Names have definitely certain and essentially significant funtions. The shakspearian view that names has nothing to contribute to ones attrubutes has since been proved wrong. Tne name indicates ones significance in a proper perspective. There are certain examples where changing name has resulted a cchange in certain characters. Moreever the name of a person has much more significant effects on his/her personality.It describes the personalities attributes in a single word. This is his / her first name bequethed by his/her paents. But the title is to signfy the clan. Any how to identify a person and his/her place in society the name with title are to be commonly used.
Recently I happened to come across a blog about the names of the US Presidential candidates used in their respective poll campaigns. The respected Blogger narrates that names , and so to say first names has certain significance in the societal parlance. Generally First names are rserved especially to mark as a symbol of respect, hence Juniors have been barred from clling their Seniors by their first names. He/She cites the example of reports calling Democrat candidates as Hillary and Barak, which , in her view should not be , in stead, these should be as Mrs. Clnton and Mr. Obama. Yes the blogger has the right feelings, hs/she respects the societal norms.
Though the feelings he/she exhibited is of significance, there rightly a predicament crops up while identifying properly a person by merely his/her titled name( as Clinton or Obama here in this example) You can find a host of personalities associated with the same type of works with the titled name, and hence there is bound to be an amalgametory confusion. If you simply call the present presidential candidate as Clinton, you cannot avoid confusing her with her husband. I can cite one titled name Gandhi in India. If you use the name of Gandhi even in a political arena, there a number of Gandhis you have encounter in the same field such as Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi all in top slots in political horisons in India. You can take Mr. Bush in US. There are at least two equally important nad equally ranked Bushes, one junior and other senor. So I hareby venture to point out that to properly identify a personality his / her unique name may be first, last or middle is utmost necessary, however respectful or disrespectful it may be. So here the learned campaign managers of the predential candidates have rightly planned their Mast Heads using the first names. No question of condescending to a lower grade, rather the social respect booster, by enabling a proper representation of the personality with out confusion.
