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- 351: Macbeth: Macbeth - A Tragic Hero
- ... A Tragic Hero "(Sometimes a tragic hero is created, not through his own villainy), but rather through some flaw in him, he being one of those who are in high station and good fortune, like Oedipus and Thyestes and the famous men of such families as those." (Poetics, Aristotle). Every great tragedy is dominated by a protagonist who has within himself a tragic flaw, too much or too little of one ...
- 352: Hamlet: "To Be Insane or Not To Be Insane That Tis The Question"
- ... Act I Sc. II 82) Here Hamlet demonstrates his rage by saying that his mother did not wear black or cry long for his departed father. Here the reader can see the beginning of the Oedipus comlex. Hamlet hating his new father, yet still loving his mother even though she was part of the plot to kill his father. Many scholars have said, "If Hamlet had performed his resolution to kill ...
- 353: Carl Gustav Jung
- ... class. The personal subconscious acts like a filing cabinet for those ego rejections. Clusters of related thoughts in the personal subconscious form Complexes. One type of complex we have talked about in class is the Oedipus Complex. For example, if one has a mother complex, (s)he can not be independent of his/her mother or a similar figure. Complexes are often highly visible to people, but unfelt by the individual ...
- 354: A Comparison Of Durkheim And Frued On Native American Cultur
- ... a part of the Native American Church in 1918, this faith emphasized responsibilities to the family and love of fellow humans. Freud did not believe in this traditional family happiness. Instead, he believed in the Oedipus Complex, that every boy wants to kill his father and take his mother (Freud). The Peyote Religion emphasizes family closeness and does not condone for family happiness. They also have a doctrine and ethics in ...
- 355: The Odyssey The Role Of Prophe
- ... gods advice of using a sacrificial bird (349). Moreover, prophecy can be negative as well as positive. Achilles was prophesied to die gloriously in battle if he chose his life s way as a warrior. Oedipus was exiled and condemned by his own words, after he slew his sire and wed his mother. This type of prophesy can blind even the gods themselves; Chronos was fated to be defeated and his ...
- 356: Antigone: A Tragic Hero
- ... will treat her just like one any other member of society. Lastly, Antigone is inherently destroyed by the one thing that is her tragic flaw: excessive pride. This was also a downfall of her father Oedipus. This pride could also be confused with honor. Antigone not only defies Creon's edict but also makes a mockery of it when he asks her about it. When asked if she knows the edict ...
- 357: Special Effects
- ... over 70 years and with good reason. Whether it be a plate being thrown across the screen or a computer generated Star Destroyer, a clay ape on a cardboard Empire State Building or a T-Rex smacking his head on the side of your jeep, the art of movie illusion will only cease to grow when our minds do.
- 358: Jurrasic Park
- ... order to steal the embryos the storm hits, and the park power goes out. As the power goes out the visitors to the island are stuck in the middle of nowhere, with an escaped T-Rex. Everyone flees and is scattered through the park. The animals begin attacking the control building, while they are search for food. Since all the power is out there is no way to stop them, or ...
- 359: Lord Of The Flies
- ... to be a period of increased awareness of bowel movement during the toilet-training period in toddlers. Golding notes that the younger boys call out for their mothers rather than their fathers, hinting at the Oedipus complex. If the abandoned boys are representative of the aspects of the human individual, then the lush, rich bounty of the island suggest the resources available to the individual. The initially luxuriant images of abundant ...
- 360: Jurrasic Park
- ... attacked and killed by one of the dinosaurs. Now the power is out and all the animals can get out of the no longer electrified fences. The others are stopped in front of the T-Rex holding area and he breaks through and attacks them. Everyone flees and is scattered through the park. The animals begin attacking the control building. Since all the power is out there is no way to ...
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