When read top to bottom‚ Mina Loy’s poem "Lunar Baedeker" may sound like a story of drugs‚ sex‚ and desperation. In reality‚ it is an encrypted biography of part of Loy’s life‚ as well as symbolic of the cycles of life. Let’s start with the title‚ shall we? "Lunar Baedeker‚" the word ’lunar’ means moon. It can also mean relating to the moon‚ but more importantly it can mean measured by the moon’s cycles. What in the world is a "Baedeker" though? Baedeker is actually one Karl Baedeker‚ a German who
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Autobiography of a Face: Lucy Grealy The psychology of beauty is complex not just because the concept of beauty is as yet undefined‚ but also because it is largely true that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder or how individuals perceive other people or things. The importance of beauty has been taught since the first civilizations. It is known that the cave people of the Mesolithic period (around 10‚000 B.C.) softened their skin with castor oil and grease‚ and also used plant dyes
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In passage #1 of Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula‚ Stoker describes an event in which Dr. Seward‚ Quincey Morris‚ Lord Godalming‚ and Van Helsing decapitate Lucy in her vampiress state in order to truly kill her. Through Dr. Seward’s description of actions done by the men in order to kill Lucy‚ and the pathetic fallacy described after their task was complete‚ Stoker conveys a tone of relief in the passage. The men needed to decapitate Lucy and fill her mouth with garlic in order to truly end her life
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Mores and Norms in Dracula Bram Stoker’s Dracula remains one of the more recognizable novels of its genre despite being published in 1897. A classic horror story which has been retold and produced over and over again since its original publication‚ Dracula was especially disturbing when it originally was released because of how Stoker attacks Victorian era social mores and norms throughout the entire novel. Stoker subverts traditional 19th Century social mores and norms in Dracula through the portrayal
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The eye of the camera Lucy Walker‚ the director of Waste Land‚ focuses on the perspective of Vik Muniz using the camera lens as an artistic and metaphorical eye to represent his distance‚ understanding‚ and ignorance on the Wasteland. Scenes within this documentary‚ especially in the beginning and middle‚ the camera view is often mimicking the changes in perspective of what Waste Land has within Vik’s point of view. Often the camera shows Vik glancing at an object‚ immediately the camera switches
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In E.M. Forster’s A Room with a View‚ the protagonist‚ Lucy Honeychurch‚ is conflicted between her love for George Emerson‚ and the behaviors required of her by proper English society‚ like continuing with her engagement to Cecil Vyse‚ a London socialite. Her lies to everyone around her due to her passions absolutely consume her and she prepares to “flee” the country on an exotic vacation instead of dealing with her romantic feelings towards George. Cecil is a misogynistic man with outdated Victorian
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Literature Circles #2 Question 4: Matthew Ma Describe Dracula as a simple tale of good versus evil. Which characters or ideas does Stoker depict as "good"? Which does he depict as "evil"? How do these characters and ideas conflict within the story? Dracula is evidently a classic book of good versus evil. Anywhere in the book‚ the two sides are always standing against each other. Backing up just how evil Dracula is‚ Jonathan inquires on page 70‚ “He might kill me‚ but death now seemed
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The novel Dracula by Bram Stoker‚1897 has been adapted into a film Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ made in 1992. This film is an accurate and exceptionally well done adaptation of the novel. What made this adaptation so good was how it was put together; from the cast‚ to the added romance‚ to incorporating all important ideas from the novel into the film‚ without making it un-cinematic. Francis Ford Coppola (the producer of the film) chose the right cast to depict the characters just as imagined in the
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started. In the film Dracula‚ directed by Tod Browning in 1931‚ many controversial issues of the 1920s and 1930s including science‚ superstition‚ religion‚ and xenophobia are addressed. An argument that has been extremely controversial and debated for centuries is science versus religion. Dracula takes the side of religion in this debate‚ which is shown throughout the novel. Many times the protagonists attempt to stop Dracula‚ but one of the only ways that they can hurt Dracula is through religious
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Vlad Dracula was born in the winter of 1431 in Sighisoura‚Transylvania. Vlad’s father who is Vlad II came from a family of princes from the state of Wallacia. In the same year Vlad III was born‚ his father traveled to Nuremberg‚ Germany and became a member of the Order of the Dragon. The Order of the Dragon was select group of European royalty appointed by the head of the Holy Roman Empire‚ Emperor Sigismund ‚who held power over most of Western Europe. These men were dedicated to crusading against
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