Puppeteer

Although Orestes was the main killer of Clytemnestra in Sophocles play Electra, he was not the main focus of the play His sister, Electra but what are the reasons that made her stand out? Electra is a complex character. Electra could be called insane by many but she was cunning and held strong ideals. Sophocles brought Electra to the fore because of her ability as a character to manipulate people and bending to her will as she was able to inspire to Orestes to carry out her revenge against their…

Free trade agreement (FTA) allows its members to trade goods and service with less barriers and restrictions. There is a lot of FTA that have been made between countries around the world. In ASEAN area we have AFTA ( ASEAN Free Trade Area ) , In North America we have NAFTA ( North America Free Trade Area ) , and etc. Being an archipelago country with more than 17.000 islands, Indonesia is undeniably the most culture-rich nation in South East Asia. Among the massive amount of cultures, wayang and…

Angelman Syndrome Description of the Disease An extremely rare and uncommon disease known as Angelman Syndrome is a very complex neurodevelopmental and monogenic disorder (Bailus, 2014). The term neurodevelopmental refers to the shape, reshape, state and generation of the nervous system during the embryonic stages of life, while the term monogenic can be explained as a disease, which is controlled and inherited, by a single pair of genes (Gentile, 2009). It is estimated that Angelman Syndrome…

must be taught to others who are still stuck in the darkness. In his allegory, “The Cave”, prisoners, who represent mankind, are fettered together and can only look toward the wall of the cave. On the wall of the cave, images are being projected by puppeteers outside the cave. The images are projected by a fire which lies behind the prisoners. The prisoners believe that the images they are seeing are the real things. Eventually a prisoner escapes his fetters and enters into the light, but…

We are all prisoners trapped within our minds and strained by the way we think. This objective point of view of the nature and value of truth is directly represented in Plato’s Allegory of the cave. The Allegory, the ‘platonic picture’, demonstrates the actuality in the journey of widening one’s perspective of the world rather than being held captive to false reality. In contrast, the “Three Metamorphoses of the Spirit” by F. Nietzsche ultimately challenges the platonic picture by primarily…

The famous play Macbeth written by William Shakespeare in 1606 took place during the medieval times in Scotland, around the 11th century. The plot is about Scottish nobleman Macbeth who hears prophesy of him becoming King which awakens his desire to seize the throne. This is where his wife, Lady Macbeth, comes in - she tempts and bullies Macbeth into killing King Duncan. The play was written during the reign of King James I who saw himself as an expert on witchcraft. ‘Witches’ at that time were…

As acclaimed author Mary Roach once said, “I don 't fear death so much as I fear it 's prologues: loneliness, decrepitude, pain, debilitation, depression, senility. After a few years of those, I imagine death presents like a holiday at the beach” (Roach). For me the validity of this quote is unwavering. I was personally impacted by the sadistic daily inconsistencies and emotional toying brought about by a dark ravenging depression brought about by bullying and the ever impending divorce of my…

There are puppeteers, who hold up puppets that cast shadows on the wall of the cave. The prisoners are unable to see the actual object, they only see and hear shadows and echoes cast by the real object. Kessler explains, “such men would believe the truth to be nothing…

One of Shakespeare’s most famous pieces, Romeo and Juliet, focuses on the idea of “star-crossed” lovers. In this play, he depicts love as a cruel and ruthless puppeteer, toying with the hearts of many and eventually causing two teens to kill themselves for love (“William Shakespeare”). Although another message is given by the tragedy; that however inconvenient Cupid’s choice may be, the energy of love hurdles obstacles:…

God does not want to be the puppeteer with humans as his puppets, thus giving humans free will. This is the reason for evil according to Augustine. “So too free will, without which no one can live rightly, must be a God-given good, and you must admit rather that those who use this good…