Shapeshifting Essays

  • Role Of Storyteller In The Odyssey

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    In The Odyssey, references to musicians or poets like the author, Homer, are often used to enhance the story and the character of the poem’s hero, Odysseus. Homer inserts himself and his identity as a storyteller into his story this way, creating a comparative relationship between himself and his hero. Homer’s comparative relationship, expressed through the use of the character Demodokhos, the use of deities, and descriptions of Odysseus himself, stresses the importance of storytellers as most fit

  • Character Analysis: The Dollhouse

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    The Sandman – The Dollhouse starts off being told by the third person narrative. It’s a casual conversation between a group of serial killers before proceeding begin. The writer makes use of metaphors and uses lyrics from a song “these boots are made for walking” to make the tone of the text casual. The text is based on conversations between different groups at the convention therefore making it an incoherent text which is hard to understand as it doesn’t follow one conversation. The writer make

  • Homer's Use Of Warfare In The Iliad

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    Warfare in the Iliad is, as we have seen, an integral part of human life and wider nature. But it is more than that, for it is an essential part of the metaphysical order of the cosmos, the divine arrangements according to which everything behaves the way it does. This central insight is first offered to us in the opening invocation: Sing, Goddess, sing of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus— that murderous anger which condemned Achaeans to countless agonies, threw many warrior souls deep into Hades

  • Villains In Disney Films

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    When we think about the villains Disney cinema produces, the first image that comes to mind is the powerful women who use their magic to cast spells, summon forces greater than life, and enhance their agency. Often, identifying the villain in Disney films is easy, since they differ considerably from gender conforming characters due to their physical features, abilities, and style of dress. When examining the villain, one of the characteristics that stand out, is the villains’ dehumanization and non-heteronormativity

  • Octavia Butler's Wild Seed

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    In the book, Wild Seed, by Octavia Butler, as a reader we see a variety of themes throughout. As a reader, it is easy to follow and understand. I believe it is a book everyone should read. There are a variety of reasons why someone should read the book. The first reason is because the book is may be lengthy to some and not lengthy to others. For me, the book went by relatively quick. For readers who enjoyed the book, there is good news due to the book being a part of a series. Meaning that the fun

  • 9/11 English Narrative

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    Liam: Hi, My name is Liam Northfield and I’m reporting for ABC News Australia. At about 11:11 on the 11th of the 11th, 2011, at 11 Christmas Place, Green Valley today i have met with a young man called steve, Steve here is in Jail for killing his whole family, so steve may i ask you a few questions? Kurtis:*Grunt* Liam: Why did you kill your family? Kurtis: because they were all just a waste of oxygen and they were really annoying and they bothered me too much. Liam: and what did you use to kill

  • Trickster Research Paper

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    can easily displace actual experience over the years.” In the folktales that mentions Loki, his shapeshifting power creates a sense of power that dominates over everyone. As a trickster, having more power comes from lies and devious plans he creates and the outcome forms chaos that replaces manipulative. In the two tales Thor’s Stolen Hammer and Balder’s fate and Loki’s Downfall, Loki is a shapeshifting trickster who creates cunning plans and gives a mixed vibe to other people which later turns into

  • Witches Abroad Character Analysis

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    In Discworld, a world saturated and glued together with magic (Wyrd Sisters 10), shapeshifting is a common practice amongst magic practitioners. The witches in Witches Abroad, unlike the shapeshifting Granny Weatherwax in Equal Rites, shapeshift anyone but themselves for various reasons. Some shapeshift others for the sake of stories. Lilith Weatherwax, who rules Genua with the power of stories, changes the shape of the minds of animals such as wolves, pigs, and bears into human minds to make them

  • Trickster In Contemporary Literature

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    CHANGING SELVES AS A MODE OF SURVIVAL: TRICKSTERISM AND SHAPESHIFTING IN CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI’S THE MISTRESS OF SPICES Dr Sulagna Mohanty (Assistant Professor, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita University, Coimbatore,Tamil Nadu) sulagna2008@gmail.com ABSTRACT In the scenario of socio-economic, political, and cultural globalization, myth is used as a postcolonial tool to connect various Native cultures together from a regenerative perspective. In the contemporary literary context

  • Seeress: Manifesting Power In The Medieval Norse Sagas

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    shapeshifter or seeress along one’s way, such as Skallagrim from Egil’s Saga and Thorbjorg from Eirik the Red’s Saga. These two figures exemplify the kinds of magic available to them as members of their societies. Skallagrim is a mighty and fearsome shapeshifting warrior, while Thorbjorg is a wise and highly respected “Little Prophetess” (33). They each command power over others using their magical gifts, but they do so in remarkably different ways.

  • Analysis Of The Article 'New Capitalism' By James Paul Gee

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    The Value of Shapeshifting James Paul Gee makes a persuasive argument to educate students, as a facet of literacy, the skill of tailoring their identities, as a valuable tool to prepare them to compete for employment in the “New Capitalism” marketplace (Gee, “New Literacy” 412). He describes this new work environment as a fast pace, short term, project orientated model, where successful employees tailor their professional personas, to make themselves attractive to new project opportunities. Further

  • Common Motifs In Dracula By Bram Stoker

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    entertaining, and they all use more than one common motif. Stoker was able to create an absolute masterpiece using plenty of these common motifs. Three common motifs that are seen within Dracula are cemeteries, dreaming, nightmares or sleepwalking, and shapeshifting. These three motifs were prominent in the novel, and were used to create one of the

  • The Lotus Sutra By Kannon Summary

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    occurrence because of the story’s conclusion, where the knife the protagonist had lodged in the snake’s back appears in the pages of his copy of the Kannon Sutra. Through prayer, the protagonist escaped a life-threatening situation via Kannon’s shapeshifting. Another demonstration of Kannon’s mercy appears in “Touched in the

  • The Creature Monologue Frankenstein

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    Breathing deeply, I retched at the sickening smell of rotten flesh and pus. Looking around, I caught a brief glimpse of the creature that was stalking me. Noticing my stare upon it, the creature melted into the shadows as if it was never there. This wretched labyrinth was starting to get to me. Its ever-changing walls, numerous dead ends and unspeakable horrors were starting to irritate me. But just a bit. Every now and then, the walls would rumble and quake at the might of an otherworldly roar;

  • The Hobbit Heroism Analysis

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    the trolls were able to be defeated in sunlight whereas Bilbo or Thorin knew that was possible. In addition, Gandalf’s wisdom differs from Beorn’s wisdom because Gandalf has the ability to use his magic anywhere, whereas Beorn can only use his shapeshifting powers near the

  • How The Grinch Stole Christmas

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    their oppressors (villain). The grinch plays the role of the outcast/trickster because he alienates himself from the Whos in a cave at the top of a mountain overlooking the town, and also plots against their enjoyment of Christmas from there, shapeshifting to look like Santa and successfully deceiving little Cindy Lou Who. His green colour also indicates a sharp difference between him and the Whos. By the end, he also assumes the role of the friendly beast when his heart grows three sizes larger

  • 'Skinwalker': Demise Of The Navajo Nation

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    Because despite what we can prove, we need to honor the beliefs of the Navajo people. To them, and to the Utes, the Skinwalker is very real and very dangerous. Perhaps one day, there will be evidence of this shapeshifting witch, however, one must wonder at what cost? For if the Skinwalker goes on all fours among us, we should be cautious about what we wish

  • The Trickster In Homer's The Odyssey

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    The Trickster is an archetype. This means that many characters, across many different myths, display traits that would make them fall into this category. The Trickster is not one specific character. Rather, it is a character type. As one would expect, the main goal of the Trickster is to trick or deceive someone. They can achieve this goal in a variety of ways. The simplest tool they may employ is lying. They often do this to cover up their misdeeds and avoid getting caught. The Trickster may

  • Dr Strange Research Paper

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    Doctor Strange and Dormammu There are very many different types of super-heroes, some of the very popular ones are Superman, Batman, Iron-Man, and Captain America. There are also many different types of super-villains, such as Lex Luthor, The Joker, Mandarin, and Red-Skull. Those are all very normal heroes and villains, but nobody has ever heard of the weirdest hero and villain in the universe. The hero is Doctor Strange or Sorcerer Supreme, Master of the Mystic Arts, Stephen Sanders, Captain

  • She Kills Monsters By Qui Nguyen Sparknotes

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    playing D&D with Chuck. In the D&D world Anges and Tilly argue about Miles the jelly cube which is really a shapeshifter and Tilly tells Agnes that she has never paid attention to her and forget about her. But Agnes and Tilly compromise and kill the shapeshifting monster. In the real-world Miles approaches Agnes and Chuck and wants to play D&D to learn more about Agnes. In the D&D world the evil cheerleaders come to battle and Tilly dies and can’t be respawned back. In the real-world Agnes and Vera talk