Forbidden Planet

Forbidden planet can be seen as relating to many different types of workings but the one that stands out is The Tempest. The Tempest is a story of a man that is stranded on an island that uses his magical powers to gain control of his island. Even though The Tempest and Forbidden Planet portray the same lessons, plot, and even characters there are distinct differences. The main difference is that The Tempest uses magic and Forbidden Planet uses technology. However if you think about the Technology that is used in Forbidden Planet it is so far ahead of there time that they do not understand it, therefore it can be seen as magic as they have no way in explaining this technology. Dr. Morbius trying to figure out the technology throughout the movie…

Forbidden Planet (Directed by Fred M. Wilcox), At the Mountains of Madness (written by H.P. Lovecraft) and The Tempest (written by William Shakespeare) are very alike in many aspects. In their own special ways, they are all considered science fiction and share traits that range from the appearance of the characters to the themes. All three of the stories discuss topics such as ambition, natural instincts, and human nature. With these topics, they also included common themes, such as “Some things…

German poet and writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said, ‘’Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.’’ In both the 1956 film Forbidden Planet and Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles, the loss of free will/individuality does happen in a fatal and tragic mannerism. In Forbidden Planet, a space crew from Earth is sent to the planet Altair IV to investigate the whereabouts of the missing first expedition that has been unheard from in 20 years. Captain Adams, the main…

“The Forbidden City: The Biography of a Palace.” Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1970. Frank Dorn carefully wrote in the detail of what and why building and decorating were to be put in and how it represent its own meaning. He put a great concerned in religious along with the architecture of the palace. Fu Xinian, Guo Daiheng, Liu Xujie, Pan Guxi, Qiao Yun, and Sun Dazhang. English text edited and expanded by Nancy S. Steinhardt. “Chinese Architecture.” New Haven and London: Yale University…

“Win the Fiery Antidote”: a Feminist Approach to Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market In a time when women did not have major roles in literature or their daily lives, Christina Rossetti’s powerful poem Goblin Market is published to empower women of the Victorian Era. This poem is about two sisters, Lizzie and Laura, who live alone in the middle of the woods. They go into the woods every day to get water from the river, where they encounter goblin men selling fruits. After Laura tries…

In the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, many elites, new intellectuals and reform-minded Chinese had realized that the existing political and social systems which lasted for more than thousands years should be changed immediately, or the Qing Empire would collapse quickly. The actual ruler of the Empire, Empress Dowager Cixi, who oppressed the Reform of 1898, recognized the urgent needs for reform as she felt gradually losing control, respects and confidence over both…

simultaneously narrating them with dark humor. The best example of All State’s Mayhem commercials is their 2013 Super Bowl Commercial, Mayhem Forbidden Apple, where Mayhem jumps through time to show the audience that disaster is prominent in the world using examples of the Chicago fires, Adam & Eve, and the 2013 referee strike that influenced the NFL that year. In this analysis of Mayhem Forbidden Apple, I will show what this advertisement is saying, what group of people it is targeting, how the…

When Uncle Builder describe the Emperor’s wish to have the finest palace built, Rabbit asks: “So what is the finest place?” This inquiry prompts the little animals follow Uncle Builder around for the remainder of the story; Uncle Builder explains the inspiration behind the palace’s design and shows the little animals the entirety of the Forbidden City. Rabbits are loved across China and the world for their soft fur and cute appearance. In Chinese culture, the rabbit is one of 12 Chinese Zodiac…

Man’s fall from grace into a world of sin is something that is often explored and analyzed for judgements and observations to be made; however, not every detail gains notice. The basis is always covered, Adam and Eve were tempted by the devil disguised as a serpent to trick them into eating the apple from the forbidden Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, and as result a state of innocence fell into a state of corruption met with a life sentence full of sin. This act of disobedience would…

This leads to the assumption, that Adam is contemplating or envisioning what it would be like to eat the fruit of knowledge, and what he would gain from it. It is in human nature to be curious, but why can Adam not accept the fact that he cannot comprehend the entire world and that some matters are not meant for his knowing (185 lines 167-168). Adam’s cures his burning curiosity as he eats the forbidden fruit (lines 1003-1006), but the knowledge that he gains from this is that of the world,…