...A Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakespeare is complied of many different themes including love, marriage, and jealousy. Desire is one theme that sticks out to the most. Desire is known to be a feeling of great want or need of someone or something. In A Midsummer Nights Dream various scenes in the play exhibit strong roles of desire. The quarrel of the four lovers, the issue of the changeling boy and the strength of the love potion are all parts of this play where desire played a role. The situation of the Changeling Boy is a great example of desire being displayed in A Midsummer Nights Dream. Titania took the boy as her personal helper and ended up in a quarrel with her husband Oberon because he desired the boy as well. However, Titania...
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...they want their audience to view it. They are concerned with mythical and spiritual truths that can best be represented by distorting the image of reality. Classicism to bring in a third theory is all about ideal storytelling, it lies somewhere in between realism and formalism. (Understanding Movies 5) The goal of a classicist is to tell a story in the best way possible. They want you to get caught up in the characters and their problems, to feel what they feel, but not be distracted by the filmmaking techniques. The two films we screened in class Bull Durham directed by Ron Shelton, and Field of Dreams based on the novel Shoeless Joe directed by Phil Alden Robinson both demonstrate these film theories throughout their movies but in a very different matter. Bull Durham is a great realistic example of what the sport of baseball means to the men who play it. It's all about the dreams, the desire to compete, and the ultimate goal to one day be part of the “show.” The players in the minors endure long, hot days of riding sub par buses, while making a barely livable wage, just for one shot at making it to the big leagues. Bull Durham was able to show the passion behind the sport, without overly misrepresenting the image of professional athletes. The players aren't illustrated as heroes but instead they're shown as passionate men...
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...they want their audience to view it. They are concerned with mythical and spiritual truths that can best be represented by distorting the image of reality. Classicism to bring in a third theory is all about ideal storytelling, it lies somewhere in between realism and formalism. (Understanding Movies 5) The goal of a classicist is to tell a story in the best way possible. They want you to get caught up in the characters and their problems, to feel what they feel, but not be distracted by the filmmaking techniques. The two films we screened in class Bull Durham directed by Ron Shelton, and Field of Dreams based on the novel Shoeless Joe directed by Phil Alden Robinson both demonstrate these film theories throughout their movies but in a very different matter. Bull Durham is a great realistic example of what the sport of baseball means to the men who play it. It's all about the dreams, the desire to compete, and the ultimate goal to one day be part of the “show.” The players in the minors endure long, hot days of riding sub par buses, while making a barely livable wage, just for one shot at making it to the big leagues. Bull Durham was able to show the passion behind the sport, without overly misrepresenting the image of professional athletes. The players aren't illustrated as heroes but instead they're shown as passionate men...
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...The viewpoint of this class having a new name "American Identities and Experience" the reading that this course should continue to read is Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Sallinger. It would be great fit for the Fall 2019 syllabus because the book itself explains the title of the course. The main character from the book Holden, is an American who trying to find his identities by learning and living through his experiences. Holden is considered the universal teenager living in America who is going through trouble and issues as young person. The time era he is living in the late 1940's is already a civilized life if Holden would have been living in the 1800's the "go west young man" phrase would have been applied to him. It would have encouraged him...
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...INTRODUCTION Dalai Lama once said “ Sleep is the best meditation”. Sleep is just like a medicine; it can perform wonders, only if it’s given an adequate amount of time. Science has proved that sleep deprivation can cause sleepiness, malaise and a depression of the immune system. The quality and quantity of sleep often go hand in hand. Through this paper I will be evaluating the role of adenosine and melatonin on sleep and will discuss the human sleep stages, in particular, the REM phase, using the sleep log. ROLE OF ADENOSINE Adenosine is an inhibitory neurotransmitter believed to play a role in promoting sleep and suppressing arousal, with levels increasing with each hour when an organism is awake. Adenosine makes a person drowsy after a day’s accumulation and recovery after a night’s depletion. On evaluating my sleep log, I realized the effect of adenosine on human sleep. On the 21st of September I had a cup of coffee an hour before I took a power nap at 4:30pm. I was suffering from a slight headache and had a coffee, not realizing it would act against me. The caffeine increased my heart rate and made me feel more energetic. I thought I’d take a power nap so that I could concentrate on my work again. I tried very hard to take a good nap, but I didn’t succeed. I kept tossing from side to side. On doing my research I realized what was happening to me. Caffeine related drinks mask the effect of adenosine, which can prevent a person from feeling drowsy as the day proceeds. A...
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...Eyes are a very significant symbol in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, eyes have various meanings in the play some of them include understanding and perspective, fantasy and jealously. Right from the beginning of the play eyes are mentioned when Hermia wants her father Egeus who is completely against her marrying Lysander to understand the love she feels towards Lysander, she wants her father to see things from her perspective as she says here “I would my father looked but with my eyes” (Hermia 1-1-56) this quote shows us the power that men had over women in the past. Another meaning of eyes is fantasy, Eyes imagery is often used when referring to the love juice used in the woods because the only way the love juice is affective...
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...The American Dream “the widespread belief that, by hard work and individual enterprise, even the most poor and lowly Americans can achieve economic success, a better way of life and enhanced social status in a land of immense opportunity (Watts).” Ragged Dick is really about rising from rags to respectable not rags to riches. I view that Dick is an exceptional character showing that true grit to get what he wants even if its almost out of reach, which shows “The American dream” is something you have to work for. Dick has all the qualities of someone who could achieve his goals with hard work. Dick is a young man who has lived on his own for years, meeting Mr. Whitney changed how Dick viewed people and life. How could a man Dick did not even know have faith in him to appreciate a new suit and not ask for anything in return? But when thinking how “The American Dream” is viewed in Dick’s eyes he sees it as having respect from all and when he is in a suit he receives the respect from his elders. Throughout the book you hear Dick use words such as “bully” when describing something that is very good. In the time that Dick and Mr. Whitney are together you find that Dick starts to show his real thoughts on what he wants to do in the future, which shows that Dick does have a “dream” in a way. When Dick meets Mr. Whitney’s nephew Frank they bond while Dick shows him around New York. During this time Dick discovers that being a boot black is not something he has to do for the rest of...
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...After the previous 3 sections, we now come to the 4th part, catch-30. Here are our group members. We hope we can give you all a clear illustration of the textbook by our narration and vivid pictures. The growing impatience and the new vitality spring from within as we approach 30. Men and women alike are complaining about the all sorts of restrictions, but what these restrictions boil down to are simply two aspects: the outgrowth of career, and personal choices of the twenties. This conflict always leads to great change, turmoil, and often, crisis. The choice of career and personal lives may have been perfectly suited to age of twenties, but now things are different. On the one hand, some inner aspect that was left out is striving to be taken into account; on the other hand, things we pursue during the age of twenties may seem ridiculous and are gradually transformed into more realistic ones. The common response to this sharp conflict between inner change and social reality is the tearing up of the life we spent most of our twenties putting together, and striking out on a secondary road toward a new version. Travelling around the world is no longer the dream for most people, the childless couple reconsiders children, and the dream of running for president is replaced by more realistic substitutes. Let’s see the example of a 29-year-old associate with a Wall Street law firm. The associate is also confronted with the restriction of professional career and...
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...be a hero? Does it have to be the big things or those nice small favors that have helped you. It has probably taken a journey for the hero to get where they are now. In the case of the Santiago, it was a long journey. Even though he is an old man, it doesn’t mean he already found his ending or reward. Santiago is an old fisherman struggling to catch fish. Santiago hasn’t caught a fish for a long 84 days. He gets help from his pupil, Manolin. Manolin provides food for the old man, carries fishing equipment, and essential care. In the book, during the early days of the fight with the marlin, Santiago wished for Manolin to help him when he wasn’t there. (pg.48) “Then he said aloud, “I wish I had the boy. To help me and to see this.” This expresses how Santiago feels about the boy. It’s clear that Santiago prefers that the boy was there to help him....
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...American cultural values to audiences. The American spirit such as individualism, heroism, religious and pursuit of freedom are all reflect in the Hollywood films. However, the American dream is a unique American culture and has inspired many Americans to rely on personal struggle to make their dreams come true. Films from different culture have their different cultural values, in turn, the different cultures have reflect and strengthen their own culture values in their films, so that audiences could get to know the mainstream American culture values from Hollywood films. Hollywood as the largest American film media has created many motivation films to express the importance values of American dreams to the world. The film The Pursuit of Happiness (2006) by Gabriele Muccino is a very classical Hollywood biographical film which is based on Chris Gardner’s life story. The film talks about how a homeless man success from the hardship and finally became a famous investment expert through his struggle step by step. The narrative of the main character Chris’s story refers to the key aspect of American Dream which is the equity opportunity of everyone in the society. It has showed the thought that happiness will come to everyone as long as we do not give up and make unremitting endeavor to our dreams. Moreover, the film has represented the special personality trait, religion culture, and the social history of American to the audiences. Culture is not only a social phenomenon, but...
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...Dreams Control You Migrant workers in the early 1900s created dreams to give them hope during the hard times. Most of their dreams were not completed. Lennie and George are migrant workers who go and work on a farm in California. Just like real migrant workers George and Lennie have a dream. Their dream is to buy a small farm with cows, chickens, and rabbits. John Steinbeck shows the power of dreams with Lennie through his following of orders, his fear of losing the dream, and his hope at the end of the story. George illustrates the power of dream by threatening to take away Lennie’s dream if he gets into anymore trouble. Lennie loves the dream so much that he would do anything thing if it meant he would be able to keep it.“But you ain’t gonna get in no trouble, because if you do, I won’t let you tend the rabbits”...
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...Field of Dreams Synopsis of reviews/articles written about the film Based on the review written by Roger Ebert (Ebert, 1989) The farmer Ray Kinsella is in the middle of his cornfield when he first begins hearing voices “If you build it, he will come.” Prior to the farmer hearing voices, Field of Dreams is a sensible film about a young couple who want to run a family farm in Iowa. When the voice speaks for the first time the audience is stumped with the thought of this movie turning into a religious based film. The movie develops a fantasy when farmer Ray understands the voice wants him to build a baseball field in the middle of his corn crops so Shoeless Joe Jackson (deceased) can materialize out of the Corfield and come play there. The movie prudently does not try to explain the strange events that happen after the field is built, it depends on a poetic vision to make its point. A specific speech in the movie describes baseball in a simple and true way, which ultimately describes the goal of the players who emerge from the cornfield, which is to simply play they game they love. The believable relationship created by the young couple Ray and Annie develops the theme that love means sharing your loved one’s dreams. Field of Dreams will not appeal to realists, it is made up of fantasies but stays true to what the plot promises, “if you build it, he will come.” Shoeless Joe Jackson does not return from the dead to save the world, but to answer the cry of a baseball legend....
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...The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a book driven by the pursuit of dreams. Dreams are the motivation of the characters and they are the incitement for Gatsby and Nick. Nick's dream is to figure out more on Gatsby and understand him, while Gatsby's dream and motive are completely different. His main goal in life is to find Daisy and make her fall in love with him, essentially it is to win her back. Gatsby's rope and connection to Daisy is her green light. Gatsby, however does not fulfill his dream. The “green light” is used to signify false hope and proves that even if you achieve your dreams you will not be happy. The green light is the only connection that Gatsby has to Daisy, at the beginning of the book. He “stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, ” (20) as he was thinking of Daisy. He was in his own way trying to reach her, and catch her again, as is seen in the following chapters with Gatsby throwing “himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time,” (95) to please Daisy. Although his dreams do seem to be working out for him when he first ‘runs into’ Daisy, his obsession with her does not allow him to be chosen at the end. Daisy however is different then how he remembered her and she's not the same person that she was before. It is because of...
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...Most people don’t understand the meaning of dream catchers or even what they are, but they should learn because they are very powerful and important in Native American culture, particularly the Ojibwe people. In order to better understand dream catchers we need to know the origins of them, the proper way to use them, and the sacred materials used to make them. The dream catcher has been a part of the Native American culture for many generations but it wasn't always important until the Anishnabe people were being tormented by nightmares and couldn't handle it anymore. The medicine people and elders tried to find different ways to get rid of the nightmares but nothing seemed to work. After getting so tired of the nightmares they decided to have a meeting with all the people of the tribe to get everyone's ideas on how to fix...
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...I just came back from Viet Nam a few days ago, and then I went to school the day after I arrived. It’s little overwhelmed for me because of make-up assignments and quiz. I tried my best to catch up all the knowledge that I missed when I was in Viet Nam. Then I attended Modern American Literature class. 1. I could say that I don’t have any talents or insights at reading or analyzing a book or a story. I wish I have read more books when I was young so I would be more interested in reading. 2. As an international student, it was hard for me to understand all the styles and meanings of English authors under their pens. If a student can understand 80% of the story, I myself only can understand 50%. That’s why I am afraid that I won’t have a good grade in this class. But still, I still want to try it and see how can I do to get through my difficulties for a semester 3. I think I can have a good grade if I put lots of effort on it and spend more time to read. May be I will get success to understand all the meanings that the authors want to send to the audience and write my own story about life. 4. When the American people migrated to this country in search of a better life, there was a craving for freedom and realization. For the immigrant in American history, the American Dream meant just a better life, but that better life did not only mean a better life with material goods, although that was part of it. A better life also meant freedom to worship, not the one your...
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