Why does Jun’ichirō Tanizaki label his compilation of essays as an appraisal of shadows? What influenced his writing choices and inspired his word choice? The title is originally 陰翳礼讃 which in Japanese translates to Shadow of Praise and in Chinese translates to Shine. However‚ when one explores into the anatomy of those original words in Chinese; 陰 translates to Yin which is a Chinese philosophy characterized as feminine‚ sustaining‚ earthly‚ dark‚ cold‚ and opposite to the Yang philosophy; 翳 translates
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The correlation between‚ love‚ beauty‚ and truth are strongly demonstrated through Louise and her daughter Isabelle-Marie. When Louise looks at Isabelle-Marie she sees the truth of her ugliness‚ yet doesn’t see true beauty nor feel a connection for love. Isabelle-Marie is like her mother on the inside but not on the out. Louise does not care for the inside which is unfortunate for Isabelle-Marie because it is the only thing she had going for her. This leaves Isabelle-Marie to being nothing
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Every so often there is a television program that attracts a large audience because it is brilliantly written and entertaining. One of the most recent television shows to do this has been Mad Men. The show revolves around an advertising agency in the 1960’s and it’s key players in the company‚ more specifically Don Draper. Being set in the 1960’s‚ it is important to do both a sociological and semiotic analysis of the show. Society and human interactions have changed dramatically over the past fifty
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After seeing this house‚ Ila and the narrator qurrel about the importance of radical politics. Ila considers the death of Alan‚ Mike and Dan who raised their voices against war-mongering as sad because they were casualties of a ruthless nationalism. She also thought that Alan and his friends‚ who were witness to the war and the fight against fascism‚ must have been happy as she was in her political activism. The quarrel about courage and political activism continues between Ila and the narrator
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In The Shadow Lines and The Hungry Ghosts‚ both Amitav Ghosh and Shyam Selvadurai‚ critique the emphasis that society puts on geo-political borders by acknowledging that we live in a world that is deeply inter-connected. Spanning different countries and continents‚ both of the novels explore issues of identity and belonging that are unique to the diaspora. This is accomplished through the characterization of a grandmother who is displaced from her homeland due to the Bengal Partition and the struggles
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represented as a dynamic arrangement between people‚ places‚ cultures and societies. Shadow Lines wakes us up to the furiously changing geo-political scenarios and governmental regulations that have led to the formation of the modern world as we know it. The process of othering‚ i.e. the creation of a certain sense of "us" and "them" has inevitably been created between nations and people due to the creation of boundaries or ‘Shadow Lines’ as Ghosh puts it. In this paper‚ I aim to analyze the feasibility or
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If there was one award the film Mad Max: Fury Road deserved at the 2016 Oscars‚ it was Costume Design. Costume designer Jennifer Beavan did an exemplary job of creating a wardrobe for each of the characters that wholly encompassed the gritty‚ war-torn world they inhabited. Not only were these costumes aesthetically pleasing‚ but each one told a unique story about its owner. It is especially important to take note of the costumes worn by the diverse variety of female characters‚ both leading
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Advancement in technological development has made life easier and relationship complicated. The essence of humanity ‘humanism’ is lost in the name of partition‚ nation and borders. Ghosh attempts a revival for humanism in his The Shadow Lines. The novel portrays the futility of war‚ riots‚ violence and partition and also re-searches the lost humanism that has been thrown into the recesses of modern busy life. This paper attempts to prove that the concept of borders and boundaries are illusions.
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Mad Max: Fury Road was many great qualities. Some which are the directing‚ the effects‚ and the storylines. All of those qualities to together made the movie astonishing. There many other qualities but for right now‚ lets talk about those. The director of the film ‚George Miller‚ made the movie phenomenal. The acting and how it was shot were some of the many things George helped with and made sure it was perfect. The soundtrack can not be describe in words about how well it fit in this type
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The Way of Shadows Summary Setting The story takes place in Cenaria City‚ the capital of Cenaria‚ which is located in the fictional land of Midcyru. Cenaria City is split into two halves‚ the Warrens and the East Side. The Warrens are full of cheap prostitutes‚ brothels‚ orphans‚ beggars‚ muggers‚ and slums. The East Side‚ though still infested with crime‚ is where the richer middle and upper class live. Cenaria is ruled in a Monarchy‚ with a single king ruling the land and power passing on
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