...broken generator and, significantly, putting up a mural on his living room wall, and then, when the work is done, sits down to listen to Mozart” (Matheson, p. 39). The vampire is making brutal attacks while Neville listening to the music and watching motion pictures on his home projector, which is quite contrasting. By reading this, we can feel and image Neville’s loneliness and need for companionship. The music doesn’t possess the power to satisfy him, but the actions including listening to music and watching motion pictures that he normally does with his family can remind him of family’s companionship and delude himself to the illusion that he is not the only one left. For member of social specie like us, the fear of isolation is real and rational. Solitary isolation in the criminal justice system is used as a severe form of punishment. Mathias Clasen, a Danish scholar of horror fiction says in his journal Vampire Apocalypse :A Biocultural Critique of Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend , “sociality is and has been crucial to human ontogenetic and phylogenetic development. We depend on other people not just for reproduction and survival, but for...
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...paints pictures of the places he traveled and the scenes he witnessed. He is an artist in his own right, and his respect for other artists and the way they transform life and pain into something that can last ages is seen through his stories “‘Lovely’” and “Psyche.” Using his characters’ relationships with art in both stories, Andersen conveys that only the people who dare to dream can achieve immortality. From the beginning, the innocence of Andersen’s characters is what allows them to find inspiration in the world around them. The sculptor from “Psyche,” a perfectionist who is constantly destroying his art, “‘could laugh and walk as wittily as any of his friends. But when he stood in front of one of Raphael’s paintings, it seemed as if he caught a glimpse of God” (786). This sculptor, who has all the qualities of a normal man and experienced much of life, is still awestruck by Raphael’s paintings because his contact with reality has not erased his response to beauty. He will not be satisfied with his own art until it is perfect. To the sculptor, Raphael’s painting captures the spirit of God, and the sculptor’s ability to interpret that through a canvas shows his faith that a world exists beyond his. After he meets his Psyche, he sculpts a figure that “reflect[s] the innocence of the young artist,” indicating the idealistic dreams of a young man who has not been crushed by harsh reality (788). The sculptor’s desire to create something divine like Raphael’s painting is daring,...
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...form of conflict helps to develop a character without taking the attention away from them. This contrast brings out character flaws or highlights which makes the character and story more dynamic. Descriptive detail is highlighted in “Royal Beatings”. In this short story the detail helps to fill-out the character, to develop her; to give you a peak into her psyche. Rose’s imagination gives a great example of descriptive detail as it relates to her beatings “the blood came leaping out like banners” is a line that resonated with me. There is a sense of theatricality to the part she has to play in this story; “She plays his victim with self-indulgence that arouses, and maybe hopes to arouse” is a line that also lends heed to this notion. The descriptive detail in her thoughts are so vivid that you can’t help but visualize what she is thinking. You can understand and relate to her character having to retreat to these fantastical thoughts in order to cope with life. Examples of emphasis on a single character are evident in both “Royal Beatings” and “The Yellow Wallpaper”. Flo’s ongoing physical abuse and emotional isolation from her father and stepmother and longing for a connection to her dead mother brings to light the extreme struggle she has gone through in her...
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...pool.” says Benjamin Braddock to his father halfway through Mike Nichols’ film The Graduate. Water, and the pool itself become an integral part of Benjamin’s character and it allows the viewer a window into his psyche. None more so, than during the backyard party held by his parents and their friends for his 21st birthday where Benjamin is forced to don a scuba suit and demonstrate its uses. The beautifully crafted sequence clearly illustrates his frame of mind and the divide he feels between himself and the older adults in his life. Throughout the film Ben is reluctant to morph himself to fit into the mold that his father sees as being the appropriate way to transitions into adulthood. Ben’s reluctance and Mr. Braddock’s persistence is clearly evident in the pool sequence. Ben is embarrassed to leave the solace of the house in the silly scuba gear while his father is keen on showing off his son to his friends. Due to heavy coercion, Ben finally emerges from the house with the wet suit and we see through his point of view which is very restricted because of the scuba mask. All Ben can see is the partygoers cheering him on to take a dive into the pool. This technique along with the lack of sound is highly effective in illustrating Ben’s feeling of claustrophobia and isolation that suburban society forces onto him. The sound before the POV shot is of Mr. Braddock’s voice hyping up the situation and of applause from everyone at the party which then cuts to silence during the POV shot...
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...her isolation caused her to mentally decline. As well, Emily’s emotional response to the death of her father and the passage of time causes her to be labeled as crazy by the citizens of the town. Eventually the isolation causes her to become mentally unstable enough to kill Homer. The limiting ideology of the time period causes Emily to actually develop a mental disorder. The narrator in “The Yellow Wallpaper”...
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...One of the main focuses of life, is to ultimately become self-reliant. To have your own career, your own car, your own house, and to not depend on a single sole. People will do anything they have to in order to be labeled autonomous, because it has such an immense position in our psyche due to the majority of society’s beliefs. But can someone manage to be truly independent and if so, is society’s perceptions of independence even plausible? Well, in chapter 2 of “Philosophy”, Descartes and Charles Taylor discuss their opposing sides on this very issue. Descartes believes in “The Atomic Self”, meaning he believes that one is the only person who can truly label oneself. This also means that one’s self-being can be established separately from...
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...insanity, eventually slaughtering someone who had come to save Jack’s wife and child from his rampage, We feel better that nothing drives us mad to the point that we go on a killing spree because of cabin fever. This brings us to the next point, that we watch horror movies “to show that we can, that we are not afraid, that we can ride this roller coaster” (King). We used to need our parents to open the closet door and reassure us that nothing was hiding in the dark, but as adults we prove we are able to stand up to our fears without help. One of the main fears that steers Jack’s decline into insanity is the loneliness of isolation. We all have this fear, be it a different version. We may fear dying alone with no one to love us, losing our loved ones, being trapped within something, or being unable to return to our families. Regardless the shape the fear of isolation takes, it is a universal terror that King and Kubrick twist into a horror story and allow us to take a stand against the fear. Lastly, we need to have a healthy outlet for the emotions and actions that society has deemed unacceptable. By watching and experiencing gory, violent, and terrifying media, we open “a trapdoor in the civilized forebrain and throwing a basket of raw meat to the hungry alligators swimming around in that subterranean river beneath” (King). We allow our primal urges to feast on the dark, the ugly, and the supposedly negative actions that are performed within the content we observe, finding satisfaction...
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...Poe Setting * Abbey is placed in a wildest an unsocial region (abbey is a medieval term) * Big building, gloomy and dreary, almost savaged aspect. Huge windows in the building. Lofty rooms – high ceilings. Describes a window in a gothic way – tinted, ghastly lustre on the objects within the room. * Foreign elements: Eastern culture, arabesque, Egypt, * Draped in fabric and tapestries, gold and jetty black * The room is shaped as a pentagon in a high turret in each corner is a sarcophagus (a coffin) * Heavy materials: ebony, oak, granite * High turret gothic binaries. Semantic scheme to describe the room: * Heavy, dark, dramatic, large, draped, The rooms symbolic meaning: * Narrators psyche * Death and isolation * Cathedral tomb. The bridal chamber is decked as a tomb. * Satanic five star room - pentagonal The relationship to Rowena * They don’t love – they tolerate each other * Despises her and loaths her because he misses Ligeia * Describes her looks in comparison to Ligeia: * Fair haired girl with blue eyes – the opposite of Ligeia who is a dark and gothic beauty * He likes her disaffection – he feels like a demon more than a man Analysis with focus on exams 1. Introduction of the disposition 2. Introduction of the text 3. Gothic traits: a. The gothic setting – the symbolic meaning of the room b. The gothic binary of Ligeia and Rowena i. Things that show...
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...Alejandro Innatritu’s film Babel (2006) and Franz Kafka’s novella Metamorphosis (1912) collectively explore ideas of belonging. (ADD ANSWER TO DIRECT QUESTION). They represent how belonging and exclusion from society contributes to shaping one’s sense of self and identity to determine their position in the larger world. The texts highlights how belonging to people and places within both social and cultural contexts, is dependent on the choices we make to feel accepted or remain an outsider, as voluntary social isolation affected deaf-mute protagonist Chieko psychologically and emotionally negatively however it became a catalyst for Dickinson’s creativity. The composers of both texts have represented the concept of belonging to challenge readers to consider if we feel we belong to the larger world today. Dickinson’s poetry elucidates the tension between her estrangement from society and her inherent need to belong, which is instigated by her voluntary social isolation. This paradox gives insight into her spirituality and notions concerning the human condition, highlighted in ‘This is my letter…’ as the first line “This is my letter to the world” serves as a declaration establishing distance between the singular pronoun “my” and the vast expanse of “the world”. It ends as a plea “judge tenderly of me” reflecting the persona’s inability to maintain distance and inherent need to belong. Traditionally, her poetry is characterized by her opposition to cultural belonging reinforced...
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...Freud and Faulkner A psychoanalytic Reading of “A Rose for Emily” Abstract Undoubtedly Sigmund Freud is the father of psychoanalysis. He was an influential thinker of the early twentieth century who elaborated the theory that the mind is a complex energy-system and the structural investigation of which is the proper province of psychology. Freud articulated and refined the concepts of the unconscious, infantile sexuality and repression and he proposed tripartite account of the mind ‘s structure, all as part of a radically new conceptual and therapeutic frame of reference for the understanding of human psychological development and the treatment of abnormal mental conditions. Freudian approach can be analyzed well in The short story “A Rose for Emily” which is one of the great stories by an American novelist William Faulkner. In this essay I ‘m going to analyze this short story and the characteristics of its protagonist ( Emily Grierson) from Freudian and psychoanalytic criticism. Introduction Miss Emily Grierson, the main character in William Faulkner’s short story “A Rose for Emily,” is certainly strange by any average reader’s standards and a character analysis of Emily could go in any number of directions. It is nearly impossible not to examine her in a psychoanalytical and Freudian criticism specially about: Phallic stage, Oedipus Complex and the role of Id, Ego and Superego. The Phallic Stage According...
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...Student Learning Guide Counselling Methods 1 © South African College of Applied Psychology (Pty) Ltd Developed and produced by the South African College of Applied Psychology Sunclare building, Claremont, Cape Town, 7708, South Africa. 2012. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by means of electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher. Copyrighted materials reproduced herein are used under the provision of the South African Copyright Act 98 of 1978 section 12 (1) (a)(b) (3), for private study only by students. STUDENT LEARNING GUIDE: COUNSELLING METHODS 1 2 Table of contents How this guide works ........................................................................................................................ 10 Module Readings .............................................................................................................................. 11 Prescribed text book ......................................................................................................................... 11 Prescribed and recommended readings ........................................................................................... 11 Session One: An Overview of Theories of Psychotherapy and Counselling ..................................... 14 Reading for the session .....................................................................
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...Depression is a disease that deflects the human psyche in such a way that the afflicted tends to act and react abnormally towards others and themselves. Therefore depression is strongly linked with teenage suicide. Adolescent suicide brings more deaths in youngsters of age 15 to 19 than cardiovascular disease or cancer. The reason why depression is often over looked in children and adolescent is only because” children are always able to express how they feel”. Sometimes the symptoms of mood disorders take on different forms in children than adults. Adolescence is a time of emotional turmoil, mood, swings, gloomy thoughts and heightened sensitivity. It is a time of rebellion and experimentation. A psychiatrist observed that the challenge is to identify depressive symptomatology which may be super imposed on the back drop of more transient but expected developed storm”. Therefore, diagnosis should not lay only in physicians hands but be associated with parents, teachers and anyone who interacts with parents and teachers on daily basis. Unlike adult depression symptoms of youth depression are often masked. Instead of expressing sadness, teenagers may express boredom and irritability or may chose to engage in risky behaviors’. Mood disorders, substance abuse and suicide, all of which can hide depressive symptoms. The sign of clinical depression include mark changes in mood and associated behaviors that range from sadness, withdrawal...
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...The Japanese art of kintsugi teaches us that broken objects are not something to hide but to display with pride. This applies heavily to the characters within the novel, Of Mice and Men. Although, one who specifically stands out is George Milton. His entire life has been filled of instances where he was broken apart and fixed again. These scars have shaped him into the strong person he portrays throughout the novel. George only has one friend in this world, that friend being Lennie. Although Lennie deals with a mental handicap, George is patient with you. He can constantly be seen taking care of him throughout the novel. For instance, even George and Lennie got stuck together due to a horrible incidence, he doesn’t know what he would do without...
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...roles of how the relationships between men and women and the family evolved over centuries. Except for some isolated societies probably mythological all cultures have been male dominated and their religious underpinnings monotheistic and always interpreted by some form of male priesthood. I know of no exceptions. Only until the 20th century was there clear changes to this andropower and almost entirely in northern Europe. I have often asked myself how did this phenomenon develop. Was it in the formation of families based on women’s dependency on men to survive during the hunting-gathering period, or the nature of child bearing and women’s isolation and freedom to organize with other women? Clearly politics was men’s domain, and they were physically suited for it. They even selectively banned women from their meetings. Or was it in the psyche of men, perhaps the innate fear of female power and endurance. And if so, they could control it by organizing men and creating a single god to lay down the rules as long as they were the interpreters. Women by their nature, their romantic inclinations and their power to seduce men to take care of her colluded in this process. The men, once they had won the women over and with a religiously sanctified marriage that gave men all the decision making powers and control over the women, there was no possibility to reverse this process. Once set in motion the women gradually enforced the rules over the other women in order to survive, even to...
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...“While the biological gender is usually manifested in the physical appearance, the individual gender identity is not immediately discernible and primarily established in the psyche of a human being” (American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists). Therefore, in a society that reflects an individual’s physical characteristics on the level of masculinity and femininity of a person, the effect of cultural expectations deeply affect the way the self and others perception is created. Gender affects every aspect of an individual's life. If gender was viewed more equally within American culture, maybe there would be less biases, injustice, and discrimination, as well. Imagining if gender was viewed more fluidly opens a whole world of possibilities. Perhaps, there would be more equity in the way individual treat eachother and as a consequence there would be less prejudice. The likelihood of an individual...
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