He also loves the feeling that he is “famous”, or admired by others. He searches only for cases that will make headline news. During this film, he exploits his ex-girlfriend to get what he wants, at the expense of her job. This shows that he is manipulative and doesn’t care about the feelings of others. Martin Vail displays multiple symptoms throughout the film that correlate with Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Discuss the way they visualize it and what you hope the audience will take from it (i.e empathy for the character, understanding of how it feels to be in that situation). I hope that the audience can feel the emotion, and tension between the two characters. The reason why I want the audience to visualize emotion is because the most powerful way to reach an audience is through the characters' emotions. Only when we connect with the characters on an emotional level, does the interaction become deep and meaningful. Well-written scenes that include characters' emotions allow the audience to take part in the story and bond with the
President Obama ran a consistent theme through the entirety of his speech. Many aspects of his speech such as foreign policy, the economy in our nation, and the war linked back to the historical ideals and the foundation our nation have been built on. For example, “For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life. For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West, endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.” President Obama arouses the challenge of responsibility to our country. By linking the aspects to the history of our founding fathers the speech was structured and strong.
Vincent is involved in all areas of the storyline which connects all the strands of the film together. His desire to do things that society doesn’t allow him to do make all the events occur to contribute to the storyline. The themes and ideas that are touched on are, being excepted into unfair society, and having love/hate relationships with people that are treated as “different”. 2. Is the world portrayed in Gattaca a utopia or dystopia?
In a world full of conflicting ideologies attempting to oppress each other, one may be willing to do anything necessary to feed one’s greed and create the dominance for one’s ideas and beliefs. These beliefs and ideas differ from country to country, culture to culture, and family to family, yet the conflict remains the same. This supremacy is so alluring, man is inevitably blinded by it; thus seeking it in every aspect of his life. Throughout the history, this greed has been carried and applied to the smallest details in one’s life with the evolution of mankind. The question of how this greed has evolved into violence and brutality still remains unanswered.
PRINCE SHOTOKU BY: GLENN MARTIN THESIS Throughout history there have been many men and women who during their lives rose to great power and threw their influence changed the world. It has been shown countless times that one person with the will and determination can do anything, change anything, it can be our culture, our society, our country, it can even be the way we think about something like our beliefs or morals. Whether it is threw war or peace great minds have always sought to change the world for the better for their people and for their country. Rome has Julius Caesar and America had George Washington and japan had prince shotoku who is considered the founder of the Japanese government a legend amongst his people. It was threw him that japan was given a new life and a bright future.
Indeed, much of the lasting popularity of Death of a Salesman both in the world of the theater and in the canon of English literature, lies in its treatment of multiple themes. Too didactic or moralistic for some modern readers, who see the author as heavy-handed, the play nevertheless raises many pertinent questions regarding American culture. Many younger readers have even credited it with preventing them from making the same mistakes committed by the characters. Chief among these themes is an indictment of the capitalist nature of the American Dream—the belief that through the pioneer virtues of hard work, perseverance, ingenuity, and fortitude, one might find happiness through wealth. Implicit
Although his actions are very insane, they can be seen as rational to reader considering hedonism. Devotion to pleasure, hedonism, makes Dorian be deceitful about his true self by deflecting the attention of the public from the mad man to the beautiful and intelligent gentlemen. Dorian is, young, sensitive, and emotional, meaning that he is susceptible to manipulation. Lord Henry takes advantage of that opportunity and gives Dorian the yellow book; this book opens up the world of hedonism and aestheticism which eventually turns his young life into an eternal oblivion of misery. Dorian develops a fear of aging so he tries to live his life as if it was his last day on earth.
The Fools songs, riddles and jokes are a source of comic relief, used to break up the intensity of scenes. The Fool appears to have a deceptively simple part in the play when in actual fact his role is of key significance. The Fool and Lear have a fascinating relationship throughout the play. Lear seems to depend on his Fool increasingly to be his voice of reason or his conscience, because he reminds Lear of all his mistakes and manipulates his feelings into realising them. This is a great irony as the King who is supposed to be wise is in-fact a fool, yet the Fool himself is full of
Iago from Shakespeare’s play Othello is also a power hungry villain who enjoys having people under his control, he is driven by extreme jealousy and the motivation, revenge. In order to accomplish these goals he manipulates his subjects in deceiving ways by utilizing their weaknesses against them. This differs from the Duke in “My last Duchess” by Robert Browning as the duke does not manipulate people in any way. Both Iago and the duke are driven by extreme jealousy to the villainous actions that they take. All three villains may differ in many ways, yet it seems they share a common urge for power, control and a use of sadistic measures.