Metanarrative

Brass gears were heavily used for the industrial revolution to make items work in the nineteenth century. Contrary to popular belief, gears are not only utilized as mechanisms to construct objects that tick. Within the 21st century, they have become involved in the pendant jewelry culture, as well. The object that I will be analyzing is a brass gear pendant that is made to be worn around the neck. The pendant doubles as a pocket watch with a cover on the outside. On the outside cover, there are…

‘Maus’, the graphic novel written by Art Spiegelman is a memoir of his father’s experience with the Holocaust. Therefore, in order to correctly depict and portray the events of the Holocaust, Spiegelman introduces the use of symbolism. The impact of these events and symbols on characters’ identity is also explored throughout the novel. Two important uses of symbolism can be seen through Spiegelman’s use of Swastika’s and also the use of a simplistic animal metaphor, as symbols in order to…

In America, the concept of “race” has existed for a very long time now. This concept has been “based on false ideas, myths, and fabrications that accumulated over the centuries to form a grand, sweeping story or metanarrative to justify the exploitation of entire populations of human beings[...]” (Holtzman and Sharpe 609). White hegemony has come from these falsities. There are many people in the world that believe that if one’s skin is white, they are automatically…

Review of ACARA Documents After the review of ACARA documents in particular History Year 10 () this paper will conclude that a Humanistic worldview taints the overall direction of the prescriptive curriculum allowing for a personalized model of learning in flexible classrooms. Underpinning this view are the key proponents of Maslow, Roger and Knowles whom research in terms of self actualization, teacher as facilitator have moved away from the pre enlightenment era of teacher directed,…

Two are better than one. This saying holds in in most aspects of life, including when analyzing works to delve deeper and gain a better understanding. DeLillo uses Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho as an intertext to his novel Point Omega, to build upon and better analyze the topics of gender and voyeurism that are present in both works. Both of these men have created female characters that are passive and fit the image of weak women in a patriarchal society, while the male characters take pleasure in…

Uncertainty is a situation that arouses doubt, apprehension and dilemma thus prompting people to take a reserved stand. The Second World War had an economical, social, physical and psychological impact on people`s lives forcing them to be imprisoned in a sort of bubble, where life was more traumatic than death. Samuel Beckett`s Waiting for Godot is an archetypal post-war play dealing with the uncertainties, which manifested itself through the theme of existentialism and absurdity, the plot,…

a Community Under Siege." The Christian Century 120, no. 8 (Apr 19, 2003): 37-40. https://search-proquest-com.byui.idm.oclc.org/docview/217244155?accountid=9817. 5. Reed, Isaac Ariail. "Deep Culture in Action: Resignification, Synecdoche, and Metanarrative in the Moral Panic of the Salem Witch Trials." Theory and Society 44, no. 1 (01, 2015): 65-94. doi:http://dx.doi.org.byui.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/s11186-014-9241-4. https://search-proquest-com.byui.idm.oclc.org/docview/1647581414?accountid=9817.…

Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried presents an essentially contradictory narrative premise. Moreover, O’Brien presents himself as the protagonist, narrator, and author of the collection while declaring these roles mutually exclusive. Such oppositions force the reader to employ a synthetic and self-referential analysis to comprehend the internally oppositional narrative. In doing so, one finds that O’Brien’s systematic blurring of definitions accentuates his experiential perspective, rather…

Evaluate how challenges to certainty are shaped by and reflected in the ways texts in this elective experiment with language and form. Textual dynamic texts convey the stark departure from established ideologies such as humanism, capitalism and the notion of progress following the events of World War II that induced a loss of faith in humanity and science. Composers experimented with language and form, attempting to communicate the postmodernist concerns of epistemological uncertainty through…

Green Table incorporates relevant elements of classical ballet, and is therefore a mature example of this well developed expressionistic technique. The essence of each movement is captured in its style and is a representation of an aspect of the metanarrative of the performance. For example, death caused by the oppression of Jews and other minorities all throughout WWII is combated through sharp, direct and strong movements that cut through space at a sustained…