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“My role in society, or any artist’s or poet’s role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all” (John Lennon Quotes). John Lennon was born in Liverpool, England on October 9, 1940….

The poem Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy dramatizes the conflict between stereotyping and perfection within society. The title accentuates the theme of the poem; the doll symbolizes society’s interpretation of beauty and reflects how a girl’s ideas of this beauty shape her self-worth. According to Steven Ratiner, author of Giving Their World: Conversations with Contemporary…

King’s brief but spirited essay on the notion of just what makes horror such an appealing  brand of popular entertainment for millions of readers owes most of its observations and theoretical ideas not to King’s own considerable experience as a novelist, but  as a reader, who, himself, loves the horror genre. King’s contention that the…

The idea of a Centro Direzionale was advanced by many in Italy during the 1960s as a solution to several urban planning problems. To alleviate congestion and reverse the conversion of housing stock to office use in central cities, the strategy proposed was to build complexes of offices and municipal administrative facilities outside the historic…

You merely have to take a glimpse at today ‘s catwalks and manner magazines to see the unmistakable traits of Surrealism in manner. How is it so that an art “ ab initio composed of constructs and words and later of images generated in the complexnesss of the mind and subconscious imaginativeness ” ( Martin…

Over the past term I read Mario Puzo’sThe Godfather. The book itself is an action packed offense novel that revolves around the Corleone offense household. The chief character in this book is Michael Corleone. the Godfather’s boy. Michael was introduced in the novel as a immature adult male in his mid-twentiess who did non desire…

The movie Alien One, directed by Ridley Scott in the late seventies, is set in deep space after the year 2000. It is a revered science fiction film with classic status and a dedicated cult following. The meticulous cinematography plays a major role in its lasting appeal, as it has been meticulously planned and executed…

Introduction In order to capture the audience’s market, trailers and other ad campaigns were created by movie producers to highlight the best scenes of the film and make the anticipation of its excellence. The glimpse on the movie can only last for around one or two minutes but since it was meant to display the…

Satire Satire is a term applied to any work of literature or art whose objective is ridicule. It has significant functions in social and political criticism. Satirical literature exposes foolishness in all its forms, such as vanity, hypocrisy, sentimentality etc. It also attempts to effect reform through such exposure. Satirists, therefore, design a work of…

This essay will first discuss in detail the painting with my reactions and feelings as I studied its details. I feel that it is necessary to dedicate the greater part of this essay to this, before finally proceeding to analyze it based on Freud’s ideas on the unconscious, as this painting truly has affected me…