Benjamin’s essay‚ The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction‚ and Foucault’s essay‚ Panopticism‚ don’t seem to have anything in common at all. The former discusses the reproduction of art and the loss of aura that follows it‚ while the latter is mostly about discipline‚ with a design of a prison as its main foundation. However‚ after further reading and a lot of analysis‚ both essays talk about power quite a bit. While the two authors have opposing views on this subject‚ their ideas complement
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Final Essay Assignment VCC201 Summer 2013 Due June 10th 4-5 pages (1‚000 – 1250 words) This assignment is worth 30% of your final grade. Your essay must be thesis driven and present a coherent and well-structured argument. You must make use of at least four scholarly sources and follow a standardized referencing format‚ such as MLA‚ APA‚ or Chicago. Your essay must be double-spaced and include‚ if possible‚ copies of any images that you discuss. Your essay will be graded on following
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systematic analysis. In fact‚ several of your assignments this semester have asked you to analyze a place‚ text or event utilizing the lens created by one of our main authors. Your next assignment challenges you to take Foucault’s essay‚ “Panopticism‚” and apply it to a film of your choice. There are unique dangers inherent in working with film‚ including becoming comfortable with the language of images‚ but many of the same skills you have developed up until now will come in handy for your
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within it. In example‚ during the medieval period‚ God would have been seen as the center since every aspect of society was referred to God and thus all actions‚ customs and beliefs reflected back to God. The second text by Michel Foucault‚ “Panopticism”‚ discussed Bentham’s Panopticon which was a form of arrangement of cells in dungeons and prisons. This type of prison was seen as the perfect way of building one and is compared to how society should be seen. Bentham perceived power as something
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Renovations “The Yellow Wallpaper” was published in 1892‚ and was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. She wrote this in comparison of her own experiences‚ which is about the postpartum depression she suffered with. It was published in order to inform the doctors at that time that this was a serious illness‚ and it needed to be addressed and treated differently than it was at that time period. The story shows how the mental stability of a woman who suffers from this illness progresses over a period
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small‚ the Capitol will not hesitate to punish‚ or even kill any sign of rebellion. Her mother’s fear exemplifies how afraid the citizens of the districts of Panem are of their rulers in the Capitol. This can also be seen in Foucault’s writing‚ “Panopticism.” Just as the citizens fear the Capitol can see them even though they usually can’t‚ the prisoners within the panoptic mechanism think they are constantly being watched but can’t see who is watching or if they are watching‚ “he is seen‚ but he
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Cited: Capote‚ Truman. In Cold Blood. New York: Vintage Books‚ 1965. Print. Hickman‚ Trenton. ""The Last to See Them Alive": Panopticism‚ the Supervisory Gaze‚ and Catharsis in Capote ’s in Cold Blood." Studies in the Novel 37.4 (2005): 464+. Questia. Web. 25 Nov. 2011. <http://www.questiaschool.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5014218548>.
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Robbery‚ rape‚ homicide‚ etc. are being joined by another threat. The increase in popularity of the Internet over the years has resulted in the creation of a new type of crime‚ cybercrime. With that‚ came along a new concern: the need for safety and surveillance on the Internet. This has created a certain type of Panoptic society and displays the way in which people are subject to behave when they know that a higher power such as the Federal Government and even local law enforcement agencies have
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References: 7. Foucault ‚ Michel. “The Meants of Correct Training” and “The Panopticism”in Paul Rabinowed. The Foucault Reader‚ New York: Pantheon‚ 1984. 188-213 Print. 12. Tagg‚ John. “A Means of Surveillance”‚ The Burden of Representation: Essays on Photographies and Histories. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press‚ 1988.70-102
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Cited: Bak‚ John S. “Escaping the jaundiced eye: Foucauldian panopticism in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s ‘The Yellow Wallpaper.’” Studies in Short Fiction. 31.1 (1994): 39-46. 8 April 2004. . Hedges‚ Elaine R. “’Out at Last’? ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ after Two Decades of Feminist Criticism.” Critical Essays on Charlotte
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