...Entrapment. Scene starts with a young feline looking girl with a vintage rose complexion and strawberry blonde hair called Katie. She is sat towards the end of her bed, legs crossed, her hands tucked into her sleeves. She is leant over looking very defensive and indecisive. She looks straight at the camera expressing no emotion or enthusiasm then her eyes dart away quickly staring blankly at her sleeves ensuring no skin is shown. Sighing quietly, she takes a deep breath and begins to speak. Um, okay, everything was once so perfect. I mean, I had family, friends, especially my best friend, I enjoyed school and partying on weekends, getting high and crashing in a field. Hm yeah it was good. Although things aren’t so good once I entered my room. I hate my room, four white walls, so fuckin’ boring. I’m trapped within this room, I need that key. I wake up every morning underneath these salmon covers, sore neck from my one pillow. I always wake up before Emily too, lay listening to the muttering under her breath whilst she sleeps. Watching the room break out from itself, cracking through its own walls. Katie stares blankly at the four walls of her room scanning every inch effortlessly as if she has done it a thousand times before. Her eyes come to a sudden stand still as she looks at the collage of pictures she has arranged evenly next to each other on one of the walls. She nervously begins to speak again. It’s always dark in my room, I dunno, I like the darkness I suppose but...
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...Bad Meets Evil In the gothic literature short stories “Prey”, “The Devil and Tom Walker”, “The Black Cat”, and “A Rose for Emily” composed by Richard Matheson, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, and William Faulkner exercise their knowledge of gothic themes of entrapment and ambiguity to create a persuasive sense of exasperation and apprehension for the reader. Authors such as Richard Matheson, Washington Irving, and William Faulkner predominantly use the gothic theme entrapment in their writing. In fact, in “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner the central character Emily “no longer went out at all” (Faulkner 1066). This caused her to become extremely lonely in the later years of her life. This is due to the loss of her husband Colonel Sartoris. Faulkner states “A deputation waited upon her, knocked at the door through which no visitor had passed since she ceased giving china-painting lessons eight or ten years earlier.” (Faulkner 1068) in light of demonstrating the entrapment she created for herself as a means of dealing with her husband's death by...
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...“ENTRAPMENT IS A REFINED SCIENCE” In the context of market economy, employees hold numerous schemes to attract the top talents for themselves. They spend a raft of efforts and time to bring these schemes to the world; it is not in the twinkling of an eye. Consequently, Gorge Monbiot called, “a refined science”. Only few people who come equipped with a strong mind are able to recognize this highest science. Initially, recruiters chiefly make an investment in organizing the well-prepared workshops, in sponsoring your own events. Gradually, they tender you the full scholarships, the paid internships, or even the firm promise of your future in their company. The thought of the king crossed your mind. Since that moment, you have been plunged into their entrapment. The golden hellos were exposed and the brightest futures were drawn up under the pens of recruiters. Coherent strategies were formulated in order to give you delusional thoughts that you are worthwhile in recruiters’ mind. It has been called “entrapment”, which means they endeavor their best to enforce strictly you to become their employers, but all their procedures were hidden from you. It is when you glide the pen over the contract that your whole life will be turned into another page with myriad unpredictable things. If you only had a consideration for their stupendous salaries that they extended you, it would not be called “refined”. Innumerable mellifluent words were pummeled into the minds of undergraduates...
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...Write a mini-essay where you consider the Leon’s observation that Hamlet’s feelings of entrapment render him incapable to act with wisdom and foresight. Leon’s observation regarding Hamlet’s in ability to act with wisdom and foresight is valid. On one hand, Hamlet is a contemplative character who acts based on a strict moral code which is often excessive and uncalled for. On the other hand, Hamlet is an indecisive person by nature and tends to contemplate his every action to the point where it seems unreasonable to the readers of Hamlet. As a result, when tasked to avenge his father’s death, Hamlet struggles to cope. Hamlet is therefore caught between his own conscience and the honour of his father’s avengement. Hamlet’s inability to act with wisdom and foresight stems from his failure to choose which path to follow: the path his conscience takes him on or the path of honourable avengement. Being a Protestant, educated at the University of Wittenberg, Hamlet is guided by the laws of God and hence, refuses to act unless he can be sure that his actions align themselves with the moral values which exist in his conscience. This is epitomised by Hamlet’s refusal to kill King Claudius while in prayer citing his desire to end Claudius’ life at a time when his “…soul may be damned and black… As hell whereto it goes” (3.3.94-95) as his reason. Killing Claudius while in prayer does not assimilate within Hamlet’s Protestant values because the King Hamlet was not given the option...
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...Henrik Ibsen highlights a sense of entrapment in the play Hedda Gabler by employing several dramatic techniques that often reassert the implications of dialogue, thus enhancing the understanding of each character’s state of mind among the audience. Ibsen primarily uses the character of Hedda, a bourgeois woman trapped in a loveless marriage to convey this feeling of confinement by presenting her as a woman who seems deeply frustrated with the narrow and restricted expectations of the 19th-century society. Through her mindset that is always conflicted between her duty to behave with the utmost propriety and her desire to break free from these expectations, Ibsen exposes the idea of psychological entrapment which is supported by the dialogue,...
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...Where is the line drawn between police entrapment and police encouragement, otherwise termed “no fault” and “at fault” under the law. When officers decide to play the role of a victim or citizen or use another person for that role, how far should they be able to go before they are to blame? When a police officer sends in a young female of 20 years old to buy alcohol from a 16-year-old cashier, should that constitute entrapment? The police are taking a step to create a fake situation in which, had the police not tried, the cashier, should he sell to the 20 year old police informant, would not have committed a crime otherwise. The whole idea of stings are to catch individuals who may be currently breaking the law or may be prone to break the...
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...by Deceit Sting Operations VS Entrapment “What Works” Law Enforcement by Deceit In my responses to law enforcement by deceit, I have researched and analyzed which of the two methods work best out of “Sting Operations” and “Entrapment”. After it was all said and done, I found that sting operations came out with better results than performing entrapments in order to catch criminals. Although it wasn’t the easiest conclusion to come to, it was evident that the best method of the two in law enforcements by deceit was by far the sting operations since sting operations actually had more of a deterrence than entrapment. However, before I could come to this conclusion, I had to first gain a good understanding as to what the actual meaning of each term meant and why the use of either was even necessary in some law enforcements eyes. Sting operations are opportunities or enticements to commit a crime, either created or exploited by police. Law enforcement agents find it necessary to engage in sting operations simply because some situations where a criminal is not able to be captured under normal circumstance or efforts, they are able to incorporate this deceitful method with the help of the public to capture these hard to catch...
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...ENGL347: Women Writers: Assessed Essay “Becoming a mother will be the one thing that frees you as a woman. But it will also be the one thing that traps you...” – Anon. Discuss the way in which women writers use the concept of motherhood as a gender-divide to explore the themes of entrapment and escape in literature. Since the 19th century, the broader sense of literature as a ‘totality of written or printed works’, and the foundational means of communicating information or ideas, has given way to a range of more exclusive and specific definitions. The rapid growth of adult literacy, combined with economic, social and political developments have vastly increased the sheer spectrum and quantity of subject matter and forms which fall under this umbrella term, forcing the need for greater categorisation in order to make ‘literature’ more accessible to the general reader. The resulting categories which attempt to standardise this process may take many forms, including observation of the structure or literary genre of the text (for example, categorising the text as a novel, poem, report or article) or perhaps the particular literary period or movement, which will link all associated texts with underlying principles or stylistic traits, such as the Romantic era or Post-Colonial literature. However, due to a long-standing patriarchal tradition dominating the history of literature- a literary practice challenged and corrected by the rise of the Feminist movement, particularly following...
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...Explore the ways in which Edith Wharton Presents themes of imprisonment and entrapment in Ethan Frome and consider the ways in which The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald illuminates this. In the novel Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton explores the themes of imprisonment and entrapment. The characters portrayed in her novel are trapped and imprisoned by many elements including their environment, loveless marriage, predestination, mind-set, religion and many more. These themes are also explored in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Firstly, one of the key factors that Edith Wharton presents imprisonment and entrapment is the setting and environment of Ethan Frome. The bleak and isolated town of Starkfeild is immediately imagined by the reader due to Wharton’s description of the landscape through the narrators eyes and how it seemed to be “emerging from its six month siege like a starved garrison” This brutal simile of the town suggests to the reader that the Starkfield is under attack from the elements and subsequently they begin to imagine how this type of environment may affect the characters life’s and particularly their freedom. Indeed, Wharton portrays the main character, Ethan Frome, as a reflection of Starkfield and “an incarnation of the frozen woe”. This metaphor, in part, epitomises Ethan’s personality of a slow, illiterate man whose motivation has halted or froze. This instigates sympathy from the reader that will be ever present throughout the novel. Similarly, F...
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...5.3 OPTIMIZATION OF DRUG LOADED NLCs Preparation of Diclofenac NLCs involves various process variables out of which following were selected for the optimization of the formulation: 1. Effect of varying polymer concentration (Stearic acid). 2. Effect of varying drug concentration (Diclofenac). 3. Effect of varying stirring speed. 5.3.1 Effect of varying polymer concentration NLCs were prepared by method reported in section 5.2.1 by using varying stearic acid : Oleic acid concentration viz. 1:1, 2:1, 3:1 and 4:1 mg while other variables were kept constant. The effect of varying stearic acid concentration on the particle size and drug entrapment efficiency are reported in Table 5.1 and shown in Fig. 5.1...
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...personal troubles can often be caused or influenced by broader issues within society, rather than as a result of the individual. Fundamental to this theory is the difference between personal troubles and public issues in society, as often a distinction is not made between the two. If this contrast cannot be recognised then a sense of entrapment can be felt by the individual. An example of this is the institution of marriage and divorce. If the connection to the societal issues can be seen and perspective on personal troubles changed, this sense of entrapment or guilt can be relieved. Mills stated that the key to the sociological imagination was being able to see the relationship between the personal life of the individual and the wider public issues of society. An individual’s private troubles may occur due to their character, skills and immediate opportunities. Public issues are the result of broad societal flaws, affecting the individual but not caused by them directly (Mills 1959: 8). The distinction between the two is not always seen clearly, and often those that are unable to distinguish this difference are plagued by a feeling of entrapment and feel they are to blame for their situation and are thus falsely conscious of their social position (Mills 1959: 6). The sociological imagination can relieve this feeling as it allows the individual to understand that personal problems can occur due to causes beyond their control, and thus change their perspective on the issue rather...
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...different phases such as Eros, Philia and Agape. Being trapped in Groundhog Day has significant effects on Phil’s practices of these three kinds of love Eros, Philia and Agape. One significant effect on Phil being trapped in Groundhog Day is his practice of Eros. According to the article, “Conceptions of Love”, Eros love can be divided into two definitions. One part of Eros is the “physical” attraction and the sensual desire towards someone. The other part of Eros states that with contemplation it can become a more romantic emotion and even appreciation of beauty itself. In terms of Eros being about physical attraction and desire, being trapped makes Phil’s practice of Eros exploitative. As seen in the movie, Groundhog Day, Phil abuses his entrapment to control the women he desires. He exploits people ruthlessly with no regard of their feelings. Phil seeks only the physical, sexual attraction and his only goal is to satisfy his pleasure. For example, when he picks up this woman in the dinner, named Nancy, he says he loves her and sweet talks her into having sex because he knows the next day he wakes up, nobody will remember a thing. The other notable effect of being trapped in Groundhog Day on Phil’s practice of Eros can be seen in regard to the other aspect of this love. As noted above, on the second part of Eros, Phil seeks a more romantic bonding. Phil gets bored of having all the girls he wants and starts seeking a more intimate bonding. He lays eyes on Rita...
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...Angela Carter – ‘The Bloody Chamber’ – ‘The Erl-King’. Sources ‘The Erl-King’ is an adaptation of a European tale which draws heavily on folkloric traditions of the Green Man. The Erl-King is the personification of nature, as traditions embark this in the Green Man, ‘when he combs his hair that is the colour of dead leaves’, emphasising as though he is a tree. Therefore this can be linked to Emily Bronte’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ as it too is associated with nature, in the sense of the wild and desolate moors, representing the wilderness and the isolation of nature. The folkloric traditions of the Green Man perceive him as peaceful as he does no harm, embodying him as the protector of nature, a Celtic symbol of creative fertility of nature. ‘He comes alive from the desires of the woods’ further relate the Erl-king and the Green Man as they’re both considered as a symbol of the woods. The perception of ‘The Erl-King’ as peaceful is represented in his lack of disruption to the forest, as the only wood he would chop was ‘the dead branches’. Angela Carter however emphasis the negatives of what the Green Man represents in ‘The Erl-King’ as being a reincarnation of the devil. This is shown through his desire to entrap young girls through the enchantment of the forest, which he abuses in his favour as the protector of nature. Erl-king is perceived as a serial rapist as the birds in cages represent the young girls he raped before and once they grew to love him he would then turn them into...
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...opportunity to be heard, and the right to defend in an orderly proceeding." Fiehe v. R.E. Householder Co., 125 So. 2, 7 (Fla. 1929). The constitution states only one command twice. The Fifth Amendment says to the federal government that no shall be “deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law”. The Fourteenth Amendment uses the same eleven words called Due Process Clause and it is used to describe the legal obligation of all states. Basically they are giving an promise of assurance that all levels of the government must operate within the law and provide fair procedures. Describe three of the legal defense. The three defenses that I would like to describe would be the insanity defense, self-defense, and the entrapment defense. The insanity defense is the defendant claims that because of mental health problems they were not responsible for their actions. The insanity defense is based on evaluations from professionals that state that the defendant was incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong in the legal sense. The theory behind the defense is people who are insane cannot have the intent required to performs a criminal act because they either do not know the act is wrong or they cannot control their actions even when they understand the act is wrong. The second...
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...are at our most vulnerable. Edgar Allen Poe was a master at painting vivid storylines of people going insane with the prospect of their own doom. Hollywood has combined classic fear-inducing plots with gruesome special effects to bring that same mentality to audiences. In the short story by Poe, “The Cask of Amontillado”, the main antagonist effortlessly manipulates and traps his victim. In much of the same way, the gory “Saw” franchise focuses on a madman who sees himself as a vigilante and takes justice into his own hands by torturing his victims on both a mental and psychological level. “The Cask of Amontillado” and the “Saw” movies share the combined use of entrapment, manipulation, and psychological and physical infliction of pain while being at polar extremes in the methods used upon their victims. Entrapment plays an important role in both horror sagas. In the story of the Amontillado, Fortunado is taken deep into the vault. As the two walked deeper down, Fortunado was repeatedly asked if he wanted to turn back “We will go back; you will be ill and I cannot be responsible. Besides there is Luchesi” (Poe), but his pride and vanity drove him on farther into the catacombs in search of the Amontillado. Fortunato was led into a niche where instead of the Amontillado stood two iron stalls with a short chain attached. Quickly the links were thrown around Fortunado’s waist and locking him in. Then the killer uncovered a quantity of building stone and mortar and proceeded to...
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