In the movie “Persona‚” silence is proven to be stronger than words could ever be. This becomes detrimental to Sister Alma who feels so belittled by the life around her. The silence of Elizabeth Vogler makes Sister Alma feel vulnerable and because of this‚ she vents her heart out to Elizabeth and confesses all her secrets stuck inside of her. With all the anxieties and stresses of life surrounding Sister Alma‚ she needs to find a means of letting them escape her to find peace. Venting to Elizabeth
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What different masks do you wear that both reveal and conceal? In Ingmar Bergman’s masterpiece‚ Persona‚ the character played by Liv Ullmann‚ Elisabeth and the nurse‚ Alma‚ played by Bibi Andersson are one and the same person. They are "split" when the actress does not want to act any more‚ and retires to her own self. The term "does not want to act" depicts two things: firstly‚ she does not want to act as a job‚ and secondly‚ in a more distant‚ but more appropriate interpretation‚ she does not
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Professionally‚ there will be various times when I will have to supervise others or be a group leader for projects‚ which is why it is important to plan and implement strategies to maintain or enhance self-esteem‚ listen and respond with empathy‚ share thoughts‚ feelings‚ and rationale‚ ask for help and encourage involvement‚ provide support without removing responsibility for action in regard to Zapping your group members. Furthermore‚ it will also be beneficial for me to follow these steps in my
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made him feel alone and helpless. Jeffrey suffered from a double hernia and had surgery to correct the problem at the age of 4. He was always sick and in the hospital. After that the Dahmers moved into a new house and he became friends with a little boy named Lee. He went to school one day and took a bowl of tadpoles and gave them to his teacher who gave them to Lee‚ later Jeff took the tadpoles and killed them with motor oil. This is another example‚ he tried doing something nice for someone and his
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Ingmar Bergman’s film‚ Persona‚ allows for a plethora of interpretations‚ none of which can really be said to be correct. The film is overflowing with symbolism just within the credit sequence that is later repeated throughout the movie. Within the structure‚ the elements continue being related to each other. It is easy to become disoriented in flash backs‚ dream sequences‚ and personality confusion that characterizes the action of the film. This makes it hard to create a clear picture
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reader expects a character to act in a certain way‚ but the double-sided personality causes them to do something unexpected. Many authors use this to grasp the reader. In his book‚ Fifth Business‚ Robertson Davies demonstrates that Dunstan Ramsay‚ Boy Staunton‚ and Mary Dempster each have a good side‚ and an evil side to their personalities. Dunstan Ramsay exhibits his good and evil sides several times in the novel. The most loving caring and morally right thing he does during the story was done for
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boys will be boys Barbara Kantrowitz and Claudia Kalb’s‚ “Boys will be Boys” article‚ explains how after years of research on girls‚ boys must also be put under the microscope‚ in efforts to reach a further understanding of the adolescent male. The two authors start their article by pointing out‚ that boys and girls come from two completely different “planets”. They have two different “crisis points”‚ which are stages of emotional and social development‚ where things can go seriously wrong. Kantrowitz
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the phrase‚ “boys will be boys” has had‚ in the American school system. From the truth about why girls seem to thrive more in a structured classroom setting than boys‚ to the effects of bullying and how‚ until the 90’s‚ either a blind eye was turned to it or‚ in the case of many coaches‚ it was practically encouraged for the (supposed) betterment and cohesion of the team or group. I found it very interesting that girls tend to be more successful in school than boys because‚ unlike boys who often
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Kyle Keitz Professor Mullens Film 221 March 5‚ 2013 Art Cinema Characteristics in Persona According to David Bordwell’s research‚ Hollywood had a basic outline on how they made their films. The classical narrative cinema follows narrative structure‚ cinematic style‚ and spectatorial activity. In Classical Hollywood Cinema there is usually a psychologically defined‚ goal oriented character that’s easy to like. Foreign countries had a different way of making film‚ post WWII‚ Europe reestablished
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Zoe Altenau Ms. Herring AP English 5 November 2013 The Single Persona of Ophelia and Gertrude According to Shakespeare‚ Elsinore did not require more than two women‚ let alone two unique women. On a larger scale‚ the society in which Shakespeare wrote agreed that most women were indistinguishable: women in general did not hold positions of prominence and did not demand recognition. In all of Shakespeare’s plays‚ a meager 126 female characters develop; of these‚ Ophelia and Gertrude play minor
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