Double Fantasy

In recent years, the consequences of repeated head injuries and concussions suffered by athletes have been propelled into notoriety. High profile cases of suicide, domestic abuse, and disease diagnoses in athletes, have prompted increased research into the phenomenon and preventative measures to reduce head injuries to be implemented (Remington, 2014). According to Guskiewics and his colleagues (2005), repeated concussions is linked to diseases such as early-onset Dementia, Alzheimers, Attention…

time when Rondo is not in the game. For fantasy basketball owners, it’s going to be worth watching how Rondo and Holiday function together. This would not be the first time Gentry has deployed Holiday this fashion. Tim Frazier started 12 of the final 13 games last season in the same backcourt, and Holiday scored at least 17 points six times with two double-doubles. In his other 55 games last year, Holiday reached that point total 19 times with 13 double-doubles. Holiday’s minutes shifted back…

portray the story through two varying perspectives, one from whom the story was written about and the other not a main character. Double vision is also repetitively used to emphasise the dramatic tension going on being the two differing objects or ideas. The West Egg and East Egg are one example of Fitzgerald’s double vision. Adding to the book as a whole, the narratives and double vision aid the reader feel as if they are experiencing it. Nick Carraway is the narrator, he is partially…

Williams placed these characters in their stories for a very important reason nonetheless. In a Streetcar named desire, the character of Stanley assists in the audience’s ability to see the overall theme of the play: this being that one cannot use fantasy to cover up reality. Stanley helps to develop this theme because he is the “reality” that Blanche has to deal with in her life. Similarly the theme to Hedda Gabler is the reality that life manipulates you more than you can manipulate life.…

the line, here is why Once Upon a Dime is the fairytale inspired slot game to end all fairytale inspired slot games. Welcome to the land of fantasy This game has 5 reels and 25 paylines, but when it comes to Once Upon a Dime that certainly doesn’t tell the whole story. The game is set in medieval times, coming complete with an enchanting fairytale and fantasy theme. The game is set against a picturesque mountain and features a highly notable castle background. Generally, this video slot game…

find comfort in. The house in The Fall of the House of Usher does neither. In fact, it does the complete opposite. Rather than providing comfort, it elicits fear in both the characters and the reader. The root of this fear stems from Poe’s use of the double within the story, which can be seen throughout, from the very first moment the narrator sees Roderick’s house all the way to Roderick and the house’s demise. Chandler states, "Doubling effects multiply throughout the story until everything…

John Lennon took place in his home at The Dakota NYC. In September of 1980 Journalist for Playboy, David Sheff interviewed the Lennon’s over a 20 day period regarding life in general and the upcoming release of Lennon’s much awaited Double Fantasy album (fantasy = imagination). Release of this album marked an end to the artist’s 5-year hiatus. When asked why he walked away from the limelight for such length of time, Lennon stated there were many reason’s including that he resented being ‘under…

Doppelgänger in Gothic Fiction The term “doppelgänger” comes from German and can literally translated as “double-goer” (Strengell ....: n. pag.). According to The New International Webster’s Comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language, it is defined as either a “person exactly like another; a double” or a “wraith, especially of a person not yet dead” (1999: 378). The idea of the phantom double is an ancient belief included in various superstitions and folklore. Therefore, in the past, a…

intrigues us to want to join Bilbo 's adventures due to the method of imagery, which then intersects with the reader 's imagination. According to Tolkien, "the human mind is capable of forming mental images of things not actually present"(page 78- Fantasy). This tactic of using imagination brings this fantastic world of Bilbo Baggins more realistic. However, one must consider the different levels of imaginations in a fantastic text. The imagination referred to in with this text is the art of…

beginning, the middle and the end of the picture book, - being the ones at the beginning and at the end the same-. Among them, the double spread at the beginning and at the end are crucial (figure 8), since they symbolize the development of the two characters: at the beginning, the double spread means the difference between the sister and the brother, whereas in the end, the double spread signifies that the two characters have learnt a lesson, which is that no matter how different we are as…