Mr. Bobby

his parents' house. He's trying to avoid the one question everyone keeps asking: What does he want to do with his life? An unexpected change comes up when he is seduced by Mrs. Robinson, a bored housewife and friend of his parents. But what begins as a fun rendezvous turns complicated when Benjamin falls for the one woman Mrs. Robinson demanded he stay away from, her daughter, Elaine. The main theme expressed in the movie is the coming of age. It focuses on the growth of a protagonist from youth…

Innocence is defined as a lack of experience with the world and with the bad things that happen in life; it is a barrier between truth and ignorant purity. Although innocence is irrefutably granted to every human being upon birth, its duration varies because it is fragile and there is no telling what or when life will throw a Bomb of Truth at the barrier and destroy it. The Barrier of Ignorance can be shattered by anything that contradicts a childish belief. It can be shattered by something…

happiness to society. He is a foreigner, but in terms of social conformity, rather than national identity. In a way, Clarissa is an ideal example of Sigmund Freud’s theory of melancholia. Mrs. Dalloway continues tormenting herself by living the life she’s stuck in, rather than striving for her own genuine…

The world of Mrs. Dalloway can be summarized in one word, insane. Everyone is different and no one is who he or she portrays himself or herself to be. Even Mrs. Dalloway herself is a room full of people, all of whom are compressed behind the thin mask that doesn’t hide a thing, at least to the reader. Some people like Peter, are a mess of emotions so jumbled that even as the reader you have no idea what his reaction to a situation will be. Others like Hugh Whitbread have put up a front, that…

Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, Sarah Waters’s The Night Watch, and Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, this fear of existential emptiness is manifested into the characters’ own materialist strategies to cope with it. Whether it be through the accumulation of memories and social clout, physical tokens from the past, or knowledge and exquisite treasures, the characters of these three novels find their own distinct ways to fill the vacui, or void, they feel within themselves. The elderly Mrs.…

The stories "An Adventure in Paris"(NASF. 493) by Guy De Maupassant and "Everyday Use"(NASF. 816) by Alice Walker showcase similar and different ways to present a story through point of view and characters. Both stories have characters that are functional and symbolic to the story. Each of these stories uses both a foil and utilitarian through one character, Dee and Jean Varin, that ultimately changes the protagonist for the better and allows them to see what they have. De Maupassant makes his…

The Truth About Santa Currently, the Postal Office has a program called “Letters from Santa”. This program allows parents send their children’s letters addressed to Santa Claus, North Pole. They also send the response from Santa in the same envelope, and the Post Office return the response to the kids. In addition, the Postal Service has a program named “Operation Santa”, in which, many postal employees respond to the letters by providing a written response signed by Santa, while other Post…

Think back to fond memories as a child. Do visions of running down on Christmas morning to see what Santa brought you come to mind? Or do you remember finding a dollar under your pillow after the tooth fairy came to visit you? Childhood traditional myths should not be abolished. These traditions should not be stopped because they teach good morals to children, they keep families close, and they encourage children to believe. First, these fanatical characters teach good morals to children.…

In creating Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf comments on the corruption of society and the lack of care for those affected by mental illnesses. Sir William, a psychologist with a superiority complex in Mrs. Dalloway, treats all of his patients the same way: he prescribes them bedrest, a lesson in proportion, and ultimately conversion. Although this treatment may help some, it is not a “cure-all” and, conversion causes more harm than good. Through Sir William’s treatment of his patients, Virginia…

and friends Ben becomes noticeably stressed. This stress is portrayed throughout the movie using darker lighting in some of the more stressful scenes with Ben. We are then introduced too what seems to be his saviour Mrs. Robinson. After initially rejecting the sexual advances made by Mrs. Robinson, Ben succumbs to her and starts an affair. This affair relieves some stress which is shown…