Silence

“It was like there was two Ed Gein's. One during the day, and one at night digging up the graves.” Ed Gein was known for grave robbing and the murder of two women. I chose to research Ed Gein because, for some reason I find forensic related things interesting. I like researching murders, mysteries, urban legends, etcetera. It’s still hard to believe that no one ever suspected him doing anything like what he did. It kind of seems like a fictional thing. It’s scary that someone you trust and least…

wood (Kashtha-Mauna) Deep-sleep silence (Sushupti Mauna) Great silence (Maha- Mauna) Not uttering a single word means silence of speech (Vak-Mauna) and not even hearing one’s own speech is silence of hearing (Karna Mauna) Remaining still akin to wood without any expression, gestures etc. (In reality, more energy is wasted in responding by nodding, gesturing or saying ‘hum, hum’ than in speaking) The silence in deep sleep One who has gone beyond speech and thought. The Organs of Speech The…

Research Silence and Solitude Silence and solitude are two of the most overlooked spiritual disciplines, but they are two of the most beneficial disciplines in a Christian’s life. Donald S. Whitney defines these two practices in his book “Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life” as follow: “The Discipline of silence is the voluntary and temporary abstention from speaking so that a certain spiritual goals might be sought,” and “Solitude is the spiritual discipline of voluntarily and…

On the other hand David Stempel in his essay “The Silence of Iago,” makes it clear that Iago is a mystery, and that we should not try to find the answers for Iago’s actions for the reasons that, “Iago embodies the mystery of the evil will, an enigma which Shakespeare strove to realise, not to analyse.” Many critics who have read through Othello seeking an answer to Iago’s motivation have come to the conclusion that, like Stempel, Shakespeare uses the character Iago merely as a symbol of the…

Last year, I watched Silence of the Lambs for the first time. It is about Hannibal Lector helping the FBI find serial killer Buffalo Bill. This movie peaked my interest in serial killers and the psychological issues they have due to their childhood background. Hannibal Lecter was born in 1938 in Lithuania to wealthy parents. At age six Lecter met his sister, Mischa, and the two formed a strong bond. When Lecter was eight his family had to flee their estate in order to escape Hitler’s Blitzkrieg.…

The tool of psychological profiling has gained a lot of notoriety both in fictional media as well as real life for its ability to aid in the capture of dangerous psychopathic serial killers. This type of offender is unique when compared to other criminals because financial motive is usually not the primary reason for murder. This is because what they seek to attain is psychological and sexual gratification with certain types. (LaBrode, 2007) Ultimately, why they all kill is to experience power…

Clarice Starling, an agent of the FBI is with the help of another killer trying to save a woman from a psychopath. Throughout the movie, she undergoes series of transformational changes that eventually makes her develop the skills necessary to arrest and capture the killer. The paper explores some of the concepts of symbolism and metaphoric figurative techniques in the film. In the literal interpretation of Anthony Hopkins movie (1991), the Lambs are considered as beautiful, innocent, and…

Hannibal is described as a “pure psychopath” (Silence of the Lambs) in this movie, meaning he is devoid of emotions, he feels no empathy therefore he cannot communicate properly. Mark Redmond said “by definition, a person cannot produce a message that is empathic that is not also communicatively competent”…

When we think of someone being silent there are many reasons for that and sometimes we think the worst of it; we may think that they are ignoring us, they are mad at us or just plain rude. This is a very American concept as in other countries silence is common and normal, but we don’t look at it as a defense mechanism to continue surviving. This is shown by looking specifically at countries within Africa that were affected by the Atlantic and Indian Ocean slave trades. You would think they would…

Dr. Talitha LeFloria is the author of Chained in Silence. Dr. Talitha LeFloria is a professional historian that teaches and writes books. She teaches African American Studies at Carter G. Woodson Insitiue for African - Americans and African Studies at the University of Virginia. Dr. LeFloria got her bachelors at Clarke Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. After she got her bachelors she went to get her masters at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. When she received her masters she…