or her
popcorn. Keep your mouth closed and when your soda is gone, it’s gone.
·
If you must use the restroom, do it quickly and
quietly. If you are in the middle of the row, say “Excuse me” as you exit the
row.
3. After
the Movie
·
Pick up all your trash, and don’t leave anything
under the seats.
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
The
characters in Death of a Salesman have questionable ethics. The Loman family
doesn’t know how to properly deal with crises.
Willy
Loman: the dad of Biff and Happy, husband of Linda, and traveling salesman
Linda
Loman: Willy’s wife and mother of Biff and Happy
Biff Loman:
Willy and Linda’s oldest son
Happy
Loman: Youngest son
These
characters unethical behaviors are seen throughout the play. Here are a few
examples:
- Happy
sleeps with married women, and is a philanderer: someone who seeks sex without
any ties
-
Happy
also goes to the weddings of the women he sleeps with to see the man she is
marrying.
- Biff
steals multiple things including a cart of basketballs, Oliver’s pen, a suit in
Kansas City, and wood for his father
- Biff
isn’t alone in stealing as his father orders him and Happy to steal wood for
the stoop
- Willy
cheated on Linda and was found by his son Biff when he was younger
- Biff
flunks school and goes to his father to talk to the teacher because it’s the
teacher’s fault
- Linda
discovers that Willy is trying to kill himself and doesn’t try and stop it
-
The
fact that Willy is trying to kill himself is also very unethical
- Biff
and Happy leave their depressed and suicidal father alone at dinner before
having dinner
- Willy
kills himself to leave money for his family
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