...In Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, the reader must question the governess’ sanity and determine for themselves whether the ghosts seen by the governess are projections of her own unconscious thoughts and desires, or if they are truly there and haunting the children. The text itself allows for these two highly contradictory perceptions. The differing perceptions of readers contribute to the ambiguity of the text itself forcing the reader to become one with the story as well as a product of the story in order to gain an understanding of the text itself. To interpret the events that transpired throughout the story, one must first immerse himself or herself into the story. Felman writes, “…the story’s frame thus encloses not only the story’s content, but, equally, its readers and its reading” (124). Once one becomes part of the story, his or her perceptions become part of the story as well. Each new insight creates a deeper meaning of the story and a new lens one can use to comprehend it. At the very end of the story, when the governess begins to interrogate Miles, she becomes so engrossed in the...
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...make the right decision. A tragic hero has a moment of insight in which he realises his error. However, this insight comes too late for him to address his sillinesses/error. The tragic hero always dies. The key to understanding this play is a close and insightful study of the soliloquies in the play. Act 1 Scene 1( pg 3-13) Horatio will be the fall for the mercurial Hamlet. Horatio is quiet and well balanced and becomes a notable witness. At the beginning of the play, Denmark is not only socially, morally and culturally questionable but politically unstable. Norway, lead by Fortenbras is leading a campaign to reclaim the lands lost to Norway as a consequence of the Danish King Hamlet. At the end of this scene, the appearance if the ghost. King Hamlet. He was poisoned by Claudius. He was married to Gertrude, Claudius was Gertrude's brother-in-law—-> affair Act 1 Scene 2(pg 13-31) Set against the splendour of the court, scene 2 juxtaposes the mysteries and frightening opening scene. The court of Denmark represents hypocrisy and excess. We are introduced immediately to Claudius. He is suave and worldly wise. His idiom, register and tone of speech will create a suspicion. He is of course the antithesis of Hamlet as he is manipulative and expedient. Claudius is the epitome of a hypocrite, he is glib/assertive in rationalising. He rationalised his union with Gertrude, he is cynical and is critical. “A little more than kin and less than kind”(pg 17) I am more than a relation...
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...he song we listened to this week was The Ghost of Tom Joad by Bruce Springstein. It is obvious from the first few lyrics of this song that Bruce Springstein is talking about poverty. He sings "Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge/Shelter line stretching 'round the corner/Welcome to the new world order/Families sleeping in the cars in the southwest/No home, no job, no peace, no rest". The new world order he is referring to is poverty. He sees so many people suffering from it that lines are stretching around the corner. It is clear he doesn't believe these people will escape poverty because there is no rest nor peace, it is an endless cycle. Tom Joad is a reference to the book, Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. In the book, Tom Joad represents...
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...Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus" and "Sin against the Holy Ghost" Author(s): Gerard H. Cox, III Source: Huntington Library Quarterly, Vol. 36, No. 2 (Feb., 1973), pp. 119-137 Published by: University of California Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3816592 Accessed: 07/11/2010 15:38 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublisher?publisherCode=ucal. Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. University of California Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access...
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...In Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, the ghost of the late King Hamlet has influenced his son to become obsessed with the idea of death. When young Hamlet is informed of the ghost’s sighting, he is anxious and curious to find out who this ghost is and what news it has to deliver. After the ghost reveals himself as Hamlet’s deceased father, Hamlet’s curiosity increases. The ghost divulges to Hamlet that his brother, Claudius, poisoned him to take his life as well as his throne, which infuriates young Hamlet. After this shocking revelation, Hamlet becomes obsessed with thoughts of death and avenging his father’s murder, which contributes to his insanity. When Hamlet speaks to his father’s ghost, his father insists that Hamlet avenge his death by killing Claudius. The ghost explains to his son that King Claudius has corrupted the nation of Denmark, has robbed him of his own life, and therefore, achieving revenge is crucial. After conversing with the ghost, Hamlet vows to seek vengeance on Claudius. This “seeking” of vengeance very quickly turns into an obsession. Hamlet’s every thought seems to revolve around his plot to kill Claudius, causing friends and family to express concern over his strange behaviors. Rumors begin to travel around Denmark that Hamlet has “gone mad,” while Hamlet claims to only be feigning his insanity. Hamlet’s soliloquy where he contemplates suicide is one example of his obsession with death. Amidst the stresses of planning Claudius’ murder, Hamlet even considers...
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...bog56269.app.qxd 7/23/03 1:01 PM Page A-1 APPENDIX Writing a Film Analysis Films are made to be seen and heard, to appeal to our visual and aural senses. Like any art form, however, films are also meant to be felt and understood, to appeal to our emotions and minds. One of the best ways to determine whether a film has succeeded in any or all of these goals is to analyze the elements that make up the whole work. To write an analysis of a film, you must study the film carefully. Your critical analysis should be derived from your personal encounter with the film, not from published criticism. Access to a videocassette recorder or DVD player is essential if you are going to perform a critical analysis of any depth. It is not enough to like or dislike the movie; you must determine why it succeeds or fails in reaching out and encompassing the viewer. The first step is to view the film in its entirety. From this viewing you can get an initial reaction to the many parts of the film that you will have to explore in more depth. When you first view the film, it is best not to try to take notes or separate the parts of the film; you should be familiar with the textbook in order to know what to look for. After you have formulated a thesis and have begun the process of supporting that thesis, you should view the film at least once more in its entirety and two or three times in segments in order to review scenes of major importance. The thesis statement is the element around which to...
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...Greatsword/Longbow Recommended Build * In Zeal you want Fiery Wrath for 7% more damage that is almost always up unless you are soloing with scepter. In that case take Zelous Scepter. As long as you are using Greatsword you definitely want Zealous Blade for a reliable 5% DPS modifier and the cooldown reduction on Greatsword. If you’re not using Greatsword, go ahead and use Kindled Zeal. In the grandmaster slot you will want to take Symbolic Avenger with pretty much any weapon exept Scepter. When you are using Scepter you can take Shattered Aegis since that’s pretty much the only time you don’t have any symbols. * In Virtues we take Unscathed Contender – 20% more damage while under Aegis, or Master of Consecrations – Consecrations last longer and their cooldowns are reduced. It depends on whether we are able to keep up the Aegis buff or need to use Consecrations such as Wall of Reflection. If you need to maintain Projectile Defenses for your party then go with Master of Consecrations. In the second slot we can take Supreme Justice or Absolute Resolution depending whether we need Condition Removal or not. Absolute Resolution removes 3 conditions from each ally and yourself when activating VIrtue of Resolve and Supreme Justice will increase Burning duration and decrease the amount of hits needed to trigger burning from 5 to 3. The final choice is not really hard, it’s just what you need at a specific encounter. Permeating Wrath will change the burning Virtue of Justice applies from single...
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...these three are sorrowful, grieving, frightfulness, and anger. When Odysseus caught sight of Elpenor in the Land of the Dead, he was sorrowful. His crewmate had just recently lost his life in Circe’s hall. Elpenor’s body had still been laying on the ground, unburied. Elpenor pleaded to Odysseus to bury his body and put a monument up for him. He asked, “When you make sail and put the lodgings of dim Death behind, you will moor ship, I know, upon Aeaea Island; there, O my lord, remember me, I pray, do not abandon me unwept, unburied, to tempt the gods’ wrath, while you sail for home.”(pg 1067)...
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...scene 5 Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth as a confident and controlling character, this is highlighted by her convincing a good and loyal man (Macbeth) into a killing and untrue character. Moreover Shakespeare shows the early stages of Lady Macbeth becoming ghost like, because in the soliloquy she talks about spirits, for instants “Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark” which suggests that she wants spirits to come and take over, she no longer cares about heaven, as she just wants evil and darkness to control. We also know she is very determined because she asks the spirits of such things like “unsex me here” and also to turn the life-giving milk in your breast into a bitter liquid, this seems like an extreme course of action to take, but as of this we see that that is how willing and what measures she will take for king Duncan to die and Macbeth to become the thane of Cawdor. During the soliloquy in act 1 scene 5 the idea of being un-sexed would be seen to be like witchcraft by a Shakespearean audience who would disapprove of her actions and feel she would deserve punishment. However, the Rupert Goold adaptation presents Lady Macbeth in a very different way. He does this by making her look and seem like a ghost with paranormal things happening around her like the lights flickering on and off and the back ground being very dark. She is also presented as being very confused and hesitant. For example Lady Macbeth is looking into the distance as if she can see hell. As...
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...Aguirre 1 Faver Aguirre Professor Schmidt English 112 21 November 2013 History Recycled in the Works of T.C. Boyle History's repeating itself is a dominant theme throughout T.C. Boyle's short stories and novels. If people do not learn from past mistakes, they are likely to fail again. By revisiting history, the author teaches the importance of awareness and caution in an ever-changing society. In “The Tortilla Curtain” published in 1995 a specific migrant problem in the 1930s is modified to fit contemporary immigration. Candido and America's battle for survival after immigrating to the United States repeats a similar event depicted in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Boyle's twisted short stories in the “If the River Was Whiskey” mirror events in history in the light of modern times. The similarities between the Van Brunts and the Van Warts in “The World's End “contribute to identical generations, separated by three hundred years. In his writing Boyle attacks modern society's conceited, self-absorbed attitude, and he discourages reiteration of the past. In “The Tortilla Curtain” Boyle recycles a past dilemma as he writes of a problem similar to the "Dust Bowl" migration of the 1930s. Candido Rincon and his wife America travel from Mexico to live here in America through the "Tortilla Curtain" searching for work while constantly trying to achieve the American Dream. In this journey, the Rincons encounter several racist obstacles including a pack of white men who...
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...The eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815 was the one of the most powerful eruptions in recorded history, with a volcanic index of 7, “It killed more than 71,000 people on the spot and it was responsible for a volcanic winter that caused the worst worldwide famine of the 19th century” (Diaz, 1). The wrath that Tambora left on the environment proved to be harsh, as the deadly eruption led to political unrest and disease all across the globe. Because ecocriticism enjoys examining the effects of the state of the natural world on human stories, ecocritics like the story of Frankenstein because the bad weather from 1815-1817 helped to inspire the author towards all of the gloom in the novel. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was written during one of the most productive periods in the history of English literature, the summer of 1816....
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...logical to get revenge, because they figure the other person should hurt just as you have. I’m here to tell you that revenge is unrelated to logic and immoral. When revenge comes into your heart, it takes over the way you think and you’re no longer thinking logical. However, I do believe God has the right to take vengeance, because he is the ultimate judge. Revenge is immoral for humans, because either way someone gets hurt. It could be something as simple as hitting your sister and she hits you back harder. When revenge becomes serious, that’s when it can become deadly. Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” is one of the most famous plays of revenge. In the play, Hamlet sees the spirit of his father. The ghost tells Hamlet that his uncle, who is now the king, is the one who murdered him. From this point on, the play becomes one big plot for revenge. More than a handful of people die. In the end Hamlet does succeed in taking revenge for his father’s murder, but unfortunately it results in his own death. This example proves my point that revenge is immoral and unrelated to logic, because everyone in the end dies. Hamlet wanted revenge so bad that it consumed his entire body, mind, soul, and it ultimately lead to his death. Most people like Hamlet, are convinced that taking revenge will make them...
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...come and sit awhile with me. You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains; You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas; I am strong, when I am on your shoulders; You raise me up... To more than I can be. El Shaddai El Shaddai, el shaddai El-elyon na adonia Age to age you're still the same By the power of the name El shaddai, el shaddai Erkamka na adonai I will praise and lift you high El shaddai AWESOME GOD Our God(our God) is an awesome God He reigns(He reigns) from heaven above With wisdom(with wisdom) pow'r and love our God is an awesome God And when the sky was starless in the void of the night (our God is an awesome God) He spoke into the darkness and created the light (our God is an awesome God) Judgment and wrath he poured out on Sodom Mercy and grace He gave us at the cross I hope that we have not too quickly forgotten that our God is an awesome God Refrain x3 Our God is an awesome God Our God is an awesome God (Our God is an awesome God) (Our God is an awesome God) DOWNHERE LYRICS – How Many Kings Follow the star to a place unexpected Would you believe after all we’ve projected A child in a manger Lowly and small, the weakest of all Unlikeliness hero, wrapped in his mothers shawl Just a child Is this who we’ve...
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...I see murdered villagers, ghosts and demons fighting. The sky is red, blood and fires everywhere. Someone to the right yells “Look out!” I duck and a steel axe slices the air above me. I pull my sword from my waist and cut the demon at his torso splattering blood all over my body and sword. I say while catching my breath, “Thank you, my name is Jack Larson. What’s your name, stranger?”. “My name is Alec Mendon, an angel” Alec says. Staring at the village in ruin, I say “Are there other angels here to help?”. “Yes, look at the sky.” I look up into the foggy sky and see angels falling and landing in Darkmeadow. I gaze at the angels annihilating demons the moment they land. “I will find the demon and finish this once and for all.” I say to Alec while walking...
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...What Is This Church All About What Is This Church All About? Is this church meant for people like me? Is this where God really wants me to be? They claim to be filled with God’s spirit. When it comes to HIS truth... Can they give it? I’m sure there’s many who come and attend It’s more than “church on Sunday,” that we must spend! We must reach out to the lost and the oppressed! After all, Christ gave us his very best! May we all preach the gospel and God’s holiness! And strive to seek his awesome righteousness! Living for Jesus must be a daily walk and experience! Not simply based on our “ambitious self appearance.” God isn’t interested in a denomination or a title… He wants to know… Do we really believe the Bible? He’s not interested in the money put in the offering plate. He wants to know; “Are you ready to enter heaven’s gate?” May we strive to serve Jesus with a zeal and passion! And be filled with his holiness and compassion! May we serve Jesus...
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