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Pit and the Pendulum essay Emily Springer pd.2 10.21.14 Poe’s Pit and Pendulum can relate to life where you are uncertain of what your future will be due to different obstacles you face. In this story the author uses darkness‚ oblivion and deception to create an effective tone and atmosphere throughout the story. The darkness really plays an important role in the beginning of this story. Having the narrator alone and left with his thoughts and fears to consume him sets an eerie tone. “The blackness
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The History of Sexuality Will of Knowledge‚ Vol. 1 Michel Foucault‚ 1976 About Foucault Michel Foucault (1926-1984) is one of the prominent sociologists in the contemporary world. He held a chair at the prestigious Collège de France with the title "History of Systems of Thought‚" and also taught at the University at Buffalo and the University of California‚ Berkeley. Some of Foucault’s major contributions have been in the area of power and knowledge. He wrote frequently for French newspapers
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In his book‚ Foucault identifies the roots of sexuality back to the 1600s‚ where Christian ideology resulted in an augmented interest in sexuality within families. As sexuality began to intensify throughout society‚ ruling classes began to regulate it by seeking guidance from mentors‚ doctors and pastors that resulted in a massive dissemination of discourse on sexuality. Over time‚ sexuality has become rather significant to individuals‚ something that defines them spiritually‚ physically and socially
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Everyone has their demons. The Dark Romantic Movement brought that evil into literature in an enticing and spine-chilling way. “The Pit and the Pendulum”‚ by Edgar Allan Poe‚ is emblematic of this movement. Poe used many literary elements and techniques to create a feeling of terror and fear. Three of the strongest elements present are the use of first person narration‚ imagery‚ and symbolism. First person is a powerful choice of narration for this piece. Direct insight into the narrator’s thought
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Power: the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events. While this is the dictionary definition‚ power can be viewed in several different manners. Michel Foucault took a different approach on this concept by developing his own theory on the phenomenon of power through his observations on subjects ranging from school discipline to administration systems. A writer named Jonathan Gaventa described Foucault’s work stating it “marks a radical departure from
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and pervasive’ (Jones & Porter‚ 1994). In the riots CCTV did act as a Panopticon in regards to it allowing for identification after the riots had ended‚ although Foucault stated ‘the major effect of the Panopticon: to induce in the inmate a state of conscious and permanent visibility that assures the automatic functioning of power’ (Foucault‚ 1977). This was not necessarily the case in 2011 as it did not deter people away from partaking in the looting and rioting even though they knew CCTV was
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Michel Foucault’s initial intent was not to analyze the phenomena of power and discourse‚ “nor to elaborate the foundations of such an analysis” (Foucault). His objective was to examine the main aspects of how human beings are made subjects. He came to the conclusion-that in order to understand how individuals become subjects‚ you must acknowledge the power relations within a society. Michel Foucault’s theory of power and discourse was first created/published in his book “Discipline and Punish: The
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person’s moral compass to make them agree with the argument of the author. American Literature is influenced by the emotion of the time that it is happening in and also by the emotions and beliefs of the audience. In the reading of “the pit and the pendulum” Poe would use imagery to help the reader be able to see the setting of the location where the man was being held captive in a way that would make the person reading the material feel the sense of fear and be able to put a picture of the
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Most people have gone through the fear of being encased in the dark. The setting of darkness in ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’ creates the same effect of fear‚ both in the narrator and the reader. Darkness is present even before the narrator is in the tomb. The “black-robed judges” are the first which bring out darkness into the setting. Since they were the ones who sentenced the narrator to death in the tomb‚ they can be seen as the first glimpse of the immense darkness that the narrator was about to
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