May 2013
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May 20th
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May 20th
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I just thought it...I like boring
I’m re-reading my ‘Les Aventures de Tintin’ comic albums, and I’ve always found myself in the minority when I say that there is nothing baffling or ambiguous about Tintin. As a character, he has a definite moral compass; he just lacks the subtlety or substance when it comes to making a character feel realistic. He becomes bland, then. He’s almost flawless, be it in the field of intellect,...
May 19th
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May 18th
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May 18th
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May 18th
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May 18th
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May 18th
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May 18th
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Hyde is not real
How can Jekyll & Hyde be about good versus evil, when Jekyll is uncertainly good and Hyde uncertainly evil (the guise of the animalistic prominence feels a hoax). Moreover, of course they aren’t two persons; they are dual personalities of the same person. I’m both unscientific and ill-poetic; however, I can’t simply adhere to the philosophy of many, especially, which is the...
May 17th
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“The thoughts of his mind, besides, were of the gloomiest dye…”
– The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (26-27)
May 17th
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May 17th
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May 17th
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Curtain fall
Vanity, curiosity, and hypocrisy. Are all what gave him to his own purpose. It is only a mask for him, in denying himself of his acceptance to his veridical nature. The last act is his retaliation to this, in final moments, perhaps, to give way to his hopelessness and to escape from the tragedy of his vain assets. To stab the painting, the mirror of his soul is a stroke of vanity, but could be...
May 16th
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May 16th
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May 15th
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“Dorian is a monster. Oh, poor monster he has become!”
May 15th
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I give up. You have my consent and favor
I am trapped. There is no way out. There is no turning back. Time has swept the chances beyond my reach. Now, I am here, and you, the only path known to me. My mind opens to you. I have given to you my soul long ago. I am still drilled with your spell. It is over now. I am gone. I leave myself at loss, forever. Take me now, it is my end, a tragedy I long waited for, of infinite pathos. A ruined...
May 15th
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It's not a question of good or evil
It’s all about the experience, and to learn what to live in that moment: to indulge the senses in the provocation of the unknown. People have so often denounced the kinship with the senses, for what, Fear and unfamiliarity. But led lukewarm lives, under an umbrella of fixed principles and sensitivity to the obscure. And what, they have become dull and unintelligent; starving, sadly, to a dry...
May 15th
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Disclaimer: Photo does not belong to me. File source: http://commons.wikimedia.org, File:Edgar Allen Poe 1898.jpg; American Bookmen, published by Dodd, Mead and Co, NY, 1898   This dictates the nature of Poe in the eyes of a casual and unpromising reader; though, she wished in her heart of hearts to have done his soul the justice it deserves, she is reluctant, and cautious not to overdo it....
May 14th
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May 14th
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“The tragic cynic”
May 13th
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Beware: The indifference is merely a disguised...
Humans are for studying.
May 13th
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This may sound unintelligent of me, but
Basil is gay for Dorian Gray
May 13th
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May 13th
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April 2013
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Humans are so self-contradictory
“I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history – true or feigned– with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse applicability with allegory, but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of...
Apr 20th
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“Girls are said to mature earlier. That is physically true, though in a deeper...”
– Dr. Wanstead, Nemesis
Apr 20th
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“…but I have made a point of being always ready to disbelieve as well as...”
– Jane Marple, Nemesis
Apr 20th
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Apr 20th
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Apr 19th
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Subtle Gossiper
Apr 19th
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“We speak of nature; it is folly; there is no such thing as nature; what we call...”
– A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
Apr 19th
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Apr 19th
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“…all sundered me to be truly happy; not that I initially believed it was...”
Apr 19th
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“You see my kind of loyalty was loyalty to one’s country, not to its institutions...”
– A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
Apr 18th
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“Morgan le Fay rippled along as musically as ever. Marvelous woman. And what a...”
– A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
Apr 18th
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Image does not belong to me “Camelot – Camelot,” said I to myself. “I don’t seem to remember hearing of it before. Name of the asylum, likely.”  –Hank Morgan (1.1) Genre: Satire, Humor, Historical, Legend, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance (Considerations) Socio-Economical, Ethical, Biological: industrialization, Political autonomy, authority, independence. Hypocrisy, Constancy/stability,...
Apr 17th
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Apr 16th
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Apr 15th
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Of Mice and Men
 Image does not belong to me. “A kind of playable novel, written in novel form but so scened and set that it can be played as it stands.” –John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men I had planned on reading this a year back, but like many (faux) dreamers do, I became entangled with crazies in the air and went on aboard the bandwagon. Well, scratch that, I’ve finished with it now and I’m totally proud...
Apr 13th
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Re-runs: Beatrice and Virgil
Image does not belong to me For the time being, I’ll reduce on the psychoanalysis and will be restoring to my grey and plaintive tones. I shall be re-reading Yann Martel’s most loathsome creation: dubbed abominable by conventional readers, and his readers alike. Ironically, I like this book. I can’t stand Life of Pi. It has suffered incessant vandals from protesters and contemptuous parties....
Apr 13th
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Image does not belong to me. The story is satisfactory: it has a theatrical voice for the general schmaltz and verve I find crassly tolerable (and relatable to-) in a story. A pal told me, it’s not a romance-centred plot. Evidently, all about character development: I can comprehend that well enough; Bildungsroman at its roughest and finest. It’s not something fantastical or...
Apr 8th
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Apr 8th
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The Beginning was The Word. "The Hobbit Companion"...
Image does not belong to me. What’s in a name? You may ask; well, David Day just tells us that! The magnificence of Tolkien phantasm manifestation through incessant word-play with David Day’s ‘The Hobbit Companion’. Day takes the reader for a spin of linguistic jargon, history, and culture which formulated the epic fantasy. At first glance, a generic presentation of...
Apr 3rd
March 2013
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Mar 21st
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Mar 21st
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A Guide to Tolkien's World: A Bestiary by David...
Image does not belong to me. A Guide to Tolkien’s World: A Bestiary by David Day; 1979 The Pros: Beautiful illustrations, composite general terms and definitions, useful bedtime companion. The Cons: Extrapolations from the author with little to no reference.  Considering it was published a more consequently after the books (The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Adventures of Tom Bombadil,...
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