The film begins with a flashback, going straight to the heart of the end of the story, —— Taylor, holding Jack hostage, waiting for the bomb he and his men to install to explode. The director also asked Jack to throw out a verse “I know this because Taylor knows these.” What —— put into …
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Dual Personality and Split Personality
Schizophrenia This is a kind of mental illness, which is considered a serious one. The split of schizophrenia refers to the split between thinking and reality. Typical symptoms are: Hallucinations: including auditory hallucinations, visual hallucinations, smell hallucinations, etc.Delusions: Delusions of being victimized, always feeling that someone is trying to harm me, being followed, being monitored, …
Desire and Morality
Through Henry’s mouth, Wilde expounded his thoughts on aestheticism. The meaning of beauty lies in providing human beings with sensory pleasure, rather than transmitting certain moral or emotional information. We should not be subject to moral “self-restraint”, but should do our best to let our senses enjoy and experience beauty. Through Henry’s mouth, Wilde expounded his …
Doppelgängers & Doubles in Art
I was first exposed to the concept of Doppelgängers & Doubles formally in this class, which often has many hidden meanings and also represents the hidden expression of the creator of art. The Yellow Wall Paper Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1860-1935 was a feminist activist who published the short story The Yellow Wallpaper in 1892. In …