...Fanaticism -wildly excessive or irrational devotion, dedication, or enthusiasm -an extreme and uncritical zeal or enthusiasm, as in religion or politics. — fanatic, n., adj. —fanatical, adj. the character, spirit, or conduct of a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm orzeal, as in religion or politics Zeal is often used in a religious sense, meaning devotion to God or another religious cause, like being a missionary. Zeal doesn't have to be religious, though: a feeling of gusto and enthusiasm for anything can be called zeal. People have zeal for sports teams, bands, causes, and (often, but not always) their jobs. If you have passion for something, you have zeal, which is kind of a mix of eagerness and energy and devotion. -a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause) Filibuster or loco -filibusterismo’ means the idea of the breaking away of the colony from the mother country, and 'filibusteros’ are accordingly those who aspire for the realization of this idea. For our purposes, however, it will be more practical to ask: Who is considered a 'filibustero’ in the Philippines?” And let Rizal answer: * Those who do not raise their hats to Spaniards. * Those who only greet a friar instead of kissing his hand or his habit. * Those who offer resistance to being addressed with the familiar “tu” by the best Spaniard. * Those who subscribe to a periodical from Spain or another European country. * Those who, at elections, give...
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...even the most trivial pretext.” This defining characteristic of Jim is drawn into focus almost immediately in Treasure Island, as Jim makes a quick witted decision to remove the feared Captain Flints treasure map from a dead man’s chest, in the haste of being threaten by the remnants of a fearsome pirate crew. His actions contrast sharply with that of his morally governed, rational mother, who refuses to take any more than her fair share owed to her by Billy Bones, as the Jim tells us she was stubbornly “not consenting to take a fraction more than...
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...Jackson, Bradley May 12, 2015 Shaw, C. CWL 213 Blurred Lines In reading Watchmen, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ graphic novel, it becomes clear that Moore poses to the reader, questions of morality - of right and wrong, good and evil. Through the characters, he shows that, sometimes, the delineation between the two is a sharp line, whereas sometimes it's a blur, and often times like pornography; you just know when you see it. But to Moore, these questions are vital ones because they tether the characters to each other, to humanity. Not everyone feels this way. Not every character sees the sharp line, only the blur. In the case of Ozymandias, the superhero persona of Adrian Veidt, his actions teeter on the scale of morality, performing morally reprehensible acts, claiming they are justified and serve the greater good of the world. Through Moore, and Ozymandias, a question is posed: Can evil deeds, performed with good intentions, be considered morally right? An interesting excerpt from Watchmen is a scene in chapter 12, on page 27, where Adrian, here in his Ozymandias costume, questions his actions, having just engineered an alien attack on New York, killing millions of people, yet stopping the impending nuclear war that threatened the world. “I did the right thing, didn’t I?” he asks Doctor Manhattan, a being who, by this point in the novel, has lost interest in the affairs on humans, so much as to leave “this galaxy for on less complicated” (27). This scene is disturbing...
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...belief is very prominent in Japanese culture and exists in all kinds of traditional and modern Japanese literary works. In this class, all of the readings seem to have something in common: Death is inevitable. Although all of the readings seem to deal with the topic of death in many different ways, I believe that the different representations of death are subsumed under a single point of view. In The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu and The Mother of Captain Shigemoto by Tanizaki Junichirō, Buddhism is a key element in the understanding of the Japanese view on death. In The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, there are many instances in which the relationships between death and Buddhism are evident. This traditional novel, written in the 10th century, describes an aristocratic worldview in the Heian period, therefore allowing for a closer look at the religious and spiritual understanding of the Japanese during this time. While Shinto influence is mentioned in the novel, Buddhism, a popular religion in Japan, plays a part in the every day lives of the characters in The Tale of Genji. In this novel, a lot of Buddhist monks are regularly working for the imperial court to perform ceremonies in order to make sure that the people in the palace receive spiritual support. It can be assumed that Buddhist monks are very influential at court by being involved in the personal concerns of the nobility, but the institutions of...
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...for fellow student Juanito Peláez * Kabesang Tales - Telesforo Juan de Dios, a former cabeza de barangay (barangay head) of Sagpang, a barangay in San Diego's neighboring town Tiani, who resurfaced as the feared Luzón bandit Matanglawin (Tagalog for "Hawkeye"); * Don Custodio - Custodio de Salazar y Sánchez de Monteredondo, a famous "journalist" who was asked by the students about his decision for the Academia de Castellano. In reality, he is quite an ordinary fellow who married a rich woman in order to be a member of Manila's high society. * Paulita Gomez - The girlfriend of Isagani and the niece of Doña Victorina, the old Indio who passes herself off as a Peninsular, who is the wife of the quack doctor Tiburcio de Espadaña. In the end, she and Juanito Peláez are wed, and she dumps Isagani, believing that she will have no future if she marries him. * Macaraig - One of Isagani's classmates at the University of Santo Tomas. He is a rich student and serves as the leader of the students yearning to build the Academia de Castellano. * Father Florentino - Isagani's godfather, and a secular priest; was engaged to be married, but chose to be a priest after being pressured by his mother, the story hinting at the ambivalence of his decision as he chooses an assignment to a remote place, living in solitude near the sea. * Juli - Juliana de Dios, the girlfriend of Basilio, and the youngest daughter of Kabesang Tales. To claim her father from the...
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...Shelley’s Frankenstein, if one pays attention to the gaps and inconsistencies of Victor Frankenstein’s narration of the events, one may begin to question the existence of Frankenstein’s monster, and come to realize Victor Frankenstein is really the monster. This isn’t how most would interpret the events that transpired in the book, but the possibility of Victor Frankenstein being the monster he fears, is entirely plausible. This Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde comparison is not as farfetched as one would initially think; there is enough evidence, contradiction of events, gaps, and inconsistencies in Victor Frankenstein’s narrative for an astute reader to connect the dots to reach such a conclusion. Victor Frankenstein, who is relating his tale to Captain Walton after being rescued in the Arctic, is sure that the creature he created actually existed. However, it is plausible to conclude that Victor never actually brought life to his creature, but had gone mad whilst attempting it. How did Victor become the monster he feared? Perhaps the exposure to hallucinatory chemicals he used while attempting to bring life to his creation, or because of overbearing stress, or his failure to succeed in his experiments. These elements, likely combined with Victor’s own awkward social failings, led Victor to experience a mental breakdown, go mad, or develop a split personality. In this scenario, the real monster was simply a portion of his broken mind, and in his madness all of the evil he does...
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...We began our project by deciding which tales we wanted to focus on. As a group we narrowed it down to Hansel and Gretel, Cinderella and Snow White. We really wanted Hansel and Gretel as we believed we had more ideas and could have a lot of fun with that tale. In the end, after turning in our three choices, you, Professor Cordova, informed us there was no overlap with choices and we were able to do Hansel and Gretel. While discussing in class what we were going to do was easy, talking outside of class was more difficult. Everyone in our group has a very busy and complicated schedule. I commute an hour and a half to campus, Lacie works as a 24-hour caregiver, Melanie has a little girl at home and Donielle and Caitlyn have very busy work and school...
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...Resistance. The setting takes place at a house, known in the movie as a mill, surrounded by the forest. The movie shows two worlds; the real world and the fairy tale world of a little girl, Ofelia. The music in this movie is mesmerizing, as it comes around mainly when Ofelia is present and has to do a task assigned to her that the book reveals that is given to her by the faun, known as Pan. Ofelia is the developing character, because the movie surrounds her in the world of fantasy. Ofelia is traveling with her mother, to go live with her stepfather, when the car has to stop. Ofelia gets out of the car and wanders off, when she come across a stone and picks it up. The stone is a piece of the stone statue, and then Ofelia places it in the statue and a bug appears. The bug later appears in the mother’s room, and reveals that she is a fairy, and there is a close-up of the bug crawling out of the statue. This scene revealed the importance of the fairy as well as the part she plays in the movie. The Captain is a stock character, because he is portrayed as being mean, even to Ofelia. The only reason Ofelia is there at the mill is to be with her mother, who is pregnant with Ofelia’s brother. In one scene, you can see the Captain’s hand on Carmen’s belly, which is an indirective/subjective point of view. In another scene, there is the Captain with his men questioning an old man and his son about what they are doing out in the woods, which is a good example of arrangement of people and objects...
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...Unit 2 Assignment: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves George Dekle Kaplan University HU300-10 Professor Laura King January 21, 2014 This is a tale of the archetypical(1) Heroine(2) which has been passed down through the Collective Consciousness(3). Born as a lowly slave her journey is one to surpass her meager beginnings. She is faced with a world in which she finds her worldly superiors mentally inferior to herself. By taking the initiative and doing things without first informing her master she is able to outwit everyone. In doing so she kills forty murderers. Eventually, her status is raised to that of a citizen and she is celebrated beyond normal humans (Janaro & Altshuler, 2012). Cassim and Ali Baba are two brothers. Cassim married a woman and received a large dowery and lived in wealth. Ali Baba was a poor woodcutter as he had to provide for his wife himself. Ali found a cave that thieves were storing gold in. Curiosity(4) got the best of him and he went inside. He was careful to only steal a small bag so that it would go unnoticed. Cassim found out and took a donkey trying to steal as much as possible. Because he was greedy(5) he was caught and murdered by the thieves. The body chopped up and hung as a warning. Ali being of a good nature made sure his brother got a decent burial(6). Morgiana was a slave girl who had belonged to Cassim. Ali knew her to be smart and asked for her help in keeping the details of...
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...During a conversation both Queequeg and Ishmael share with Elijah, a stranger they met before boarding the Pequod, Melville uses Elijah to draw a parallel between Captain Ahab and King Ahab through his warning to both sailors, "...the ineffable heaven bless ye: I'm sorry I stopped ye." Elijah tells both of them about Captain Ahab's frightening whaling past and the dangers that would ensue the voyage as a result of his quest for the white whale. This alludes to the prophecy made by the Prophet Elijah to King Ahab in the Old Testament, who warned him of what his greed and ambition for Naboth's Vineyard would induce. In both literary pieces, the prophecies came true; Captain Ahab and King Ahab are ruined as a result of the risks they are willing to take in order to seek...
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...Captain Morgan The question is not if Captain Morgan will be remembered, but how he will be remembered. I never got to meet the man, just hear the legend of him from my great grandfather who was just a child when Captain Morgan passed away. He heard all of the tales Captain Morgan embarked on from his grandfather, who was one of his closest friends. There are few unaware of Captain Morgan’s escapades on the island of Jamaica, but there are none that know his life quite like I, Andrew Modyford, do. Unfortunately, most just remember the man that was described as a blood thirty, ruthless pirate in the biography by Alexandre Exquemelin. Morgan was many things, but he was not blood thirsty. As a devout Anglican, murdering and raping was not something he felt was appropriate. There were of course rumors of such behavior, but such fabrication is expected to increase the novelty of his already famous persona. Morgan was in fact a kind hearted, spiritual man that few took the time to know. All who came across him wished only to hear of his stories and admire his success, not discover who the man was. Morgan is most remembered for his victory in Panama in which he led over 2000 pirates on 36 ships across the treacherous oceans to Panama. Conquering the waters was nothing new for Morgan, but the 16 miles of jungle he marched through to defeat the 2000 waiting Spaniards was something of a new experience, a challenge he revered. This momentous event overshadows some of the...
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...Example of a Fish Tale: Old Stormalong – A Massachusetts Tall Tale retold by S.E. Schlosser “Now everyone knows that Alfred Bulltop Stormalong was the ultimate sailor. He was the captain of a mighty ship known as the Courser, which was so wide that she couldn't sail into Boston Harbor and so tall that the mast was hinged into the middle so it could be taken down to avoid the sun and the moon whenever they passed by. Her keel was so deep that no harbor in the world could take her, so she spent all her time in deep water. The Courser only went through the English Channel once. It was a tight squeeze, so Old Stormalong had the sailors coat the entire outside of the ship with soap. Even then, Old Stormalong barely slid the boat through, and so much soap scraped off one side of the boat at Dover that the cliffs there became permanently white. After that, the English very politely asked Old Stormalong to go around the long way, and that is what he did. The deck of the Courser was so long that the sailors had to ride horses at a full gallop from stem to stern when it was their turn to keep watch. Old Stormalong was the only man strong enough to handle the wheel of the Courser, and it took all of his muscle to prevent the ship from knocking down the smaller Caribbean islands whenever a hurricane blew into the ship.” A strong imagination is needed to create and write a tall tale. However, most tall tales have a basic structure, such as: 1) a character who is ‘larger-than-life’; 2)...
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...who hide in the mountains and are aided by village sympathizers. Ofelia ́s stepfather, Vidal, is a cruel captain in Franco’s Civil Guard based at a rural military post. As figure of Fascism, Vidal is in charge of fighting the guerrillas who resist his regime. Ofelia is an orphan whose father died in obscure circumstances during the Spanish Civil War. Carmen, her mother, remarried Vidal who controls her and limits her to being a housewife. She is constantly sick and weak to the point where she cannot leave the bedroom during the last weeks of her pregnancy with Vidal’s child. From the beginning of the story, it is clear that Ofelia does not have a good relationship with her stepfather. Vidal is incapable of noble feelings, and completely uninterested in any type of familial relationship with Ofelia. The main theme of the story centers on Ofelia’s internal struggle—mirroring the political route that she takes in the story. Ofelia loves to read fairy tales, although her mother disapproves of her reading and encourages her to stop. In the film, Carmen does not seem to be very interested in Ofelia’s interests or her emotional well being, but rather constantly thinking of ways to please Vidal. For instance, she pressures Ofelia to call the vicious captain “father.” Later in the film, it is revealed that Vidal was the reason Ofelia’s mother discouraged her from reading fairy tales. The child does not feel safe. Nothing was ever the same after losing her father and Ofelia is lonelier...
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...Princess Belle-Etoile “Princess Belle-Etoile” is a French literary fairy tale written by Madame d'Aulnoy.[1] Her source for the tale was Ancilotto, King of Provino, by Giovanni Francesco Straparola.[2] and stars on their foreheads, and jewels would fall from their hair. A favorite repeated their words to the king, who summoned the sisters, and soon the marriages were conIt is classified as Aarne-Thompson type 707: the dancing cluded. A splendid wedding feast appeared out of water, the singing apple, and the speaking bird. nowhere, served on golden dishes, and the women realized it was from the old woman. Roussette hid the dishes when they left, but they were turned to earthenware when she arrived. 1 Synopsis The king’s mother was furious to hear that her sons had married such lowly women. Roussette was jealous of her sisters. Brunette gave birth to a son, and died. Blondine gave birth to two sons and a daughter, and the queen and Roussette put three puppies in their place. They took the children, including Brunette’s, and gave them to a maid, who scrupled to kill them, but put them in a boat, with necklaces that might pay for their support if someone found them. The queen was sent back to her mother. The fairies guarded the boat until it fell in with a pirate ship. The captain brought them to his childless wife. When they found that jewels fell from the children’s hair, the captain gave up his piracy, because he would be rich without it. They named...
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...engaging, self-exclaimed pirate expert, gives a vivid history of what it was like to live during the height of Atlantic piracy. Cordingly tells us who became pirates, what they wore, and how they were armed among many other detailed accounts of every day life both on land and at sea. Pirates, says the author, were attracted by the lure of plunder and the desire for an easy life.” The author explains that these men and women were not the fantasized heroes of today’s popular culture, but ruthless thieves, murderers, and lawbreakers. Famous pirates from widely known as well as unfamiliar stories are depicted. The legends and histories of Sir Francis Drake, Harry Morgan, Edward Teach or Blackbeard and Captain Kidd are included to pay dues to these most popularly known buccaneers’ adventurous tales. I observed throughout his book that although some of the stories are quite fantastic, David Cordingly stressed that the life of pirates and buccaneers during the 16th and 17th centuries was not as dazzling and romanticized as popular culture would...
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