Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Throughout psychological healthcare, art and design-oriented fields, the alternative/holistic medicine industry, and the American economic market are the implementation of colors to promote a particular product or service. First introduced by ancient Egyptians in the sixth millennium BC, color has been utilized to capture one’s attention and to inspire emotions within the observer. Although a lack of scientific research exists, the research that is in existence supports color theory. It has…

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 definition of the bildungsroman has, is, and will continue to be debated simply by the nature of “education” or “formation,” in a broader sense development, as a requisite to the genre. What is development? Development can be characterized by a plethora of metrics, which by their own nature can be hotly contested and debated. Three things must characterize the bildungsroman: an adolescent protagonist, a journey, and a conclusion by the protagonist at journey’s end which is counter to that of…