as a depiction of the colonial enterprise and the rhetoric that it stood for. Hence all three interpretations are valid and depict Marlow’s symbolic journey through narrative techniques such as frame narrative‚ metaphor‚ symbolism‚ setting and irony. A psychoanalytical understanding of Marlow’s journey stems from the philosophical developments of Freud and Nietzsche in their books The Interpretations of Dreams (1899) and Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883). Freud’s ideas encompass the notion that dreams
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In Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness‚ there is a great interpretation of the feelings of the characters and uncertainties of the Congo. Although Africa‚ nor the Congo are ever really referred to‚ the Thames river is mentioned as support. This intricate story reveals much symbolism due to Conrad’s theme based on the lies and good and evil‚ which interact together in every man. Today‚ of course‚ the situation has changed. Most literate people know that by probing into the heart of the jungle
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For my final project I will be doing studies that are derived from Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams. A well know phrase Freud himself coined was that dreams are the “Royal Road to the Unconscious”. Children’s dreams‚ as Freud had put it‚ where easy to understand because they have not built up any defenses or resistances to “mask” the motive behind their dream. Adults however‚ Freud theorized that they expressed unobtainable wishes‚ and being adults have built up a resistance or put a “mask” on making
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Interpretations of the text Your work on genre will have raised a number of issues as to just what type of film ’The Kite Runner’ is. One of the genres that we mentioned was the political film. One aspect of the film has to do with terrorism and the consequences of terrorist acts. There is obviously a very timely link here between what we see happening in the film and the current ’war against terrorism’. At one point during the film we see Amir reading Hassan’s letter and hoping that:
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Analysis and interpretation of “Henry”. Marriage is about two people that make their relationship public and promise to love‚ honour and live together for better or for worse. Many problems can occur in a relationship‚ because no marriage is free of conflicts‚ but when a inflatable doll takes over your place in the relationship‚ does that make you an important part of the marriage? In the short story "Henry" (2007) by Elizabeth Brassington‚ the main character‚ which is the husband‚ is replaced
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My interpretation of King Lear involves the theme of sight and blindness. This theme is evident throughout the play and a key part in the understanding of the story. In Act 1 Scene 1‚ Lear proclaims that he has decided to split the kingdom into 3‚ to share equally amongst his daughters and their husbands “Know‚ that we have divided in three our Kingdom” which is seen to Kent as a foolish mistake “See better‚ Lear‚ and let me still remain The true blank of thine eye“. Kent tries to convince Lear that
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The Ice Palace I am to give the interpretation and a general stylistic analysis of the short story “The Ice Palace” written by an American writer Scott Fitzgerald. Scott Fitzgerald was one of the most famous authors of the Jazz Age‚ best known for his novel "The Great Gatsby." After reaching success‚ he struggled with alcoholism and died at the age of 44. “The Ice Palace” appeared in the May 1920‚ and represents an early Fitzgerald work. The story is about 19 year old Sally Carrol Happer‚ a young
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Sleeping in the Forest by Mary Oliver is a poem which‚ as with other poems she has written‚ connects things in nature to human experience and feeling. The first line held my full attention saying "I thought the earth remembered me‚" as I did not know at first why Oliver included the word thought. After closer examination and re-reading responses to this poem from Discussion Number 1‚ I came to the conclusion that this line could be talking about some sort of death‚ or what happens in the mind directly
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Harry and Rose from Oliver Twist and Alice and Ebeneezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol are in similar situations because both of the couples are in love yet wealth has come between both of the couples. Alice and Ebeneezer Scrooge were engaged and in love. Ebeneezer’s love for Alice was soon not as important as his pursuit of wealth and desire to be a part of “High Society”. Alice and Scrooge were a part of the lower class and their love was not enough for Scrooge‚ his greed was too strong for him
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DIFFERENT CULTURES‚ DIFFERENT RATIONALITIES? Peter Winch ’s remarkable essay‚ ’Understanding a Primitive Society ’ (Winch‚ 1964) raised several deep and troubling questions and offered some no less deep and troubling answers. It was the essay of a philosopher inspired by Wittgenstein‚ who had questioned the very idea of a social science‚ reflecting upon and‚ indeed‚ criticizing the interpretation of witchcraft in one of the classics of twentieth-century anthropology‚ Evans-Pritchard ’s Witchcraft
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