Puppeteer

Stories and narratives are two words that are often interchangeable. In the context of literary preservation however, distinction has to be made. A story is a body of text that focuses on the subject, time, and space (Smith, 1981). A narrative instead ignores all these aspects and focuses on the plot. It is a story stripped out of settings, purely as a series of events (Abbott, 2008, p.20). By this definition, in the perspective of a narrative, Cinderella and Mulan may not be two different…

coming to mental institution. His experiences didn’t end here however. After witnessing deaths of patients in the ward, he gained more stability as a man. He understood the nature. His growth as a man heightened even more after witnessing the nurse, puppeteer, physically being strangled by McMurphy, puppet, in her own stage. He witnessed the loss of supreme hierarchy. After all the lessons he learnt starting from McMurphy’s arrival, Bromden became a fearless man. A man fearless enough to kill…

presentation, John gave an extensive summary and briefly discussed the technology of the “Ring” that he is going to cover. In this novel, Louis, a 200 year old eager traveler, Teela Brown, and Speaker, who is a Kzin, all are put on a team by a Nessus, a puppeteer. Their mission is to explore a strange artificial ring that orbits a star at about the distance Earth orbits the Sun. On their way to explore this strange world, they crash land on the habitable ring, and they are unable to escape. On…

and unconscious temptations to evil. In part, the mischief they cause stems from their supernatural powers, but mainly it is the result of their understanding of the weaknesses of their specific interlocutors they play upon Macbeth’s ambition like puppeteers.(Sparknotes) In addition People believe witches are”Woman who has sold her soul to a devil who thereafter attends her as her “Master” who carries her about in the air and incites her to evil designs. every witch has her imp or familiar…

In this explanation, he tells the story of men, chained against a wall, their heads fixed in a way that they can only see the wall in front of them (208-212, Plato). On this wall they see shadows of figures produced by a puppeteer who dangles figures in front of a fire directly behind them. These shadows are all the men know of, for they were born and have lived their entire life in this cave, knowing not of the outside world. To these men, the wall, the figures, and the darkness…

playing the role of Pippin who ends up re-writing the narrative to fit his journey; however, the deeper meaning lies with the Leading Player. The Leading Player’s implied goal is to make sure each production of Pippin runs smoothly. She acts as a puppeteer and makes sure everything is up to her standards. When this performance starts to fall apart, she pulls the strings to keep herself in power over Pippin. Of Mice and Men features a variety of Leading Players – characters who take charge over…

To the prisoners, ‘the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows’ as they are oblivious of the illusion perpetrated by the puppeteers and erroneously believe the immaterial shadows. Yet, one day, when a prisoner is released from his shackles, he immediately gains a clearer understanding of reality and understands the fallacies of the shadows after spending time in the cave under…

with no leeway to swivel their heads. All that they can see is the cave wall in front of them. Behind them there is a low wall where puppeteers come and do “shows” with various objects. The prisoners cannot see the actual object that is being shown, however, they can see the shadow of it because of the fire that is also behind them. They hear the echoes of the puppeteers voices behind them bouncing off the cave walls and mistake them for the voices of the shadows in front of them. This leads to…

They’ve been stuck there their whole lives, only able to see in front of them (Plato 514a-b). These people have very low reasoning ability and rely on their sensory perceptions (sight) to ‘see’ the world. They are being, and based on how the puppeteers manipulate the shadows, they are easily swayed. Next, there are those who are still trapped underground, but can look up and see the objects rather than rely on shadows. They represent a slightly higher level of being, moving towards becoming…

final act which was usually a “chaser” act used to help run patrons out of the revolving show (D. 86-88). The variety of acts ranged from: (MC) Master of Ceremonies (invented in Vaudeville), comics, magicians, shadowgraphs, acrobats, ventriloquists, puppeteers, musicians, imitators, yodelers, clog dancers, hobo impersonators, feats of strength, mind reading, fancy divers, pantomimes, song and dance, and a seemingly endless variety of acts (Garner; Gilbert 162). A large number…