Two-Spirit

as well as Greg Egan’s “Learning To Be Me,” the ways in which identity can change along with the how bodies are perceived or not are emphasized. The contrast between the two stories lies in their differences as sub-genres, as Tiptree writes about feminist science fiction and Egan focuses on cyberpunk. Even the ways in which the two main characters are developed in relation to their bodies seem completely unrelated, and yet by comparing them, it becomes clear that the stories are much closer in…

He immediately returned from the dead so as not to miss the adulation of the crowd. His spirit has been encountered with many workers. They say he is not a threatening spirit. The theatre even has a tradition of saving him a seat for every opening night performance. “Fred is very much benevolent presence, nothing nasty ever happens” (Ghost 2). “ Many present and former staff…

The existence of ghosts is a concept often disputed. When found in the situation where there is no rational explanation to something that happened, it is easy for us to create our own rational explanation in our minds. Perhaps the true rational explanation is right in front of us but we just cannot see it, much less explain it; because we do not understand it. This was the case for for the families living in a house in Amityville. Their stories lead to the labeling of the commonly heard Haunting…

the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know not how it was -- but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit.” This could have to deal with something supernatural, because when he seen the House of Usher an “insufferable gloom pervaded his spirit.…

to another stick. Equality, however can only be equal and never unequal, and inequality can only be unequal and never equal. Objects can have two properties simultaneously while Forms have absolute properties. In his third premise, Plato declares that we obtain our knowledge of Forms by using our bodily senses to perceive objects. When we are looking at two equal sticks, we believe that they are equal because we know the sticks are striving to embody the Equal. With support from Premises 1…

the fire blasts that end earth, then further torments forevermore). This is a joking type of style with weeping and gnashing of teeth in several ways in view of all the other types of illusion torments one gets in hell besides crying in their evil spirits and the basic idea of pain (once in hell after the earth style is over, their pain levels will be more than one thousand times worse than the worst pain levels of earth) with illusions and other styles so, mostly, saying the weeping and the…

Hamlet is the dramatic play of a son who tries to make the death of his father right. Death is never something that one can erase from memory, but many people try to take actions that will validate the death of their loved one. Whether it is putting blame on the person for doing this to you, or putting the blame on yourself, death causes uncontrollable emotions. In Hamlet’s case, he finds revenge through means of deception to be what helps him cope with the tragic death. He uses a facade and…

The ghost in act one scene one of Hamlet represents many different things. The first appearance of the ghost (1.1.47) shows that there is something ominous looming over the state of Denmark. The ghost appears and is silent. He simply stands there and watches Marcellus, Barnardo, and Horatio. Barnardo says “Looks he not like the King?” (1.1.50). By the ghost taking on the image of the deceased King Hamlet, the ghost is enlarging the shadow left over Denmark by the king’s untimely and unexpected…

Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, ghosts symbolize an impediment on the development of the protagonists and the permanent presence of our history. Theatrical presentations on the oppressive effect of the past on the present, these plays portray two tragic heroes and their descent into their fate, one that is due partly to the effect of the haunting memories. Whether it be in Hamlet where the eponymous character encounters the ghost of his father who succeeds in haunting his…

even bigger fan than I already was. The first time I saw Kid Cudi was in 2016 when he performed at the same exact venue and I was a junior in high school. At the time, I was excited to see Kid Cudi but was apprehensive because I didn't enjoy his last two albums. This time, as a freshman in college, I was more…