Critical Response #1: “On Paradise” by Nicolette Bethel In the essay “On Paradise” Nicolette Bethel starts off by discussing reality based on perspective. To illustrate this Bethel uses two examples. The first example is the image of a beach seen through the eyes of two people; a tourist and a resident. From the tourist’s perspective the beach is a beautiful‚ warm place where he can lay around and get a sun tan‚ enjoy the warm air and clear skies; however‚ from the resident’s perspective it’s a
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Critical Response to “The Moral Thinking of Macbeth” In his essay‚ “The Moral Thinking of Macbeth‚” J. Gregory Keller attempts to address Hannah Arendt’s claim in her article‚ “Thinking and Moral Considerations‚” that evil may arise in society directly from thoughtlessness. He attempts to use the murder of Duncan in Macbeth as an event to clarify her argument that thoughtlessness leads to evil and that thinking about the ethical ramifications of one’s thinking can actually turn people toward
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In his play A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ William Shakespeare explores the various themes of opposition‚ and the effect they have on his characters. One such theme is that of duty as opposed to desire. Duty can be a moral or legal obligation‚ an action or task that one is required to perform. While desire is a strong want or longing for something. The first example of duty versus desire comes within the first monolog of the play. Theseus‚ the Duke of Athens is frustrated that his wedding is four days
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Shakespeare- A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act 3 Scene 1 summary The craftsmen meet in the woods at the appointed time to rehearse their play. Since they will be performing in front of a large group of nobles (and since they have an exaggerated sense of the delicacy of noble ladies)‚ Bottom declares that certain elements of the play must be changed. He fears that Pyramus’s suicide and the lion’s roaring will frighten the ladies and lead to the actors’ executions. The other men share Bottom’s concern
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Critical Film Response (Western Eyes) The documentary film ‘Western Eyes’ by Ann Shin presents two Canadian women of Asian descent who are contemplating having plastic surgery to permanently change their looks. The aim of their surgeries was to westernize their appearances. Sharon‚ who is of Korean descent‚ wants to have eyelid surgery done to give her eyes ‘more of a fold’. Maria is of Filipino descent and was considering changing both her eyes and nose at the beginning of the film. Sharon‚ the
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Critical Thinking R-PAS Response Paper The Rorschach Inkblot test is one of the most iconic psychological tests that is shown on television and media worldwide. I believe this wide spread media has called into question the inkblot test’s clinical utility‚ reliability and usage in the field of psychology. This paper will summarize and critique four articles‚ two that are against the Rorschach and challenge its usage in different aspects of psychology and two that are for the Rorschach and believe
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Alejandro Vargas English 101 April 21‚ 2014 Southern Gothic Critical Reading Response Essay In “A Good Man is Hard to Find‚” by Flannery O’ Connor the audience sees how an ordinary family road trip turns into a horrifying death scene. This is caused because of the genre of the story‚ Southern Gothic‚ combining some Gothic sensibilities (such as the Grotesque) along with the setting and style of the Southern United States. Themes of the Southern Gothic genre include deeply flawed‚ disturbing
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Shakespeare uses many different ways to portray humor in his play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Puck is a mischievous‚ outgoing fairy who just likes to have fun. He often makes silly mistakes‚ the most memorable one being that he put the love juice in the wrong man’s eyes! So instead of Demetrius falling in love with Helena‚ Lysander does. Then Puck makes Demetrius fall in love with Helena too. This creates a whole mess of dramatic irony‚ for all the lovers know not what happened‚ and fight amongst
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ENGL 1123 P18 A Critical Response to “Censorship: A Personal View” In the article “Censorship: A Personal View”‚ an introduction to her book Places I Never Meant to Be: Original Stories by Censored Writer‚ Judy Blume‚ an advocate in the anticensorship movement‚ shares her experiences dealing with censorship and the banning of books throughout her career as a writer of children’s books. In this article‚ Blume explains how being told not to do or read certain books increases temptation and desire
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Contrast Shakespeare’s use of the play-within-the-play in Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream ( DEC 08) A play within a play is a literary device that is used for several purposes-contrast‚ mirroring and for purely comedic purposes. Hamlet Midsummer Night’s Dream 1 In Hamlet it displayed self consciousness 1 In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Shakespeare shows the process of creating and staging a play through the rehearsals of the ‘ rude mechanicals’ 2
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