no rage, like love to hatred turned, Nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorned” (459 Congreve). The feeling of betrayal and enraged love as described in Congreve’s mighty words, is cohesive between both Sylvia Plath’s, “Mad Girl’s Love Song”, and, “Hate Poem” by Julie Sheehan. Similarities that coexist between the two poems are: theme, imagery, and repetition. Love can be beautiful and bright, it can also be dark and depressing, as exemplified in both Plath’s and Sheehan’s writing. Love that is filled
Sylvia Plath’s “Mad Girl’s Love Song” (1951), shows how the speaker was very drastically and negatively affected by the end of a relationship. The poem tells the thoughts of the heartbroken speaker and how the speaker is trying to create a type of comfort by coming up with different ways to try to feel better while possibly being mentally unstable and ill. This poem is written with great passion and deals with the darkness and sadness produced by heartbreak which then broadens to the subjects of
A Mad Girl’s Love Song In Sylvia Plath’s poem “A Mad Girl’s Love Song”, it is hard to determine whether the speaker is mad or going mad. Plath along with all women in this time period were defined by their relationship to a man. When a woman was abandoned by her beloved it was Earth-shattering, as it still can be for many women today. Before the reader even gets into the poem itself the speaker is already described as “mad” and this word has multiple connotations. This forces the reader to ask
changing gender roles” (quoted in Mahrdt 1) and, as society changes and opinions are altered, television shows adapt. However, the television show Mad Men is unique because it does not show life today, but the life of the 1960s. It shows what life was like for the women who lived during a time when the “feminine mystique” controlled society. While Mad Men may seem to be just another sexist show dominated by chauvinist men and submissive women, it is, in fact, a time piece. The creator for the series
believe this is an excellent book and I’m glad I got the push to finally read it after it sitting on my shelf for a year. This book was personally simple to visualise in my head and I think I could retell it from memory. This is the kind of story I would love to tell to kids, but perhaps not word for word as quite a few of the words would be difficult for them, but as for the content of the story, I’m sure any kid would
Like most readers of Hamlet, I finished reading the play with more questions than answers. Was Hamlet mad or was he simply pretending to be so? Did he actually love Ophelia? Were the deaths just? Were the deaths worth it? Similarly, the play explores its own questions as well: the justness (or lack thereof) in revenge, the uncertainty of life, and the meaning of life. To be sure, Hamlet wrestles with some of life's most difficult questions. Set in medieval Denmark, the story revolves around Hamlet
letters and denied him access to her. Polonius is certain that these rebuffs have driven Hamlet mad. His only action is to inform the king and queen, and to let them decide what the next move will be. In Polonius lengthy discussion with the king and queen he explain the situation: Polonius: Your noble son is mad. Mad call I it; for, to define true madness, What is't but to be nothing else but mad? One of the most analyzed plays in existence today is the tragedy Hamlet, with its recurring
Frankenstein to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to Metropolis, the mad scientist is one of the modern world's most instantly recognizable and entertaining cultural icons. Popular culture's fascination with demented doctors, crazed clinicians, and technologically fanatical fiends have dominated the major motifs of popular literature and film for most of the 20th century and this fascination will continue into the 21st century. An archetypal outcast, the mad scientist represents all that modern culture holds mysterious
Scene: Alice has just stepped out from the Duchess’ house. She has had a peculiar incident with the Duchess’ son. While Alice was holding the baby son in her arms, he suddenly started snorting like mad, and turned into a pig before Alice’s own eyes. Astonished, she dropped the pig from her arms, and watched it trot off into the forest. Now Alice is walking in the woods, thinking to herself about the son’s transformation. In the background of the stage is some drawings of trees, and a prop constructed
everyone. Young people who are growing up with new technologies that beam copious amounts of mass media influencers by the second are especially affected--their identities become cookie-cut before they even enter kindergarten. The AMC drama series, Mad Men is a marvel that has won four consecutive Emmy-awards for Best Drama Series and continues to receive glowing reviews every season. The wildly popular and critically-acclaimed television drama series expresses every concerning aspect of media’s representation
Introduction Created by Matthew Weiner in 2007, the television Drama series, Mad Men, from the television network AMC, is set in New York during the late 1950s and early 1960s. According to the networks official website, the series "follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising, an ego-driven world where key players make an art of the sell"(AMC.com). The show is largely based on Don Draper’s relationships inside and out of work, as the creative director
Hamlet's Madness `What is madness? Is someone mad merely because they are different, and do they in return see the same about the world? The dictionary defines madness as, “1. the state of being mad; insanity. 2. senseless folly. 3. frenzy; rage. 4. intense excitement or hilarity.” Though is there a difference between madness and wrath or rage? Was Hamlet mad, or was it one big act in order to give reason for his irrational actions and to keep his vengeful motives confidential
The mad scientist is an interesting figure in contemporary culture, usually represented by an evil genius that uses fictitious technology in an attempt to ‘play God.’ History has shown us that the mad scientist is not far off from reality: From the alchemist Paracelsus claiming the ability to create life to Tesla and Newton using science to challenge the mysteries of the universe. We also see the mad scientist in 19th century literature. Both Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and H.G. Wells’ The Island
Hamlet's Madness Is Hamlet Mad? Not Likely. Madness is a condition of the mind which eliminates all rational thought leaving an individual with no proper conception of what is happening around him/her. Madness typically occurs in the minds of individuals that have experienced an event or series of events that their mind simply cannot cope with and, thus, to avoid their harsh reality, they fall into a state of madness. In William Shakespeare’s masterpiece Hamlet, there is much debate around the
The dynamic of gender roles within 1960s society is the most prominent issue within Mad Men. The show does not shy away from the conformity of the time. Behind the pristine hair and perfectly stylised clothes - the men are in control and the women are ultimately suppressed of any power. The Man Don Draper, the protagonist of the show, is emotionally isolated yet narcissistic, trapped in a suffocation of his own ego. Yet he seems to be the most liberal when it comes to serious female contribution
American McGee took the words of the Cheshire Cat seriously when he said “We’re all mad here” (Carrol 41). American McGee’s Alice is a videogame that was released in December of 2000, and then a sequel was released in 2011 titled Alice the Madness Returns. Both of Games follow a very similar plot, in which the player follows Alice as she copes with insanity though her distorted views of Wonderland with the second story as a continuation of the first. Her insanity is caused by the survivors guilt
Hamlet, Polonius and Ophelia. Hamlet was told by the ghost of king hamlet to get back at Claudius for his death, or his soul will travel on earth forever. Even before hamlet knew about Claudius killing his father he had problems. It made hamlet mad that his mother would marry so fast and with his uncle. What Claudius did was an outrageous, back stabbing, and unbelievable thing. It was clearly an act of jealousy for his brother's throne and the wife. Claudius did pay back for his actions. Claudius
Hamilton Luske. The story is about a young girl named Alice, who follows a rabbit down a hole, where she encounters a series of weird events. Along the way, Alice meets several characters such as the White Rabbit, the King and Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, and several others. Throughout the movie, Alice has several episodes of shrinking and growing. After the weird events come to an end, Alice finds herself waking up on her sister’s lap, who begins to worry once Alice tries to
In the words of Tim Burton, “One person’s craziness is another person’s reality.” This is the truth for the magical movies he has put together. Burton grew up different from others; he was an outcast from the people around him. Enjoying B movies, he would watch them a great deal. Out of all the characters, Burton preferred the monsters or strange creatures. Some inspirations to him are Edgar Allen Poe, Roald Dahl, and Vincent Price. He frowns upon conformity, for he prefers individuality. What is
Mary Shelley is the original playwright of 'Frankenstein' and it has been adapted since then by Phillip Pullman. Mary wrote it in 1818 and it was first performed in 1988, at the Polka Children's theatre in Wimbledon. In the play, a doctor called Victor Frankenstein created life from an experiment, a monster, and although Frankenstein had intended the monster (who wasn't to be called 'the monster') to be a kind, caring and loving creature, the way the villagers treated him and turned away in disgust