the day‚ the ’superior’ whites could no longer ignore the rising clamor of those they claimed possession over. These enslaved people had voices‚ and they were making it known that they knew the white man’s language. One such voice was that of Phillis Wheatley‚ a young African girl turned slave and saved by the generosity of her owners. While not an outspoken advocate of slave rights‚ she was one of the first to hint that African-Americans could be more than just objects used for menial and mindless
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Queen Charlotte (Helen Mirren) consoles the “Mad King” (Nigel Hawthorne) in The Madness of King George. Photo courtesy of Photofest. Copyright © 2008 Heldref Publications 72 Representing the Mad King: George III in the Cinema By David Chandler Abstract: The “madness” of George III has made him one of the best-known British monarchs but has also problematized his representation. The author briefly considers the significance of the essential absence of representations prior to
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Indeed‚ Phillis Wheatley’s poem‚ “To the University of Cambridge‚ in New England‚” can be seen as a radical movement of that particular time period. It was not seen as proper for an African American slave to address herself‚ with such authority‚ towards white high class. Therefore‚ I believe that Wheatley purposely identified the clear distinction between her race and that of the upper class white members of society. I imagine that one of Wheatley’s drives‚ for sharing this poem‚ consisted of a cautious
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the “diabolic die” or in other words‚ evil. Wheatley’s writing wasn’t necessarily intended to be used in a political way‚ she wrote because she wanted to‚ and it was the only way she could make money‚ but it was later used in favor of slavery. If Wheatley was here today she probably wouldn’t want it being used that
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The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “benighted” as “existing in a state of intellectual‚ moral‚ or social darkness.” The word “darkness” really strikes me in this definition‚ just as the word “benighted” struck me when reading Phillis Wheatley’s “On Being Brought from Africa to America.” This use of “benighted” most certainly refers to her time in Africa‚ which she calls a “Pagan” land. This could refer to actual Paganism being practiced in Africa‚ or a lack of religion entirely. She says that
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Phillis Wheatley was one of the most iconic African- American poet. Her poems are the voice of the people who were treated as slaves. The short poem “On Being Brought from Africa to America” was story of her life‚ and how she used Bible as a weapon to fight for the equality. In the beginning words of “On Being Brought from Africa to America‚” Wheatley used the word “mercy”. I think Wheatley used it because being brought to America‚ the land of Christianity‚ was the chance for her “benighted soul”
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beings are irrational‚ starting with our idea of a God. The rationality of God can be disproved on the basis of empirical evidence. The idea of empiricism was developed by John Locke in his Book of Innate Notion‚ in which he felt‚ opposite to rationalism‚ that all of our knowledge comes from‚ and must be justified with experience (Locke‚
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Chapter I Introduction and Review of Related Literature In the article; religion as a Dimension in Man’s spiritual Life by Paul Tillich‚ I came across with this phrase that‚ “With respect to God‚ man is a receptive and only receptive. He has no freedom to relate to the doctrine of the Bondage of the Will.” I get enterested to the word Will which I think present in the human mind and perhaps‚ in God. In this paper‚ I want to discuss and present the difference between the will ‘of God’ and of
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time‚ the epistemological thought of philosophers. In this connection‚ different schools of thought have come to limelight notably among them are scepticism‚ rationalism‚ and empiricism. For instance‚ scepticism poses a problem by arguing that knowledge is impossible‚ that we cannot know anything for sure. To resolve this issue‚ rationalism puts forward that the process of reasoning is the surest path to knowledge‚ whereas empiricism says that knowledge is acquired through sense experience. But
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David Chandler’s Representing the Mad King: George III in the Cinema‚ is an in-depth examination of two cinematic portrayals of King George II‚ commonly known as the Mad King‚ in Beau Brummel (1954) and The Madness of King George (1994). Chandler considers the importance of early representations of the Mad King‚ as well as analyzing the Kings illness itself‚ and explains the importance each film had to explaining events in its specific era. In both the 1950s and the 1990s‚ the story of mad King George
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