With the power of being anonymous, Miss Strangeworth utilizes
With the power of being anonymous, Miss Strangeworth utilizes
Rod Serling’s series, “The Monsters Due on Maple Street(1960), proclaims that mass hysteria causes people to act out of character. Rod Serling supports the claim with exposition of ways to fix a psychological warfare, designating the power and weakness of each strategy. Serling’s purpose is to reveal the schemes people are capable of doing when fear takes over in order to enlighten the reader into being aware of their actions and to consider what Serling calls “monsters” Rod Serling’s series, “The Shelter”(1961), asserts that people are capable of creating inevitable chaos. Rod Serling supports this with explanations of methods to fix one's…
And with one little mistake Miss. Strangeworth was found out for who she really is by the townsfolk, that she was the one writing the letters all along. Making them retaliate against her. Clearly, the theme that looks can be deceiving is best expressed through Miss. Strangeworth’s rude, destructive, and responsible behaviors.…
In 1847, Charlotte Brontë published Jane Eyre, which exemplifies how literature can convey a certain message and ignite a social reformation for women. Over 100 years later, Ralph Ellison published Invisible Man, which utilizes that same literary technique to help emphasize the societal pressures set upon blacks in American society in the 1930s and 1940s. Both literary works remain reputable novels currently as both follow a similar narrative and writing structure, utilize similar motifs, convey a certain theme, and exemplify the social unrest of the contemporary time period. Jane Eyre and Invisible Man are both “coming-of-age” novels that exemplify how adversity can lead one to search for and discover their individuality and personal identity.…
Her ignorance clearly shows during Act 3, Scene 4, where she seems veritably confused and horrified at what Hamlet mentions. Her ignorance leads to her own death, when she drinks the poisoned wine, which was meant for Hamlet (Act 5, Scene 2). This is the moment where she realises that Hamlet was telling the truth about the murder of King Hamlet. Her lack of knowledge is the proof that she is truly…
“The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less, a mask.” -Agatha Christie People only know what you show them about yourself, and when you finally show your true colors, it can come as quite a surprise to most. In the stories The Most Dangerous Game and Porphyria’s Lover both of the main characters experience great twists in another’s seemingly mild personality. The authors use characterization and dialogue(in the case of Porphyria’s lover it’s more an inner monologue) to portray that people can hide their true and sometimes evil ideas or intentions behind their innocent facades. Both Richard Cornell and Robert Browning use characterization to express how the main characters aren't actually as they seem.…
David Foster Wallace’s The Devil Is a Busy Man begins with the sentence “Three weeks ago, I did a nice thing for someone” and begins again the conversation that echoes throughout the rest of his book, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, about the narcissistic nature of man. This story which qualifies the authenticity and “value” of a good deed based on its anonymity does so under the idea that if a good deed is made public by someone who did the deed then it was done more for one’s own personal benefit rather than any altruistic purpose. The nameless, sexless narrator then goes through an existential crisis in which they think that subconsciously they set the situation and acted in such a way as to allow him or her to be caught. Throughout…
The moral code under which an individual operates defines them in many ways. Moral codes typically dictate what one believes to be right and wrong, which then has a heavy influence upon ones choices in life. It is very important that people in positions of power and authority, have a clear moral code – such is the case with Miss. Lonelyhearts and Raylan. In the novella, Miss Lonelyhearts written by Nathanael West, Miss Lonelyhearts is an advice columnist. He responses to the troubling letters he receives are carelessness and insincerity, rather then treating his correspondents with compassion.…
As she sits in her 2007 mustang, there are only 3 things on her mind: what she has overcome, what her family has done, and what her future has in store. For 16-year-old Ashley Burgess, these are the most important things in her life. On the surface she is simply a typical teenage girl. She loves the color red, the number 24, and the show Grey’s Anatomy. She enjoys being creative and she can’t resist singing along with a good country song.…
(slight pause) Now then. It does not escape me that this disposition may be devised to blind us… But if she speak true, I bid you now drop your guile and confess your pretence, for a quick confession will go easier with you” (107). Right now, these girls are just about the most powerful people in the town,but if they broke the trust of the court, they would never be looked upon as righteous people but as liars.…
Mordo is one of the characters from Doctor Strange movie, he is one of the a subordinate of The Ancient or arguably the one who always helps The Ancient One in everything at Kamar-Taj. In the movie, Mordo can be categorized as one of static character. It can be seen from the beginning until the end of the movie, where was Mordo without any doubt follow the rule from The Ancient One. The content can be seen from the scene in the movie.…
Women compose a fundamental component of society that is equally significant in comparison to men, as both genders depend on each other in order to achieve certain aspects in life. In Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, women are not equally present as men, since their presence exemplifies either extreme wickedness or moral decency. Thus, Shakespeare uses female characters such as Lady Macbeth and Lady Macduff in the play to represent the struggle between good and evil by examining elements like gender archetypes, gender identity, and marriage partners. This use of female characters identifies morally different sides within the play and allows the audience to distinguish between every side’s decisions.…
With the indifference of some, the underlying cause of conflict is generally deemed to be a state of disagreement between separate parties, often overlooking the conflict within one's self. Likewise ,The book "The Sympathizer" by Viet Thanh Nguyen entails this idea, quite prominently. Within the story, the character expresses diverse qualities such as; resourcefulness, a steadfast mentality and deceptiveness, summarized by the importance of his role. In "The Sympathizer" , the context of which focuses on the ongoing morale awareness of the "Spy" leading to crucial decisions made to preserve his identity. Deception is a quality generally associated with the pursuit of ill intentions and as such is the influence of conflict.…
Susan Glaspell is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who composed the play “Trifles” in 1916. The play was centered around the death of Mr. Wright who was strangled to death with a rope in his farmhouse. As Mr. Hale, Mr. Peters, and the county attorney seek to find evidence to convict Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters utilize what the men refer to as “trifles” to conduct an investigation while packing necessities to keep Mrs. Wright company while she is in jail. From my interpretation, “Trifles” portrays how women and men utilize their brains in different ways. Men were portrayed as blocking out unrelated information and distractions that could potentially lead to an undiscovered motive to solving the crime.…
Life in Context – The Developmental Analysis of Dwayne Hoover The most important developmental task adolescents’ face is the formation of a sense of identity (Erickson, 1968). Identity is a powerful construct, it aids in finding life paths and in making decisions (Schwartz et al., 2011) it defines who people are, and is constructed in the context of the environment around them, and their interactions with society (Erickson, 1968; Ibáñez-Alfonso, Sun, & Van Schalkwyk, 2016). However, identity formation does not happen neatly (Marcia, 1966) and the present essay examines the character Dwayne Hoover as his search for identity as his character develops throughout the movie Little Miss Sunshine. Character Description Dwayne is an adolescent,…
The Good Doctor: Episodes 1-4 The Good Doctor television show focuses on a surgical resident, Shaun Murphy, who has autism and savant syndrome. It takes place in San Jose, California. Shaun is described as having near-photographic recall and the ability to note extreme details and changes. The first episode started off with a medical emergency with an airport sign injuring a child’s neck.…