The Fall of Ulysses
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published 19/10/2007
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Summary In all its humor, 1984 ½ would have in actuality been a very fitting title for Terry Gilliam’s Brazil. An invisible, all-powerful government, the struggle of the individual against the state, the apparent hopelessness, there is no doubting the similarities between George Orwell’s dystopian creation and its more recent adaptation. But at some point between the opening scene and the end credits, an important difference surfaces: the motive. 1984 is the exploration of totalitarianism, a government that controls to instill fear into its citizens. The government in Brazil controls because it itself is afraid. Both Terry Gilliam and the modern world have learned that in times of terrorism and great tragedy, there is a certain pattern of extreme security taken by the state, pattern that is an exact replica of John Mill’s theory of utilitarianism.
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- Utilitarianism survives on the premise that happiness is the only intrinsic value.
- Sadly, it works. New dissenters do replace those detained, but their anti-utilitarian positions translate to immorality, and they are no longer recognized as members of society.
- Utilitarianism permits the forgoing of justice in the name of morality, and so justice no longer exists.
- Justice is not the only visible sacrifice made in Brazil for concern of security.
- Yet it does not take a special circumstance for the disappearance of personal rights to become apparent in Brazil.
- Utilitarianism comes with an obvious price, spelt out word by word by the theorist himself.
- With plane flights canceled every day, with new sites of possible terrorists attacks highlighted each week, it does not take an actual bombing for individuals to react with equal fear.
- Utilitarianism has been viewed as misguided for years, a good idea at heart but more harmful than beneficial in its application.
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