The similarities between Joyce’s Ulysses and Homer’s Odyssey are unmistakable even from Joyce’s choice of title as Ulysses is the Latin derivative of Odysseus the hero portrayed in Homer’s Odyssey. Adding to the comparisons between the two are the numerous characters portrayed throughout Joyce’s novel as they are a direct modernised parallel to those depicted in Homer’s poem. Joyce’s character Leopold Bloom is a mirror image to Homer’s Odysseus as is Odysseus’s son Telemachus interpreted through
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Nurse Ratched’s Power Methods What would you do for power? In the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey‚ there is a power struggle between the protagonist Randle Patrick McMurphy and the antagonist Nurse Ratched‚ also known as Big Nurse. The story takes place on a mental ward and is narrated in the perspective of a patient named Bromden. Nurse Ratched has complete control of both the ward staff and the patients‚ but when newly admitted McMurphy arrives‚ Nurse Ratched’s position of
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Once again Hillenbrand uses her stylistic imagery. Here‚ like many other times‚ she tries to appeal to emotions by describing how physically pathetic Louie has become. However‚ Louie’s interior monologue makes a statement that narration can not quite capture. The analogy comparing his current state to that of a “dead body breathing” provides insight to Louie’s mindset after capture. While he recognizes that he miraculously alive through his personification of a dead body‚ his state is far from acceptable
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Maestro - Internal Monologue Eduard Keller Intervention at page 71 Weeping like a baby‚ I walk away from the frustrating‚ sweet music that hides such devastating and infuriating emotions. Like a bright red rose that smells of redolent‚ aromatic fragrance satisfying the nose‚ yet with thorns that impair when tempted. How insulting! How could they play Wagner? Although I knew that the orchestra would of course play Wagner‚ it seems that every time‚ I hope for something better; to keep my mind
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Interior Monologue Dr. Spivey sits down at his desk and puts his glasses on. He shuffles his papers and begins to review the events of the previous weeks in his journal. Spivey then contemplates the letter requesting his resignation. These past weeks have been hard on everyone. As much as Mr. McMurphy has changed this ward for good‚ there are moments when I wish he had never been committed. Before McMurphy there had been an age of oppression. The patients’ life schedules were forced down their
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Henry‚ a neurosurgeon who has no love for literature‚ nonetheless describes parts of the brain (which he would know by heart) with figurative language he claims to not understand. The use of free indirect discourse‚ therefore‚ resembles interior monologue and shows that the narration is frequently solipsistic in nature (Gauthier 9). This solipsistic nature reveals the challenge which anyone faces who seeks to step outside of their own world to get to know the other. Although‚ Perowne is unable to
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Interior Monologue This is really scary. I don’t even really understand how we got here. I don’t even know why we are here. It seems like we’re on an island‚ but I don’t think I’m going to have fun. I want to leave and go home because I’m scared. I’m with other boys my age‚ but we’re all so small‚ I don’t think we can do much. There must be older boys here too‚ but they probably won’t even care about us. We’re too young for them to care. They’ll probably let us get lost. I’m scared. All of a sudden
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The Nurse Dramatic Monologue Scenario: After the deaths of Romeo and Juliet‚ the nurse is reminiscing at what happened. This monologue is set inside Juliet’s room with other staff of the Capulet house. [Look at picture of Juliet] Oh Juliet‚ my gorgeous‚ fair‚ young maiden [Touch the face of Juliet in the photo frame]. Lifeless because she loved too well and could not go through without the man of thy dreams. None‚ but that of Romeo‚ son of Montague. Although he was a Montague‚ he was the finest
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Interior monologue (Ms. Schacter) Where are my sons and husband? Why am I here? Why is it so hot? Who’s that keep stroking my hand? How did all of these people get inside our house? Hey where are my sons? Hey what’s that? It’s shinny. It yellow. Wait it’s red‚ is it a fire. It’s getting bigger. Oh my god! It’s huge! “Fire! I see a fire! I see a fire!” (24). “Look! Look at this fire! This terrible fire! Have mercy on me!” What are they doing! Can’t they see the fire? It’s enormous! Maybe
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Nurse Ratched: Villain of the Ward In the novel‚ One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ by Ken Kesey‚ the patients of the ward deal with the biggest obstacle in the novel: Nurse Ratched. Nurse Ratched is known for being the boss of the ward. What she says is what is followed and everyone is afraid of her. She has a tendency to manipulate the patients and she uses that to her advantage to control everyone. Nurse Ratched is the villain of the story because she made everyone
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