Marijuana‚ the Unclassifiable Monster Monsters always lie beyond the border of human comprehension. Humans fear what they don’t understand or have little knowledge of. In Jeffrey Cohen’s essay Monster Culture‚ he talks about how monsters are creatures that are difficult to categorize and comprehend beyond human logic. In our society today‚ even though marijuana has become legalized in more and more states‚ the nature of such a plant is still being demonized as the catalyst for sinful pleasure. Marijuana
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Othello Quotations A maiden never bold‚ of spirit so still and quiet that he motion blushed at herself. Brabantio She loved me for the dangers I had passed and I loved her that she did not pity them. Othello She deceived her father Brabantio And in th’essential vesture of creation Cassio The divine Desdemona Cassio She was never foolish that was fair Iago She first loved the Moor‚ but for bragging and telling her fantastical lies Iago She is full of the most blest condition Rodrigo
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William Shakespeare’s play Othello is one of his four most great tragedies. This play is “widely known as being one of the most moving and most painful with the fall of proud‚ dignified man‚ the murder of a graceful‚ loving woman‚ and the unreasoning hatred of a "motiveless" villain”. Othello is an esteemed general respected and honoured for his position despite the fact he is a moor. After promoting the Florentine Cassio‚ his “friend” Iago despises Othello’s decision as he believes it should’ve
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Many monsters were apparent in Greek culture; including the lamia‚ a child-devouring‚ demonic woman. Lamia‚ daughter of Poseidon‚ god of the sea‚ was once the queen of Libya. Zeus fell in love with Lamia and the two bore many children. Green with envy‚ Hera stole and viciously murdered Lamia’s children in revenge; subsequently‚ Lamia gouged her own eyes out in anguish of her lost children. Zeus then transmogrified her into a half-human‚ half-serpent monster‚ the Lamia‚ and gave her permission to
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understand that you have been closely studying Othello‚ both Shakespeare and Davies’ version. In your studies‚ you would have discovered many links between the two‚ through evident themes and values‚ displayed by many different characters. A theme I have discovered and would like to present to you today‚ is that of appearance verses reality and how it is altered due to the changing contexts of Shakespeare’s original Othello and Davies’ screenplay Othello. This is evident through the use of the
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is evident in both Shakespeare’s 16th century play ‘Othello’ and Geoffrey Sax’s 2001 variation. Both texts explore the differences in human nature; such as revenge and discrimination in the form of gender inequality and racial prejudice and this can be seen as a reflection it its context. Since these ideas are constant throughout both texts a comparative analysis would indicate the differing values of the society of each text. Shakespeare’s Othello has been crafted for an Elizabethan audience‚ thus
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Shakespeare’s play Othello exhibits many modern Freudian psychology theories‚ specifically through the character of Iago. Iago is a character who shows typical characteristics of a psychopath. Iago’s behaviour and intentions can be explained through modern Freudian psychology‚ and emphasised through the critical writings of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Fred West‚ who‚ respectively‚ argued Iago’s “motiveless malignity” and Shakespeare’s “profound and accurate portrayal of a psychopath in Iago”. Through
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From Man to Monster When monsters are thought of a very distinct picture comes to mind. An ugly creature that is out for blood‚ born into a life where causing misery is his driving force. Do these features really define what a monster is; works of literature like Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Shakespeare’s Othello tell quite a different story. Monsters are not born but made just as people are not born evil but can sometimes end up there. Othello and the Monster start of as good men looking to
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Compare how Estella and Othello are presented as victims of circumstance Great Expectations is a novel written by Charles Dickens in London in the early 1860’s. The novel is set in the mid-nineteenth century in early Victorian England‚ a time when great social changes were sweeping the nation. Estella is one of Dickens’ most quoted female characters and is portrayed as cold‚ cynical‚ and manipulative. However‚ despite her cold behavior and the damaging influences in her life‚ Dickens nonetheless
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The Loch Ness Monster For years on end‚ we have been trying to look for hidden animals that we believe have or do live on earth just like us. that call cryptids. What really fascinate people is how long that have stay hidden from people and why want we found any of them. Not too long ago‚ the camera has been a useful tool and have gave us a way to capture or film a cryptid and since then every now and then‚ some luck people gets to film or take a picture of one. Out of all the cryptids in the world
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