They customarily involve heroic characters or fantastic places and often encompass the spiritual beliefs indigenous to their culture. One such example of a legend is that of Robin Hood, a story whose precise origins are unknown, but which is believed to have originated in England as early as the 11th century. Published in chapbook form around the 18th century and later released as an illustrated book for children in 1850, the legend of Robin Hood tells the tale of the heroic English outlaw who was celebrated for famously robbing from the rich and giving to the poor; a patron protector of the Middle Ages commoner. Imparted upon generation after generation and through numerous versions, his deeds have taken on legend-ary proportions throughout the centuries and his story remains an enduring favorite of children the world over. Owing to their similarities, myths and legends can be difficult to classify and at times overlap,
We are tempted to think that the soul purpose of Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible was to create an outlet that exposed the mass hysteria of the McCarthy era , however to say this you would be ignoring the central themes that have allowed this play to reach universal audiences. Among themes such as the abuse of power, conflict with authority and mass hysteria The Crucible deals with the importance of identity and the individual conscience. These two themes are closely linked because until you complete your journey in finding yourself you are unable to have an individual conscience. Miller uses one of the central characters in the story, John Proctor, to explore the journey of individual conscience. This theme combined with a unique structure and language allows him to creature a play that addresses the social and political concerns which are essential to every human existence.
Lexi Andreoni Mrs. Dotts English 9H Period 3 12/12/14 “A long long time ago in a galaxy far far away” George Lucas wrote, directed, and produced the trilogy Star Wars to create a modern American myth. A myth is a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events. Lucas’s use of archetypal colors, costumes, settings, and symbols are an essential part of what makes the films so unique. An archetype is an image, descriptive detail, a plot pattern, or a character type that occurs prominently throughout religion, myth, literature, and folklore. Archetypes trigger unconscious memories because of their general meanings and provoke emotions.
She was a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother's games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son, but a slave; no longer a boy, but an "it." A Child Called “It” describes one of the worst documented cases of child abuse in California history. Dave lived I a world of starvation, cruelty, and torture from the age of four until he was rescued by school officials at the age of twelve. In the following scene, Dave’s mother is yelling at him and tried to force him to lie on flames so she could watch
Psychodynamic Theories Introduction goes here. Key Figures Sigmund Freud The father of psychoanalysis, Freud based his theories on the unconscious mind, infantile sexuality and the Oedipal complex, and repression. In addition, he proposed a three-part psychological structure in the Id, considered the pleasure principle, Ego, also known as the reality principle, and Superego, which is the internalized moral principle. According to Thornton (2010), “Freud’s innovative treatment of human actions, dreams, and indeed of cultural artifacts as invariably possessing implicit symbolic significance has proven to be extraordinarily fruitful, and has had massive implications for a wide variety of fields including psychology, anthropology, semiotics, and artistic creativity and appreciation” (para 2). Alfred Adler In 1911, Alfred Adler formed the school of Individual Psychology as a reaction to the hostile response he received from members of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society.
Dark Traditions carried along through times As human behavior evolves, societies develop new patterns of conduct popularly accepted, however, the isolation of some societies and the strengthening of particular customs could make change and progress a hard thing to achieve. Such is the case of a chapter from the famous television series The Twilight Zone titled “The Beacon” written by Martin Pasko and Rebecca Parr, contrasted with Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” from the book “Literature” A portable Anthology. Both stories give us a whole perspective of how a paradigm could be inserted into a society and conserve itself throughout many generations no matter what the moral consequences could be. Primarily, both “The Beacon” and “The Lottery”
In fact, in Oedipus the King, the story of Adam and Eve, Beowulf, The Death of Arthur, and Othello we see that these three stages are somewhat followed according to Freud, but also differ in many ways. When first reading Oedipus the King, I thought that the father figure was Oedipus’ biological father King Laius and he was in conflict with him because of the attraction to his mother, King Laius’ wife, Queen Jocasta as in accordance with Freud’s three stages of the oedipal pattern. But in further review I realized that if the oedipal pattern was present in accordance to Freud’s theory then Oedipus’ adopted parents, Polybus and Merope, would have been the victims as they were the “parent figures” in his life. Freud states that, “in the Oedipus complex the libido was see n to be attached to the image of the parental figures” (28), but this was not the case with Oedipus. In retrospect, I realized that the father figure was in fact the Sphinx, as she had the object of desire which was access to the city of Thebes, the place where Oedipus decided to go to escape his fate.
Austin T. Varvel Period 1 9/1/09 Chapter 1 I. The Dry Bones Speak A. Human Origins in Myth and History 1. Early Myths a. Many historians and anthropologists now accept myths as important commentaries.
Likewise, both Hedvig and Cassandra share common consequences, torture (not just physically but mentally) and in the end both walk hopelessly toward death. In The Wild Duck, Hedvig is perhaps the most suffered yet most innocent character in the play. As a thirteen year old child, she has to endure the neglected feelings received from her father, Hjalmar due to the uncertainty of her parentage belonging. As Hjalmar angrily said to Gina, “ Just answer me this: does hedvig belong to me— or [Werle]?” (Ibsen 195). Gina replied saying that she does not know, he was furiously left the house.
Clifford Geertz is in ethnographer who used historical references interviews and cross cultural analysis to explain the game of cockfighting. Clifford Geertz explains in “Interpretations of Culture” that he is in interpretative anthropologist whose job is to not only state that facts but to interpret them. This idea is often referred to as semiotics which looks at how aspects of culture code for set messages that express that society. He shares the same idea of Paul Rabinow in that anthropologist are not the only analyst of a cultural phenomena and instead he is a second or third interpreter. IN this same article he states how he is a ethnographer who uses Gilbert Ryle's idea of thick description.