Trickster

Dishonesty is a common theme in many works of literature. The denotation of dishonesty will be: When one person is deceptive either by intentionally withholding information or by making a false statement to another with the intent of deceit. In Natsume Sōseki’s 1916 novel Kokoro and Mark Twain’s 1884 novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the main characters have to deal with the dishonesty that occurs in their friendships. In Kokoro, Sensei, after losing everything to his uncle, thus making…

al., Saraniero, and Bonin-Rodriguez, the artist is fluid and intertwines themselves throughout many roles inside and outside of the arts organization in a way that successfully drives their career. For me, that is the role of the artist, to be a trickster who floats across…

portraying gender equality in Moana’s society, gender roles are shown through characters actions. The beginning of the movie starts out with Moana’s grandmother telling the story of how Te fiti’s heart was stolen by Maui. Maui was considered a trickster and demigod. He claimed that he took Te fiti’s heart for mortals so that he could make them happy. The demigod wanted to be considered a hero by humans and be in control of creating new life. Since Te fiti is a mother island and has the…

Revolution and War of 1812. By 1842, they would migrate to Kansas and then to Oklahoma in 1867. Their myth was not influenced by their migrations and Christianity. The Huron Indians were able to develop “double characteristics of most culture heroes and tricksters god. Instead of both good and evil forces being contained in one hero, here they are externalized and separated into individuals.” In the Huron Indian myth, the good and evil forces are exhibited through the twin brothers that were…

that women can do anything. Historian Lori Landay observed that women were seen as heroic and self-sacrificing during the wartime culture with the use of Rosie the Riveter and Wonder Woman. However, Landay noted that Women Woman was considered a trickster because of her dual identity as Diana Prince, an army nurse that seemed to reinforce “the idea that women’s power must be contained and exercised covertly, not…

He was playing to the evangelicals in the crowd. The insincerity was dripping from every pore of this man’s body language. Of course, the main writer of “The Art of the Deal”, Brian Schwartz, said that if he were to write the book all over again, he’d title it, “The Sociopath”. What? You thought Trump wrote the book? I would never “personally” say Trump didn’t write it but I hear some are sayin’… (Trump tactic in play). Verse 26 has the Antichrist “coming to his end” as the kingdom is handed…

The relationship that Nanabush formed with Marie-Adele and Christophe formed with Snow Falls was intended to further the spread of their spirituality, but in doing so, their actions became misunderstood by others. For Nanabush, the only two women on the reserve that are able to see him – Marie-Adele and Zhaboonigan – do not know who he truly is. This is shown when Marie-Adele first badgers him with questions such as, “who the hell do you think you are, the Holy Spirit?” (Highway 1.19). In…

The Motorcycle Diaries is a film set in 1952 which followed 23 year-old Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (also called Fuser) who was on break before returning to his last semester of medical school and his friend Alberto Granado (nicknamed Mial) who was a 29 year-old biochemist. This film was based on the diaries of Guevara and provides an account of an 8,000 km motorcycle journey to see as much of the continent of South America in the few months before returning to complete college. The trip would…

A great deal of present-day postmodern theatre simply constitutes one piece of a large evolutionary historical puzzle from which playwrights are able to apply and adapt various styles, techniques, and examples. Although traditional Native story-telling and customs bear many signs of early theatric components, contemporary Native playwrights find themselves working in an unprecedented industry, where very few precursors to their craft exist. Therefore, some of the most renown plays in Western…

William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream can be said to be one of his most light hearted and comical plays. This is because at some point multiple characters, whether they be human or fairy, fall in love with the wrong person. The play takes place in Athens, where the duke will have his wedding in four days. Most of the play, however, takes place in the forest where two lovers named Hermia and Lysander run to elope, but they followed by Demetrius, who wants to win the heart of Hermia, and…