are present in all mythology and stimulate certain responses when we associate these themes with what we ’ve been taught. Some examples of archetypes that are spread throughout mythology are the hero‚ the mentor‚ the threshold guardians‚ the shadow‚ the herald‚ the shapeshifter and the trickster. I will use the mythology of the 2008 film‚ “The Dark Knight” to provide specific examples of archetypes. The hero is one of the central characters in mythology. Heroes are often‚ but not always
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villains‚ and the use of staircases are just three of the many attributes you see when watching a Hitchcock film. My favorite‚ however‚ would have to be Hitchcock’s portrayal of the mother. Whether she is there for comic relief as we see in Shadow of a Doubt‚ or as the root of all evil as you see in Strangers on a Train and Notorious‚ the mothers he creates are far from ordinary. Either their naïve nature or pure hated for others help to link these movies to one another. Notorious‚ which was
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comes from the mental freedom you get when you begin to question the status quo and not just accepting things as they are. He also says that questioning these everyday issues will not lead to a solid answer through the use of Philosophy. But those doubts will inevitably open you up to the infinite possibilities that are available in the world that neither you‚ nor myself would have been exposed too if the study of Philosophy hadn’t taught us to take a few steps back and examine things for what they
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heads are shackled such that they cannot look behind them or at the sides. On the blank wall in front of them‚ a fire that is behind them projects shadows of objects that are passing behind them. When one of them is released to the outside world‚ the people who remain in the cave do not believe the version of the story concerning the reality of the shadows they have spent the whole of their lives watching and analyzing. According to Plato‚ the chained people represent the uneducated and uninformed
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Black and white film noir evolved in the 1940’s during World War II. This time period of film replicated the post war tensions and anxieties that plagued American society during and after the war. The repetitive trend of these films was dark and almost always based on crimes that involved love and betrayal. 1941- Citizen Kane Director- Orson Wells This film was one of the earliest film noir’s produced and was budgeted at $800‚000. Wells was the director‚ star and producer. Wells also collaborated
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prisoner being the hero. He follows all of the steps‚ or stages‚ that joseph campbell’s model portrays. Imagine the feeling of having a normal life‚ but then being ripped out of that normal existants. Then shown that the “normal” you lived was just a shadow of the true existence. Would you risk going back to free the others‚ or live in the real world as you know
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important‚ which is why when parents say “Because I said so” it makes teenagers so frustrated. Images * Component of the visible world. * Real images are lasting‚ and can exist without non-sensible things‚ such as shadows or reflections. * Shadows and reflections exist as a state of mind‚ and are not things. * Deception occurs when we confuse an image with a thing. * Real life application: I have experienced Plato’s classic definition of deception when reading books
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the quote‚ "Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow‚" that Helen Keller once wrote can apply to both the article and the poem. One reason how Helen Keller’s words relate to the article‚ is that what the article is trying to teach readers‚ and what Helen Keller is trying to inspire people‚ is similar. It is similar because‚ it is trying to teach people to not be afraid of challenges and other people who may doubt what a person is trying to do‚ but to focus on the god things and
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brains are all connected to the matrix which is simulating real life. The perception is completely false. Similarly‚ in the cave allegory the prisoners’ perception of objects passing the cave wall in the form of shadows is false. In reality‚ they are only guessing the true nature of the shadows and never really know what the objects are until one prisoner is freed and allowed to experience things as they really are. Although the perception is all the prisoners have when they are fettered‚ the truth is
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cast shadows on the wall‚ making the prisoners believe that the shadows that they are seeing are real people rather than just shadows. What it really convinces the prisoners are the echoes and the sounds that fit the shadows. That is what truly makes them believe that the shadows are real people rather than just an illusion. The prisoners live isolated in the cave from the real world‚ being accustomed to the darkness already. If they would peek out the bright rays of the sun would without doubt harm
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