been documenting everything over years throughout history. A practice that is often debated and discussed about the relationship of the action and photograph itself. In the chapter entitled In Plato’s Cave from her book On Photography‚ photo theorist Susan Sontag refers to various photographs and photographers and analyzes the wider questions that individuals should be discussing in regards to the medium. Exploring her thesis as she states that “a photograph is not just the result of an encounter between
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With the touch of a single click a picture is taken and forever revitalized. Photography takes the essence of memory and seals it into the history of those involved in the process. Susan Sontag’s didactic text “On Photography” digs deep into the meaning of photography and claims that it has unlimited power within modern society. Her exclamation that “cameras are fantasy-machines” exerts the idea that photography brings the world closer together‚ yet seems so distant as if it were all but an illusion
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A director is the heart of a play production. He is responsible for the interpretation of a script – the enlivening of the play. The very first thing to do for any director who wants to choose Trifles by Susan Glaspell‚ one of the earliest feminist dramas‚ for a stage production‚ is to analyze it. Doing so not only enables the director to fully comprehend the characters‚ the structure‚ the setting of the play‚ but also empowers him to instruct the actors during the audition‚ as well as the rehearsals
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According to Richard Taylor and Susan Wolf’s views on the meaning of life‚ they both have very different perspectives when it comes to this matter. Taylor seems to argue that the meaning of life is about an result of satisfaction. Taylor begins by observing that it is difficult in the first place to even cope what it means to question whether life has meaning‚ and that the question is too challenging to answer. Taylor argues that all life as we know it is whether viewed from a very big perspective
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The Capable Women Ain’t Triflin’ Around Susan Glaspell's play Trifles was written in 1916 after she‚ as a reporter‚ covered the court case and conviction of a woman accused of murdering her abusive husband. Based on these events‚ her play is a social commentary put into the form of a murder mystery. In it‚ a man‚ John Wright‚ is strangled to death in bed next to his wife‚ Minnie Foster Wright‚ who had allegedly slept right through his murder. The neighbors begin searching for clues‚ but it becomes
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The author‚ Susan Lepselter reasons that human beings from all walks of life have very different ways of dealing with the struggles of everyday routine. She follows that the reactions to these troubles heavily depends on the individual’s mental state or in some cases mental illnesses. In dealing with the frustrations of life‚ humans have a range of emotions and reactions that we are free to utilize but certain reactions can be viewed as a negative or debilitating in which mainstream society might
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Being an introvert herself‚ Susan Cain managed to write a descriptive book about such a delicate and sensitive topic with the achievement of her goal to get her message across. Researching about the topic in extreme depth and traveling to different places to first understand the topic herself‚ Cain managed to write this book‚ following it with another one; Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts‚ and co-founded the Quiet Revolution (Media Kit). Her extensive research on the topic made its
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Cited: Griffin‚ Susan. "Our Secret". Ways of Reading Eds. David Bartholomae and Anthony Petrosky. Sixth edition. Boston. New York: Bedford/St. Martin ’s‚ 2002.
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Although so many people can take pictures and call themselves photographers‚ not everyone is skilled in this manner and‚ therefore‚ Susan Sontag’s argument in her book‚ On Photography‚ that we can never truly realize the full meaning behind pictures without actually being in the moments first-hand is
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Masculinity is the properties characteristic of the male sex. Characteristics include strength‚ toughness‚ brutality and many more. All of which are the characteristics of the boys who attended The Citadel in hopes of leaving the school as men. Susan Faludi‚ author of The Naked Citadel‚ writes about the problems within the prestigious school‚ the major problem‚ being sexism. The Citadel’s problem can be almost clearly supported by Malcom Gladwell’s Power of Context argument from his book the Tipping
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