Compare the ways in which Shakespeare and Plath explore the theme of mortality in Hamlet and Lady Lazarus. In both Lady Lazarus and Hamlet the semantic field of mortality and death can be clearly seen. Hamlet’s second soliloquy‚ ‘To be or not to be’ can be found in act three‚ when Polonius and Claudius are hiding behind a wall listening to how Hamlet responds to Ophelia. Although there is a huge time difference between when they were written it is surprisingly similar in its semantic field of
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Modifying the Story Summer Solstice through the Screenplay Entitled “Tatarin” A Partial Thesis Presented To Mrs. Evelyn S. Agato In Partial Fulfillment of the Subject RD 100 - Research Design Leader Divine Angeline Leaño Members Erinn Chua Jan Erik Miras Jamie Robertson San Juan Clarissa Tan Cherryl Tolentino October 2011 Department of Media Studies College of Arts and Sciences Trinity University of Asia Abstract The purpose of this thesis is to come up with a clear
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processed for ‘un-picking’. In regards to this thought in relation to structure it suspends the assumed connection between mind and meaning with the understanding that method provides us with object to join them (Norris‚ 2002). In early writing Barthes and others present structuralism as a code of language. In 20th century linguistics this form of understanding can no longer be the definitive outcome to interpret meaning due to the variety of language and culture fusing together. From this understanding
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A Recurring Theme in Sylvia Plath’s Poetry Sylvia Plath’s poetry speaks to readers of today because of its clear attack on the betrayed and powerless‚ emotions that many people understand. The loss of a loved one is an emotional detachment shown in Plath’s writing that unites the reader’s feelings of helplessness to her own. Plath’s emotions became unbearable and lead to her suicide. Her pieces give evidence as to why she took her own life. She expresses how belittled and out of control she was in
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‘To live is to be photographed’ (Sontag‚ 2004). Does photography have a special role in the mediation of our lives‚ and how‚ according to Sontag‚ is this role changing? INTRODUCTION Attempting to comprehend the role of photography in the mediation of our lives would have to account‚ apart from historical evidence‚ an understanding of the importance and the necessity of the photograph in every day life. In a society that is constantly bombarded by images from different mediums
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simple matter of reading media well‚ whether in the traditional Leavisite sense (of distinguishing between “good” and “bad” texts‚ see Leavis‚ 1950)‚ or in the more deconstructive sense of understanding textual strategies‚ possibilities‚ or pleasures (Barthes‚ 1974‚ 1975‚ 1988). ). However‚ a textual analysis that takes place without examining the institutional‚ cultural‚ and economic conditions in which texts are produced and understood is necessarily
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Movement: An Anthology. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press‚ 1998. Badiou‚ Alain. Handbook of Inaesthetics. Trans. Alberto Toscano. California: Stanford University Press‚ 2005. Barthes‚ Roland. Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography. London: Vintage‚ 1993. Barthes‚ Roland. Elements of Semiology. London: Jonathan Cape‚ 1967. Barthes‚ Roland. “Rhetoric of the Image.” Working Papers in Cultural Studies. Birmingham: University of Birmingham‚ 1971. Bate‚ David. Photography: The Key Concepts. Oxford: Berg
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Manipulation: a Roundtable" D Gillian‚ 1982 - London: Routledge‚ “Advertising as Communication” Jackson‚ Barry J.W.T Mitchell‚ 1977‚ “What do Pictures Want?” Mateo Stocchetti & Sumiala-Seppanen‚ 2003‚” Images and Communities” Roland Barthes‚ 1980‚ “”Camera Lucida Roland Barthes‚ 1957‚ “Mythologies” Susan Sontag‚” On Photography” Martin Lister ‚ Sep 1‚ 1995‚ “The Photographic Image in Digital Culture(Comedia) “
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Additionally‚ over the course of the novel‚ Niel slowly watches Marian grow old and change‚ but he consistently suppresses the realization. “He had the feeling‚ which he never used to have‚ that her lightness cost her something” (Cather 83). This “lightness” foreshadows the pivotal point‚ the grimy‚ true behaviors of Marian. Yet‚ Niel cannot help but keep his escapism intact: “Was he afraid of his womenfolk? Or was it another kind of cowardice‚ the fear of losing a pleasant memory‚ of finding her
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of the dust or the movement‚ for instance) and in my family memories. Rather I looked for and picked images‚ sensations‚ and maybe also memories borrowed from somebody else and I put them in motion (memory in action‚ as Gergen point out following Barthes)‚ working my 9-years-old-self‚ in a historical moment and in a specific place -“the city as a repository of people’s memories” (Misztal‚ p. 16)-. In other words‚ my personal process in this case at least is closer of the Magnussen’s
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