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In this article, the writer analyzes the poem 'Ariel' by Sylvia Plath. The writer studies the title character of Ariel as portrayed in the poem.

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"In the poem titled 'Ariel' Sylvia Plath introduces her subject matter with the line 'Stasis in darkness'. This is clearly a somewhat morbid and compelling statement suggesting that the title character of Ariel is existing not only in a dismal place but in a state of some type of suspended animation. As noted by Tatiana Retivova, Plath clearly drew upon William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' in developing the character of Ariel positioning her in the magical uninhabited island where Shakespeare's placed his own actors in ..."

Tags:Sylvia Plath, Ariel

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This paper uses a feminist critical literary analysis to examine Sylvia Plath's poem titled "Ariel". When viewed from the lens of feminism many themes and feminist ideas are illuminated. Plath was often influenced by ideas of women's biology and motherhood in her writing. Ariel contains many images to highlight power imbalances in male-female relationships.

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"Sylvia Plath is often the subject of feminist criticism/analysis as the ideas and issues in her poetry illuminate the power dynamics in women's lives. Plath was a women writer that portrayed women's experiences in her poetry in emotional and personal terms. It is through the critical lens of feminist analysis that we can begin to understand the importance of Plath's poetry as it is a tool that allows us to understand the themes and ideas presented as it relates to gender. Plath reclaimed masculine language to represent her own experiences and used sexual and sensual feminine language to illustrate both the female..."

Tags:plath, feminism, analysis

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This paper examines Ariel Dorfman's play, "Death and the Maiden, one of the most widely acclaimed contemporary theatre pieces by a Chilean author. The author of the paper examines the play and, in particular, its characters in great detail and, with the aid of relevant literature, attempts to analyze the work and its relevance today.

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"The subsequent discussion with her husband reveals the ghosts that haunt her and her thirst for revenge. She is thus suspicious and discontent when her husband tells her that he has joined a commission which is in charge of discovering the truth with regard to the victims of the former political regime. A relevant reason for Paulina's distrust is that the political scene only appears to have changed from dictatorship to democracy, while many of the political actors have remained the same. Moreover, she does not believe in the honorable purposes of this commission because it has proposed to uncover only the deaths caused by the Pinochet dictatorship and not the surviving victims as well. The question arises thus to the fate of those who have survived but who have remained scarred for life by the abuse they were made to suffer. There seems to be not possible way of actually making justice for the political victims. The idea of revenge as it is formulated in the play is very significant. Paulina seeks revenge because she cannot have justice done to her after what she has suffered. Taking revenge is thus her only possibility of coming to terms with herself and with her past. Gerardo on the other hand represents the effort to forget and put the past aside so as to make the present possible. Interestingly, both of these opposed attitudes only emphasize the impossibility of finding the right answer and of coping with the present. If the past of persecutions and crimes is put behind, then there is no moral satisfaction and truth itself becomes relative. If, on the other hand, the past is constantly made present the emphasis lies on revenge rather than justice and again no moral equity can be reached. As the plot develops, this polarity between Paulina and Gerardo becomes more and more evident."

Tags:chile, pinochet, political, terror, dictatorship, oppressor, democratic, tortured, justice

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This paper examines how "The Tempest" has attracted a vast array of critical attention, possibly because of its intriguingly ambiguous message which naturally invites conjecture. It looks at how it is a text loaded with nuances and ambiguities which make it impossible to pin down Shakespeare's original motivation or world view. By contemplating the relationship between Prospero, Ariel and Caliban it considers the author's views of their relationship in comparison with those of major critics.

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"Caliban's attitude to Prospero is one of absolute terror of his power rather than mere subservience. Mannnoni's argument of a "predisposition to dependency ", supported by Caliban's quick acceptance of Trinculo as "... a new master whose 'footlicker' he can become..." (quoted in Reader, p. 284) is hard to accept. Shakespeare's text is surely more light-hearted than this. Caliban's comic simplicity leads him to believe that Stephano and Trinculo are gods to be worshipped, not just men to be obeyed. In the magical surrounding of the island where the fantastic often happens, the naive Caliban can surely be forgiven for believing that Stephano and Trinculo are "...dropped from heaven" (2.2.134) or "Out o'th'moon" (2.2.135)."

Tags:caliban, miranda, island

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The actions of Prospero in relation to his two servants, Ariel and Caliban, very much contradict his motivations and goals throughout the play, "The Tempest," by William Shakespeare. The paper shows that, while Prospero is trying to fight injustice and restore his own life, he is, in a sense, stealing the power and lives of his servants.

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"In Shakespeare's The Tempest, one of the main characters in the play, Prospero, has been exiled to an island. While living there he encounters two inhabitants of the island and makes them his servants. Caliban, one of Prospero's servants, has lived his whole life on the island after being left there by sailors with his mother, Sycorax. The other servant is Ariel, a mischievous spirit who Prospero found trapped in tree by a spell cast many years ago by Sycorax. The relationships between Prospero and his two servants are very different, although he maintains his control over both of them through his use of words. Prospero promises Ariel his freedom after he is done serving Prospero's desires, but Caliban is treated very differently. He is looked down upon and treated cruelly with no promise of ever being free. Unlike Ariel, Caliban is not content to serve Prospero and attempts to remove him of his power in order to restore his own life and rule over the island, but in his attempt to do so he offers to become a servant of Stephano. Throughout the play Prospero is attempting to fight the injustice of losing his power as Duke of Milan, but the way he treats his servants and steals their power is unjust."

Tags:stephano, Duke, of, Milan

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This paper looks at the on-going violence in the Middle East and asks whether peace can ever be achieved with Ariel Sharon as Prime Minister. The author of the paper suggests that the present policies of Israel, under the leadership of Sharon, hinder any progress that might be made towards peace and, in fact, encourage the Intifada.

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"Meanwhile, terrible, bloody violence has been part of life for the Palestinians and Israelis since shortly after the creation of the State of Israel by the United Nations, in 1948. In recent weeks and months, notwithstanding the rhetoric of "peace" issued on both sides, has not shown any signs of subsiding. In fact, according to U.S. News & World Report (Derfner, 2004), since April, 2004, when Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and U.S. President George Bush jointly praised the proposed Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, chaos and violence have been the rule of thumb, not peace."

Tags:refugees, gaza, people's, uprising, likud, troops, assault, tunnels, weapons, egypt

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This paper explores the abiding elements of Jewish belief, including the origins of the major ethical, ritual and theological aspects of Judaism, as described in David Ariel's book "What Do Jews Believe?" This paper discusses how various Jewish sects have vigorously searched for a better understanding of God as well as the influence of Kabbalah in Judaism. This paper also examines the differences between orthodox, Hassidic and conservative Judaism.

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"It is intriguing how the various Jewish sects vigorously have searched, with their intellects and their souls, for a better understanding of God. The difficult question Ariel tackles is the seeming duality of God's nature, His nearness and distance from the world and humanity or "(His)transcendence and immanence." In rabbinic Judaism, God is regarded as "different from and above the world, on one hand, and closely involved and concerned with the world and its inhabitants, on the other. This paradoxical information of God's simultaneous transcendence and immanence is central to understanding rabbinic conception of God." The rabbis believe that they as "designated disciples" are able to be the interpreters of the divine."

Tags:jewish, judaism, religion, culture, orthodox, theology, tradition

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This paper shows how Ariel Dorfman's play and Roman Polanski's movie, "Death and the Maiden", strongly indicate that Paulina's accusations that the man in her house is the same man who tortured and raped her twenty years earlier. The writer points out that the use of sound and isolation create an atmosphere where the audience must use its imagination, thus encouraging audience members to accept the man as Paulina's accuser. While there clearly is some room for the audience to consider Paulina's actions as invalid, both the clearly sympathetic portrayal of Paulina and the dramatic movement of the play and movie ultimately lead the audience to believe her accusations.

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"Dorfman's play and Roman Polanski's movie share a common plot. They are set in a South American country as a democratic regime takes over from a brutal dictatorship. Paulina is a woman who was repeatedly raped and tortured during the regime, who comes to believe that a man who stumbles onto her home is the man who tortured her in the past. While the general details of the plot remain true between the play and movie, there are important differences as well."

Tags:chilean, paulina, accusations

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This paper explains that both papers discuss the ramifications of the pullout news to the security of Israel, as well as the success towards the peace that both Israel and Palestine have been trying to broker for many years already. The author points out that the editorial of the "Dallas Morning News" expresses the same "mixed emotions" as the "New York Times" editorial had expressed; however, the editorial primarily expressed a positive attitude of Sharon's Gaza plan as the first step towards brokering peace in a "peaceful manner" between Israel and Palestine. The paper relates that, while the "New York Times" editorial has applied the issue in the context of the current state of terrorism and U.S. intervention to foreign policy-making, the author of "Dallas Morning News" editorial focused on Sharon's "realistic" resolve to end the conflict between the two nation-states.

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"The print media has become an effective means to discuss important issues in the society today, especially with the prevalence of newspapers that cater to various audiences or readers today. Political editorials, in particular, serve as the people's daily reference in knowing what is the political stand or position that the newspaper assumes given a particular current issue to discuss. These editorials, however, do not dictate to their readers what position or stand to take on an issue; rather, they serve as another viewpoint at which readers are able to think about the issue. In effect, editorials serve as additional information that lets people understand all facets of a social issue being discussed."

Tags:palestines, peace, reference, position, terrorism

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" Sylvia Plath's life and poetry are strongly and clearly related. But critical focus on the biographical element in her work tends to diminish the standing of her poetry. Those who attempt to read the life through the poems are proceeding contrary to what Plath intended and what she deserves. This does not mean, of course, that knowledge of Plath's life is valueless or that it will not sometimes enhance some readings of the poems. It only means that the poems in Ariel, for instance, were written to be read by readers who knew little about the lives of Plath, Hughes, or anyone they knew. In the wake of Plath's death, of course, it is nearly impossible to become the ideal reader for whom the poems were planned. But critics of all kinds have gradually come to see that it is the work rather than the life that matters--or, at least, that while both may matter they.."