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Hegelian Dialect and 12 Years A Slave
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Hegelian Dialect and 12 Years A Slave
Wrap it up!
THESIS:
Master = Free
Slave = Dependent
Antithesis:
Master = Dependent
Slave = Free
Synthesis:
There is no slave who can't become the master if he works hard enough.
Dialectic
Epps
- Master.
- Gives order.
- Enforces lashes.
- Lounges about.
- Drinks alcohol.
- Reads from the bible.
- Lose respect of wife.
- Physically losing power.
- Has no choice but to rent his slaves when crops go bad.
- Undermined by Solomon
- Not respected or feared
Solomon
- Slave
- Endures beating
- Forced to work the land
- At first, without hope
- Helpless and weak
- Physically stronger after manual labour
- See's how desperate the other slaves are and will not sink that low
- Clever and shrewd
- Can easily fool a drunkard.
- Devises a plan
Spoiler Alert!
Solomon is now free!
- told that he is a runaway Georgia slave
- Protests being a free man, he has no papers
- The man beating him repeatedly says "You're a slave"
- Beaten until he eventually gives in.
Sounds Familiar?
Two self-consciousness meet, they either fight to the death or one submits.
Master/Slave relationship now exists.
Relevence to Hegelian Dialect?
- Freeman?
12 Years a slave
Attire?
Family?
Musical Talents?
He was a free man in the eyes of the Other
- Film Adaptation of Solomon Northup's Authobiography
- Free man in Saratoga, New York- violinist
- sold into slavery
- Hardship Endured for 12 Years
Not without flaws
THESIS:
Master = Free
Slave = Dependent
Antithesis:
Master = Dependent
Slave = Free
Master/Slave Dialectic
Option 1: Each entity tries to kill the other.
Synthesis:
There is no slave who can't become the master if he works hard enough.
OR
Master
Applied in Dialectic Terms
Slave
- Slave lives + provides conscious mediation for master
- Master's wish is slaves command
you can't have one without the Other!
Thesis
The original thought
Antithesis
Its opposing thought
Synthesis
The resolving thought
Thesis
When I'm hungry I eat
Antithesis
That lad is eating a huge meal
Synthesis
He must be starving!