Dramatic monologue

Our curiosity towards the metaphysical is considered to be exclusively human; our self-awareness, identity and purpose form our humanity. Instead of offering solace to self-doubt, Szymborska revels in ambiguity and uncertainty implying humans merely exist without an objective purpose or special significance. She questions the existential in her poem Astonishment and Maybe All This to reflect the absurdity of existence as well as human ignorance in attempting to answer it. In Astonishment she…

Paul Thomas Anderson Version of The Apartment Paul Thomas Anderson is a film director with a very unique style. One important part of his style is his characters. Anderson’s characters are always complex, and are typically very troubled, with strained familial relationships. But, beyond that, his characters are always unique and interesting. He is very particular about choosing an actors to play one of his characters. But, he is able to constantly land top tier actors in his films in large…

Bodily Movement: The movement within the service was smoothly done. I will acknowledge that there was a great deal happening during the service that required movement. The children’s dance set the tone for the movement to come. I did appreciate that the Rev. Kletzing entered via the center aisle rather from somewhere in the back of the church. The passing of the peace is always a nice opportunity for the people to greet one another. I am of two minds though, is it a nice break for the…

Those who have read ‘Great Expectations’ by Charles Dickens would be aware that ‘Havisham’ refers to Miss Havisham in the book. The lack of an honorific title symbolises her embarrassment and denial about her rejection in love and moreover puts her on par with characters like Hamlet and Othello, who weren’t at any point called ‘Prince Hamlet’ or ‘General Othello’. This technique used by Duffy portrays the persona as being of great importance; however, to anyone who hasn’t read the book, the…

changes were happening within the U.S causing a division. The Cold War had an impact on all aspects of culture, including innovations in music, comedy, and literature. The division within the U.S. society had forced Americans to choose between new dramatic cultural arts or the old traditional cultural arts. Americans were breaking new cultural barriers in music, comedy, and literature by addressing forbidden topics such as drugs, sex, homosexuality, religion, and profanity. Fred Kaplan…

Act I - “Be More Chil Part 2” by Joe Iconis “Be More Chill Part 2,” by Joe Iconis, showcases the strained and controlling relationship that Jeremy Heere has with his Squip, a nanosized super computer in his brain that is supposed to make Jeremy cool. The Squip represents Lady Macbeth, and Jeremy is Macbeth. When the Squip tells Jeremy, “you can’t just listen. You have to obey,” it is reminiscent of Lady Macbeth coercing Macbeth into killing Duncan; Lady Macbeth realizes she has to “corrupt”…

multiplicity of male social roles and uncertainty in claiming a specifically male physical space results in embattled narratives of tension and flux. In extension of the developments of the modernist novel, conflicts are most explored in interior monologues, where men appear at their most bitter, defiant and solipsistic. Their hastily concealed inner fragility manifests itself outwardly in dysfunctional relationships, revealing the vulnerability of their egos. Homosocial interactions are…

To what extent is a Marxist reading of "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria 's Lover" useful in opening up potential meanings? Ultimately, the source of tragedy in both 'My Last Duchess ' and 'Porphyria 's Lover ', is the capitalistic societal structures that provoke the oppression of its people. Though this subjugation may arise from the corrupt economic system that Marxism critiques, Browning 's scrutiny of society may also delve into social barriers such as feminism, and the adverse…

to exemplify the macro-level institutionalized marginalization of, as well as the individual micro-level prejudice and discrimination against, minority groups. By communicating the experience and impact of institutionalized discrimination through dramatic…

The Craft of Sherlock It’s an eventful day on July 25, 2010; The World Cup was over with England being eliminated and Spain won the final game against the Netherlands, WikiLeaks releases over 90,000 internal logs of the US Military to a variety of news sources, and British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) premiered the long anticipated A Study in Pink, the first episode of Sherlock. The first episode is a television adaptation of A Study in Scarlet, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s first short story of…