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    or archetypal image whose origin reside in universal consciousness. [2] Where‚ in the Jungian psychic diagram‚ does the collective consciousness lie? (p.1) In the lowest position [3] What is the relationship between the Wise Old Man/Woman and the hero? (p. 2) The Old Man/Woman is a guide or helper of the hero. It can sometimes be a double and both positive or negative [4] What is a scapegoat and how is it applied to the Other? (p.4) It is an animal or person whose death supposes the end of sins. Scapegoats

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    Christine Ku 13 December 2010 ENGL-213‚ Pollack The Use of Grotesque in Literature While we can make some useful generalizations about the purposes to which the grotesque may be used‚ it is clear that the range of possible functions is very broad. Some instances of the grotesque serve no purpose at all apart from a purely ornamental or personal one; some have no function except the fulfillment of a whimsical and capricious desire to invent something bizarre and eccentric. In some works

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    attitude. They also give a good outlook on life when they decide to tell life experiences or stories. Most people understand older people differently‚ sometimes it is hard but then again it is as easy as the alphabet. I observed my ninety year old grandmother. She has changed a lot over the years. I noticed the different ways she move around and the way she dresses. My grandmother moves slow as if she was racing a snail. She uses a cane to walk and sometimes stops while walking. Before she could

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    “And I must ask the forgiveness of your mother and of all my people. Never again will I demand that the old people of our village be sent to the mountains to die. Rather‚ they will be treated with the respect and honor they deserve and share with us the wisdom of their years.” The folktale “ The Wise Old Woman” was Written By Yoshiko Uchinda Is a story that takes place in medieval Japan. The story starts when a young ruler makes a decree that all people over the age of 71 must be sent to the mountains

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    There is no we there is us‚ the negroes. About 150 years slavery has existed in America and you just now question whether it is to continue. As a previous slave‚ I’ve endured being manhandled‚ whipped‚ and cast down. I stand here today to stop the grotesque sin of slavery and achieve equal rights for my brothers and sisters. This is a white man’s dream ‚ a black man’s nightmare. Have you ever realized that slavery directly goes against the Declaration of Independence? The second paragraph states “

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    The Wife of Bath’s Relation to the Old Woman The character of the Wife of Bath in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales takes a special interest because of her powerful character and points of view at a time when women were meant to be passive and undermined. When reading the Wife of Bath’s prologue and tale‚ several similarities as well as modifications can be found between the Wife of Bath’s character and the character of the old woman in the tale. Some apparent similarities are how both are depicted

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    In The Wise Old Woman by Yoshiko Uchida there is a cruel young lord that made a rule that when you turn 71 you are to be sent to the mountains to die. The farmers mother just turned 71. The farmer refuses to leave her up there and brings here back down. Then Lord Higa comes to the village. He gives three riddles for the people to solve and the only one that can is the farmers mother. She solves the riddles saving the village. Throughout the story the boy and the mother make sacrifices for one another

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    even plans to kill her husband Tom Willard‚ since he is in abnormal pursuit of “business success” (Anderson‚ 1919). Based on these peculiar behaviors‚ Elizabeth is often considered as a “grotesque” by both the people in the town and literary critics. Critics‚ like Regis Michaud‚ endeavor to explain Elizabeth’s grotesque psyche with Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytical terms including “fear of intimacy”‚ “the Oedipus complex”‚

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    terror and horror with which the animal inspired me” Edgar Allen Poe uses many gothic techniques in his stories‚ but only a handful of those actually give the story character and feeling. Unreliable narrators add a sense of character to the narrator‚ Grotesque gives the story its unique setting‚ and guilt further develops the characters. Unreliable narrators give the reader an outstanding view of the story as it is being told through an unstable person. In the story The Black Cat Poe exclaims this line

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    Case Studies Read the case studies below and answer the questions that follow in two short essays that will be submitted as one deliverable. Case Study #1 Ms. A. is an apparently healthy 26-year-old white woman. Since the beginning of the current golf season‚ Ms. A has noted increased shortness of breath and low levels of energy and enthusiasm. These symptoms seem worse during her menses. Today‚ while playing in a golf tournament at a high‚ mountainous course‚ she became light-headed and was

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