Essays on Sensibility

Ang Lee is a Taiwanese-born film director who has made America his base. He grew up in Taiwan and studied in the tertiary level at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he finished a degree in theater in 1980. Thereafter he studied at the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University where he received a master’s degree in film production. In 1982, he finished the film Shades of the Lake, which won Best Short Film the same year in Taiwan. Another film made in 1984, Fine Line, bagged the NYU Wasserman’s award for Outstanding ...

Introduction

The primary purpose of philosophy is to clarify and refine the human thought processes so that the state of affairs and hence the reality of the world are clear. As such, philosophical problems are a failure to come up with the explanations of things that happen in the environment and by extension in the world. Philosophy is critical in refining the human's basic concepts that are applied to understand the reality. Just like in other sciences that are driven by the experimentations in the search for the truth, philosophy is informed by the questions that cannot be easily answered ...

According to Dekun Zheng (1983), China has been one of Asia’s most distinguished countries, and it has been known to have a class structure which has divided it into two Chinas. The upper class and the rural class has had clear demarcations in the country. The upper class of the Chinese civilization has enjoyed a luxurious lifestyle which has been visible from their expenditure, way of living and spending. Moreover, the author mentions the importance of gaining a classical education, which has been important to the Chinese upper class that helped them rise above the rural class of ...

There is a connection between developing ideas and the creation of artworks. Media also plays a role in this process because people today cannot function without the influence of media. These spheres are interconnected and interrelated because of the fact that people live in ‘global village’ as Marshall McLuhan stated. Media plays a role in improvement of ideas because of its omnipresence and it has impact on people’s minds and on the process of creation. The fact that medium is the message, as McLuhan stated, supports the viewpoint that media is the extension of man and so is ...

Children have been implemented in literature for a long time. Artists have used them in many different ways, from fantasies and folk tales, to myths and science fiction. The Others is a supernatural horror film, where a mother and her two children form part of the main characters of the story. It is based in an isolated, dark mansion. The children also form a very important part in the story, as they inspire both sympathy and fear throughout the movie, the first progressively decreasing as the movie develops. They also add a surge of gothic sensibility to the film, ...

Ang Lee’s Films

The history of Taiwanese cinema has more than a hundred years and reflects a long history of culture, along with Japan and China, the colonization of the island. In general, the film in Taiwan until 1949, mostly had only a form of renting movies imported from the mainland, from Hong Kong and the western countries. But during the 60-80-ties, along with the economic development of Taiwan, he began to blossom "island" film, which the director sought out their way to other continents. Along with the emergence phenomenon of Chinese cinema on the international stage, outstanding representatives of which are ...

Overview of Rasquache

The term rasquache originated from Mexico. Initially, it had a negative connotation among the indigenous Mexicans. Most people perceived it as an attitude of being impoverished or of a lower class. The Low-class people often get considers as low-value individuals in the social ladder. Most of them worked as slaves and servants throughout history. However, the Mexican art movement reversed this definition. Their efforts and hard work gave the term a newer and more appealing meaning. They managed to transform this low-class sensibility into an art. "Rasquachismo" mainly focuses on the professional and material limitations that most artists face ...

In the English-speaking cinematography, 1995 was the year of Jane Austen. As if trying to celebrate the 220th anniversary of the writer, who since the 20th century became to some extent even a cult figure, the filmmakers created just three versions of her novels “Sense and Sensibility”, “Pride and Prejudice” and “Emma”. I like the Jane Austen’s creativity and read almost all her books. I saw a lot of different adaptations of the book “Pride and Prejudice”, and by and large I like all of them. After seeing the film adaptation of “Sense and Sensibility”, directed by Ang ...

Criminal justice system has been defined as way in which the society tries to ensure social control. Usually there are certain behaviors which are regarded as having the potential to cause some chaos or danger within the society (Siegel 7). In order to prevent these situations there are certain formal procedures that have been put in place to either prevent people from committing those bad behaviors- offense or to deal with those who have already committed the offence. Usually the offenders are taken through a series of decision making after which a decision is made on their punishment or ...

Randall Tweed, D.M.A is the musical director of (GSO) concerts having the 75 members orchestral with the members of the music and the non-music from the community. The choir is formed by the 55-65 singers and the majors in the music are mostly dedicated to the music teachers and the community musicians. Notably, the band performs in the regular venues like the remarkable concert music series and the noted church series. Alfred E. Sturgis acts as the master chorale director; the chorus of the symphony performed the masterworks in the choral-orchestral which represents the different revitalization and repertoire contemporary ...

The film called “Sense and Sensibility”, which was made in 1995, was immediately loved by a lot of people. The book, written by Jane Austen long before, remains one of the very favorite books for many people till today. Nowadays, many people argue about what was better – the book or the film? This is a very long-lasting argument, and the answer is different depending on the case. We can surely say that some of the films are much better than books, because what film does is it creates a visual picture and embodies the characters, which makes it much ...

Introduction

Susan Sontag advanced a theory of literary criticism that brought more controversy than reprieve in the literary world. The word camp was derived from the French term camper that means posing in an exaggerated manner. It later morphed into a term that was used to mean a sensibility. In her manifesto titled ‘Notes on Camp’, she sought to define what camp sensuality was and how it could be effectively used to critic works of art. In her view, the essence of camp is to love the unnatural, the tendency of the audience to be drawn to that which they ...

It is possible to claim that the theories of Katharsis and Rasa are the different sides of one coin. In some instances it is possible to encounter with an opinion that they are the representatives of the Western and Eastern thought. According to the researchers, “Rasa and Katharsis constitute the ends of theatrical presentation and both appear to answer a basic need of a contrafactual poetic: to express that meaning in terms intrinsic to the work (Gerow 264). Moreover, both concepts involve a vital component that responds to the audience that in some cases tend to define the entire ...

The genre of dark comedy is a fascinating subset of the standard comedy film, combining elements of drama and dark subject matter with comedic elements of the absurd and ironic to create unique works that poke fun not only at the foibles of mankind, but the inherent silliness of extremely serious things. Dark comedy can take many forms, and both American and English sensibilities in particular have their own attitudes and characteristics in their own examples. Two of the most well-regarded dark comedy films of recent years are 1996’s Fargo (directed by the Brothers Coen) and 2008’s ...

As an individual, I have always believed that independence and self-sufficiency are important. In all roles I play whether as a daughter, a student, a friend, or an employee, I have always placed high value on autonomy and rationality in my daily life as I pushed for equality and a life guided by wisdom and understanding. These values that I consider vital for my existence have helped me recognize infringements in ethics especially since I am always beset with ethical decisions during my daily exchanges with people I encounter every day. According to the Ethical Lens Inventory (ELI), I ...

An Examination of Style and Performance

Introduction Joseph Haydn may be the most underrated of all the great composers, especially when it comes to his piano music. Music students in every field, remain taught that Haydn is the “father of the Symphony.” It is this fact that keeps the student from seeking out, discovering, and delighting in his brilliant, often difficult, but worth the challenge of playing Haydn’s late keyboard compositions. Haydn’s major keyboard works are sonatas, generally representing his growth from his early years until 1794 with completion of his final three sonatas. According to Gordon (1996), Haydn often set the ...

And Chan-Wook Park

Given the increasing globalization of the film industry, Hollywood directors have begun to pull increasingly from international sources for their creative output. Looking into the small-but-potent international film markets, often directors from other countries are given the opportunity to cross-over into Hollywood. This is certainly the case with Asian cinema; many Asian film directors who have achieved success in Japan and Hong Kong have been given the chance to make films in America in order to provide a rapidly-consuming film market with the variety and quality it desires. In the 1980s and 1990s, two Asian directors in particular crossed over ...

Jane Austen is known as one of the greatest novelists from England. Born in 1775, it is no surprise that her novels are still in print. She is best known for writing pride and prejudice. Back when she wrote pride and prejudice she was a teenager who did not want to come out as an author. She published this book back when a female’s entrance into the public eye was considered was considered not very lady like. Jane’s distinctive literary style relies on a combination of free indirect speech, parody, irony and to some extent realism. Both burlesque and parody ...

Jane Addams is one of the influential philosophers in the history. She is regarded as one of the most important thinkers in the history of the modern America. Her thought and influence in the western thought cannot be measured. She is considered as the starting point of the inspiration of the idealism in America during the late 19th and early 20th century. Her contributions to the metaphysics, ethics, epistemology, as well as aesthetics have had an effect on almost all the philosophical movements after him (Addams 4). Her masterworks include the critique of critical thinking as well as the ...

In chapter 2 Nietzsche makes a distinction regarding how people respond to drama and response to events in real life. The arguments present the distinction between Apollonian and Dionysian personalities. The distinction of these two personalities is crucial in gaining an insight as to how people behave in this world. The ultimate goal is to promote full awareness of oneself and the behavior of humanities. It is also vital in discovering how humanities can work for different people. In studying humanities, referring to these personalities is vital in understanding the distinction of personalities portrayed by a person According to Nietzsche’ ...

Learning about Jhumpa Lahiri’s biography actually helps in understanding where the basis of the story Interpreter of Maladies came from. It could be recognized that with her background as a the daughter of Indian immigrants who was born in London, she was able to see the realities that covered the situation of social minorities in a foreign land. Through noting how she lived with specific differences compared to people she grew up with in her neighborhood, it could be understood why her story on the Interpreter of Maladies took a stand point in introducing what the real life of the minorities ...

Publication

What publishing company published the book? How reputable is it and how do you know? What are their review policies? The University of Hawaii Press published this book. The University of Hawaii Press is ranked highly, according to Southern Illinois University - Carbondale's rankings scale. Princeton University, one of the nation's most prestigious universities, has ranked SIU - Carbondale, as one of the "best of the Midwest". The University of Hawaii's review policies consist of the author sending a query or manuscript, conforming to the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition, and sending the manuscript electronically, among other criteria.

Reception

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‘Instructor’s Name’

Love, Status, Money and Marriage in Sense and Sensibility Sense and sensibility, by Jane Austen, was first published in the year 1811, but it was originally written in the year 1795 and was titled as “Elinor and Marianne”. Austen was born on 1775 and even as a teen ager she penned many literary works and some of her famous works include ‘Pride and prejudice’, ‘Emma’ and ‘Mansfield Park’. Her writing style is very incisive, her thoughts are elegantly expressed and her works were greatly admired, with Prince Regent being one of her avid fan. This novel is considered to ...

Question 1

In terms of art, Ashikaga (Muromachi) period (1338 – 1573 A.D.) is characterized by the emergence of the flower arrangements and landscape gardening, introduced by the Zen monks, who brought these artistic expressions from China. Although this type of art has Chinese influences, its adoption and adaptation to Japanese style, in constructions such as Golden and Silver Pavillions and Ryoanji rock garden indicate that the Japanese art is linked with nature, as it finds its inspiration in this source. Moreover, Shinto, a representative Japanese religion, worships nature, translating the emotional connection between man and nature through art. Therefore, the religious confessions ...

Introduction

Every human being possesses dormant sensibility realms that can be coaxed into wakefulness by books or works of literature. By basic definition, literature is an art and thus, it has the ability to refine and enlarge our understanding of various life concepts. Literature employs elements like intellect and imagination to arouse human sensibility and through this; areas of the human world are expanded and through these expanded areas, the individual man develops feelings of co extensiveness and solidarity. Harold Bloom, a renowned Yale literary critic states that “Imaginative literature is otherness, and such alleviates loneliness”. This statement might seem ...

William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams has always been known as an experimenter, an innovator, a revolutionary figure in American poetry. Yet in comparison to artists of his own time who sought a new environment for creativity as expatriates in Europe, Williams lived a remarkably conventional life. A doctor for more than forty years serving the New Jersey town of Rutherford, he relied on his patients, the America around him, and his own ebullient imagination to create a distinctively American verse. Often domestic in focus and "remarkable for its empathy, sympathy, its muscular and emotional identification with its subjects," Williams's poetry is also characteristically honest: "There ...

- The Bigamist As the American middle class of the 1950’s went, The Bigamist (Ida Lupino, 1953) is one of the few movies that typify the post war middle class sensibility in the country. The economy was flourishing, as a result of which, the suburban middle class started growing fatter around their waist, and some of them even had more money than they knew what to do with. It is often said that “Laziness is the Devil’s workshop”. This may hold true to the American middle class in general, though in the context of The Bigamist, one ...

Throughout history, different kinds of tales have been written revolving around different kinds of themes, and in every tale, there is always a main character, sometimes known as the protagonist. The main character is often also known as the hero or heroine of the story. However, when the main character is profoundly imperfect in some way, but lacks in the characteristics and qualities that are typically possessed by a hero, then such a main character is known as an anti-hero. The anti-hero is usually a reluctant main character who believes that he does not have the ability to accomplish a goal. The anti-hero might ...

Anne Williams, a professor at the University of Georgia, published a piece of literary criticism on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein called "'Mummy, possest': Sadisn and Sensibility in Shelley's Frankenstein." In it, her overall thesis is the connection between the mummy/zombie genre of horror (to which she attests that Frankenstein falls) and concepts of motherhood, birth and creation. In essence, her theory is a piece of feminist criticism that connects womanhood in its purest form with the Frankenstein monster and its creation. Williams theorizes that Frankenstein creates the creature as a means to reconnect with his mother, who is dead, while also repressing the reality ...

In 1941, the influential critic and academic Oscar Cargill wrote what may be one of the most misleading analyses of The Sun Also Rises. While praising what he considered a remarkably symbiotic achievement in style and content, Cargill concluded that Hemingway’s initial entry into the literary milieu was limited in meaning and philosophical depth (Hays, 19). The Sun Also Rises was conceived as a modernistic contemplation of the post-war generation, yet many have criticized it as nihilistic; a self-indulgent, anti-intellectual response to the post-war generation and to the more elaborate style of writing that characterized the Gilded Age and the post-war ...

Into the Wild is a story of a young graduate from Emory University, who belongs to a well to do family. This novel, written by Jon Krakauer, is based on the true story of Chris McCandless. McCandless has been portrayed as a very passionate human being who lets his feelings overrule his sensibility. After learning that his father had another family when he was a child, McCandless turns into another person. His sense of betrayal is so overwhelming that he starts to keep all his friends and family at bay and never gets too close to them. After completing his graduation he gives away ...

War and technological innovation have often gone hand-in-hand. Advancements in weaponry are, of course, inevitable under the circumstances of armed conflict, but the necessities of logistical concerns like supply, transport, communication and medicine are likewise sources of invention. World War I, a global conflict the likes of which the world had never seen, yielded an unprecedented number of technical advances, the magnitude of which were commensurate with a conflict large enough to destroy the old world order. This was the first war that brought entire citizen populations under fire. As such, it was inevitable that the world’s governments should turn ...

The Puritans of the 17th century remained an extremely patriarchal people; their primary goals were to glorify God and place their earthly passions behind them, all the while placing men in positions of authority, leaving women little choices for activities and positions (Bremer, 1976). The works of Anne Bradstreet, a Puritan author and poet of the 17th century, are extremely indicative of these themes, particularly the poem "The Prologue." In this essay, the poem will be analyzed in depth in relation to its historical setting, themes, concepts and ideas/images. In "The Prologue," Anne Bradstreet attempts to exemplify feminist concepts of ...

'A & P' is a story about a checkout boy whose name is Sammy. The boy gives up his job following his boss’ unsympathetic speech to some three teenage girls. A keen analysis of the story reveals that in this work, John Updike, the author, portrays a contrast of two worldviews – the individualistic, non-conformist, and free-spirited views of the three teenage girls against the conventional, stoic, and conservative views of Mr. Lengel, Sammy’s manager. In this work, I have keenly analyzed the interpretations of two critics, Toni Saldivar and Walter Wells. To start with, I have given my own analysis and the ...

Slavery was an important part of American history as it kept the economy of the country in balance. But eventually slavery led to the Civil War between the Northand South. Slavery was not the only reason of the beginning of the war; there were also the social, political, and economical aspects. Slavery began in 1607 and continued until 1865 in America. Many “black” families were destroyed because people were separated from their families and sold. Slaves even didn’t know where and when they came from. As I have already mentioned, slavery was the reason of the development of ...

Part Four – Anthropology.

1. Man’s Creation. a. Preliminary Considerations. i. The fundamental difference between humans and angels, as Shedd states, is that “God created man male and female.” This implies that man is “incomplete if in isolation from one another.” However, angels are “sexless” which means that although they have been created with “reasonable and immortal souls” like man, they are not man or woman and are therefore, infinitely more complete than man. 1. This means that we must live at one with our alter-gender counterparts and consider each other equally as important. We are only whole humans ...