Not everyone can live a perfect life. In the story of Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville‚ everything is complex. He gets hired to be a Scrivener and is found to be the most hardworking person no matter the time of day. However‚ his complexity is baffling because one day‚ he refuses to examine and write a simple document. In some terms‚ Bartleby might deal with depression; one moment‚ he is completely okay and then all of a sudden‚ he finds himself in a state of mind where he is unmotivated
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What are the challenges that face a psychotherapist working with self harm or eating disorders. “She cuts herself. Never too deep‚ never enough to die. But enough to feel the pain. Enough to feel the scream inside. The lines I wear around my wrist are there to prove that I exist. A broken mirror‚ a bleeding fist‚ a silver blade against a wrist‚ tears falling down to lips unkissed‚ she’s not the kind you’ll come to miss.” (http://xxdailydreamxx.tripod.com/id16.html) I took this poem from an
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Brutus & Julius Caesar The tragic hero archetype has been played with for as long as literature has been created‚ but no one had quite a spin on it like William Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s tragic heroes were specifically designed to elicit pity and fear from the audience and to really feel their downfall. In Julius Caesar‚ the protagonist Brutus is a well-made example. But the character of which the play is named after is often not considered as one. Although the character of Julius Caesar does not
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In the Life Of Pi‚ the author uses symbolic archetypes such as the “the journey” or “the loyal companion” to divulge that we as humans have evolved as a group to frequently rely on each other for the basic resources that are key to survival‚ therefore‚ needing companionship/communication because the reality of isolation would tear us apart. By way of explanation‚ humans are reliant on each other‚ and communicating to one another fulfills ourselves and makes us a stronger and healthier individual
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The extract presented to me today is from the novel Fifth Business by Robertson Davies‚ published in the year 1970. It is a fiction in which the story is told in the first person’s point of view. To be brief‚ the story is written by Dunstan Ramezay as a letter on his retirement from teaching at Colborne College‚ addressed to the school Headmaster. This extract features Padre Blazon discussing miracles in which he uses repetition to emphasize it’s strong meaning and effect‚ his childhood in which
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HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON’S THE LITTLE MERMAID AND THE REPRESSED ELEMENTAL ANIMA RUNNING HEAD: LITTLE MERMAID‚ ELEMENTAL ANIMA David Johnston HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON’S THE LITTLE MERMAID AND THE REPRESSED ELEMENTAL ANIMA INTRODUCTION According to the wisdom of Marie Louise von Franz (1973)‚ a Jungian depth-psychological study of fairy tales begins with the initial exposition of all the characters. One examines the quality
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Golden Age was the first era of comic books‚ a time where they became so widespread and popular that more than 60 million copies were sold each month by 1946. Many of the most notable superheroes were created during these years‚ and the superhero archetype was constructed and defined. Characters such as Batman‚ Captain America‚ Flash Gordon‚ and Wonder Woman gained prominence in the Golden Age. Despite popular belief‚ Wonder Woman was not the first female superhero. A few came before her‚ many after
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In the story “The Birthmark” and “Bartleby the Scrivener” both stories had to do with what the character think is beneficial to them. In “The Birthmark” the character Aylmer‚ think his wife scar on her cheek makes her look less perfect. Whereas‚ in “The Scrivener” the character Bartleby does what he desire while at work. In “The Birthmark” Aylmer was persistent to his wife getting rid of her birthmark‚ knowing he’s a doctor she is going to allow him to remove it not knowing the outcome‚ but aware
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“Illiteracy at Oxford and Harvard: Reflections on the Inability to Write” he discusses the ideas of both conformity and nonconformity through a personal life story. In Herman Melville’s “Bartleby the Scrivener” the effects of relentless nonconformity are shown through a fictional story about a scrivener named Bartleby. Although either choosing to conform or not may seem like a either-or choice‚ I believe a mixture of both of is necessary for success because it gives us the ability to stand out in a
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in England‚ a valiant and brave warrior was one of the most valuable assets a king could have. Due to this‚ much of the writing from this period were epics and tales with a heroic warrior as the main character. One of the most famous examples or archetypes of this type of writing is the epic poem Beowulf. In this story‚ the main character‚ Beowulf‚ is a marvelous warrior and possesses many of the various Anglo Saxon traits. There are three categories of characteristics in Beowulf that are particularly
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