Psychoanalytical analysis of The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka) Introduction PSYCHOANALYTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE METAMORPHOSIS, BY FRANZ KAFKA Introduction We are using Freudian psychoanalytic criticism as our conceptual framework to analyze Franz Kafka’s classic long short story—The Metamorphosis. Taken from Beginning Theory: An Introduction To Literary And Cultural Theory by Peter Barry, Freudian psychoanalytic critics first analyze and interpret literary text in the distinction between the conscious and the unconscious mind. Second, they emphasize the unconscious motives and feelings, whether these are those of the author or those of the characters depicted in the work. Third, classic psychoanalytic symptoms, conditions or phases are presence in the literary work. Forth, they make large-scale applications of psychoanalytic concepts to literary history in general.
A Look at Rhetorical Strategies Using Aristotle’s Ethos, Pathos and Logos in Mary Prince Mary Prince’s narrative of enslavement and resistance helped advance the principal cause of abolition. Her writings were meant to acquaint England with the brutality and sexual depravity occurring in the West Indies. The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave is an as-told-to narrative; as the title page exhibits: Related by Herself. Through the lens of Aristotle’s Ethos, Pathos and Logos this paper will study the persuasive techniques used in Mary Prince’s narrative which enhanced her cause. Mary Prince delivers a vivid narrative in order to dispel the myths of the latent oppression occurring in the Caribbean, and the tripartite approach offered by Aristotle’s basic fundamentals of a persuasive argument develops a document that persuades readers to consider that the enslaved were not privileged or enjoying their enslavement.
Hawthorne uses the story of Hester Prynne to exemplify this. An ambiguous woman, who accepts and rejects at the same time the cruel and strict character of puritanism. . The book, from the start to the very end, presents us a sequence of symbols. The use of those symbols gives to the novel a fanciful style, transforming characters or simple objects on a figurative representation to understand the context and the author’s view point.
Chapter 1 mainly discusses the three primary perspectives of sociology; functionalist, conflict, and symbolic interactionism. These perspectives offer uniquely conceptualized theoretical paradigms for explaining how society influences people, and vice versa. The symbolic interactionism & Theory The central idea of symbolic interactionism is that symbols are the key to understanding how we interpret the world and interact with each other. George H. Mead (1863-1931) developed the milestone of the symbolic interactionism. According to him, people attach meanings to symbols, and then they act according to their subjective interpretation of these symbols.
Contrast - discuss the differences of these societies. How – Analyse/Examine both societies Essay Type: Comparative and Argumentative INTRODUCTION This essay will analyse the societies illustrated in ‘Printcrime’ and ‘The Ones who walk away from Omelas’. The essay will discuss the similarities and differences between the two societies to compare both of them. It will provide a definition of what a dystopian society is in order to determine whether the society in each stories should be considered dystopian. It will define what a utopian society is in order to examine the difference between a utopian and dystopian society.
Hegemonic masculinity came into existence in specific circumstances and was actually open to historical change. (Connell, R.W. 1987) What we could argue then is that historically, the concept of hegemonic masculinity can change. It is an application of acts, the practice of masculinity which we consider in culture, so generally the most ‘accepted’ or ‘idealized’ sense of masculinity. I shall be looking at two novels to discuss the contestation of hegemonic masculinity, ‘The Wasp Factory’, Iain Banks and ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’, E.l James.
The Phenomenology of the American Woman: Past and Present Howard L. Bethany Liberty University HSER 509, B05 Multicultural Issues in Human Services July 10, 2011 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explore and to educate others on how sex and the female gender role have perpetrated oppression on the American woman. This paper crosses racial and ethnicity lines as it relates the true phenomenology of women through the conception and the growing pains of a young nation. An examination of Scriptural passages unfolds so that one can establish knowledge of how their ancestors translated the verses pertaining to women. It will also provide the reader a chance to analyze their perception of the Scriptures as they scrutinize their worldview on the woman’s place in society. Most of all it dramatizes the oppression that has continued throughout the history of the woman.
Throughout the concerning chapters, Brontë allows the reader to explore their own interpretation of Rochester’s former bride, Bertha, through both the eyes of Jane and the description of the environment in which she inhabits. By creating an environment which has such a tense atmosphere, the reader is encouraged to develop their own opinions on whether Bertha Mason is an object of terror, or in fact, and object of pity. The initial and most obvious interpretation that we obtain of bertha is that we must perceive her as a frightening character in which we should fear throughout the novel. The first act of torment in which Bertha was to commit, was when she attempted to kill Rochester by setting fire to his bed in the early hours of the morning. The horror of the chapter begins when Jane hears a “demonic laugh” which she thinks is aimed “at the very keyhole” of her chamber door.
Appropriating a Text Invites us to Consider How Context Affects Values” Write an Essay in which you explain how the values of the original text are preserved or changed in its appropriated form. In your response you should discuss TWO themes and relate them to each novel. Nice Work by David Lodge, an appropriation of Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South, challenges and preserves the values of the original text. The two texts are set in extremely different periods in England, Gaskell’s in Milton in the 1850’s at the height of the Industrial Revolution, Lodge’s in Rummidge in 1986. Many values are supported in Lodge’s appropriation such as the value of change and hard work, although they are altered slightly in order to fit into the context of the appropriated novel.
In the article, “Controlling your reality” Paige Pfleger states “Reality television can also preserve old fashioned notions about sexual stereotyping. Women are encouraged to fulfill roles as “the slut” and are simultaneously devalued by doing so” sadly these are the types of stereotypes young girls and women grow up with (3). Little girls are told to act a certain way only for society to reject and humiliate them for it. In The Hunger Games Collins makes a point by sexually objectifying Glimmer, a career tribute, because she looks like the stereotype of sexy. In the novel Collins writes, “The girl tribute from District 1, looking provocative in a see-through gold gown…With that flowing blonde hair, emerald green eyes, her body tall and lush… she’s sexy all the way”(125).Collins makes it clear that society has a very specific image of what sexy should look like.