Double entendre

Did you know that all humans raise their eyebrows when they recognise someone they come upon, but if there is no recognition, the eyebrows remain immobile. You don't really see it unless you look closely since the blink is 1/24th of a second in duration. This behaviour is not an aspect of culture but rather it is an aspect of human nature. Human nature is the general psychological characteristics, feelings and behavioural traits of humankind that is not influenced by our culture or upbringing.…

The systematic eventuation of a revelation is what resonates in the individual 's mind, more-so than the actual event of the discovery itself. Dante Alighieri 's epic, The Divine Comedy (Inferno), and William Shakespeare 's play, The Tempest, coalesce in articulating the significance of one 's journey towards making discoveries. Dante 's guided venture into the depths of Hell, as well as Prospero 's manipulation of the events on the island, serve to convey the amount reflection and introspection…

when Frost writes “Mixed ready to begin the morning right”, where the literal meaning would be that the the spider is preparing for it’s day by eating this moth, starting his morning off in a good way. But, the reader should see that there is a double entendre here, when spoken, “morning right” sounds exactly the same as “mourning rite”, which is completely different. “Mourning rite” is more indicative of a ritual of mourning, perhaps that the spider is aware, to a degree, of how his frequent…

Deception and cuckoldry enable instability in the traditional home in Wycherley’s The Country Wife. He examines desire and how it affects every aspect of social life. It can cause adverse reactions such as paranoia, fear, jealousy, creativity, anger, deception, and idolatry. It is clear that through the idea of possession and desire, Wycherley exposes harmful gender roles, oppressive institutionalized practices, and the conflicting quality of competition. He depicts a gender war throughout his…

Social Organized Crime Perspective CJA-325 Jamel Scott Most persons consider organized crime as expansive, multi-faceted and integrated within the societies in which it exists. While this is largely true, Tilly (1985) also reveals how organized crime arises in the same fashion as state-makers and its predecessor war-makers do. Accordingly, Manwaring’s (2007) contentions about organized crime as threats to national or transnational stability are valid. Yet, the ways that organized…

My love and appreciation for Hip Hop/ Rap has been a pretty recent attraction. It was something I grew up around, but wasn’t interested in. Most of the people that listened to rap in high school were the more popular kids, so I didn’t think there would be anything I could relate to and stayed away. All I consumed was the stuff on the radio. College changed my rap consumption though. When I was on campus, I found that I was having more and more free time, so I wanted to try out this thing so many…

assures to Clarence from jail, “Well, your imprisonment shall not be long;/I will deliver or else lie for you”, where the ambiguity of the deceptive language acts as a mechanism to emphasise Richard’s duplicitous nature. He masters the concept of double entendre as Richard essentially means he will lie and manipulate in order to eliminate his obstacle. Shakespeare’s use of anaphora in Richard’s boastful charade, “was ever in this humour wooed? Was ever in this humor won?” reveals the aptitude at…

Decision Life is not easy. Sometimes we need a long time to make a decision for the certain things, which can change our life forever; however, not all decisions are the right one. At some moments, we think our decision again, we might feel awesome, or depressed. Our feeling depends on the outcome of our decision. The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy and The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost use diction, rhyme, and alliteration to describe decisions, which change their mind about reality. The Man He…

Edi Hirose and Nancy La Rosa’s Moving Mountains: Extractive Landscapes of Peru features a showcase of many videos, photographs, and various installations depicting the effects of the human enterprise to obtain the resources of Peru. Despite of once having an historically rich landscape, the extraction of the country’s natural resources has clearly left a permanent mark in both the Peruvian population and their land. La Rosa and Hirose attempt to expose the startling effects of the industry from…

Impoverished people have long been exploited, but the ghettos of the United States have transformed into hot spots in which people are manipulated, used, and treated for less than they are worth. Kendrick Lamar emphasizes this unfortunate truth, as well as how exploitation affects an individual when he writes, “When four corners of the cocoon collide/ You’ll slip through the cracks hopin’ that you’ll survive/ Gather your wit, take a deep look inside/ Are you really who they idolize?/ To pimp a…