Puppeteer

In The Republic, Plato tells a scene through the conversation between of one of his students, Glaucon, and his mentor, Socrates. The scene, titled Allegory of the Cave, represents the state of the human race, who is blind to reality. The allegory continues to demonstrate what happens when one person becomes enlightened. Socrates describes a scene set deep in a cave, where a group of men sit chained to a wall. Above and behind them another group of men hold up a flat cut-out shape that…

Iago is described as “a puppeteer of the psyche, he pulls the strings of those who should know better with a battery of verbal weapons” (edsitement.neh.gov). Said to be the most cunning and persuasive villain of any Shakespeare composition, Iago, the antagonist of Othello, verbally manipulates the characters of the show to benefit himself in an almost seamless manner with his convincing rhetoric. Like a puppeteer and his marionettes, Iago deploys rhetorical devices and strategies that include…

Many that I found amusing were when actors had to do improv on stage. One of these times that I remember, was when one of the fairies was talking to Stromboli and she said to him “seriously, washed-up puppeteer vs magical fairy, do you want to go?” I also made many memories through the rehearsals and shows that we did. One of my fondest memories was probably around halloween when we had the party. I really enjoyed the group costumes and the games we played…

he saw people praising him; they called him the “The Emperor of the Void”. He led his army through continents conquering every place in his path. He killed thousands, burned down hundreds of houses and conquered the land. He led his army like a puppeteer would control his puppets. Arthur was given a Demonic Sword named Impaler as it has been used I wars where it has been drenched in blood for countless times. It has been sealed by Gramps when he noticed that it started corrupting him the…

The Kidnapped Sun In All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury, the main conflict is between the children, William and Margot, and the people that assume responsibility for what happens during the story include the teacher, the classmates, William, and Margot. The children are on the planet Venus, where they are waiting for the Sun to appear for the first time in seven years. One girl, Margot, is from Earth, so she remembers the image of the Sun better than anyone else. This prompts envy among her…

matrix is a computer program that keeps the majority of humanity suspended in a false perception of reality in order to use them as batteries. The matrix is the ultimate puppeteer showing and engaging people in a false reality in order to ensure they never wake up and discover the real world. Likewise in Allegory the puppeteers who use puppets and other objects to produce shadows for the prisoners to see are in control. They control the entirety of the prisoners perceived world much like the…

society and culture. This changes the portrayal of the child to one of innocence, whose situation is not by choice but by societal tensions. The child is seen to be wearing clothing which is clearly too big, this implies one of two things, either the child is not an age appropriate size due to malnutrition, or due to the economic status of the country in which he is living and the financial status of his family, they are unable to afford clothes which fit properly, further providing evidence…

Karla Perez-Estrella 11/14/2017 Paper #3 Prof. Chanin “The Power of Choice” Trapped in a world where one does not have control of themselves is like living the life another person wants you to live. The puppeteer guides and leads you to where ever it wants you to be at mentally and physically. In the story, “Escape from Spiderhead”, by George Saunders, he illustrates the clash between a harsh and damaging environment that paralyzes Jeff from making his own decisions. Despite Jeff choosing to…

Just because God knows the future doesn’t mean He is up there pulling strings like a puppeteer. When I drop a piece of food on the ground, I know my dog is going to eat it, but that doesn’t mean I forced my dog to eat it. If you have seen the recent Sherlock Holmes movies (with Robert Downey Jr.) you can get a visual of what knowing the future without causing it might look like. Sherlock Holmes is very logical so he foresees immediate events (like the fight scenes) before they actually happen.…

dark cave all their lives. They are bound to a wall, unable to turn their heads to look on either side of themselves or behind themselves. There is only a fire behind them to illuminate a wall like screen in front of them. Behind the wall are the puppeteers who have puppets and the prisoners hold artifacts. All the prisoners see are the shadows from the screen, so they are forced to believe that that is the reality of the world since they have not seen anything else different. Eventually one…