...Kubrick’s “Jupiter Room” in 2001: A Space Odyssey, reflects films ability to reconstruct the narrative form of time. The audience follows as David Bowman surrealistically jumps from one moment of his life to the next, and eventually to his death. Kubrick does not rely on conventional methods of film technique to construct this scene. He instead manipulates sound, montage, and a paradoxical version of the shot/reverse shot to convey the progression through Bowman’s timeline. The audience enters this scene and experiences an awakening: Bowman has witnessed the birth and death of the universe by going through a black hole. A close-up of Bowman’s eye, blinking, as if woken up from a nightmare is the opening shot. The color of his eyes have changed to normal blue, and he gapes, with a mixture of confusion and terror, at the sterile, white room. The camera then turns to a point-of-view shot of Bowman looking through the pod’s window. The interior of the pod is a series of rectangular lights leading to a perspective vanishing point that mimics the arrangement of the black hole. Next is a close-up of Bowman’s face, almost seizure-like, with the reflection of...
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...CAPITAL PUNISHMENT The concept of capital punishment/death penalty forces Christians and non-Christians alike to question their morality. The idea that humans have the right to take life from those whom society have deemed undeserving of one is of constant debate. Many Christians find it easy to accept this practice for the worst of criminals. So one is left to question rather this practice of “an eye for an eye” as described in the Holy Scripture is appropriate or if it is just outright murder (sin). My perspective lies somewhere in the middle. On one hand I do not believe any human being has the right to take another’s life, yet on the other hand, there are some crimes so heinous that there seems to be only one appropriate punishment. In this paper I will examine the Christian perspective, practical applications and moral implications. DEATH PENALTY AND MORALITY Some people believe that if there were no death penalty than our country would fall into anarchy. The death penalty, in their mind seems to be moral in the sense that it treats the defendant as a “free moral actor” in control of his/her own destiny. Dr. Ernest Van Den Hagg of Fordham University is an outspoken advocate of the death penalty. He stated that "Common sense, lately bolstered by statistics, tells us that the death penalty will deter murder... People fear nothing more than death. Therefore, nothing will deter a criminal more than the fear of death... life in prison is less feared. Murderers clearly...
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...Death appears to be a major turning point In the Novel Their Eyes were Watching God death turns out to have a significant impact on a specific character; the protagonist rather, and from there on the character could experience significant changes in life. This is absolutely true because the protagonist leaves her first husband for a second husband Joe Starks and believes that he is the answer to the pear tree hoping that it will be someone that the Protagonist can love. She has three husbands in the entire novel so it is shown that the protagonist is really looking for answers on who is right and not right to be spending life with and Hurston then shows some very important life lessons to the reader. Joe Starks has been hungry for power and control and would like to control everyone and everything around him. He married the protagonist Janie Crawford not because he loves her, only because he thinks of her as an object to do anything that he wants and she, however cannot experience the feelings that a human being has a right to. Cruelty is not a result of any specific animosity toward the Protagonist; rather, a reflection of the values that is held and the way that she understands her relationship to the world.Throughout a series of failed relationships, the Protagonist finds herself constantly...
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...Jensen 5 Ritchie Jensen Mrs. D. Romberg Literary Studies 23 April 2008 Major Essay #4 Revenge causes the characters in Hamlet to act blindly through anger and emotion, rather than through reason. It is based on the Old Testament principle of an eye for an eye; this action is not always the best means to an end. Fortinbras, Laertes, and Hamlet were all looking to avenge the deaths of their fathers. They all acted on emotion driven by the want for revenge for their father's deaths, and this led to the downfall of two, and the rise to power of one. Since the heads of the three major families were each murdered, the eldest sons of these families felt that they needed to take some kind of action to avenge their father's deaths; this need to bring honor to their respective families was ultimately the demise of Laertes and Hamlet. To set the background we will start with Hamlet himself. Hamlet is the prince and heir to the Danish throne, under the King, his father, also Hamlet. His father has recently enjoyed a wildly successful military campaign against the King of Norway and actually killed King Fortinbras in a one on one battle to the death. By doing this, he is made a clear target of Prince Fortinbras, the son and soon-to-be-king of Norway. Also looking at his recent successes is his brother Claudius, who allegedly plots to kill the elder Hamlet in order to steal wife and Kingdom. Once the deed is done, Hamlet is visited by a ghost who explains the plot...
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... DuBois was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He contributed to African American literature with his literary works. Through his literature, he coined the term “double consciousness.” Double consciousness was first explored in DuBois’ book, The Souls of the Black Folks. “Double...
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...woman's husband's death on the railroad and how carefully they will need to deliver this news to her. Rising Action - • Mrs. Mallard wept for her husband right away while other wives refused to accept their husbands deaths. • After weeping she went on to her room alone and was looking out the window taking in the nature. The smell of the rain, the look of the small patches of blue sky, the trees, and the new spring of life coming together. • She was transfixed into a long gaze of looking at the blue sky into a deep in thought. • She was afraid of the realization that was coming over her as she tried to fight it. • Finally she was unable to fight this realization anymore and came to find that she was finally free. Climax - • As soon as Mrs. Ballard came to accept this realization and full embraced it in comes her husband alive walking through the front door. He happened to be far away from the awful tragedy that happened. • When Mrs. Ballard's sister laid eyes on Mr. Ballard she gave out a long piercing cry while unsuccessfully, Richards tries to shield Mrs. Ballard from seeing her husband. Resolution - • When the doctors arrived they had said Mrs. Ballard died of a heart disease, one of joy that kills. I have started my plot diagram off with the exposition because it starts out with the first two problems that will occur within the story. Which then goes into the rising action of the story of how Mrs. Ballard first mourns her husband's death but then soon...
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...REPENTANCE Religion vs. Repentance Many think the word repent means "to get your act together" or to "get religion" or "fly straight"; as if we could. Repentance requires taking in a whole new point of view; looking at it God's way. God simply asks us to turn. This is the way we accept His gift. When we do, certain outcomes are promised. If we don't, or we "turn back", alternate outcomes are promised. Look And Live Numbers 21:8-9 (NIV) The Lord said to Moses, "Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live." ...Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, he lived. Let's imagine ourselves in this situation. Poisonous snakes have bitten everyone, and while we are not dead yet, the prospects do not look good. Suddenly a voice yells out: "We must do something. We must save ourselves!" But how? Various ideas surface such as: "If you run around in frantic activity it will work out the poison!" A few people try this, and die trying. Others, by staring at their bites, go totally berserk into a frenzy of panic. Alternately, some try to convince themselves that they are not bitten, or that the snakes were not poisonous, and form little groups to delude each other while dying. And here's a person selling "snake oil" which purports to be an antitoxin, but makes people even worse. Enter Moses who says, "If you look at the bronze snake that has been lifted up on this pole, you will live. If you do not, no matter what...
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...Emily” by William Faulkner in 1900‘s, is about one woman’s life, from her being a teen to her death in her home. The town’s people did not like her, her family did not like her, but when she died, everybody showed up to Miss Emily’s Funeral. The only person to see Emily was her old manservant, a black man that was the cook and the gardener. The only time that the town would see him was when he went to the grocery store to shop. He would never talk to anybody while he was there. Miss Emily was not always alone. When she was younger, her father lived at the house with her. He was a man without his sanity. When ever a male would come to the house to see Emily, he would greet them at the door, and see them off before Emily could even say hello. The town used this excuse for Emily when her father died. The town had always respected Emily. She was “A slender figure in white,” as contrasted with her father, who was described as “a spraddled silhouette.” After the death of her father she became distant and aloof. Miss Emily seems to live in a sort of fantasy world where death has no real meaning. Miss Emily refuses to accept or even recognize, the death of her father or that of Colonel Sartor is . She does not want to acknowledge the fact that the world around her was changing therefore Miss Emily surrounds her self with death. Everyone in town thought she had gone crazy. Even through all her mysterious actions the town still respected her. She represented something in the past...
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...Hook The world is filled with monsters but not all of them attack in the physical sense, sometimes the eyes alone are the most powerful weapon of these supernatural creatures. Thesis Sentence Moving on to my interpretation of the true monster in “The Girl with the Hungry Eyes” by Fritz Leiber is the girl herself. Context The story is about a freelance photographer Dave, who is currently in a deep financial crisis until a young mysterious woman knocks on his door and changes his fate. This woman has no past experience with modeling and there is nothing specifically special about her either except for her eyes. But despite all this her photographs become a success in the advertising agency and everyone wants to get a hold of her. The trouble however is that she only works in very mysterious circumstances with only the photographer and has a rule that she does not like to followed. The photographer is making money off of her hand over fist, but the temptation to be with her outside of the studio becomes greater and greater, even it means that he has to put an end to his new source of income. Reasoning Behind Thesis I believe that the true monster in the story “The Girl with the Hungry Eyes” by Fritz Leiber is the girl because of some of the incidents I found in the story such as 1) How she would have everyone under a spell as soon as someone saw her photograph, 2) How she had very mysteriously powerful senses of knowing what was happening in her surroundings, 3) How a person...
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...the thematic idea situational events lead to death in the scene. The previous scenes speculates from the narrator using the senseless plotting of how he is going to murder the old man, just because the narrator continues through the short story saying “it was the eye, the evil eye”. The narrator uses a sense of psychosis and madness to show off how crazy the narrator is by using the negative diction he is able to show off how he wants to kill a harmful old man over his vulture eye. From the...
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...I urgently run under the red lights illuminating “Emergency.” The ambulance sirens are cut off with the swing of the door. Amid the chaos and uniforms scrambles the triage nurse. Blowing dishevelled wisps of hair out of her eyes, she emits a voice worn down from fatigue, “Nurse, they need you in OR-3.” “I’m heading there now,” I state as I weave my way through the congested hallway, thick with the tangible complaints of patients. The sharp scent of antiseptic penetrates my nose as I secure my mask. The cold water flows from the faucet as I scrub off the memories of yesterday. Looking into the bleached white room, I shudder at the reminiscence of the unfathomable crimson floor. I rinse off the soap along with the memories of death, watching...
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...Death of the American Dream Ronald Reagan once said “The American dream is not that every man must be level with every other man. The American dream is that every man must be free to become whatever God intends him to be.” F. Scott Fitzgerald claims that the American dream is withering and that the real dream is being lost in the 1920s during the time of the booming America. In the Great Gatsby Fitzgerald uses symbols as a way to show something to the reader. He uses the Green light, the Valley of Ashes, and the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg as symbols. Gatsby himself starts from the bottom and then hits the top through his writings. The American dream in Fitzgerald’s eyes is that anyone regardless of who they are can achieve their ultimate goal in America. Scott Fitzgerald uses the Valley of Ashes a symbol of the American dream. It symbolizes America's possessive personality with wealth and how everyone during the 1920s were so blinded by greed that they did not focus on the true goal which is the American dream. Gatsby throws parties every Saturday night at his place. In that it ultimately corrupted the American dream as desire for pleasure and money tainted the more worthy goals. The valley of ashes...
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...Loretta Polk Mrs. Lorna Ivey English Comp. I 3, March 2014 Maximus’ Death Gladiator is a movie about a beloved General of Rome named Maximus. He is informed by the aging emperor, Marcus Aurelius, that he would like Maximus to be his heir. However, the emperor’s son Commodus overhears this and becomes furious. Commodus wanted the position himself; he killed his father before he could inform the empire of his decision about Maximus. Commodus became the new emperor and orders Maximus’s and his family to be put to death. Maximus escapes to find his home destroyed and his wife and son burnt to death. Maximus’s loss causes him to lose the will to continue living and gets him captured and put into the Gladiator games. His only desire now is to rise to the top so that he might be able to look into the eyes of the man who killed his family and obtain his revenge (Terry). The emperor, Commodus, has become so sinister that he even threatens to kill Lucius, his sister Lucilla’s son; believing that him and his sister can have what he call a “pure blood child” together. Commodus hears that the people of Rome see Maximus as the savior of Rome. This makes Commodus furious and leads him to conjure up a plan to kill Maximus. Commodus decides to fight Maximus in the Roman Coliseum and kill him in front of all of Rome. He cheats and punctures Maximus’s lung with a hidden shank before the fight is started. Commodus wears white, Royal Armor, while Maximus wears gladiator armor with an encrusted...
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...The Friendly Unravel Authors have the ability, through writing, to create a story within a story using literary devices. In Edith Wharton’s “Roman Fever” subtle hints of symbolism reveal the corrupt passions of two friends. At first glance Mrs. Alida Slade and Mrs. Grace Ansley appear to be old friends, returning to a familiar place to enjoy past times. A deeper look exposes hidden truths about each woman. Wharton uses symbolism in “Roman Fever” to imply the existence of the dark secrets that come between Mrs. Ansley and Mrs. Slade. In life, friendship is known to have its twist and turns, loops and pulls. The art of knitting is used to display the intertwining lives of Mrs. Ansley and Mrs. Slade. “Mrs. Ansley…had reached a delicate part in her knitting. “One, two, three-slip two…” (Whaton 118). Knitting is a precious, delicate, yet tedious task; although it is very familiar to her she must still concentrate and work at it because the wrong “slip” could cause the entire work to be ruined (much like friendships). On the surface, Mrs. Ansley seems to be the weaker, meeker friend but slight clues denote that there is more to her. “Half guiltily she drew from her handsomely mounted black hand-bag a twist of crimson silk run through by two fine knitting needles” (114). Her actions are timid though symbolically she is strong. The color black is significant with death, darkness, and/or ill will. Crimson is equivalent to red which means passion, aggression, love, and/or lust....
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...his friend Banquo after he had murdered him. Macbeth was told three apparitions by witches about how he would die which weren’t meant to be true but happened in ways he didn’t fully expect. “Is this a dagger which I see before me/The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee/I have thee not, and yet I see thee still/Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible/ To feeling as to sight? Or art thou but/A dagger of the mind, a false creation/Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?/I see thee yet, in form as palpable/As this which now i draw/Thou marshall’st me the way that I was going/And such an instrument I was to use/Mine eyes are made the fools o’ th’ other senses/Or else worth all the rest. I see thee still/And on thy blade the dudgeon gouts of blood/Which was not so before. There’s no such thing/It is the bloody business which informs/Thus to mine eyes." (2.1.33-48). Macbeth is getting prepared to commit the crime of murdering King Duncan. He gets so nervous and overwhelmed by the situation that he has an illusion of a dagger. He can see it but he knows it’s not real because as he tries to grab it he can’t touch it. This was the first murder he was going to commit, therefor he became so nervous and overwhelmed that caused his mind to create an illusion. As the dagger turns and points to Duncan’s room, it’s actually just his mind showing him what he’s about to do. He sees blood on it because he knows that it’s going to be used for the...
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