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    “One flew over the cuckoos nest” Is based on conformity. Is this more dangerous than not? What can the characters loose if they choose to do so? If they then choose‚ what is at stake for they’re lives and future? Even if they where to choose from the above‚ would that still help them in the long run while occupying the asylum? There are many different ways to go about this‚ I’ve given you a few examples. Members of society amongst the ward are faced with blending in‚ conforming. But what is the

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    Throughout centuries‚ Aristotle’s Poetics has been a widely used criterion for writers‚ filmmakers‚ and play writers. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is among the classic films‚ that successfully applies Aristotle’s six definitions; plot‚ character‚ diction‚ thought‚ spectacle‚ and song. “Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is complete‚ whole‚ and of a certain magnitude… A whole is that which has a beginning‚ middle‚ and an end.” Aristotle further adds that the plot must follow a change of

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    Sharon Ehret April 4th‚ 2011 McMurphy as a Christ Figure Christ comes from the name Yahweh which means God’s salvation and rescuer. Ken Kesey creates a character in his novel‚ One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ that represents a figure like Christ that rescues and saves the patients at the ward. Randall Patrick McMurphy‚ the protagonist in the novel‚ takes on the role as the rescuer and saver. The novel mirrors Christ’s life through McMurphy’s life at the ward. There are four main events in

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    come in a variety of forms such as wealth‚ physical capabilities or mental strength‚ and two powerful characters usually results in an epic battle for ultimate authority where one is seen as a hero and the other a villain. “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” written by Ken Kesey‚ tells the story of the battle between two strong-willed characters within a mental asylum‚ Randle P. McMurphy and the Big Nurse Ratched. Randle P. Murphy is seen as a hero to many of the male patients on the ward and in particular

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    Compare and contrast the presentation of Doctor Gordon from Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar‚ and the Big Nurse from Ken Kesey’s One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest in regard to the extracts. The two extracts from One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey‚ and The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath are both first person narratives depicting the rebellion towards the patriarchal society after the war in the 1950s and the 1960s. The first one‚ the extract from The Bell Jar shows Esther visiting Doctor Gordon‚ and

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    Final Exam Paper – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest In the film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest" Jack Nicholson as R.P. McMurphy gives one of the most compelling performances in film history. As an inmate sentenced to a psychiatric ward for his outrageous behavior‚ McMurphy thinks he has the ticket to freedom in his hands. One of the main obstacles to achieving this freedom is through the convincing of the board of directors that he is certifiably crazy. At the opening of the film‚ the audience

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    "Powerful" Nurse took away their manliness. Kesey tries to imply that whores such as Candy Starr‚ contradict that‚ and offer them courage and pleasure. In this book‚ there are no regular women‚ just these two extremes. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest does not seem to intentionally degrade women. Although Kesey may not have‚ there is a shadow of doubt in how he illustrates it. The Nurse’s name itself symbolizes this. A Ratched is perceived to sound like a wretched conniving drill sergeant‚ with

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    Just before the meeting starts‚ he sees the fog thicker than he has ever seen it before. Bromden is blinded by the fog. He starts to see Chronics float past him. Even though the fog is thick‚ he can see their whole lives when he looks at them. He sees what each man has been through and understands how it traumatized them. Seeing these men hurt causes him pain‚ along with his memories of the war. However‚ he knows that their memories are stuck with them just like his‚ and there is nothing they can

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    Section 4 Page Range: 173-229 Dates Read: 10/10-10/15 Original Summary: McMurphy wishes to go on a fishing trip with the other patients and a prostitute he knows‚ but Nurse Ratched denies him permission. The doctor later ends up allowing them to go‚ but Chief has an internal conflict within himself on whether or not he should go with them and risk revealing that he isn’t actually deaf and dumb. Later that night‚ Chief accidentally reveals to McMurphy that he can hear and talk‚ and when McMurphy

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    “You’re sentenced in a jail and you got a date ahead of when you know you’re gonna be let loose” ( Kesey‚ page 190). The lifeguard that is talking to McMurphy say that being in jail is better than being in at the ward because you do not know when you are going to leave. After this McMurphy talks to Harding and says “Yes; chopping away the brain. Frontal-lobe castration. I guess if she can’t cut below the belt she’ll do it above”. “ I didn’t think the nurse had the say-so on this kind of thing”

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