The world of everyday life is known as the life-world in Schutz’s sociology. People are oriented to the life-world in the natural attitude‚ in which the world is taken for granted until a problematic situation emerges. Schutz maintained that the life-world is defined by six characteristics. First‚ it is characterized by wide-awakeness in which the actor gives full attention to life and its requirements. Second‚ the world is taken for granted; actors suspend any doubt of the existence of the life-world
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Psycho (1960) is not only one of Hitchcock’s most notable films‚ but it’s one of the most notorious films of the 1960’s. The 60’s were a decade of change (especially in film). Similar to this decade‚ Psycho paved the way in terms of horror films‚ despite the fact that it doesn’t abide by the genre itself. Psycho defined‚ inspired‚ and changed the horror genre in the 1960’s through the use of sound‚ visuals‚ and narrative. This type of inspiration is apparent in horror films such as Blood Fest (1963)
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Have you ever had to analyze a poem? Well it’s one of the hardest tasks to accomplish‚ and many students around the world are tasked to do it year after year. However‚ there are many great poems to analyze such as Alfred Lord Tennyson’s‚ the Eagle. Therefore‚ some factors to consider when analyzing a poem are poetic diction‚ rhyme and meter‚ poetic devices‚ and figurative language and symbolism. One factor to consider when analyzing a poem is the poetic diction. When it comes to the poetic diction
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Rear Window is a 1954 suspense film‚ which was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was written by John Michael Hayes. The film starts James Stewart‚ Grace Kelly‚ Wendell Corey‚ Thelma Ritter and Raymond Burr. The plot of the film is about a photographer who confined to a wheel chair after being in a racecar accident because he was trying to take a picture. Jeffries is the main character the one confined to a wheel chair is also in love with Lisa Fermont his girlfriend. However‚ Jeffries does not want
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Illusion versus Reality This is an age old theme in literature. Illusion / Reality is known as a “dichotomy‚” which means two terms that are opposite to each other‚ but which create an interpretive tension. Literature is filled with dichotomies‚ and authors use them to create meaning: light / dark; good / evil; war/ peace; male / female; life / death. There are hundreds of them. A very effective way to understand and interpret literature is to locate the different dichotomies‚ and try to understand
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Gatsby was great. Not so because of all his wealth‚ but because of his persistence in fighting for his American Dream‚ which witnessed his pure love towards Daisy. Gatsby can be viewed as a tragic figure in the story. When he is first introduced‚ he seems to be surrounded by people and wealth. However‚ as the story progresses‚ we identify that everything in his life is fabricated. The true Gatsby‚ Jay Gatz‚ came from a humble background. When Jay Gatz fell in love with Daisy that came from a well
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The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufock Analysis Love is a powerful emotional drive that many authors write about. Many seek to obtain love‚ but never do. In the poem The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufock by T.S Elliot‚ this is true of Alfred Prufock. The meaning gathered from this poem is that‚ Prufock isn’t skilled at engaging in social intimacy because of his negative perceptions of the world. Three shifts in the poem amplify this meaning are shown in his dark descriptions of his surroundings‚ his
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In Alfred Hitchcock’s The Rear Window‚ we’re introduced to L.B. Jefferies‚ a middle-aged man‚ injured in a photo-shoot accident. Because of his limited mobility‚ he passes time observing his neighbors through a window‚ overlooking his apartment lot. Through L.B.J.’s lens‚ the audience is introduced to a recently moved in‚ newly-wed couple. One day‚ L.B.J. sees the husband peering out of his window‚ wearing a white tank-top‚ with a cigarette in one hand‚ smoke already in his mouth. He appears to
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1. The film I chose from the list of Alfred Hitchcock films is titled “Lifeboat” and it was released on January 11th‚ 1944. They’re quite a few principle characters in this film‚ such as a women named Constance Porter who is a journalist and was filming the battle between a Allied ship and a U-boat. Another character is a man named John Kovac who is black gang oiler‚ then their is CJ Rittenhouse Jr. a wealthy man‚ also their is a man named Gus Schmidt who changed his last name to Smith due to the
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Alfred Adler’s Personality Theory: A Reflection on What Really Ate at Gilbert Grape Johnathan Quach University of California‚ Irvine Alfred Adler’s Personality Theory: A Reflection on What Really Ate at Gilbert Grape Abstract This essay aims to provide a psychological personality analysis of Gilbert Grape‚ the main character of the film What’s Eating Gilbert Grape‚ through Alfred Adler’s fulfillment theory. In his approach to personality psychology‚ Adler places great emphasis
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