Claustrophobia

Disorder by Sabrina Leira. In the first poem Patrick goes through instructions on how to have the perfect panic attack and recounts different features that would be included when someone does have a panic attack. ‘Find a trigger. A job interview, the claustrophobia of mass transit, deciding what to have for dinner. It will help if you have a chronic condition: Severe depression, an anxiety disorder, asthma. This is ideal, but may not be possible for everyone.’ (Roche, P. 2015). The poem by…

praising Miller’s ability to have Willy Loman be a relatable character to any one person, she wrote, “Willy Loman is raised from the parameters of regionalism and ethnic specificity to the level of the more purely, symbolically ‘American.’ Even the claustrophobia of his private familial and sexual obsessions has a universal quality, in the plaintive-poetic language Miller has chosen for him” (Oates 18). Others also approved of Miller’s criticism of the American dream, and felt that Miller’s…

Racial Prejudice as a Means of Violence “My people, my people, what can I say; say what I can. I saw it but didn’t believe it; I didn’t believe what I saw. Are we gonna live together? Together are we gonna live?” -Mister Senor Love Daddy Spike Lee’s film Do the Right Thing is a masterpiece in that it captures both the love and hate eminent in a community at the very end of the 80’s era. New York is already known as the melting pot center of the U.S, it is diverse and that is a part of why it is…

Edgar Allan Poe has written many poignant stories and poems. Poe grew up a troubled individual and reflected these characteristics in his writings. Some of his works include The Cask of Amontillado, The Raven, and The Masque of the Red Death. Perhaps his best work is the “Pit and the Pendulum”. In his terror filled short story, “The Pit and the Pendulum”, Edgar Allan Poe uses imagery, symbolism, and horror to describe the basic human struggle, the fight for survival in order to cope with…

HANDHELD CAMERA Handheld camera: A filming approach that can give a sense of urgency or chaos to action, often making the viewer feel like a participant. Aronofsky effectively used handheld tracking shots using handheld camera to analyse and portray his key themes. A particular scene which effectively uses this technique occurs during one of Nina’s mentally deluded episodes when she arrives home from her ballet training the night before the Opening Night’s performance. The handheld camera…

In an attempt to define Auteurism, critics have introduced various interpretations of authorship making it a highly polemical matter. Ever since the French journal Cahiers du Cinéma’s first publication in April 1951, la politique des auteurs has been controversially analysed through diverse approaches. Although these interpretations complement each other, covering the basic idea of the theory, the differences remain evident. This essay seeks to demonstrate not only that Rear Window (1954) is a…

The novel Dracula is based off of several different Gothic Motifs. In Gothic Literature is writing that is based off of scenery that is dark and wicked, overwhelming and dramatic scenes, and filled with the mystery of events. Gothic literature most of the time revolves around an event or object that has a meaning of evil or secrecy. Novels that are Gothic have supernatural events that take place, or romantic events. Dracula consist of many of these elements that take place in Gothic…

In one instance, psychiatrists at the University of Louisville are using VR to help patients deal with fears of things like flying and claustrophobia. Similar to exposure therapy for phobias and anxieties, virtual reality is being put to use to help soldiers with post traumatic stress disorder. Clinics and hospitals are using virtual reality simulations of warfare akin to Iraq and Afghanistan…

Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical novel Persepolis received global recognition for sharing growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, and was thus turned into a film under the directing of Satrapi. The coming of age story explores many themes connected to the idea of captivity and freedom. This essay will explore captivities and freedoms within both the novel and film mediums of Persepolis, and how these two versions of the same story are capable as well as limited in exploring this…

Figure 11: MRI-LINAC at Sunnybrook Canada (Ref 12) Photo of the project during setup and installation (Ref 15) First patient (Utrecht): The first clinical application was very simple case which is the palliative treatment of spinal bone metastases. This allowed to test the geometrical accuracy of the system on real patients. The vertebra is easily visualized on the integrated megavoltage imaging system and allows for accurate comparison of field co-ordinates with MRI co-ordinates.…