of Perfect Blue offers a more subtle yet even more terrifying form of manipulation: the idea of your own mind rebelling against yourself. Throughout the movie, Kon hints at themes of deception and false construction. Symbolism of mirrors, reflection, and glass surfaces is pervasive through the film, (1) suggesting that the self and the can self-image be altered by the gaze of others and (2) serving as a glimpse into an opposing view of one’s self. The protagonist Mima projects a very different self
Thomas Paine once said, “The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.” In every young man’s life, suffering, challenges, and trials make him stronger, eventually helping him develop into a truly mature man. Similarly, kindness and respect towards others also play a part in becoming a real man. A great example of the development and progression from boyhood to manhood can be found in the book The Chosen, by Chaim Potok. The story follows a boy named
contemporary readers might consider these as the names called with a feeling of love, but when analyzed we’ll realize that in a way Torvald was insulting and humiliating Nora by addressing her as ‘little’ and ‘Spendthrift’. It also gives us the reflection of Torvald’s psyche as it tells us that he considers Nora inferior to him and a being who doesn’t value money. He is a soul who firmly believes that a person has a reputation to hold and that is a reason he doesn’t give Krogstad a job in the bank
Contemporary world literature remains in a dynamic state of flux due to the rising trends of globalization. At the crest of this wave, writers are reverberating myriads of voices of human experiences .Within the new wave of blurring boundaries, diasporic writings emerge as epiphanies of intertwining experiences of hope, joy, pain, conflict and love of migrants and their connected relations. They echo the disheartened music of life that is created by continuous vacillation between contradictory conceptions
infrequently – and give myself over to my dreams. I am not exactly sure when and how I noticed someone was walking behind me, following the exact same path as me, keeping the same distance between us the whole time. I could not make out a face in the reflection of some of the windows on the ground level, but he (or she) was wearing black all
ORANGE MADRIGALS A COLLECTION OF POEMS BY ARUN & SUNITHA But, if a miracle makes it so that they’re the same as yours… Preface Orange Madrigals is a collection of hundred co-authored poems. The book brings together a set that contributed to a correspondence between its authors – a correspondence that resulted in creating a soulful persona which is at once their lived life and something absolutely not. The poems form an intimate exchange sometimes; sometimes melt into androgynous
FLAMES TO EMBERS Confessional Poetry by ~ SASSOTO Copyright & Publisher Information In Memory of… My grandmother, whom I fondly called ‘Thaamma’. Dedicated to … All those who were pitched into one-sided battles That were never meant to be won. To Burn and Flicker Whilst being fascinated as a teenager by ballads, elegies and romanticism of traditional English poetry; I would think to myself- "Where would I find a plot so engaging