Kris Heller 8/1/05 Music History: Beethoven An Interpretation of Beethoven ’s Music in the Film "A Clockwork Orange" "A Clockwork Orange" is the story of a young and disturbed man who‚ in order to avoid his prison sentence‚ subjects himself to a controversial new treatment to correct his unlawful behavior. Stanley Kubrick‚ the film ’s creator‚ uses Beethoven ’s music to penetrate the complexity of the main character ’s actions and emotions. Beethoven ’s music acts as his salvation‚ providing
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Approach in Literary Criticism (Written report) PSYCHOANALYTICAL APPROACH IN LITERATURE Psychoanalytic literary criticism refers to literary criticism or literary theory which‚ in method‚ concept‚ or form‚ is influenced by the tradition of psychoanalysis begun by Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalytic reading has been practiced since the early development of psychoanalysis itself‚ and has developed into a heterogeneous interpretive tradition. As Patricia Waugh writes‚ ’Psychoanalytic literary criticism
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A Clockwork Orange: Violence and Corruption Alex‚ the fifteen year old narrator of Anthony Burgess’s novel‚ A Clockwork Orange‚ lives in a society where violence reigns. This novel has a very direct nature‚ and is often blunt to the point of offense‚ but this makes it more powerful and helps to further its point. This point is that everyone is out for themselves‚ whether they be the police‚ government or citizens of this society. In this book‚ the police can be just as violent as Alex and
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The film opens with a close up shot of Alex dressed in white with gray suspenders showcasing his false eyelashes on his right eye and with the brim of his pork pie hat tilted slightly downward. His ominous blue eyes peering right through you as if you did not even exist. Slowly the camera pulls back as Alex takes a sip of drug laced milk revealing the type of company he keeps. His “droogs” as Alex called them were seated next to him on a bench in the Korova Milk Bar. The Korova Milk Bar was decorated
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Essay 2 Through out "A Clockwork Orange‚" leaders and governments have a profound affect on the characters. The government of the State lets the young adolescence run wild and rampant. Alex leads his group as a communist dictator who is later over thrown. Both Alex and the State use varied forms of propaganda to convince their followers that they are right. The State and Alex both have similarities to the United States and Russia during the Cold War. From the vary start of the book the influence
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In Dennis Bloomfield’s literary criticism‚ he dissects Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights by finding a common theme‚ and explaining how they develop the plot of the story. He proposes sickness and death as themes that develop the plot‚ and the meaning and reason why they would be included in a story. Death is a concept that is fairly simple to understand‚ however Bloomfield not only mentions physical sicknesses of the characters‚ but mental ones aswell. Death causes a physical and emotional imbalance
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A Clockwork Orange – Ludovico technique 1. What is the Ludovico Technique? How is it meant to work? Pay close attention to the text in your response. The prison Chaplain confirmed Alex’s idea of the Ludovico technique as a technique that is meant to be a sort of treatment that “gets you out (of prison) quickly and makes sure you that you don’t get (back) in again.” It is said to work by showing a series of a special type of film to the ‘patient’ and injecting something that is said
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Literary Criticism What comes to your mind when you hear the word “criticism”? Nowadays‚ most people look at criticism as something negative and personally‚ it has a negative connotation to me. Multimedia (for example‚ television‚ radio‚ etc.) has often depicted criticism as an antagonist. On reality TV shows‚ say‚ a singing competition‚ there is usually a panel of judges who criticize the contestants ’ performances particularly focusing on its fine points and flaws (more on the latter) and the
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DEFINITION OF POSTCOLONIAL CRITICISM A type of cultural criticism‚ postcolonial criticism usually involves the analysis of literary texts produced in countries and cultures that have come under the control of European colonial powers at some point in their history. Alternatively‚ it can refer to the analysis of texts written about colonized places by writers hailing from the colonizing culture. In Orientalism (1978)‚ Edward Said‚ a pioneer of postcolonial criticism and studies‚ focused on the way
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types of Literary Criticisms? * New Criticism / Formalism - This type of criticism concerns itself with the parts of a text and how the parts fit together to make a whole. Because of this‚ it does not bring in any information outside of the text: biography of the author‚ historical or literary allusions‚ mythological patterns‚ or the psychoanalytical traits of the characters (except those traits specifically described in the text.) * Archetypical or Mythic – This type of criticism looks at
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