Avelar Psychology Mini Paper #3 Nov. 19th‚ 2013 Dr. Kenneth Anich The movie Equus by Peter Shaffer is psychological thriller‚ in which Freudian psychology is vividly portrayed; Self-Defense Mechanisms‚ interpretations of dreams‚ the pleasure principle‚ and death drive (Thanatos). The main character‚ 17-year-old Alan Strang‚ is sent to psychiatrist Martin Dysart‚ after he gouges out the eyes of 6 horses. Throughout the movie‚ Dysart struggles with the possibility of curing Alan‚ stripping him of
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“Not Like the Movie”- Everyone has expectations but real-experiences is what counts. In her personal essay “Not Like the Movie‚” Melissa-Maurice P. Janse van Rensburg describes her journey and challenges she encountered while working as a nurse. She begins by expressing her dreams and expectations as a nurse‚ “I would be the best nurse ever; move over Florence.” She then describes in detail the tragedy and massacre she was faced with at the St. James church which nearly ended her career. Janse
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some for honor‚ and some for love. Troy is a movie inspired by Homer¡¯s epic tale ¡°The Iliad¡±. It tells the story of two worlds that go to war for honor and power. Both sides are in pursuit of glory‚ but love turns out to deceive their hopes and aspirations (as with Paris and Achilles)‚ causing a nation burnt to the ground and the death of an invincible warrior. Although the story has been manipulated in many aspects‚ it is an entertaining movie with abundant visual actions and effects that
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The Dream of Humanity ”But I‚ being poor have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet. Tread softly‚ because you tread on my dreams” quotes the senior Grammaton Cleric Errol Partridge from W.B. Yeats book titled “The Wind Among the Reed‚” moments before his death. The idea of dreaming is having the ability to set goals or plans for your future. Without dreams and aspirations we as a society would have no emotion or feeling and would be in a state of lifelessness
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would like to share a short timeline of events through the film’s eyes. The movie opens with a message with message from the filmmakers which explains their approach to the problem of filming the documented complexity of Mahatma Gandhi’s life. The message goes on to explain how there is no way to give each year‚ event and person involved in Gandhi’s lifetime its specific impact. The opening scene in the movie is that of Gandhi’s January 30‚ 1948 assassination in New Delhi‚ India by Nathuram
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8 Mile This movie is about a young‚ white man named Jimmy Smith‚ Jr. who longs to be a rapper. His nickname is Bunny Rabbit. Not only is he from a poor‚ low class family‚ but he lives in a predominately black neighbourhood in Detroit. He lives in a trailer with is mom and little sister. Every day is a struggle for him to keep his hope alive. The film is framed by two rap battles. In the first‚ Bunny Rabbit is still trying to win respect from the audience and gain confidence in himself. But when
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Alive Assignment The movie "Alive" is a shocking true story of an Uruguayan Rugby Team that crashed their plane in the middle of the Andes mountains. The Uruguayan plane crash carrying 45 passengers to Chile unfortunately resulted only with the survival of 16 students. Through a traumatic shocking experience‚ the movie reenacts the event of the crash. This movie demonstrates various examples of the importance of psychological and physiological needs in our daily lives. It also outlines how
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Into The Fray: “Once more into the fray‚ into the last good fight I’ll ever know/ live and die on this day‚ live and die on this day.” Liam Neeson played the lead character‚ John Ottaway whom recited this eloquently written poem throughout the movie The Grey directed by Joe Carnahan. John Ottaway‚ is the relevant leader of the pack‚ who had flashbacks of his wife that left him and in doing so left him heartless and broken. His character was seeking answers and it seems as if the wilderness
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The Bee Movie The bee movie is an animated fiction created by Dreamworks who have famously produced many other films such as shrek 2‚ Antz‚ and many other animated films‚ however they are also well known for films such as the ring and transformers. The aim of this poster is to initially attract the target audience to watch it in cinemas. This movie poster stands out of the normal everyday posters seen around. The colors‚ the images and the writing all suggest ideologies and values that are tried
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Bamboozled Bamboozled‚ a controversial movie produced by Spike Lee‚ is based on the relationships that forms between people of racially contrasting perspectives. Throughout Bamboozled the audience sees the struggle between Dunwitty‚ the white boss‚ and Pierre Delacroix‚ the black scriptwriter. Dunwitty exemplifies white power and although he believes it to be alright to casually throw the word "nigger" around in a conversation‚ he doesn’t truly appreciate or respect the black race. Lott and
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