In Henry Jenkins’ Never Trust a Snake, the author analyzes WWF Wresting and its connection with American culture and sports as a melodramatic form of entertainment that coincides with Marxist views of the bourgeoisie versus the proletariat. First, Jenkins speaks about gender roles and emotions and comes to find that the WWF provides a way in which men can express their emotions without being vulnerable, as they would be if they were to show their true emotions in real life. Additionally, he suggests that the WWF is more than just a spectacle but rather a detailed account that allows for the working class citizens, the proletariat, to live vicariously through a story in which they will triumph over the upper class, the bourgeoisie. According to Jenkins, the characters and their roles in the WWF are specifically designed to express certain clashes common to all, such as good vs. evil and authority vs. compliance. Each character represents a unique idea and “the most successful wrestlers are those who provoke immediate emotional commitments (either positive or negative) and are open to constant rearticulation” (300).
How does Golding present Jack as savage and violent in Lord of the Flies? There is a great deal of change within jack over the course of Lord of the Flies, he begins the books seeming to be a positive influence on the boys small society but his character slowly develops into being a sort of antagonist figure, or at the very least a “negative” influence, a figure seeped in tribal violence and savagery. Golding uses animalistic imagery in his description of jack, for example “ape-like” and “hiss” The simile Ape-like suggests a theme of devolution within jack. Of him losing his very humanity as he develops (based on the theory of evolution and humans sharing a common ancestor with monkeys etc.). His devolution into an ape represents a change towards a more primitive nature, and possibly violent due to the lack of sentience.
This article richly argues Montresor having a god complex. Whatley explores the idea that Montresor was not mad (crazy) at all but that he was calculating and methodical, having superhuman strength in the ability to devalue a person. Whatley also shows the fact of Fortunato’s emotional, physical, and spiritual pain at Montresor’s hand. And that “it is definitely a conflict that reflects social tensions between a proud impoverished aristocrat and the newly rich Fortunato.” (5) Whatley did not make his conclusion very clear and his text is very hard to follow. This article was not every insightful but, could serve as a reference point for a later argument.
The setting of a futuristic Victorian era portrays a machine powered society, which enhances the irony when Jasper relies on his own natural talent instead of a machine to navigate the crew out of the storm. Dr Belgon’s glasses physically and socially condemn his character as an outcast, as he was the only one to wear them. They also glow against a sharply drawn silhouette, which visually divulges his evil characteristics. Jasper is the only one to pick up on these techniques and unveils the Dr’s sinister personality. How are the ideas of discovery similar to, or different from your prescribed text?
Henry Gruger English 112 Finan 10/26/14 The Pressure of Being a Man In the movie The Wizard of Oz, the Great and Powerful Oz is supposed to be considered the ultimate alpha male. He is the feared yet admired by all for his all knowingness and his ability to grant wishes. However, “The climactic scene…where Toto pulls back the curtain to reveal a nervous, tragic man pretending to be the Great and Powerful Oz represents more than just a classic moment in American cinematic history” (Katz 16). It is also a metaphor for how masculinity is portrayed in American men today. Masculinity is not something that every man is born with.
One of these secrets is that although every citizen believes himself to be happy, he has been genetically engineered to think so and is a government ploy to maintain “social stability”. Although the world is now dominated by this system, there are many “savage centres” which still exist and are home to the “old, imperfect” humans. These “savages” are natural, unconditioned people who still give birth. When John, a savage born naturally of a mother from the World State, is brought to the outer world by Bernard, a man who feels out of place in his society, the dystopian nature of
An example of him being too power hungry was his desire to be Rome’s dictator for life. This shows he wanted to be the only one in control and wanted all the power to himself and didn’t want to share it with any individual. Another example is how he wanted to be like Alexandar the Great and conquer countries and have lots of power. In essence, this means his idol was a man of great power and a man who was famous for conquering countries and land. An idol like this means Caesar did not have good thoughts, and all he wanted was power and wanted people to bow down to him.
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power”(Abraham Lincoln). The corrupted, abuse power in ways unthinkable to many. Those in power justify dehumanizing others to maintain the illusion of unquestionable dominance; however, once the powerless are exposed to the truth they gain the authority to transcend the fallacious pre-existing hierarchy, which frees them to create themselves in a ‘truly human world’ The abuse of power is nevermore evident in Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, Nolan’s film, Memento and Findley’s novel Not Wanted On the Voyage. Powerful characters dehumanize others to maintain the illusion of dominance. Isolation, enables the powerless to awaken to true power through the realization of the truth.
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor is an odd character in the book. Introduced to us as driven, intelligent men, that educates himself. With his quest to achieve god like abilities, Victor starts acting very selfishly. Which leads to Victor being very corrupted with his appeal to new knowledge that leads him to be corrupted, with the creation he has created. With both Victor and the monster being similar, working in secrecy and animosity are the most present traits displayed in Frankenstein.
Physically speaking, the monster’s character is built by combining raw materials from dead and useless body parts; although, secrecy is how the monster’s mental character is built in both the film and book. It made him as a good-hearted fellow, which eventually was turned to a darker side due to the treatment he received from every person who laid eyes upon him. Society rendered his presence nothing but a relentless creature; even his own creator could not tolerate the look of the