Scrivener

In “Mourning and Melancholia,” Sigmund Freud suggests that when an object of love is lost, the ego recreates an image of the loved one inside the self. This image, or “shadow,” is not fully integrated into the personality, thereby enabling the ego to split off. In this “ego splitting,” a part of the ego sits in judgment on the rest of the ego, criticizing it, attacking it. Suicide is the ultimate expression of this dynamic; because one cannot kill this person, one “kills” them by destroying the…

Dalai Lama Case Dalai Lama is a political leader, who fights for Tibet to be an independent and democratic state from China. Dalai Lama is known for his humanitarian efforts like conducting workshops worldwide, giving lectures, and leading conferences. As a leader, Dalai Lama changed the religious and political point of view of Tibetans. As mentioned by Otero (2010), Dalai Lama brought changes for Tibet even though Chinese took the power over Tibet. Dalai Lama also proved his motives to the…

environment, both physical and social, that enables students to participate in discussions and activities, interact with peers to share ideas and experiences, ask questions and challenge concepts to deepen understanding, at their own pace (DEECD, 2009; Scrivener, 2011). Engagement, as does…

Introduction: Houshang Golshiri and his masterwork Prince Ehtejab Similar to other branches of art, literature has been under the domination of male-centered ideology. Great masterpieces have been most of the times known to be written by men. Even those who have written stories about women conflict are depicted women from a male gaze, either a main male character or the writer himself. The famous modern Persian writer Houshang Golshiri, who had written many fictions about women struggle, is not…

they needed to hold demonstrations against the city. King's refusal was necessary and thus lay a justifiable claim to legitimacy, showing that he fits the label of a figure of refusal. Bartleby, from Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street," is not a figure of refusal because his refusal does not claim legitimacy. Bartleby never gives an explanation for his refusal. He only answers "I would prefer not to" when asked to complete certain tasks and continues…

Anne Bradstreet expresses humility throughout her poems, which emphasize the gender inequality that women face in the 17th century Puritan America into which she was born. Bradstreet writes poems during a time when women are not treated equal as writers or academics, and her writing displays how she faces discrimination on a regular basis. Edward Taylor, a male poet during the same period as Bradstreet, displays humility and self-effacement in his poems, like Bradstreet; however, the difference…

Constantinople primarily built by Constantine the Great was the capital city of the Byzantine Empire that ultimately fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. To begin with, the downfall of Constantinople substantially impacted the world economically. Moreover, Constantinople’s fall vastly influenced the world through political matters. Furthermore, the fall of Constantinople affected the world culturally and socially. Thus, Constantinople’s fall to the Ottoman Empire had very much influence on the…

Production Assets: Creative Writing 1996 Film I’ll just preface this by saying I had an extremely hard time choosing a director. I love film and drowned myself in choices; but the director I chose is a personal favorite of mine as well as an amazing director that could take this project to the next level, David Fincher. Anyone who loves film knows the Finch, the guy behind Fight Club, Gone Girl, Se7en, and my personal favorite, Zodiac (so underrated it should be criminal). So why would Fincher…

Consider the role of the narrator in both Benito Cereno and Bartleby. Follow your leader – three words that echo through both of these texts and symbolise Melville’s role as a narrator in distinct ways. His narrative diction in Benito Cereno and Bartleby is mechanically impressive but speaks volumes as to how he felt in relation to the new capitalist society America was rapidly evolving into and the problem of slavery to which the old America was clinging to. In these texts the lawyer in…

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