Jacques Lacan Essays

perspective, the death-drive becomes the “life-drive.” We fantasize about living so much that we actually wind up striving to die. Either way both Miller and Zizek offer new perspectives on the death drive and provide the explanation for “YOLO” that Lacan and Freud refused to

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein depicts the remarkable resemblance to the “modern” myth of Prometheus. The intertextuality used to connect these two stories, allow Shelley to bring out the most prominent themes of Power and suffering. As both of the characters deal differently with the struggle to resist the power that comes with creating life, the inevitable end for both characters are the same; they fall at the hands of their own creations. Shelley carefully utilizes the legend of Prometheus to express

Discrimination is not the only reason for the lack of women advancing through international relations; Tickner argues that on top of that the field of international relations theory in itself is discriminatory. Tickner presents a feminist analysis of Hans Morgenthau's six principles of political realism, which, the author claims, exhibit a masculine bias. It argues that realism is not an inaccurate portrayal of the international system but an incomplete one that is a partial picture of reality. She

: Sigmund Freud, “Some Neurotic Mechanisms in jealousy, Paranoia and Homosexuality,” On Psychopathology. tr. James Strachey (Harmondsworth :Penguin, 1979, rpt. 1983) P-198. Chapter-3 (Tagore ’s Short Stories : A Study of Psycho-Socio Realities of Characters) “…………the artist finds out the unique, the individual, which yet is in the heart of the universal. When he looks on a tree, he looks on that tree as unique, not as the botanist who generalizes and classifies. It is the function of the artist

The modern era can be categorized as a period in which power, and its structures, dispersed. No longer could one identify discrete institutions, organizations, or individuals who held a majority of power over the common people. While in the past, feudalism, the church, and the king governed much of an individual’s conduct, the modern era, marked by the emergence of modern, industrial capitalism, diffused this power among many different institutions, organizations, and individuals. Foucault’s Discipline

Laura Mulvey is a feminist film theorist from Britain who is known for her essay on visual pleasures in narrative cinema. Being inspired by Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan’s ideology combined with psychoanalysis, Mulvey comes up with the ‘Male Gaze Theory regarding sexual objectification on women in the media. The male gaze is the way in which the visual arts and the literature portrays women and world from a masculine point of view presenting women as objects of male pleasure regardless of being

“Each day I wait for you.” (Schnabel) is the heart-wrenching, lump-in-the-throat moment that had us all grasping onto our seats which resonated with an intensity that defined the shades of the film as it began to wrap up. These emotionally riveting moments are portrayed through several instances throughout the movie and it overshadows his pitiful character in the book. Buaby’s inspiring endurance which formulates sympathy is quickly extinguished and Bauby’s personality tunes itself on a spectrum

In Jeffrey Jerome Cohen’s Monster Culture (Seven Thesis), Cohen analyzes the psychology behind monsters and how, rather than being a monstrous beast for the protagonist of the story to play against, “the monster signifies something other than itself”. Cohen makes the claim that by analyzing monsters in mythology and stories, you can learn much about the culture that gave rise to them. In Thesis 1 of Monster Culture, Cohen proposes that “the monster’s body literally incorporates fear, desire, anxiety

In this essay, masculinity and femininity is discussed, as well as the understanding of masculinity within femininity. According to the English Dictionary, femininity is the quality of being female, and it is the quality of womanliness. And masculinity is the possession of qualities traditionally associated with men. Female genitalia represents femininity, although, femininity can be represented through body language and personal preference. And the same goes for masculinity. One can choose to be

There are multiple symbols within Lord of the Flies, however, the fourth chapter mainly focuses on Piggy’s spectacles, fire, painted faces, and long hair. It is Piggy’s glasses and their reflection that causes the boys to first create a fire on top of the mountain. Without them, the boys may still remain in the dark before finding an alternative way to spark a flame. This makes the spectacles a key survival tool. Therefore, the spectacles represent the progression of technology on the island and

American soldier Ambrose Bierce once said, "Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding." Logical reasoning is crucial for maintaining order and making good choices. This is displayed in William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies, in which a group of British schoolboys is stranded on a deserted island and must learn to fend for themselves to ensure survival. Ralph uses logos to make sensible decisions that benefit

Alfred Hitchcock is a well-known movie director for his interpretations of using the concepts and the theory of psychoanalysis in his films. Specifically in the film, “The Birds”, there are scenes throughout the movie that represent psychoanalysis. An imagery that Alfred Hitchcock uses to represent psychoanalysis is the concept of the unconscious mind to show to the relationship of Melanie Daniel and the birds. By using the concept of “the unconscious”, in the movie to he represents it through

How is it that it’s so hard to communicate with one another face to face yet we can carry a twenty-four-hour conversation on our devices? Is it because we can be quick to delete our true selves and permit ourselves a sense of empowerment to out alter egos; which we project to others for our satisfaction and their expectations of us. Or does the person simply lack proper social skills. When finally having that physical communication with someone you connect with is some type of level, whether if it’s

A common theme within KOBG, The Yellow Wallpaper, and Modernism is alienation. This is evident by the narrator’s isolation in The Yellow Wallpaper, alienation of the individual from his own society and the criticism of his society in King of the Bingo Game, and the feeling of isolation the narrator feels in Robert Frost’s Desert Places. Firstly, in The Yellow Wallpaper the narrator is believed to be ill, but her husband and brother don’t believe her. For her to be isolated from society, the narrator

Pan’s Labyrinth shows an interesting mix between the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War and the imagination of a child that leaves viewers questioning if the imaginary world is actual part of the “real world.” Throughout these mixings of reality, observers are presented with female characters that come to show that the questioning of authority and reality seemingly results in a positive outcome. Ofelia and her mother Carmen are two opposite examples of this. Ofelia continuously disobeys those around

Romare Bearden’s painting The Family portrays a scene of a family who are in a negative situation. They are being visited by two unwelcome guest late at night this can be seen from the body language given by the father and mother as it implies that the topic is a negative one. The family is caught in a scene at the moment of the meeting going hostile. The family is painted with a somber tone with solid colors giving leaving the painting with a feeling of anticipation that something is going to happen

Millions of people are in unhealthy relationships, which can be identified in certain ways. In the tragedy, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, John Proctor, and his wife, Elizabeth Proctor have issues in their marriage. John has an affair with a girl named Abigail Williams while Elizabeth is sick. As a result, this breaks her trust in him, making her come off as cold and reserved. The nature of John and Elizabeth’s relationship is unhealthy because their words and actions towards each other reveal a

The following essay is going to argue that dissemination is a better trope for describing the intertextual relationship between Eileen Chang’s novella Lust Caution and Ang Lee’s film adaptation Lust, Caution. First, the essay will clarify the definitions of interpretation and dissemination, and use various examples from the novella and film adaptation to illustrate how dissemination is a better trope for describing the intertextual relationship between Eileen Chang’s novella and Ang Lee’s film adaptation

Victor Frankenstein has made a beast, a "despised fiend" (Shelley 90) who torments him all through Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. For sure, the animal confers a few loathsome acts, which drives Frankenstein to seek after him into the Arctic. However the animal does not rouse a similar dread or repugnance in the peruser; rather he earns sensitivity. While Frankenstein may can't help disagreeing, the peruser associates with the creature since he is disengaged from the world and-shockingly has a delicate

A film may be considered as a commercial enterprise whose business is the selling of entertainment. However, certainly it offers more than that, it tells a story, a reflection of the way a society works and how its people function in relation to ideology and culture which are constantly developing and changing. Given that, Maleficent is one of the movies which show this shifting trend, it moves from an unrealistic plot of women waiting to be saved by a man to an era of portraying women as heroes