Themes‚ Motifs & Symbols Themes Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. The Irrationality of the Universe Though The Stranger is a work of fiction‚ it contains a strong resonance of Camus’s philosophical notion of absurdity. In his essays‚ Camus asserts that individual lives and human existence in general have no rational meaning or order. However‚ because people have difficulty accepting this notion‚ they constantly attempt to identify or create
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How useful is postmodernism in understanding contemporary British fiction To examine the question of how useful postmodernism is in understanding contemporary British fiction‚ I will be using the example of ‘Sexing The Cherry’ written by Jeanette Winterson. The works that can be closely linked with this novel first published in 1989 are those of theorist and historian Michel Foucault. His ideas on sexuality mirror the ideas of sexuality used in Sexing The Cherry (Winterson. J 1989‚ 47-60). Postmodernism
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Character creates after some time. Many surmise that a lot of a man’s character is shaped ahead of schedule in life. Be that as it may‚ we don’t know precisely how much or how early character creates. In any case‚ it is sheltered to claim that character does not change rapidly. A man’s detectable conduct means that his or her character. This conduct can be solid or frail‚ great or awful. A man with solid character indicates drive‚ vitality‚ assurance‚ self-control‚ resolve‚ and nerve. She sees what
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DNA deals with a whole host of contemporary issues through its portrayal of a particularly disaffected and alienated teenage-orientated view of the ‘modern’ world. The characters are loosely drawn‚ not often given space to comment on anything other than their immediate world and the complications of the relationships through which it is structured. The scenes are full of confrontational situations‚ often framed around a character addressing another with no response and at times this creates scenes
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Stalker Review Although like a science fiction on the surface‚ Stalker talks about our human nature based on metaphysical interpretation and biblical background. As Nariman Skakov mentioned in his “Revelation of Stalker”‚ the movie makes heavy uses on biblical text‚ especially text from chapter Revelation. Those reference indicates the theme of this movie: a potential apocalypse in the metaphysical level. In contrast‚ those three people entered the “zone” for the truth‚ the solution to such a crisis
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“The Crucible‚” the title Arthur Miller’s gave his play. Nowhere in the whole play is the title even mentioned. This makes one curious to find out the reason why. Why would Arthur Miller name his play “The Crucible” and not mention it in his play? There could be many reasons why he chose this title. Webster’s dictionary defines crucible as a vessel of a very refractory material used for melting a substance that requires a high degree of heat. Crucible is also defined as a severe test. The last definition
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In his film The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology‚ Slavoj Zizek‚ a Slovenian philosopher‚ cultural critic and Marxist intellectual‚ discusses his ideas on fantasy‚ reality‚ sexuality‚ subjectivity‚ desire‚ materiality and cinematic form. One of the film’s he analyzes is They Live‚ a John Carpenter film released in 1988 about a man named John Nada‚ a wanderer without meaning in his life‚ who discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. Working like x-ray vision‚ the glasses
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Introduction: In American Psycho and The Outsider‚ to experience the Absurd is to experience Otherness‚ and within both film and novel it is absurdity and the Absurd which drives Mersault and Bateman towards their respective social alienations. However‚ despite the inextricable link between the Absurd and Otherness within the texts‚ the means by which the Absurd interacts with each text‚ and‚ in turn results in alienation is unique. Within Camus’s novel‚ the world itself is portrayed as being oppressive
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The Stranger‚ written by Albert Camus‚ is an existentialist novel about a man who struggles to understand his free will. Camus’ personal philosophy is portrayed throughout the entire novel through the actions of the main character‚ Monsieur Meursault. For the entire book‚ Meursault does not conform well into normal society. For example‚ he does not mourn his mother’s death. He also does not feel any regret after murdering a man who did not deserve to be murdered. However‚ at the end of the novel
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