Despite not being considered primary emotions, shame and guilt are emotions that are central to the way people view themselves and also how others view them. Shame and guilt have much more impact on the driving force behind certain actions than they are credited with. This phenomenon can be observed...
The Magic If The "magic if" is a method acting technique, where an actor must try to answer the question "what would I do IF I were the character or in their situation?" Stanislavski thought that an actor cannot genuinely believe in the reality of events on the stage to be true, but he said that an...
Is murder ever justifiable? In the two short stories "A Municipal Report", and "A Jury of Her Peers", that question is the driving force behind the theme of each story. Despite their similarities in basic plot, O. Henry's "A Municipal Report" contains little more than simple elements of enterta...
The greater portion of Alan Lightman's novel, The Diagnosis, takes place in a modern day world and deals with modern day issues. The Diagnosis shows a juxtaposition of human emotion and technological advances, seemingly opposite entities. The mindless use of technology as a form of communication an...
The founders had a view of human nature. They wanted to use their views of freedom and equality to shape this country. The founders believed that as created beings we all have god endowed rights and a duty to protect and use them. And all humans have rational choice to do this and through rational c...
Technology Versus Emotion The greater portion of Alan Lightman's novel, The Diagnosis, takes place in a modern day world and deals with modern day issues. The Diagnosis shows a juxtaposition of human emotion and technological advances, seemingly opposite entities. The mindless use of technology ...
My friend Nick, who shared the same adventurous interests as me, invited me to say in a lakeside cabin with him for a week in Chelan, Washington to which I graciously accepted, and before I knew it, we were touching down in Seattle and driving two hundred miles west into Central Washington. ... Just like Abbey, my natural instincts allowed me to see the powerful force of nature as beautiful even though it was the very force that was threatening my safety. ...
Also, however, Hamlet does not want to confront Gertrude with the crime in a rational way, thus forcing her to make a difficult choice between Hamlet and Claudius, with disastrous psychological results for Hamlet if she chooses against him. ... This explains why Hamlet berates Ophelia to the point of driving her insane and towards her untimely death. ... Thus, since Hamlet cannot induce his mother to stop loving Claudius by killing her or driving her insane, as he did with Ophelia, he must somehow bring about this stoppage while leaving her alive and sane. ...
Authority, magic, and complete emotion all were driving forces in contributing to the role of power. ... Thesius" authority is the higher power, and Hippolyta's love (in marriage) is controlled by the duke's selfish authority in forcing her to marry. ...
In every short story the element of narrative structure is extremely significant, no more so then in "The Altar of the Family" by Michael Wilding and "A Blow, A Kiss" by Tim Winton. Both author's use of exposition, character development and climaxes are pivotal in the development of narrative struc...
The greater implication of this line is that the prisoner's only escape from depression is slowly driving him mad. ... Their optimistic enthusiasm makes the liberators appear ignorant or naive, forcing the reader to reflect on their earlier empathy with disappointment. ...
