‘.. Rear Window reads like an ironic reversal of Bentham’s ‘Panopticon’ as exploited by Foucault’ Write an essay exploring the significance of the surveillant theme evident in the film Rear Window. “We’ve become a race of Peeping Toms – what people ought to do is get outside their house and look in for a change.” – Stella‚ Rear Window‚ 1954. The theme of surveillance is all too clear in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 film‚ ‘Rear Window’. From the opening credits‚ we immediately get a sense of what
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In the Modernist Mirror: Jacques Tati and the Parisian Landscape Author(s): Lee Hilliker Source: The French Review‚ Vol. 76‚ No. 2 (Dec.‚ 2002)‚ pp. 318-329 Published by: American Association of Teachers of French Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3132711 Accessed: 25/11/2009 13:02 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides
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The main character‚ Detective Mills‚ first looks at himself in the mirror giving himself the gaze‚ the visual presentation of self‚ of the “I”‚ the ego for “It is the birth of the long love affair/despair between image and self-image which has found such intensity of expression in film and such joyous recognition in the cinema audience” (Mulvey‚ 840). Because Mills has gained his ego from the gaze of identification and the environment that surrounds him‚ Se7en narrative becomes his‚ for we‚ as
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the ideas presented by Foucault. How should power be exercised among the people was the question imposed. Reiterating on Foucault’s answer in that power is an invisible force that lacks physical discipline. Society‚ out of knowledge of the constant gaze‚ manipulates their actions to conform to the norms of society and behave accordingly. This self-coercion is successful because it is widespread‚ lightweight‚ and easy to enforce. Hobbes has similar notions as to the expression of power in society.
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the store through the sentence “they came around out of the far aisle.” Sammy could have seen the girls in conjunction with the objects‚ but he begins to see them as human beings. Even with this growth‚ he is once again limited by the masculine gaze as he continues to focus on their bodies. Sammy chooses to focus on one girl in particular‚ the girl paying for the jar of herring. As she comes up his lane‚ he notes that “I wonder where the money’s coming from. Still with that prim look she lifts
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Improving Non-verbal Communication Executive Summary Hotel Srdiecko has noticed customer complaints about their personnel that they are rude and the clients did not feel welcome and comfortable in the Hotel. Srdiecko must not only handle these complaints‚ but also find the cause and solve the problem. The external specialist from Thermal Wellnes Hotels‚ which Hotel Srdiecko is a member of their international chain‚ Matus Eperjesi‚ found out that the cause lays in the lack of non-verbal
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answer to a silent prayer is found. His gaze is like a sword—carefully crafted‚ beautiful‚ and powerful. When his gaze meets rests upon another‚ it is felt deeply. If one is unlucky enough to have an aura which he considers distasteful‚ he might look through them—as if they were transparent—as if they were a reflection of something distasteful or mundane—as if they held no significance—as if they could fade‚ melt away right there and he would be unfazed. His gaze through others who he considers distasteful
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conversation. Her hand is almost directly in the center of the composition‚ is strongly illuminated to show imp‚ and the position of her hand also directs the eye to the main figure on the left. The woman to the far right of the composition also gazes toward the main figure. All of these elements emphasize the figure on the left side to be the focal
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LING109- LANGUAGE‚ CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION STUDY NOTES Week 1 Introduction Systemic functional social semiotics asks questions about meaning making in cultural contexts e.g. functions of language Experiential function: Representational meaning- what does the text represent? Interpersonal function: Modal meaning/ interpersonal meaning- how does the text engage
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Final Project: Comparative Essay By Rachel Mizic FAS-102 | SNHU In this essay I will be comparing two well-known paintings‚ who’s styles were both born of the French Revolution: Resting Girl (Marie-Louise O’Murphy)/Reclining Girl by François Boucher (1751) and Grande Odalisque by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. Resting Girl (Marie-Louise O’Murphy) (1751) by François Boucher‚ also called Reclining Girl or Blonde Odalisque‚ depicts 14-year-old Marie-Louise O’Murphy de Boisfaily in a sensuous pose
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