also our perception of the world around us - Berger: “Never again will a single story be told as though it were only the one”. 3. Crime fiction can be a means of contextual political and philosophical discussion - The subjectivity of truth - Nihilism and post-modernism Techniques 1. Context: - socio-political context 1980’s Sri Lanka - multifaceted civil war - unimaginable for a western audience – but can relate to universal themes Convention: - Mystery as a medium for
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ironic representation of a postmodern culture‚ one which collapses formerly rigid social boundaries in favour of a universal consumerism. Scott characterises a detached Deckard as the 1940s film-noir hard-boiled detective‚ evocative of an existential nihilism that forms the foundations of an omnipresent sense of collective isolation‚ one which
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ecocentric reading of Cormac McCarthy’s post- apocalyptic novel‚ The Road. The Road narrates the journey of a father and a son in the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust. Set in a dystopian environment‚ the novel reveals an austere environment and nihilism throughout. It projects confusion and disorder through
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If I can transmit‚ through my work‚ even the smallest semblance of the love and awe that I have for life – I will have truly done something. I want to look back on a life of meaningful and serious works of art; Art that stands against the growing nihilism and superficiality of our time -- and with fixed purpose celebrates the beauty and immensity of life. Tied by Emotions and Filled up by Personal Stories We learn a lot more about Julio in this interesting review about the artist. Julio is more prone
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bids Cordelia not to resist being jailed‚ an indication that he has discovered that true filial love is more important than fighting for the material concepts of rank‚ property and power. However‚ this play could be just as readily interpreted by Nihilism to be an indication of the fundamental nothingness that the world consists of‚ where Lear is portrayed as accepting the notion that there is nothing but the cold‚ harsh‚ bleak world represented by the empty frosted landscape in Peter Brooke’s production
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Adolf Hitler was a German patriot who served in the army during the outbreak of World War I. Germany’s collapse and surrender in 1918 led to Hitler’s outrage. His passion for Germany allowed him to rise to power as leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi’s). Hitler’s methodology includes propaganda from his published book‚ “Mein Kampf”‚ which outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. On February 1‚ 1933‚ Hitler presented his speech “Appeal to the German People”
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throughout the novels. The Nobel recipient Albert Camus’s The Stranger is arguably his most influential and best known work‚ written in 1942. The Algerian-born Camus’s novel explores various philosophical schools of thought‚ including absurdism‚ nihilism but most importantly existentialism. The protagonist of The Stranger is a French man‚ called Meursault‚ who seemingly can not fit into the society of French Algeria and thus into the Arab culture. In the very beginning‚ we get to know about the death
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Happy endings are presumed to belong to the realm of fantasy. In real life‚ after all‚ even a thumping electoral victory is generally more a first act than a last; what ensues‚ much too often‚ is disappointment‚ broken promises and even murmurs of a recall. When the believer‚ in any faith‚ tells us that the reward for bloody sacrifice is eternal joy‚ the nonbeliever is often tempted to think that the believer is merely trying to justify the ways of God to man. On earth at least‚ the end of life is
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In his informative book “Understanding Comics‚” Scott McCloud discusses the effectiveness of a technique he calls “amplification through simplification.” This is essentially the notion that using an artistic style that been “dumbed down” and simplified from an absolute realism doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s subtractive from the overall piece of work. In fact‚ McCloud goes on to prove that this technique can actually be more effective than using realism altogether. Used correctly‚ amplification
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then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot‚ full of sound and fury‚ signifying nothing." (V.V.2527). The famous quote of Macbeth‚ life: a tale told by an idiot’ indispensably proves how Macbeth has fallen into a psychopathic state of nihilism where even after his own wife is dead he feels that it does not signify anything; from a valiant man of prowess to fall and become such a petty pessimist is with no doubt a tragedy can be explained by: observing the beginning of story‚ inordinate
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