2010 HSC Question Analyse how the central values portrayed in King Richard III are creatively reshaped in Looking for Richard The work of Pacino is able to creatively place Shakespeare’s core ideals of humanist philosophy and the corrupting influence of power within a modern context, to reveal the perennial nature of the playwright’s central values. Shakespeare’s King Richard III (1592) identifies hereditary power as a potent force when the natural order is usurped. Al Pacino’s Looking for Richard (1996) sees power within a democratic time and thus presents it as privilege, not a God-given gift, yet the two maintain a similar view of the dangers of authority without balance. Shakespeare’s time demanded a negative portrayal of Richard’s humanist ideals, where blame is placed upon the King’s lack of Christianity for his abhorrent acts. Pacino, however, contends with a time where it is increasingly becoming the norm, but still contends with a society that can be considered moral devoid in some manners, and thus the importance of spirituality and thought is evident in both.
Autonomy and individualism are given preference by the transcendentalists. Disappointment, discontent and distress affected the writers of Realism after the industrial revolution in America. Modernism can be considered as a branch of realism in American literature which has motivated the writers to go ahead with a new and novel style. This movement was initiated with the hope to change the mind-set of the
Essay The book Emma by Jane Austen and the film Clueless by Amy Heckerling are two texts that are strongly influenced by their context and are an expression of their cultural values. This concept is highlighted through the time the texts were written in, differences in Emma and Clueless, themes, language techniques and film techniques. Time is a factor that will have impact on a text and therefore determine its context, thus this will express its cultural values. Emma was published in 1816 in England. The novel was written for a 19th century reading public, mainly gentry and middle class audience.
Jessica Sarley Prof. Michael Brillman EUH 4542 21 March 2012 Superior Sunken Class vs. Inferior Noble Caste The society of Victorian Britain appears to have placed an incredible amount of emphatic importance upon the ideas that defined class and status. One's social-standing within the eyes of their peers (whether they were superior or inferior) was based on familial economic stability and an inherited (or cultivated) family name. This superficial standard that measured a person's worth was taking place throughout the entirety of the British Empire. David Cannadine's book ORNAMENTALISM How the British Saw Their Empire, is the first published work which eloquently explains how this - new, different and quite extraordinary - theory of societal interactions is applicable on an individual and empiric level during Britain’s hegemonic period of Imperialism.
The importance of societal structures will be addressed by analysing the explicit and implicit references relating to characters and their relationships. The significance of marriage will be discussed, and the position of women during the early 19th century will be examined. A brief historical summary of the Romantic period, and Austen as a writer, will introduce and form the basis of the analysis. The question will be addressed in order to conclude and determine whether the novel is, or is not, ‘just a light diversion’. Romantic authors were a diverse group of individuals, with a variation of backgrounds, religious beliefs and individual points of view.
During the 1890s, Oscar Wilde was one of the leaders of the so called aesthetic movement in England. In his novel he puts this theory into practice. His attempt makes up an interesting study of aestheticism and decadence, the Late Victorian Era, and of Oscar Wilde himself. In this essay, however, this novel and its protagonist will be analysed from a psychoanalytic perspective with emphasis on Freud’s theories of the psyche. Freud’s psychoanalytic theories deal with the three-part psyche (Barry 97).
Neoclassical Neoclassical is the artistic style of the late 1700s in Europe. It is sometimes called neoclassicism, a revival of the styles and spirit of classic antiquity inspired directly from the classical Greece and Rome which coincided and reflected the developments in philosophy and other areas of the Age of Enlightenment. The term "Neoclassical" was not invented until the mid-19th century, and before the style was described by terms as "the true style", "reformed" and "revival“. It coincided with the 18th century Age of Enlightenment, and continued into the early 19th century, later competing with Romanticism. Initially it was a reaction against the excesses of the preceding Rococo and Baroque style and is described as the opposed counterpart of Romanticism.
The Role of Aestheticism in Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" Around the time of the later 1800’s, in the Victorian Era during which Oscar Wilde was at the peak of his career, the aestheticism movement was a popular social attitude formed in opposition to traditional Victorian values. With the influence of his poetry and plays, Oscar Wilde was a major proponent of this movement, and its philosophies are a dominant theme in his novel ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’. In the novel, the characters’ revelations about the soul, their pursuit of pleasure, and their treatment of art all reflect the ideas supported by the aesthetes’ philosophy on life. When it was first published in 1890 in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ was purported to be immoral, so Wilde revised his novel and had it published again a year later with the preface that clearly outlines the aesthetic approach he intended. In this preface he states that “There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book.
Stanley James Granz writes about the origins of postmodernism in his book A Primer on the Postmodern: “Many historians place the birth of the modern era at the dawn of Enlightenment... it became the God of human intellectual quest to unlock the secrets of the universe in order to master nature for human benefit and create a better world”. (Granz, 1996) It is important to familiarize ourselves with Enlightenment in order to understand postmodernism. The term is used within the European philosophy and refers to the time we know now as the Age of Reason. An example of the quizzical, curious state of minds of people living in this era can look no further than the first encyclopaedias, which were compiled and published during this period. Rather than be content with what history had taught them, they would seek the truth, rather than settle for superstition and fear.
Post modernism is an accurate description of contemporary western culture. Discuss. November 2012 Post modernism according to the oxford dictionary is the arts characterized by a distrust of theories and ideologies and the drawing of attention to convention. Post modernism was believed to have started in the nineteenth century. It is not a philosophy but a mindset of the western culture, it is an intellectual mood and cultural expression that is being increasingly dominant in our society and is reflected in all aspects of culture and society; Arts, Architecture, Politics, Sociology, Literature and the Media.