Chaos

Chaos is a central theme in Shakespeare’s King Lear. The devastating cruelty and chaotic events that surround King Lear throughout the story are consequences of his obsession with authority. His spiraling fall was initialized by his obsession with authority in his personal and political life. It is only until King Lear endures a literal, and symbolic, storm, does he have some realizations that lead him to release his negative values and mature in hopes to turn around his chaotic disarranged life…

A Little Chaos The film A Little Chaos is about a woman named Madame DaBarra who interviews for a job to help construct plans for Versailles. Madame DaBarra makes a living for herself, for she is a widow. Her husband and daughter died in a carriage accident. In the beginning of the movie, Madame Dabarra travels to be interviewed by Master Le Notre. During the interview Le Notre declines her plans and says they have no order. After the meeting Le Notre looks more at Madame DaBarra's plans and…

The term is fitting. A decade when the only true authority in China was fear, the Ten Years of Chaos (better known as the Cultural Revolution) found its victims in millions of people, creating a dark and bitter age that continues to live in infamy. However idealistic the goals of the Cultural Revolution were, there was no firm plan for its execution. Terrifying purges, torture and brutality were simply enacted on the whims of the Chinese communist dictator, Mao Zedong, and the brainwashed youth…

Human nature Combined with Order and Chaos in Lord of the Flies In every individual, there is a savage beast lurking inside, waiting to unleash itself at the breaking point. In the novel, the boys turned to savagery in their time of desolation. This aftermath is from the manifestation in humans, and how humans are selfish and narcissistic animals. With most people, fighting fire with fire is the natural instinct to resolve an issue, which is traced back to one’s barbarous thoughts, that live…

Catastrophe and Chaos: The Crucible In books, irony is a subtle way of adding hidden gems of opinion into literature. Often, authors use it to develop a deeper, less literal meaning to their writings, creating what is called "layers of meaning" (literal meaning, figurative meaning, etc). Specifically in The Crucible, irony is expressed consistently throughout, and furthers the social commentary that the author, Arthur Miller, is making about the Red Scare of the 1950’s. Arthur Miller uses irony…

it pertains to education), the idea that disorder could be beneficial to my academic career is a bit foreign to me. I must admit that I am highly organized when it comes to undertakings that will affect my future but after listening to “Embrace The Chaos” by Shankar Vedantam and Tim Hardford, I came to realize that perhaps disorder could help me after all. Obviously, there is a lot of good that can come out of planning but for me, I’ve been learning that I cannot plan everything out. If…

CIA Secrets The Phoenix Program. Operation Chaos. The Mujahideen. Project MKULTRA. All of these secret CIA projects,run in secrecy avoiding the public eye, hundreds of more secret devious projects used.A growing controversy that’s been debated for years in our country, split between people’s different views and interpretations on our national security and privacy. With many people unknowing of the true intentions of the Central intelligence agency or CIA’S secrets. Some may see them as…

What do boys, a conch, pigs, and no parents all have in common in Lord of the Flies? They all have to deal with the theme of internal conflict of giving into the savageness or stay within society norms. Order vs. Chaos and Irrational vs. Rational is what it is. They are young, impressionable children that do not fully understand what it means to be in charge and run a civilization. They only care about themselves and no one else at this age. Let’s start with “Piggy”, from the beginning he is…

of the dark. People instinctively abhor the unknown, and they dread the chaos and disorder that they believe lies in the shadows. Yet A Midsummer Night’s Dream challenges the notion that chaos, trickery, and deceit are perils that always end in disaster. Instead, the green world of the unknown and the disarrayed is where the four lovers: Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius, and Helena finally find peace and true love. The very chaos that many impulsively dread is the primary factor that allows for the…

Taylor Mac was unlike anything I have ever seen at Mass MoCA. I’ve seen other work-in-progress performances (Big Dance Theater and another Sundance Theater performance, I believe), but it was hard to believe that this particular performance was work in progress. The entire show was planned so beautifully and Taylor Mac, was so easily adaptable that, despite his claims of it not being a polished show, everything that happened on the stage seemed intentional and very fitting. It made all five…