Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Bibliotherapy is defined as the use of reading materials for help in solving personal problems. In Mary Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein”, the monster reads or observes four different novels each of which change his viewpoint of the world and ultimately lead to his demise. However, had the monster read different books he might have been able to be accepted by society and not be so fixated on revenge. The first book read by the monster is Ruins of Empires, written in 1791 by Comte de Volney. The…

Research on Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud was a very important figure in American History of Child Development. He was known for his theory about the conscious and preconscious mind. “Freud didn’t really invent the idea of the conscious versus unconscious mind, but he certainly was responsible for making it popular.” The conscious mind is pretty much self-explanatory, the conscious mind is what you are aware of at any moment (examples: fantasies, feelings, memories, present perceptions,…

Question 9: “The servant delivered the pistols, and Werther took them from him enraptured on hearing that it was Lotte who gave them to him” (Goethe 131). Discuss. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther, intimately follows the life and love of the titular character and culminates in his suicide. Though it is ultimately Werther who pulls the trigger, ending his own life, who is actually responsible for the suicide? Two of the most plausible candidates are Werther…

Mary Shelly added many allusions and references in her book Frankenstein. Specific works mentioned are a major part of what and how the monster experiences life, as this is the first time he has been able to learn about the world he has been rushed into. The books cited are Ruins of Empires, Plutarch’s Lives, Sorrows of Werther, and Paradise Lost. All four literary works have a bleak perspective on humanity. These are complete truths to the monster, consequently shaping how he now sees the…

Noor Saket Prof. Abid Vali ENGL 355 11 Jan. 2017 Contradictory Actions and Knowledge in Beyoncé’s “Denial” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and statesman, elucidates the power of contradictions in the life of human beings: “what we agree with leaves us inactive, but contradiction makes us productive” (Goethe). On the one hand, agreement and contradiction are mental processes, while on the other hand, inactivity and productivity, usually, are physical ones. This mental-physical…

The Tragic Ending of Faust: An Interpretation of Faust II, Act V, Lines 11678-11829 In Part II, Act V, line 11678-11829 of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s tragic play Faust, Faust’s soul is rescued by angels. There have been many scholars that have interpreted this scene as representing the redemption of the protagonist after a life of evil and destruction (Van der Laan, 67). That view has now largely been rejected. An alternative reading of this scene would be to deny Faust any identity at all,…

to help convey a fresh new story. Goethe’s Faust, for example has very similar ideas to those contemporary ideas of “Breaking Bad”. The similarities between such a contemporary story, like “Breaking Bad”, as a form of the Faust legend, and Faust by Goethe demonstrated character resemblances, similar intensions, and over all parallel themes. In Faust, the play opens with a devil by the name of Mephistopheles who makes a bet with the Lord that he will turn one of the Lord's servant to evil. Faust…

Aristotle was a 4th century Greek philosopher known for his intellectual works on matters such as philosophy, ethics, history, and most famously Poetics. In Poetics, Aristotle discusses topics such as the elements of tragedy, the act of imitation, and catharsis, or purgation and cleansing of oneself through tragedy. Although only bits and pieces of his works have survived, his ideas and analysis on tragedy still ring true today and Poetics remains one of the most influential texts when it comes…

To this day, Freudian concepts and theories are put to use in treating and analyzing problems associated with the human mind. Sigmund Freud, a Jewish Austrian-born physiologist, is perceived as the father of psychoanalysis, a method of treating mental illness and unlocking the hidden motives of human behaviour. His contributions toward the study of the human mind are widely known, and are still upheld in the world of psychology today. Though his theories and ideas are widely debated and…

The 7 Day Theory is an idea pushed by the proponents that attempt to find the smallest details of any situation in order to provide more support for the conspiracy. This evidence is very disputable, because some will slightly alter details in order to gain the evidence needed. Deep personal research is suggested when inspecting the details of the 7 Day Theory. The repetition of an occurrence of numbers can happen anytime. The Number 23, a movie from New Line Cinema, mentioned multiple…