The motive of the journey and the return—Cuevas’s return to Guatemala‚ her return to a traumatic past—are central to her memory narrative. The director’s narrative “I” assumes a situated point of view as a woman‚ a ladina‚ an exile‚ and the direct relative of a disappeared person. By placing herself in Guatemala‚ by returning‚ so to speak‚ to the scene of the crime‚ she counters the hegemonic discourse of the nation and of history‚ a discourse whose impersonal and universalizing vantage point reflects
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Poetry is literature which expresses feelings‚ ideas and emotions ultimately to tell a story‚ but the intensity‚ reality and drive of the story is portrayed through the used of distinctive style‚ genre‚ rhythm and beat. Robert Creeley and Emily Dickinson both use poetic language and form in order to convey and allow the reader to unpack the poem and create meaning. Robert Creeley’s Broken Back Blues‚ explores the genre of Blues which allows the piece to carry a pensive tone which evokes a Jazz
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Essay I died for beauty but was scarce The poem "I died for Beauty- but was scarce" is a short poem‚ but has a powerful underlying tone that gives the reader chills. In the poem‚ the narrator states she died for Beauty. In stating this‚ she implies that perhaps that’s also what she loved for. In the adjoining room to hers‚ another person is laid to rest. The person buried in the tomb next to hers says he died for Truth. He wonders why he failed‚ as if by living for Truth he could master eternal
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I had heard talk of a mother’s love for her child before the day I had my own. I’d heard stories of a mother that gives her life to save her child’s. I’d seen that kind love expressed by my own mother everyday. I guess‚ I never thought it to be much different then the love a person feels for any other immediate family member. Boy‚ was I wrong. It’s not that I don’t love my other family unconditionally and entirely‚ but a mother’s love is undoubtably incomparable to any other. October‚ 20‚
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I Robot The opening scene of I‚ Robot shows main character Det. Spooner‚ played by Will Smith as a less than happy fellow. As the alarm wakes him up in the morning‚ Spooners looks at himself in the mirror without any expression of joy. The audience is able to tell that Spooner has a complex personality and carries some baggage. In the background you hear "superstitious" playing as a mean to present Spooner as a superstitious man. I think that this movie causes the audience to question if there is
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When can I see my God? It is the common nature of every human being to believe in something‚ when he feel it through any of his five senses (Seen by own eyes‚ heard by own ears‚ felt by touch‚ smelled by self‚ or tasted by self). Even many of the Christian believers have had a question in his mind during the time of tribulations in life that; is the God a fact or a fantasy? Here I would like to share you the one and only truth‚ that “our God reigns” is a fact. A real desire will definitely
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extremely hard to implement in essays but are often useful in poems are paradoxes. For example‚ Emily Dickinson’s poem “Much Madness Is Divinest Sense — (620)” welcomes her readers with a paradox “Madness is Divinest Sense‚” in which she claims that not all madness‚ but a lot of it‚ is “Divinest‚” or most rational. Dickinson argues that “Madness” as defined by the status quo is‚ most of the time‚ sane. Dickinson “To a discerning Eye.” She clarifies that people with good judgment see that much of “Madness”
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The speaker’s attitude towards the woman’s death can be divided into two sections in “The Last Night that She Lived” by Emily Dickinson. In the beginning (lines 1-20)‚ the reader sees the speaker feeling pain and being aware of the woman’s death. In lines 21- 28 the speaker shows feelings of guilt but also respect. The use of metaphors‚ similes‚ caesuras‚ oxymoron‚ repetition‚ and syntax all lead to the overall tone for this poem: despair. A prominent topic throughout the poem is the inevitability
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The movie “I‚ Robot‚” set in the year 2035‚ effectively causes its audience to reconsider its answers to the questions: could precautions humans take to protect themselves from advanced technology be distorted and backfire; and also what defines humanity. The movie provides a plausible view of the future with robots‚ a reasonable portrayal of the potential flaws of having robots in the future‚ along with the possibility of robots having human personalities. The movie presents a robot‚ Sonny‚ with
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feel‚ it helps us get through rough times‚ and pushes us move forward. Hope can be explained in hundreds different ways‚ some may say it’s a good thing to have in your soul‚ but others might say it’s not good‚ it could lead you to something bad. Emily Dickinson the author of both poems “Hope is a thing with feathers” mentions hope being a good thing to have in your soul‚ but “Hope is a subtle glutton” talks about hope being a glutton‚ meaning greedy eater. Dickinson’s poems somehow connects with Cormac
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