Identity

The Search for Identity From the perspective of Amory Blaine Everyone searches for his or her identity, thinking to find it on the proverbial “journey of life”. People think that an identity is something to be found or discovered, where in reality it is something built. A person’s identity is a mélange of accumulated memories…

This question puzzled the invisible man, the unidentified, anonymous narrator of Ralph Ellison’s acclaimed novel Invisible Man. Throughout the story, the narrator embarks on a mental and physical journey to seek what the narrator believes is “true identity,” a belief quite mistaken, for he, although unaware of it, had already been inhabiting true identities all…

George Orwell’s novel ‘Nineteen-Eighty Four’, published in 1949, prophesize the advent of a totalitarian society in which individuals have no significance. Winston Smith narrates his vision of life in an age where totalitarianism has eradicated individuality, choice and personal identity. In this novel, the protagonist Winston Smith plucks up the courage to express his thoughts…

Taking Judith Butler’s assertion that identity is ‘culturally constructed’ where ‘bodies are understood as passive recipients of an inexorable cultural law’ , this dissertation will seek to explore the ways and methods by which theatre and contemporary performance can interrogate and challenge age identity: The reconceptualization of identity as an effect, that is, as produced…

There are many issues that face todays teenagers. Probably one of the most common is the issue of individualism or identity. The teenage years harbor some of the most confusing and impressionable years in the life of any human being. There are many expectations, both individual and societal, that play a large role in the…

The Taming of the Shrew In Shakespeare’s comedy, “The Taming of the Shrew,” one of the main ways that the theme is shown is by mistaken identity. The main theme of this play is that what a person is really like is more important than how they appear to be. This is shown by Petruchio’s…

How does Potala Palace materialise the Tibet’s religious identity? Introduction Potala Palace is a remarkable architectural structure and has been considered the symbol of religious identity in Tibet for centuries. Constructed in the 7th century, it has served many purposes, primarily as the residence of the Dalai Lamas, where it was considered the institutional heart…

In The United States Thousands of years ago, the Goddess was viewed as an autonomous entity worthy of respect from men and women alike. Because of societal changes caused by Eastern influence, a patriarchical system conquered all aspects of life including religion. Today, the loss of a strong female presence in Judeo-Christian beliefs has prompted…

Individual personality set up determines how a person processes what is seen, heard, felt or experienced. While the general reaction processes of a few people might be equivalent apparently, no two people have a similar arrangement of taking in and perceiving information. The potential personality examinations are unending- the rational and mentally strong individuals who…

After drinking from a keg of beer stashed in the basement of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house at the University of Michigan last December, a group of pledges stripped to their boxer shorts and lined up, ready to endure their next torturous test of brotherhood. As two other fraternity members watched, a pledge educator…