English Speech Goodmorning. Today I will be talking to you about how history and memory are depicted in Peter Carey’s True History of the Kelly Gang‚ and James Cameron’s 1997 film Titanic. Both texts depend heavily on fictionalised historical figures to tell their stories through memory. And both leave us with suspicions about their historical accuracy. In this speech I will be exploring these two texts through five main points * The difference in believability between a novel and a film
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trap the characters‚ playing on the oppressive‚ catastrophic nature of noir. And lastly low key lighting‚ emphasizing the opposition of light and dark. The characters faces are hidden‚ and by extension so are motives and true character. The film Memento directed by Christopher Nolan is a modern take on the noir genre‚ with black and white flash backs‚ low key lighting‚ specific camera techniques‚ the Femme fatal and the Flawed hero. Although the film was made in 2000 it still has many characteristics
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The short story “Memento Mori” is about a man trying to seek revenge for the murder of his wife. The only problem is he cannot keep any new memories after his wife’s death‚ which makes his task very difficult for him. The main character of the story “Memento Mori” is Earl. The author does not really give a detailed physical description of Earl throughout the story. The only thing stated about his appearance is the thick scar on his face which starts under his ear and runs up into his hairline.
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Suzette Green “Memento Mori” Response The short story “Memento Mori” written by Jonathan Nolan is the backdrop for the movie “Memento” by his brother Chirstopher Nolan. The short story is a little confusing because it seems like that it is written backwards. I’ve never seen the movie and this is my first time reading the short story that the movie is based on. The beginning of the story is written in a first person narrative‚ addressing the reader as “you” as this narrative continues though
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In the film Memento‚ written by director Christopher Nolan‚ the main character Leonard Shelby‚ is a confused and damaged man that wants the revenge for the murder of his wife. We can say that Lenny lives in his own world uniquely different from everyone else. The reason for this is his inability to store short term memory and convert into long term memory. This disability renders Lenny’s life into a repeatable lifestyle and has to start from scratch about every 15 minutes. The only source he has
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Kendra Williford Philosophy 217 Spring 2012 Philosophy and Memento When seeking out the definition of philosophy‚ it is common to find some variation of ‘the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being‚ knowledge‚ or conduct.’ I think through the variations it is safe to say that an inquiry of life and its meaning is a more basic statement of what philosophy is at its core. So the next question would be‚ how does one do philosophy? To answer simply‚ I believe it would start
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History is traditionally seen as the study of past events‚ which is recorded with facts‚ data and statistics. These recorded documents are everlasting pieces of the past. However‚ these documents on their own fail to present the intricate picture of the dreadful events that have occurred. The emotions and sorrows felt by the individuals are continually overlooked and sidestepped in these historical recordings due to their attempt to remain as unbiased as possible by maintaining an objective
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Practice Questions for History and Memory 2009 Analyze the ways history and memory generate compelling and unexpected insights Representing an ‘absolute truth’ is impossible. Inherent human bias affects both history and memory. We unintentionally falsify parts of the past in order to emphasise the nature of past events we find central to our individual beliefs. Therefore we are challenged with obvious limitations in representing the ‘truth’. The interplay of history and memory however‚ leads to a
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meaningful understanding of the past is to be gained‚ the resources of both history and memory must be used. History is the factual‚ objective recording of events through documents‚ archives‚ records‚ artefacts and physical evidence whereas memory is the recollection of individuals of their personal experience and sequence of events however‚ adding the human element to the situation or experience. However‚ history and memory sometimes contrast with each other but most importantly they need to complement
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In contrast to documented evidence‚ personal history or memory inevitably reflects a one sided biased view of history. Evaluate the proposition in relation to your prescribed text and at least one related text. Personal history or memory inevitably reflects a one sided biased view of history. However through an analysis of multiple texts it can be seen that neither documented evidence (history) or personal memories are completely reliable. Despite this‚ a study of the poems “In Thai Binh (Peace)
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