of the Gaze in the Loss of Autonomy and Creation of Suspense In Poe’s the Tell-Tale Heart‚ the gaze is the generator of suspense in the protagonist’s mind. The effects of the gaze can be analyzed by means of three characters in the story: the protagonist‚ the Old Man‚ and the police officers. The gaze’s effect of the three characters helps to destabilize the autonomy of the main character. According to Lacan‚ the identity is a fictional construction in which the “Other” plays an important role.
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cultural and social issues. Cultural issues explored by this movie are the existence of subcultures and countercultures in city life. The movie takes place in Los Angeles‚ California that is largely populated by Mexicans and Oriental migrants. The protagonist‚ played by Michael Douglas‚ encounters and oriental man that owns a local mini mart and two Mexican gang members. The oriental man represents the subculture and the gang members represent the counterculture. The social issues are reflected through
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Kirsty Logan the protagonist deals with heartbreaks in a different way than we would see in our current world. The story ”The Rental Heart” is about a binge dating person. The story is told by a first person narrator who also is the main character of the story. The story unfolds unchronologically. It starts briefly in the presence‚ but leaps back in time in a major flashback of the narrator’s life‚ before it again briefly returns to the presence where it ends. The protagonist of the story is
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control over the things that happen to us‚ which result in different emotions and feelings. People must understand that everybody goes through experiences‚ good or bad‚ and in the end it changes the person that they once were. In this story the protagonist went from innocence to experience. He felt safe in his small town he lived in. “I went to the little window and inhaled the country air. One could hear the breathing of the night‚ feminine‚ enormous.” The air is fresh and the sky is clear. From
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Plot Summary 1. Introduction: - The beginning of the story starts off with a short piece of poetry by Almeda Joynt Roth -The narrator is introduced as wanting to reconstruct Almeda’s life‚ he/she introduces Almeda and her book of poetry "Offerings" to the reader - The narrator provides a description of Almeda’s appearance ‚ and talks about the death of Almeda’s family and her love of poetry - The narrator describes how life was in the 19th century in Canada West (Ontario) - The narrator
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What I need to know about character: 1. Characterization is the means by which a writer reveals a character to a reader‚ including appearance‚ speech and behavior‚ thoughts and feelings‚ and other characters’ reactions and opinions. 2. There are four main elements of characterization. These include: a. How a character looks b. How a character acts c. How other characters react to this character
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Chowdhury English 101 Class #0120 Greasy Lake Thomas John Boyle’s short story “Greasy Lake” is about a troubled‚ rebellious‚ out of control teen that learns that being “bad” is not at all what it cuts out to be. Through the gloomy narrative the protagonist goes from having a pleasurable worry free time into a horrific night that will be forever haunting to him and his juvenile friends Digby and Jeff. In this complicated story these “bad” characters nearly took a man’s life away‚ all from an easy joke
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THE VIRGIN 1. Discuss the characteristics of the protagonist using feminism. * Our main character is Miss Mijares‚ she is most likely in the age of 30s and she is still a virgin. She realized that love and marriage have eluded her because she is taking so much of her mother‚ but the mother died lately. * Using the feminism approach in describing the characteristics of the protagonist in the story‚ Miss Mijares is an educated woman and also holding a high position in her job. Asides
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concept by exploring the influence of agrarian existence on how characters finds their place in society. “Line written in Kensington Garden” by Matthew Arnold similarly expresses a rapturous appreciation of nature while conveying the isolation of the protagonist in a tumultuous society. Ultimately through analysis of theatrical and poetic forms‚ the responder understands that our emotional links with place both physically and metaphorically can enrich our sense of belonging to one group while alienating
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Divergent‚ Twilight and many more enjoyable books and novels match up with the hero’s journey fairly closely. When a lot of books follow the same model there tends to be too many similarities‚ with some predictable lines and actions that the protagonist makes. This can lead to some people not enjoying a book or movie due to the fact that they know what will happen or knowing that everything will end up okay and happy in the end. This can give the author the opportunity to make
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