Simran Kaur Ms. Chung and Professor Lin Humanities 101 – Section 7 September 14‚ 2015 Blindness as a Spiritual Awakening in Oedipus Rex In literature‚ blindness has come to be associated with insight and highly sensitive perception. While Oedipus gains awareness to the truth‚ no longer blind to his past‚ before blinding himself‚ he gains a more spiritual sight after blinding himself. Amidst the terror that strikes in the last few scenes of Oedipus Rex by Sophocles‚ Oedipus is finally able to take
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In Sophocoles’‚ Oedipus the King‚ "blindness" is ironically referenced in more than one way. This is the obvious motif of the story. Correspondingly‚ in the story of Oedipus the King‚ “blindness” is used quite ambiguously. As a matter of fact‚ this story displays the classic contrast between the distinction of "seeing" and being "blind‚" and it is intertwined throughout the story. The contradiction between these two are played by Oedipus and Teiresias. This story is the classic tale of what you see
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Love The saying ’love makes the world go round’ is accurate‚ in a metaphorical sense. Some people may disagree‚ saying that greed or money makes the world go round‚ but in order to be greedy you have to love something (or at least feel passionately about it) and the most common thing greedy people crave is money‚ even if it is to buy other things. Films are made about it‚ books and songs and poems are written‚ artists draw and paint and sculpt‚ people spend their entire lives waiting for ’The
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Othello remains relevant to a modern audience through the human experiences of thematic issues such as jealousy‚ duty and honour‚ and racism. All three themes intertwine to convey the power and effect on different characters. Jealousy is used to highlight its immense self-destructive power‚ whilst duty and honour reflects the importance of one’s reputation. Racism is also present throughout the play‚ conveying the fears of being an outsider. Shakespeare successfully portrays these themes through
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The Defeat of Othello The operations of a human beings mind‚ the place where we hold thoughts‚ find peace and security is thought to be our own…what if this is compromised? Imagine no longer having control of your thoughts and never feeling secure and stable; the same way Othello felt after being controlled by Iago. In the play of Othello by William Shakespeare‚ the character Iago shows his abilities of understanding the mind of Othello‚ leading him to his downfall. He is able to do this by manipulating
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English Literature The focus of the play Othello is not so much Othello’s flaws and weaknesses but more Iago’s villainy. A thorough analysis of the play Othello tends to reveal that the focus of the play is actually about Othello’s flaws and weaknesses rather than Iago’s villainy. This conclusion has been reached due to the fact that many elements of drama as well as a characteristic of Shakespearean tragedy are centered on Othello and his imperfections. In essence‚ the conflict and thematic
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Blind people research Blindness is a disability that comes from birth‚ but other times it comes with the years. It’s a very complicated disability that thirty nine million people around the world need to face. Many scientific researchers have found out that when people are born blind‚ their brain is capable of refining their abilities to touch or hear. We never thought about how a blind person perceives the world‚ we never imagine how a person that cant see anything‚ thinks about the world
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Emotion –induced blindness Introduction Emotional visual scenes are powerful attracters of attention. Evidence suggests that emotional stimuli themselves attract attention‚ and they can disrupt perception of subsequent stimuli (Anderson and Phelps‚ 2001). In a visual attention search task‚ faster reaction time has been found when target is an emotional stimulus than neutral stimuli (Ohman‚ Lundqvist‚ & Esteves‚ 2001). From these result it seems that emotional stimuli enhance perception of such
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‘The persuasion of a friend is a strong thing.’ This is one of the infamous quotes from the renowned epic poet Homer. He was supposedly one of the greatest epic poets of all time.The inspiring poet Homer was believed to be blind. It is not definite as to whether he was only partially or wholly blind. Homer was born around 800 BCE. To date‚ seven countries have claimed to be his birthplace‚ some of which include Ios‚ Greece‚ Turkey‚ and on the coast of Asia Minor‚ and many other places along the Mediterranean
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Othello vs. Othello Throughout Hollywood history‚ many screen adaptations of famous books and novels have strayed away from its original. In almost every movie based on a literary work‚ there are always major differences. Whether it is in the story plot‚ character‚ or even its setting‚ spotting the differences is always easy to find. However‚ when it comes to Shakespeare the movies are rarely changed. In most movies‚ they are not only true to the plot‚ but even true to the dialogue. In perhaps
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