The Tempest-Realistic Power

In Act Two of The Tempest by William Shakespeare, four characters Gonzolo, Sebastian, and Stephano are three would-be kings and have three different approaches to how the will gain that authority. I am going to explain each of their approaches and which one is the best, the most realistic, and the most complicated.

Gonzolo's appeal to a utopian society deems him the best because of it suggests that he is striving for a perfect society which shows his will to serve the people as well as himself. In the Tempest, Gonzolo is one of the three would-be kings and if I were a person who was able to choose their king (which is not at all the case in a monarchy society) I would choose Gonzolo. Gonzolo's peaceful attempt to create an utopian society is, although gravely impossible, light hearted and hopeful which is something citizens would need in a king.

Sebastian's theory, in the Tempest, to murder his way to power is the most probable and realistic way to obtain power. Although murder is very much wrong, it puts fear in the hearts of the regular people and the powerful people who would have the authority to exile the king. In the movie Law Abiding Citizen, the protagonist puts fear into the hearts of all the courts, cops, judges, and strong willed prisoners. All to prove a point. This man gained powers that no else could ever think of or imagine. That is the same idea Sebastian is trying to take as he conspires with Antonio.


Stephano's exploitation through the use of wine, is a great plan, but will inevitably backfire. Since Stephano is the only person with any sort of access to wine,  he is trying to gain power by distributing it. I would compare Stephano to a drug dealer. A drug dealer has all the drugs, money, women, and power over his consumers. Through all this lovely power, it will always be that one person that will try to challenge that wondrous power. Many times in real life drug dealers are faced with the fact that at anytime they could lose their life due to someone wanting their power. This will be Stephano's fate if he uses this path to obtain leadership.

Broken Families/ The Struggle

Broken Families

by:M. J. Joachim

Journey to the other side of childhood
Adults longing to be young
Replaying over and over again
Songs that were never sung

Broken dreams, shattered emotions
Life's blood shed on the tattered course
Shameless rantings - ravings battered
Anger and rage, but never true remorse

Alone, on the other side of dawn I watch
As history repeats crimes against each one
New generations silently suffer
Abandoned and turning to stone

Bruises aren't the cause of this
Nor fear of fighting back
Hopelessness and loss of love
Turns brilliant worlds quietly black

Visions stifled by broken hearts
Reflecting pain and sorrow
Learning from the lessons taught
Yesterday repeated or ignored tomorrow

Finding peace within the turmoil
Options few claim can be real
Choices made with so much purpose
Keeping newer hearts from turning to steel

This poems connotation reflects who I am as a person. It tells what I go through what I feel. I decided to present a sort of parrallel poem that I wrote to reflect this one.

 

The Struggle

by: LaDarria Arnold

As I lay here in a bed of my misery

I wonder how this came to be

Abortion they said or try to miscarry

As the option began to fade away

Adoption became the safe haven

But guilt came strolling in

Like an absent partner or late friend

“I have to try” the words uttered from her mouth

Like a heroine that people know and love

But heroin took over and I never heard those words again

Now laying here in a bed of my despair

I realize that my life has been a constant struggle

Pushing,

Knocking,

Kicking and Scratching my way through

Please oh please!

Are the words I proclaimed

For my right to be loved?

That’s the constant battle I fight everyday

This bed will not always be a bed of anguish

It will be a glimpse of hope

For a better tomorrow.

 

Director of my choice

I chose Wes Anderson because he has a strategic pattern to his film making that makes it uniquely his. I specifically plan to mimic his narrative style in Moonrise Kingdom and the shifting camera angles because that is the most memorable and obvious part of the filmmaking process in this specific movie. Also because I love this message in this film as well.

Frankenstein The End

The quote by Robert Kennedy "Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live."  is basically saying that a person should learn something during a loss not live life in fear. At the end of Frankenstein, Victor  faced terrible losses due to his hubris acts and had to faced consequences of losing everone close to Victor. Kennedy's message to Victor Frankenstein is to learn from his mistake not sulk in tears of the one's lost or fear the fate to come.

The quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein "You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks." is elaborating on the effects of tragedy, not only in Frankenstein, but in all people's lifes. When the tree bends it could always be put back in place or still get some kind of benefit. But when the tree breaks theres no fixing the loss. In Frankenstein, everone's death was a continuation of broken trees. Thir lives would never be restored.

The quote by Jaques Barzen"Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy."  is one to be compared solely with Frankenstein. Victor was a genius to create his monster from scratch, but once Victor saw his creation he turned his back on him. Victor allowed his monster to get under his skin when the monster began killing all his friends. The monster knew that killing off all Victors loved ones would hurt more than anything else. The monster became the creator.

College Admission Essay

My life was a pre-destined miracle. After all the attempts to formulate a plan for me not enter the world, I emerged into this Earth victorious. No drugs, no abortion, and no hatred could keep me from the birth of my intended life.

“A star is born”

As I grew up, I began to get in touch with my inner artist, and it was not hard with my life story. “The bed I lay in will not always be a pool of despair.” was a line from a poem I wrote that really evoked a true feeling o f overcoming all my hardships. Fighting back, defending my right to succeed was the constant battle I had to fight with my family. They say “I will never amount to much”. They say “I will fall before graduation”. But I say “success is my virtue”.

“I conquer all!” I yell as the rope is released from that crazy bungee jumping ride at Six Flags. I began to plummet into the ground, but then it happened. I began to soar. I soared above all my trials, tribulations, fears, hardships, issues, barriers, doubters, mistakes, and failures. I just soared.  That little joy ride that cost me forty five dollars had the greatest impact on my life. Although minuscule to most people, it was an analogy to my life achievement. It left a lasting indent on my heart. Now I know. I succeeded.

Argo F**k Yourself

This movie gave me so much insight on the history of the Unites States and Iran that I do not learn in my history classes.The story had me sitting on the edge of my sit the entire time because it was mind bobbling to see how all the details unfolded. The movie made you look at America and say why, but then make you look at America in a patriotic way because when all their lives were saved, it gave hope to everyone watching. When the cultivated the plan it was so hilarious because the audience was looking at the presentation of the plan and setting it up for failure. Argo F**k Yourself is a line in the movie that is stated many times, but first when the director was asked about it. Being that it wasn't an actual play, he became flustered and shooed him off by saying that. Thus it elevated into the big theme surrounding the whole movie. All in all it was a really great movie and you really should go see it. A plus is that every character that was casted in this production was made or already looked like the six survivors of the actual event. I always appreciate that.

Frankenstein and Paradise Lost

The monster begins to question his creation similar to the part in Paradise Lost when Adam begins to reveal himself demonstrating the rage being built inside the monster. "Why did I live? Why...did I not extinguish to spark of existence" in the book Frankenstein is directly parallel to that of Adam's dismissal of being created in the poem. It becomes clear to the reader that both characters presented in each story are at ties with themselves making them see certain things more clearly. This is suggesting an epiphany moment. In the monster's case, rage is the result of finding the answer to his creation.
Through the questioning of one's self in both pieces, one could understand the deep regret and the want to be everything their creator wants them to be. In the monster's case, acceptance and love is inevitable, but desired demonstrating Maslow's theory to thrive in the world. This suggest that the monster turns into an actual monster due to the lack of acceptance and care needed by people and his creator needed to keep one's sanity.

Frankenstein Opposing Laws of Intelligence and Hierarchy

In comparison to the theory of Multiple Intelligence and Maslow's Hierarchy, the monster's development development doesn't follow or go hand and hand. While there is no doubt that the monster has acquired certain intelligences on his own, the monster still is lacking that human interaction, suggested in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, suggesting that there are gaps in the monster's development.
In a typical child's development program, the child is allowed to interact with others like adults and peers, making learning a lot easier, but the monster understands that to survive he has to do it on his own because of his appearance which elevates the monsters development. When a baby is born that have to be held and loved to survive and thrive. The monster in some cases is like a baby, but doesn't have that strong support system suggesting that Maslow's Hierarchy would deem the monster to death, but this actually made the monster thrive even harder to get revenge.
Although the reader understands that the monster's intelligence surpasses any typical human or child that is relatively the same age, Maslow's Hierarchy negates this. The monster starts to wonder why he was created if no one cares or wants to get to know him. On a personal stance, the monster's development is one that should be commended because he did it on his own demonstrating that the theories presented are flawed.

Frankenstein vs. Macbeth

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Macbeth by William Shakespeare, both contain elements beyond each of the protagonist control. In Macbeth there are witches and powers of witchcraft. On the other hand, the story of Frankenstein contains a so-called 'devil' in flesh - the Monster suggesting that the monster is evil, although this is found to be untrue. Both Macbeth and Frankenstein are above-average human beings with exceptional qualities. Both characters contained hubris attitudes only brought about through their exceptional knowledge illustrating their want to be “better than God”.  Like in Frankenstein, there are supernatural occurrences in Macbeth, for instance when King Duncan is murdered. Both Macbeth and Frankenstein’s monster had started out as nice people. Macbeth was corrupted with power and Frankenstein’s was infatuated with bringing the dead alive again. Frankenstein’s monster was born with a loving heart, but was not able to fully experience Maslow’s Hierarchy theory.  Frankly, throughout the length of the entire novel, the monster is really just looking for acceptance. In Macbeth, coming to know one’s self is the central theme because with power comes chaos.

Film Fest

A foreign film I saw was The Intouchables or in french it would be Les Intouchables. It was a strong movie and showed how one person can make a person feel on top of the world. Having imparments does not mean you can't be treated like anyone else and just because you come from a lifestyle many people do not understand, doesn't mean one doesn't have a good heart. This film touch the hearts of so many people and as I watch the film at its peak of popularity, I realized that most people that went to go see it went about 3 or 4 times. This is a great subtitled film and it was very powerful. The way the camera man got into depth with each of their lives actually inspired me to want to do more with my own films.

Blockbuster

A blockbuster film I've seen is Perks of Being a Wallflower. That movie was powerful, although there weren't cool camera angles and crazy action scenes it got to a person psychologically. It made a person think about going into adolescance and how we all dealt with it. It made me personally appreciate what school I go to because everyone isn't going to be so understanding. I think more people should go see this wonderful film because it is a must see and you will break down.