Two-Spirit

have been studied throughout time both in conjunction and individually. Ancient philosophies such as Plato’s (Silverman, 2013) viewed the body as temporary where as the mind was from another world therefore being able to transport. This means that the two were only united until the death or decay of the body and because the mind was from another world, it was the only thing capable of viewing universal truths. These philosophies are still being represented in 20th century literature. However,…

Unlike the body, the soul is immortal. It is a form, or perhaps an idea that dictates the ideals of beauty. Unlike the soul, the body inevitably changes through body modifications, stress, health-related issues, and time. Soul, beauty, love, and the body all intertwine together, even if sometimes their ideas oppose each other, like the purity of the soul versus the impurity of the body. The relationship between the soul and the body, and love and beauty is well depicted in Plato’s Symposium:…

“There are no small parts, only small actors,” as once stated by Constantin Stanislawski, illustrates that not every character has to have an abundance of stage time in order to play a substantial role. In William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Hamlet , King Hamlet’s Ghost, although only present in a modest number of scenes, proves to be a significant presence among several of the leading roles. Trapped in purgatory, the ghost is unable to repent his sins, therefore seeking revenge for his murder…

Do you ever get the sense that your body is trying to tell you something? Our bodies are constantly communicating to us through a variety of ways. Oftentimes, it will manifest through physical symptoms, which can cause you aches and pains. Your body wants you to notice what’s going on. What if I told you that you had the key to unlock all the information you need to get your body back in alignment? Imagine how wonderful it would be to know what’s going on with your body. All you need to do is…

these words even though they are paradoxical. He suffers from living with AIDs, in which, he could consider hell. His encounter with death, as he ascends to heaven to get the blessings of the Continental Principalities for a longer living, shows how two different opposites are to be connected. With Kushner’s association of his drama with the angels, it shows how the life of a person and the death connects. Angels are one of the supernatural entities in the Earth that are believed in different…

categorized as horror. This movies contain scenes which have supernatural powers behind them and the manner in which people behave suggests that. People have been watching for long time, there is a connection between the characters in this movies and the spirits in Halloween. Some movies have scenes of walking dead, when people hear of other creatures behaving in that manner then they take into their brains that they are the ones they saw in the movies and they brand them as horror. This is the…

In Wintle’s poem “The Man Who Thinks He Can,” he speaks about how success is dependent off of self-imagery. The mindset that one confides, sets an example for anything he can achieve. “Success begins with a fellow’s will; it’s all in the state of mind.” Man cannot accomplish anything if he tells himself that he won’t. Only by believing will he truly make an act of gratitude. If someone doesn’t possess self-assurance, how will one ever prove wrong. People take risks daily; going out of their…

O’Brien is a veteran, as a result, there are many things he takes for granted and does not tell us, making us wonder if it is fact or fiction. America’s involvement in the Vietnam war resulted from internal domestic politics rather than from a national spirit. The soldiers were disembodied from the war, just like ghosts. O’Brien uses syntactic illusion to express the idea of ghosts thoroughly but indirectly, as to further convey the sinister nature of war. First and foremost, O’Brien abruptly…

How would you react if you lost your father? Would you sit around and mourn over the loss, or would you use that to go out and be motivated to live a good life? In the play “Hamlet”, written by William Shakespeare, Hamlet deals with the loss of his father while his mother remarries his uncle. Throughout the entire play, Hamlet becomes more and more crazy and as a result starts doing wrongful things. Later on, Hamlet finally accepts his father's death and death in general and decides to avenge…

metaphor to show the reader the current mental state of Hamlet. The passing of his father is having a dramatic effect on him, while everyone else seems to be passing it off like it never happened. This includes his mother, who married his uncle just two months after his fathers death. Obviously this is a lot to take in for Hamlet and it puts him in a position where he doesn't know what to do with the emotions he's feeling. Hamlet is considering taking his own life. Shakespeare uses diction to…