Mirror Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

Philosopher Jacques Lacan describes the mirror stage in psychoanalysis as the moment when someone (usually an infant around six months of age) recognizes themselves in the mirror: "The child, at an age when he is for a time, however short, outdone by the chimpanzee in instrumental intelligence, can nevertheless already recognize as such his own image in a mirror" (Lacan). This is meant to be the moment where we are able to understand our own appearance and transcribe it onto another object. In the case of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wallpaper," the unnamed narrator of the story begins ...

Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo is a master's class in subtle and effective filmmaking - its noirish tale of obsession and loss is considered one of his best works. This is due in no small part to the directors' use of the various elements of film as a mirror. Hitchcock intends to create a sense of repetition and a cyclical nature to the life of the characters in the film; following Scottie (James Stewart) through his descent and ascent into madness deals significantly with themes of duality and obsession. Furthermore, the use of film as a mirror onto ourselves is made very clear in the audience's ...

Observational learning is present in human’s life from the very beginning. It is a specific learning process based on the observation of the other people’s behavior as a source of getting new knowledge. Observational learning is essential for motor skills acquisition during all period of human life.
It is one of the most important abilities of human brain that is always changing and is connected with the vision. These synapses hit a peak at 10 months and then they gradually fall till 10 years age when they flatten out. This pattern plays the key role for the observational learning ...

Characters

1. The Superheroes

a. Fundamental Truth: he is the head of the Superhero Alliance and chairs the meetings. He represents the belief that morals are defined by an individual’s ability to recognise right from wrong.

b. Inner Meaning: she represents the hidden meaning in things – she is always looking to find valuable, moral lessons from her adventures.

c. The Imprinter: he is a strong, upstanding hero who represents the ability to stand by your morals and make the right decision without changing who you are for anybody. He recognises that morals are something that should be stuck to, no matter ...

Cyber-hate

Cyber-hate is an offence of propagating hate majorly through the internet. It is rampant in the 21st century due availability of devices which enable access to the internet such as smartphones, tablets and computers. Cybercrime has become such a thorny issue that combating it has become the main agenda of many a government. The social websites were also invented in the 21st century.
Cyber-hate is so important a topic since it addresses the issues at stake and pertinent to the human race, the shortcomings that come with them and probably considers recommendations for combat of such vices. Cyber-hate can cause trauma ...

The movie is interesting and educative. It shows that the wicked shall not thrive. Blood in the movie symbolizes purity as her mother wished she should have a pure heart. The dwarves said she is pure and will be going to heal the land. Blood in most fairy tales symbolizes purity of the heart. A child learns that being pure at heart is a good thing. The apple in this fairy tale symbolizes poison. It also symbolizes deceptive behavior from the beginning where William plucks the apple for Snow White, but deceptively eats it. The wicked queen gives her the poisonous ...

Fairytales generally offer children a very limited choice of heroes and villains, and they cast men and women in stereotyped roles, because they are meant to socialize children according to the values of the society and according to their expected gender roles. Two feminine characters found in many fairytales are the wicked stepmother and the young and beautiful heroine, who is often a princess. In such fairytales as Grimm brothers’ “Snow White”, “Cinderella” and “Mother Holle”, the stepmother is an intruder who occupies the role of the good mother and persecutes the young, beautiful and kind heroine. She is ...

In taking into consideration of her confinement, the loom, the mirror and/or Camelot, the part that presented the qualities of The Importance of Being Earnest and which happened to be most humorous would be covered. The mirror providing the reflection seems to be carrying the day. It reflects the shadow that makes her feel half sick. It then heightens the perceived tension that exists between the woman’s cloistered position and the world in the exterior.
There are presence of many and varying allusions in T.S Eliot’s work of art ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’. ...

Trace the similarities between Victor and the monster. Consider their respective relationships with nature, desires for family, and any other important parallels you find. Do Victor and the monster become more similar as the novel goes on? How does their relationship with each other develop?
In the novel ‘Frankenstein’ (1818) by Mary Shelley we see two important characters Mr. Victor Frankenstein and the monster created by him pitted against each other. The inner turmoil of Victor is reflected in the psyche of the monster. The monster is a composite of body parts accumulated together to make a mirror image of ...

Literature :

The Perfect Poster
The poster is a pictorial and striking representation of the Susan Laurie-Parks ’ attempt to make the audience understand the novel message given by her in “The America Play”, wherein she uses the look alike of an iconic president to draw the interest of the audience. This poster too focusses on the foundling father’s image to catch the eye of the viewers. Just as the dramatist uses repetition as a tool to highlight how history can be interpreted and reinterpreted,the mirrors in the poster shows endlessly repetititive images. The audience love sensational aspects of the lives ...

Introduction

Literary critical theory is a complicated process - there are many different ways from which one can look at a story. The question remains, however, whether or not these readings are valid. Is the process of literary criticism a means of mental gymnastics, where theorists can force a reading into a text like a child pushing a square peg in a round hole? Looking at the various theorists who make up the most prominently observed members of the literary critical canon, it becomes clear that the act of reading itself is an interactive one, with the reader bringing just as much into the experience of reading as ...

Quote 1: I wonder that religion can live or die on the strength of a faint, stirring breeze. The scent trail shifts , causing the predator to miss the pounce. One god draws in the breath; another god expires. (Page, 141)
This is a quote from Adah after she had gone to get water with Leah , but she returned home later than Leah since she always liked wandering about and doing her things at her own slower pace. As she was walking along the trail, she thought that she heard footsteps following her, but every time she stopped the noises also ...