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The paper examines how black magic is the sole representative of the lines analyzed in this study, which reflect the reliance on the three witches that Macbeth relied upon in depicting his destiny. The paper shows how through Macbeth's ignorance and greed, he was unable to counteract the messages given by the witches, which ultimately brought about his tragic and violent death. The paper demonstrates how black magic plays a large part in the destiny of Macbeth's fate, as seen through the rituals and actions on the three witches in the beginning of Act Four.

From the Paper
"In Act Four, scene i, the three witches are brewing the desired ingredients to help create the foundations for a black magic process that will give Macbeth the answers he is looking for in his destiny. Through the play, especially in Act III, the basis of black magic and the various formulas are revealed in the language of the text. The precepts of magic are defined in the language Shakespeare used to define this process. The First Witch claims: "Round about the cauldron go/ In the poison'd entrails throw" (Shakespeare 4.1 4-5). The dancing shamanic actions of the women in Shakespeare's imagery help one to realize the movement and ritual that is the process of creating a vision through the burning cauldron at their feet."

Tags:shakespeare, macbeth, horror

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This paper shows the evolution of magic through history, and gives examples of some famous magicians and their tricks. Magicians discussed are Houdin, Houdini and Copperfield among others.

From the Paper
"Magic has enticed and amazed people since ancient times. Many magicians have come forward to distinguish themselves as masters, with original stunts and tricks that have revolutionized the craft. My purpose in this research paper is to show the evolution of magic through history, and to give examples of some famous magicians and their tricks."

Tags:art, black, blaine, copperfield, david, houdin, houdini, magic, performance, robert, secret, societies, stage, tricks, witchcraft

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This paper discusses the history of the definitions of magic realism. It specifically focuses on magic realism within photography and if the term can be applied to specific forms of photography. The paper discusses the medium of photography and how the writer uses this medium. It also looks briefly at digital photography, as well as black and white photography.

From the Paper
" It is very difficult to apply the term magic realism to photography of any kind; perhaps because it seems that every kind of photography may be capable of being magic realism. Since the meaning of the term has come to encompass so many definitions, there is an argument for many kinds of photographs to be considered as magic realist photographs. In my photography, I truly want to infuse the logical even "normal" world with something as illogical as a state of mind, an imagination. By still using a representational language to do so, I believe my photographs can fit into the Roh and Hartlaub description of magic realism as well as the Carpentier and Uslar-Pietri description. It is possible to use objectifiable or representational art rather than abstract art to express a part of human reality. It may seem that the objective world is "crystallized" by a photograph, but the crystalline structure of a real external situation is easily fractured by the tiniest suggestion of an internal or psychological reality; the latter is in fact strengthened by the cold and certain detail of the former."

Tags:studio, distortion, expressionism

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In this article, the writer examines the significance of magic in Marlowe's play Doctor Faustus. The writer maintains that the crucial link is to secular learning, and notes how in Marlowe's time it represented a challenge to the sanctity of religious knowledge. The writer also discusses that Dr Faustus is the greatest polymath of his age who confronts the limits of knowledge and wants to transcend it through the adoption of black magic, and by making a pact with the devil. Additionally, the paper contrasts the modern indifference to magic to the Elizabethan attitude of horror.

From the Paper
"A further dynamic in the play is the realization of the ultimate futility of magic. Faustus has been granted worldly power and glory, by which he impresses and wins favors of kings and princes. But they turn out to be meaningless to him in the end, just as meaningless as his prior accomplishments in the fields of metaphysics, medicine and law. He is quickly sated with his new found powers, and ends up just as dissatisfied as prior to selling his soul. He is tortured by pangs of remorse, and begins to think the glories of heaven far superior."

Tags:Marlowe, Elizabethan, humanism, pact, devil, renaissance, eternal, damnation

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In "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Black Cat", the author explains how Poe presents stories that are both haunting and disturbing to the reader and how, through a variety of techniques he creates a sense of dread that draws the reader in and flows throughout the story. Along with this, the author explains that there is a sense that the events are beyond what is real and more supernatural in focus. The paper uses examples from these novels to examines these claims.

From the Paper
"The stories intrigue the reader for the purpose of allowing them to look at life and humanity on a deeper level. By the disturbing nature and by the supernatural slant, the reader is able to experience and consider that which is beyond what is real and observable. Poe sets the scene as disturbing from the beginning of his tales, creating an atmosphere of dread. In the opening of The Fall of the House of Usher, he uses words such as "dull," "dark," "dreary," "desolate," and "depression." All these words have a sense of foreboding and the alliteration of the repeated "d" only adds to the mood. This alliteration makes the scene almost poetic and also gives it a dreamlike quality. After creating this feeling in the reader, Poe even describes it saying, "I can compare to no earthly sensation more properly than to the after-dream of the reveller upon opium" (1). "

Tags:novel, magic, supernatural, reader, meaning, intention, reality

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The paper explores the issues of racism, feminism, religious bigotry, and hypocrisy in Maryse Cond''s novel, " Tituba, Black Witch of Salem." The author includes many quotes from the actual text.

From the Paper
"In her novel, I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem, Maryse Cond' skillfully intertwines historical fact with colorfully imagined invention to tell the tale of black slave Tituba's brutal journey from Barbados to New England and her eventual return to her native land. Through this narration, Cond''s purpose is not simply to recount the story of a long-forgotten historical figure; indeed, by incorporating extensive fanciful devices, she distances herself from the factual and focuses instead on broader and more powerful underlying themes such as religious bigotry and hypocrisy, racism, feminism, and the power of sexuality. Through the usage of postmodern irony and a compelling storytelling style, she imparts a refreshing new perspective on the Salem witch trials and several fundamental issues with which we continue to struggle today."

Tags:barbados, bigotry, black, conde, feminism, hyposcrisy, magic, puritan, racism, religion, salem, sexuality, storytelling, witch

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This research will examine elements of magic realism and what Malcolm Bradbury calls "the paradoxes and ambiguities of human identity" that emerge in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon. The research will set forth the pattern of ideas that make Song of Solomon relevant to identity issues in the context of black culture

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"This research will examine elements of magic realism and what Malcolm Bradbury calls "the paradoxes and ambiguities of human identity" that emerge in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon. The research will set forth the pattern of ideas that make Song of Solomon relevant to identity issues in the context of black culture and then discuss the means by which such narrative strategies and devices as magic realism, as well as other features of Morrison's work that Bradbury identifies, such as the power of myth and hidden fables, are employed to reach coherent meaning and sentient effect.

In discussing cultural myth and archetypes that explain collective memory and cultural identity, Eliade (27-8) refers to "acts which presuppose an absolute reality, a reality which is extrahuman . . . created in illo tempore, in the mythical period, by an ..."

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Critique of book on the beliefs and practices of Santeria. Discusses author's argument that Santeria should be considered a major world religion, rather than a black magic cult. History of Santeria. Connection to African religions, Catholicism, & Hispanic and American elements. Concept of natural magic, spirits of the dead.

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"Migene Gonzalez-Wippler, in Santeria: The Religion, attempts to shed light on the religion which is "the best-kept secret of Hispanic culture.". A cultural anthropologist, the author presents a portrait of the religion and its beliefs and practices in an effort to show that it deserves to be included among the major religions of the world, rather than a bizarre and bloody cult focusing on black magic and perversion of other religions. The author's dedication to her subject is seen in the fact that she herself became an initiate into several of the rituals of the religion. One might argue that such a personal step could have taken away some of her scientific objectivity, but one might also argue that one can only understand such a unique religion by taking part in it at least to some important degree. Gonzalez-Wippler writes that part of the failure of..."

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This paper examines how Doctor Faustus, Christopher Marlowe's character, is a German scholar who wants to exceed the limits of traditional logic, medicine, law, and religion by practicing black magic and how, through this, he calls upon Mephistopheles, a demon who arranges a deal between Faustus and Lucifer for 24 years of power and glory in exchange for his soul. In particular, it looks at how the parade of the seven deadly sins wins Faustus' mind and will.

From the Paper
"The seven deadly sins are pride, wrath or anger, envy, avarice or greed, gluttony, sloth, and impurity (Finnan 1998) and these are revealed by the Word of God, although not in a straight list as they are identified and named. These seven sins are called deadly in that they evoke God's justice and punishment more severely than other sins. Of these deadly ones, pride offends God the most. The Proverbs and the Psalms (NIV) say that the "proud of heart" will not be endured or go unpunished; proof is that destruction follows it as a fall follows a haughty spirit. It is the deadliest and most severely punished sin. It was pride that drove the brightest angel, Lucifer, or the "Morning Star," to rebel against God."

Tags:lucifer, god, mephistopheles, soul

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This paper discusses the concept of humanism in Christopher Marlowe's play "Doctor Faustus" and explains that the central focus of humanism is presented in the combination of Faustus' pride, arrogance and never-ending ambition. The paper points out that, because of Faustus' desire to be more powerful than any other man, he pursues the forbidden attainment of the black arts even though the consequences mean perishing in hell. The paper concludes that the text of Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus" clearly shows that wrongful pride always comes before a fall. Moreover, this character's fall is perpetual, horrifying damnation.

From the Paper
"The power of rule is too intoxicating as Faustus ignores the forbidden aspect of dabbling in black magic and through his Latin invocations, begins the process of turning away from the living God to take power instead from the dark god, Lucifer. His faith in this magic is so strong, he thinks he can even make demands of Mephistopheles. But this is Lucifer's agent and he lets the Doctor know that he himself is governed by the higher-ranking devil: "I am a servant to great Lucifer, / And may not follow thee without his leave." "

Tags:ambition soul, black magic, mephistopheles bride