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During the play there were many times when every main character is questioned on their acts of lacking morality. The question of who out of the four of them lacking the most morals is hard because they all commented acts making them seem no better than one another. The person I believe is lacking the most morals is Eve.

Throughout the whole play she does unethical things to toy around with Adam. What I believe makes a person unethical and evil is if they are doing acts of harm to others or lying to hurt someone, not help. Influencing someone to the point where it's effecting their life in a negative way is morally wrong. People see that Eve is evil makes sense because she had tricked Adam into believing a lot of different things that influenced him to do certain things. He started to change a lot just for Eve. And Eve let it all happen In the end of the play she admits that every single little thing was a lie to even her name. And of course, you can see why people would easily see this as a betrayal by Eve in all the lies she was telling Adam. He basically wasted his entire time and in the end, he did it for someone he doesn't even know one single thing about. At the end of the play Eve admits she never had  feelings for Adam and was using him only for her project.

    "The Shape of Things" is a play full of characters whose actions are controversial. Even though many people portray Eve as being evil, I personally believe Adam is the most immoral character.
At the very start of the play, Adam and Eve have their first encounter. In that scene, Eve tries to deface the statue in the museum. People who believe that Eve is the most immoral, provide this scene as an example. They claim that Eve is doing things that are against the law. They say she is aggressive and tries to have her way in everything.

    Others who think of Adam as being the most immoral, refer to his change throughout the play. Adam changes too much. From his face to how he dresses, he completely becomes another person. Reading the play carefully, however, Eve not even once pressures him into doing any of the things he ended up doing. She provided him with a choice, and he took all of them. His lack of self-esteem led him to be vulnerable to the influence that is thrown at him from different directions.

    Let us say a rock and a plastic bag were placed next to each other. If a strong wind blows at them, which one do you think will be misplaced? It is the plastic bag. The rock has a larger mass which provided it with a great foundation. This is a perfect metaphor to relate to Adam's conditions. If Adam had a strong self-confidence, he wouldn't have let Eve have power over him. He was easy to manipulate. Even when Eve tries to deface the statue, Adam decides to leave her despite his awareness of what she was about to do. He chose to irresponsible because he was attracted to her. Therefore, Adam is the most immoral character.

Blog Post 1

Something I see a lot of art in are sunsets. Sunsets are something I've always been amazed by and something I always stop to look at. Going back as far as i can remember, i would always love watching them when at the beach and how they would set over your head as your enjoying dinner bay side or still relaxing on the beach. Being a kid and having nothing to worry about, sunsets still always seemed to relax me and make me appreciate what i have in life.

Imagine, sitting on the back patio of a restaurant looking off into the bay and slowly seeing the sun fall down the side of the sky, getting lower and lower every minute. Once it finally reaches the horizon the entire sky lights up with different colors. From red to orange to yellow to purple to pink, there isn't a more colorful thing a human being could ever witness.

Being something I always loved to watch and enjoy, sunsets have been something that helped me find a simple calm place in life. With nothing to worry about and nothing on my mind, i have the chance to be thankful for what i have in life and take in every moment to the fullest potential.

Response to Blog Post 2

To determine which character is the most lacking of morals we must analyze each of the four characters individually and closely. During most of the play, Jenny is dating Philip and Adam is dating Evelyn. However, we find out at the end of the play that Evelyn has been manipulating Adam the entire time and is not actually in love with him. It was all an experiment on her part.

One possible answer is that no one is lacking morals anymore than the other. The blog post prompt is arguing that no one has a duty to one another. It is also arguing that everyone already subconsciously influences one another everyday and all day. This is getting into philosophy and saying that either no one lacks morals or everyone lacks morals.

Another possible answer is that Evelyn is the most lacking of morals. Jenny and Philip seem to have a healthy and real relationship for the most part (with a few brushes with cheating). Adam also seems to think that the relationship is real the entire time. Eve is the only one that fakes out. She manipulates Adam into changing his physical appearance, letting go of his closest friends, and asking to marry her by giving her a ring. All of these things were done without Adam's knowledge. The worst part about this is possibly that Eve doesn't even feel bad about any of it. She definitely lacks the most morals.

Eve lackking the most morals seems as the most perfect answer. I don't believe that everyone is equal in terms of morals. Eve clearly made someone suffer for her own benefit and didn't even care at the end. She lacks the most morals out of her 'friends'.

#2 blog post

Throughout the play there were many events at which every main character came into question on their acts of doing is lacking moral. The question of who out of the four of them lacking the most morals is hard because they all commented acts making them seem no better than one another.

To agree as to how is at fault isn't so easy because the purpose behind Eve's action is different than of Adam's. By the end of the play I looked at my immoral act list and Eve was the one who encountered more immoral acts than anyone else. While she calms she has actually never committed any real wrong because she never forced him and therefore it was all Adam and not her responsibility. However she did act on by deceiving and setting up a relationship based on an illusion which is no better. She changed Adam at first harmless by making small healthier changes to later more permanent and dramatic life changes such as cosmetics and dropping his friends which is hard to undo. She said he had the opportunity to leave whenever but she showed more interest in Adam whenever he did what she wanted.

Looking back on Adam, he has done bad thing such as lie and cheat to his friends and furthermore to Eve. Regardless of what Eve's purpose was for being with Adam, at the time being of when these acts were committed Adam had no outside motives other than his own desire to cheat and lie. So Adam's actions was placed upon himself and was not manipulated to go and be unfaithful to Eve and drop his friends. His responsibility to be faithful and true was on him and he acted on it which makes him no better than Eve over all in the play.

The most reasonable conclusion to make of who out of the main four characters lack most moral would be Eve. Reason why Eve is more immoral is because her argument that her influence on Adam was as harmless as the influence our parents and tv commercials put on us. The difference between your family and tv commercials influencing you verse how Eve "only influenced" adam to do stuff is the change in the type of relationship you have between those people who try to influence you. Eve crossed the line for allowing a situation of trust to be created for Adam in becoming more inclined to her actions without a second thought. When in a relationship you are creating a non verbal agreement to treat each other fairly and with best intentions. While it she wasn't the one to start it she did have intentions of having a relationship happen for all the wrong reasons. And by not taking initiative to correct adam that she isn't in a relationship with him, by not saying nothing at all say something in itself.

Response to THE ARTIST AS SCAPEGOAT.

   The play is about a college student Adam is a simple, insecure and shy student that works half period as a security guard of a museum and in a rental. He meets the anarchist and transgressor student of Arts Evelyn Ann Thompson trying to paint a penis in an important statue, and after arguing with her, in the end they schedule a dinner. As they start to date, Adam's behavior changes and his appearance and confidence improve influenced by Evelyn. Meanwhile as the play goes on he has an affair with Jenny, betraying and lying to Evelyn and to Phillip, and destroying their friendship. When Evelyn presents her thesis for the Master degree, Adam is surprised with revelations because the thesis was about "the change of Adam". So, the question is Eve seen as a villain in this play?

   Adam plays the role as innocent, and insecure about himself he changes himself for Eve. From the way he looks to the way he behaves. According to the play it seems that Eve had something to do with it but he had a choice. Nonetheless, she didn't force anything on him by any means. He gave Eve the permission to rule over him. He barely knew Eve. Eve wouldn't say much about her unless until she was asked. There was a alot of parts in the play that hinted how Eve was lying and manipulating him. Like the part when she told him to choose her or his friends that was when he should've known from that point Eve doesn't love him for who he is. Also, the part when she lied about not drinking coffee to Adam. And yet, he chooses her. But despite of loving Eve so much, why did he cheated on her? He kissed Jenny. I think that the relationship gets twisted.

   On the other hand, I agree that Eve had lack of morals by presenting "the change of Adam" as her thesis and humiliating Adam in front of a huge crowd. She lied a lot to Adam through out the relationship. She defined art in such way, that broke Adam's heart.

However, I don't necessary think Eve had lack of morals like most of the people see. Because, to me I felt like the thesis about Adam was to just get on him for cheating on her. Just like she said during the introduction of her thesis, "the more her subject was growing confident he's behavior was being questionable". And that's why she did. I think she had some feelings atleast a little bit for him through the relationship until he cheated. As for him changing for Eve, he changed himself for a better reason.

 

 

Blog Post #2

The play The Shape of Things centers around 4 characters living in a small college town. Though at the beginning of the play none of them seem particularly evil people, by the end we see all of the immoral acts they have done throughout the play. Though they all have their share of wrongdoings, there are some characters who are much worse off than the others.

The most immediately obvious answer to this question is Evelyn. Though viewers are not aware, she is deceitful from the very beginning. She pretends to be interested in Adam romantically, simply so that she can manipulate him. Though some changes she makes are good, such as cutting his hair and getting rid of the old jacket, the act itself is somewhat morally dubious. Despite positive change, she is still deceiving Adam. And in some cases, her manipulation leads to negative outcomes, such as when Adam decides to cut his closest friends from his life. He even goes so far as to get cosmetic surgery as a result of her influence. Regardless of your opinion on cosmetic surgery, it’s hard to argue that such a drastic change resulting from manipulation isn't crossing a line of some kind. Once her schemes are revealed, Evelyn tries to defend herself by pointing out the same immoral acts being committed by the media and society as a whole. But someone else committing the same immoral act as you doesn't absolve you of any guilt, it just means that both parties are in the wrong. Evelyn may have a point that today’s media is immorally influencing people to make drastic changes to themselves. That doesn’t mean she can do it too and it makes it ok. And even if you ignore the changes that she influenced him to make, pretending to be in a relationship with him for so long is wrong by itself.

Despite Evelyn’s questionable deeds, it's possible that Adam is even more immoral when you consider his actions. And make no mistake, they were his actions. Every change Adam made to himself was by his own volition. Sure, Evelyn may have brought up certain topics, or made a simple suggestion, but it was Adam who carried out everything. It is Adam’s fault for being so easily influenced into making major changes in his life. Adam let Evelyn’s view of him matter too much, and so he became willing to change his life at the drop of a hat just for her. In some cases, there didn’t have to be a cause. Evelyn never even mentioned a tattoo and yet he went out and got one of her initials. When presented with choosing between Evelyn and his friends, he chose Evelyn with little hesitation.

Quite a case can be made saying that both Evelyn and Adam are the most lacking in morals in the play. However when compared I would have to say Evelyn is worse off. Adams worst deed was cutting his friends out of his life. While it was a terrible thing to do, Evelyn still seems to be more lacking in morals. It is worsened by her complete lack of remorse. She manipulates and lies to Adam for weeks, publicly humiliates him, turns him into a piece of art, and feels absolutely no guilt for ruining his life. If the question posed was “Who committed the most immoral acts” it would probably be Adam. But since we are examining who is the most lacking in morals, the greater severity of her acts puts Evelyn at the top.  

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      The play ”Shape of things ” is about a  man named Adam who met Eve, an adorable graduate art student, and the influence that she had on him. As the play unfolds, it tells us how Eve influenced Adam; for instance: working out more,getting plastic surgery and getting a new hair style.

     Many would think that Adam is at fault, but  from my perspective Eve is the villain in this play. Although Adam is responsible for his actions, Eve is the one who pushes Adam to change.  However, when pushed to act in a certain way, it is only natural to ask oneself,  “Am I doing the right thing ?“. Eve used Adam  as if he was nothing. She lied  to him every single time, from the beginning until the end of the play, starting from giving him her name.  At the end of the play Eve admits she never had  feelings for Adam. She morals using him only for her project.  It is a miserable thing to tell someone that  he is useless and to treat him as if he was an object, rather than a human being. Eve  was playing with Adam’s emotions.

     
   The biggest mistakes that Adam made in his life  were letting Eve control his life, and letting his friends go because Eve told him to do so.

Eve is the character most lacking in morals because she changed someone’s life by playing a with his emotions.Even though it’s true that some people, such as parents, can influence their children by showing them the right path in life, they won’t leave them in the dark like Eve did to Adam.

Blog Post 2 Response

In our modern world there are many things that influence us every day. We take in more information than ever and need to be able to sift through it to find what is real and reliable and not let the false information influence us. In the play The Shape of Things Adam does not exhibit literacy and is easily influenced by Evelyn and her falsified feelings toward him.  This play shows us the importance of social literacy in our daily life.


Many people will say that that Eve's actions are uncalled for and cruel. And while it is important to realizes the emotional tole an event like this could put on a person.  I do believe that something like this would be wrong it does not appear that he was very impacted.  This statement would be based on people apply their own emotions to the situation. I believe that when we separate ourselves and remove the application of our own emotions to Adam it is obvious that he was not emotionally hurt. There isn't really any evidence of Adam having any emotions other than being deeply surprised at Eve's reveal. Because of the outcome I do not have a problem with Eve's project.


While Evelyn's manipulation may not be moral it is important to realize her intentions being to make an interesting project which I believe she accomplished. This coupled with the lack of emotion that Adam shows after it is revealed to him that their relationship was fake reinforces my belief that Eve did not do anything wrong. She stayed within her right and made an interesting art project without crossing the line and seriously harming her subject. For these reasons I do not believe it is appropriate to call Eve a villain.

Blog #2 Marley Clendenin

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       The person I believe is lacking the most morals is Eve. Throughout the whole play she does unethical things to toy around with Adam. What I believe makes a person unethical and evil is if they are doing acts of harm to others or lying to hurt someone, not help. Influencing someone to the point where it's effecting their life in a negative way is morally wrong.

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        My belief is that the way Eve persuades Adam to change his whole look and even his personality is morally wrong and pretty much evil. I do not think that Eve telling Adam to workout and grow out his hair was not pushing it because Adam was not harming himself. Working out actually helps him physically get in shape and stay healthy, but then you read later on about Adam getting a nose job. That's harmful to his health and was an unnecessary sugary. That is when you start to question how evil Eve really is and think she is the most unethical out of the characters. 

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       If you look at it on the other hand Adam could be considered the most unethical because of how much he changed to make a girl happy. He was willing to go under anesthesia and get his nose done to please a girl. He also made a sex tape because Eve wanted to. He had only had sex with three girls in his life and was willing to give it up so easily for her. Is that love? Having to change yourself completely to please your partner. He also let her change him, that's so unethical to let someone redesign you. so maybe he is the most morally wrong instead of Eve because he let her do everything she did. 

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     Now it comes down to who is the most morally wrong. The person doing evil things or the person letting someone do evil things and not trying to stop it. I would say Eve is still the most unethical because of how evil her intentions are. There is no guilt for playing with Adams feelings and health. She really does not care what she does to other people as long as she gets what she wants in the end. She made Adam fall in love with her and then ruined him in a matter of time. She truly in the most unethical person in this play.