Robert Blake

On the shores of a Mediterranean island, one man finds himself naked, afraid, and drained of his strength. This hero, Odysseus, makes his way to the palace of the royal family ruling the island of Scheria with the help of the lovely princess Nausicaa and his protector, Athena. After winning the favor of the king and queen as a mysterious guest and stranger, the king urges him to tell of his life and Odysseus gives in. As Odysseus tells of his travels in a flashback, he recounts his time at sea as if a bard were telling the story. This manipulation of time, similar to the approach used in Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, helps the author or raconteur to devise a more complex and intriguing tale. Capote expidites time, as well as impedes or reverses time to strengthen ties between the real investigation and to entrap the reader into an engaging narrative. Capote rapidly discontinues timelines and accelerates time in the novel to preserve interest and uncertainty for the reader. Capote uses a staccato-like writing style, alternating abruptly between timelines, to acquire a suspenseful and engaging story progression. Presenting both of the chronological and parallel timelines, Capote interrupts himself to tell the routines of both the criminals and the Clutters simultaneously. At the Clutter house, Nancy has “got to go” but instead of pursuing Nancy’s activities, Capote quickly shifts to the criminals and that “Dick was driving a black 1949 Chevrolet sedan” (22). Capote switches…

In the novel In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, the plot centers around the murder and investigation of the Clutter family. The plot also follows the two killers, Dick and Perry, and the events in their lives that lead them to this point in which they commit this crime. These two men have done a deed so inhumane and so ruthless that many people see these two men as deserving of the death penalty. However, Capote gives the reader a moral question to ponder because of the way he makes the two…

The American Nightmare Seconds after brutally suffocating an elderly man with his own bed at midnight, the narrator “[examines] the corpse” and then calmly states, “Yes, he was stone, stone dead” (Poe 190). Haunted by the old man’s eye, the mentally unstable narrator decides to murder him. The bloodcurdling narrator believes he can get away with murder, until the guilt overwhelms him; consequently, the narrator reveals to the cops that he committed the crime. Similarly, in Truman Capote’s novel,…

Truman Capote’s 1965 novel In Cold Blood, was based upon the true events of the Clutter family murder case, that occurred in the year 1959, in the very modest town of Holcomb, Kansas. The story revolves around the two insensitive murderers, Perry Edward Smith and Richard Eugene Hickock, whom have had the past of growing up in completely opposite home environments from one another, and the detective Alvin Dewey, who goes out of his ways to try his best to capture these criminals. Although Perry…

Perry Smith was one of the murderers involved in the slaughter of the Clutter family on the night of November 15, 1959 in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas. Nancy Clutter was the youngest daughter of the well-loved Clutters who had displayed much promise in her future. Truman Capote is the author who becomes captivated by the case and follows the investigation, interviewing and paying close attention to detail in his narration of it. In his novel, In Cold Blood, Capote paints depth in the…

When we think of murderers we often think of maniacal and evil individuals. Through the way that many works of literature and cinematic pieces depict murdered, we often see them as absolute evils. Murderers are flawed humans, albeit more than usual, they are not the absolute evil in fall in more of a gray area. Within Truman Capote’s novel, In Cold Blood, readers get an in-depth look at a pair of murderers and are able how one can fall down such a wicked path. In his novel, Capote recounts the…

O.J. Simpson vs. Robert Blake Crime Case The media influences the way people understand the world around them through movies, and popular movies impact the viewers' opinions around the world. According to Edictive movies may be "considered to be a mass communication" ("Influence of Films…"). Most films have an impact on people since they can either relate to it by "their" life, fantasy, or history. People who watch movies may encounter past or present history lessons that they may have…

William Blake Can a single person’s view on a war change the way we view the conflict all together? William Blake believed he could change the way his colleagues viewed the American and French Revolutions through his Romantic style of poetry. Therefore, his messages about innocence and philosophy prove why Blake is one of the most influential, English Romantic poets in history. At the turn of the eighteenth century, why did the classical style of poetry shift into an unconventional form?…

and Cultural Influences William Blake once said, “Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be ignored.” This quote reflects William Blake’s spirit as a fervent poet whose artistic abilities are unmistakable in his various works of literature. Blake is a nineteenth century poet from the Romantic Era who is known to be an influential poet and philosopher. For instance, Blake’s unique, visionary mind is evident in “The Tyger,” a popular poem that I shall…

William Blake is an influential person William Blake was a 19th century writer and artist who influenced countless writers through the ages.The most famous painting of his is The Ancient Days. His most famous poem is The Lamb. William Blake is the most influential poet and artist of his time. William Blake had an amazing ability to differentiate his art and poems by the way he used details to draw the reader or onlooker in. Blake’s way of drawing is as different as his way of…