Liminal being

conflict and the struggles of society with no king, however most importantly it projects the significant role women have in society. This is reflected through three main individuals: Deborah, Jael, and Sisera’s mother, all of whom can be described as liminal females, as seen through leadership, bravery and maternal roles they hold. The Song of Deborah provides a different perspective to social norms in society, in terms of, women holding patriarchal control through gender and control and power…

To be confronted with challenging predicaments is an inevitable part of the human experience. Although each person must make their own individual “journey” through life’s course, there remain universal principles that unite all living beings. William Stafford’s poem “Traveling Through the Dark” reveals that when one is given the space to reflect upon these simultaneously simple yet compelling principles, only then can one see the chain of events that can occur as a result of a single action. It…

educate. These tales introduce children to the complexities of human behavior when trying to make the right decision. Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is an archetypal tale about fifteen year old Connie who while in this liminal phase of life makes the wrong decision and chooses to go off into thevast world with Arnold Friend. While the ending and the moral of the short story are obscure, this tale has many archetypal characteristics that classify it as an Aesop…

Horsley was not a self-revelatory exercise in truth. The format supported the construction of a mythical identity which attempted to align himself alongside those he emulated. The relationship between myth and personality is characterised by the myth being a projection of the internal identity of an individual through a visualised image (Bruner 1959: 349-350). While personal narrative expresses identity, it also creates an identity but with Horsley, it did not create his identity, his identity…

For my second passport voyage I went to Lower Bidwell Park, specifically Sycamore Pool. Since I am currently sick, I decided I wouldn’t go for a swim. Instead, I threw a blanket down, got my homework and speaker out, and eat some chips while enjoying what nature has to offer. When arriving at the park, I noticed the park's surroundings was sketchy because of the amount of homeless people, but other then that, I thought the park was spectacular and calming. I come from a desert, nothing about my…

associated with a certain theory or region, rooted in religious backgrounds. One of the Indian dance forms, Bharatanatyam, is discussed in this paper. One of the main themes discussed in this paper is the lives of devadasis and their existence in a liminal space. Bharatanatyam is looked upon from both the past and present perspective,…

give them much thought. Instead, spend this time reflecting on what has brought you to this moment. Tomorrow you will set out from this place, but where did this journey really begin? When was the first time you remember the seed of the Camino being planted in you? What about that moment called to your heart?…

to read it, as well as the benefits and costs of being (or at least pretending to be) a single kind of reader. (65-66, emphasis mine)…

most of Arthur Yap’s work, extending his material to a broad range of interpretations and possibilities that elude a definitive and denotative meaning. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, that which is liminal has three interpretations: “minimality”; something “characterized by being on a boundary or threshold” or a “transitional… state between culturally defined stages of a person’s life”. This liminality is evident in Yap’s distinct artistry, where he engages in a sparse and economic…

while unconscious, dangerous and disparaged power such as witchcraft is attributed to ambiguous and liminal, marginal entities: “To have been in margins is to have been in contact with danger, to have been a source of power”. She illustrates her point by the experiences of ex-prisoners and those who have been once admitted in the institution for the treatment of mental disease. Perceived as marginal beings, society proves to exhibit greater difficulty in incorporating them since they are…