Throughout the creation stories of The Enuma Elish and Xowalaci and His Companion, the power dynamic between men and women is seen to be relevant in both, but in extraordinarily different ways. In The Enuma Elish, Tiamat seems to have all of the power she could possibly want, but from further inspection, it can be seen that her character was corrupted from men’s influence from the beginning. Because she was forced to kill her children by men in the beginning, and her husband was later killed,…
Act I scene III, Prompt I “We are made wise, not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility of our future.” -George Bernard Shaw In the Story Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, we see exactly how one's decisions can affect their ultimate destiny. For example, in Act I scene III of Macbeth; Macbeth is given a prophecy by three witches, and this prophecy ends up influencing Macbeth’s decisions which will end up affecting his future drastically. First of all, Macbeth should…
“The Bride” Director: Svyatoslav Podgayevsky Genre: Horror/Mystery/Thriller Screenplay: Svyatoslav Podgayevsky Producers: Vladislav Severtsev, Dmitry Litvinov, Zaur Bolotayev Starring: Victoria Agalakova, Vyacheslav Chepurchenko, Alexandra Rebenok, Igor Khripunov, Lada Churovskaya and Victor Solovyov. Synopsis: The new Russian horror movie “The Bride” from the director of “Estate 18” and “The Queen of Spades: The Black Ritual” unravels the terrible traditions and rituals that used to…
Response Paper #3 Mise-en-scene in True Grit The movie True Grit is based back in the old western times. This is a story of a girl who seeks revenge where our main character in Mattie aims to kill Tom Chaney who has killed her father. This movie has been one, that many believe has challenged the norms of a traditional western. One of the best aspects of this film is that it uses both mise-en-scene as well as other techniques in order to change what some traditional western looks like as far…
to Kate's home; they spot an old man walking along the side of the road. Petruchio tries to force Kate into admitting the old man is actually a young maiden. However, when she finally caves in; Petruchio mocks Kate for saying the old man is a maiden. I would consider this a form of…
In Shakespeare’s 1 King Henry IV, the three main settings: the castle, tavern, and the battlefield, are used to represent very different lifestyles, which all play a vital role in the portrayal of certain themes within the play. The castle is normally associated with King Henry, duty, and power, whereas the tavern is populated by drunks, low-lives, and lackluster endeavors. It is also where Hal spends the majority of his time. These two setting cause major conflict between Hal and King Henry as…
Question # 1: How do the witches introduce the conflict in Macbeth? What might their predictions reveal about Macbeth’s subconscious? The Witches manipulate Macbeth for the shear amusement which ignites Macbeth into an insane, power thirsty spiral without him being aware of it. The witches pay a visit and speak to Macbeth and Banquo before they mysteriously vanish. Macbeth gets latched onto these words of the evil witches, “All hail Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter” (1.3.48). With these…
Mon mai longe liues wene, Ac ofte him lieth the wrench. Feir weder turneth ofte into reine And wunderliche hit maketh his blench. Tharuore mon, thu the bi-thench, Al schal falewi thi grene, Weilawei, nis king ne quene, That ne schal drinche of deathes drench. Mon, er thu falle of thi bench, Thine sunne thu aquench. (Lisle, “The Three Living and The Three Dead”) Having revised the concept of childhood from the Antique period up to the later Middle Ages, with special attention paid to the…
and men. Despite common thought, masculinity versus femininity is nothing more than a social construct and is not black and white. Even in 17th century Scotland, such a construct played into Banquo calling the witches men, Lady Macbeth asking to be stripped of her femininity and in turn her controlling Macbeth by insulting his manhood. In Act I, Banquo remarks that the three witches “should be women,/ and yet [their] beards forbid [him] to interpret/ that [they] are so.” (1.3.?) Even though…
In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the titular Macbeth and his wife attempt to avoid being accused of the murders they have committed by transforming their own personalities; however, throughout the story, a more prominent manipulation of suspension of disbelief develops. Although Lady Macbeth is able to successfully masquerade as a guiding voice for her husband, she is secretly manipulating him so that she may both inflict death on as many people as possible and guarantee herself dominance of…