One of the best shows of my generation, Drake and Josh, has numerous examples of two opposing characters in Kierkegaards stages. The ethical character in this show would be Josh, and the aesthetic character would be Drake. These two brothers would constantly go back and forth at each-other for various reasons. Most of the time Drake would do something and Josh would have to freak out and then fix whatever he did. One example would be when Drake and Josh were temporarily, no longer brothers. In this episode Drake forgets to wait for Josh going to school, and as a result Josh misses his final test. When Drake gets home Josh angrily announces that he's "Done" with Drake. They end up avoiding each-other until Drake makes it up to him. The point is however that Drake thought he could do whatever he wants. The reason he left Josh was to get to school early and have a make-out session. Josh pointed it out to him that he made a conscious choice and knew he forgot Josh. Josh was done with Drake doing this to him so he made a choice to no longer have a close relationship with Drake.
Sunday, October 19, 2014
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One of the best shows of my generation, Drake and Josh, has numerous examples of two opposing characters in Kierkegaards stages. The ethical character in this show would be Josh, and the aesthetic character would be Drake. These two brothers would constantly go back and forth at each-other for various reasons. Most of the time Drake would do something and Josh would have to freak out and then fix whatever he did. One example would be when Drake and Josh were temporarily, no longer brothers. In this episode Drake forgets to wait for Josh going to school, and as a result Josh misses his final test. When Drake gets home Josh angrily announces that he's "Done" with Drake. They end up avoiding each-other until Drake makes it up to him. The point is however that Drake thought he could do whatever he wants. The reason he left Josh was to get to school early and have a make-out session. Josh pointed it out to him that he made a conscious choice and knew he forgot Josh. Josh was done with Drake doing this to him so he made a choice to no longer have a close relationship with Drake.
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Nice job explaining how this relates to Drake and Josh and Kierkegaard's ethical and aesthetic stages. Great show just to add
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ReplyDeleteThis is a really good example of the stages! I like how you showed the relationship between the two stages and how they might affect one another.
ReplyDeleteAlso agree drake and josh may be the greatest show of our generation, and its cool how you used this as an example because one would not normally make the connection with this and see and aesthetic or ethical person. At first I only saw good with bad but now theres more so good job
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