Write 1000 word minimum essay that analyzes the concept of the individual seen in each of our readings. For example, Gilgamesh seems to treat people as objects, there only to serve his own needs and desires. Whitman says that he is the speaker of the poem, yet he claims that his voice is also the vehicle through which all can speak. Jonathan Swift showed us the lot of the well-born and fortunate individual and the lot of the Irish poor. Dante (of dantes inferno) offered us a spectrum of the human condition and human weaknesses.

For this project, explain what you have seen as the value of, and definition of, the individual in each of the worldviews we considered. In each, are all humans equal? Are there traits that are to be valued or discouraged? Finally, what traits from each worldview do we still agree with today?

Directions:

1. Define the concept of the individual in each of the worldviews we considered.

2. Explain what you have seen as the value of the individual in each of the worldviews we considered.

3. Evaluate the apparent fairness in each of the worldviews we considered: are all humans equal?

4. List traits that are to be valued or discouraged for each of the worldviews we considered.

5. Described traits from each worldview that are still part of current worldview.