Essays on Interpretation

Hamlet by William Shakespeare is written about a prince named Hamlet that is seeking to find revenge over the his father’s murder. In Act 1, Scene 5 of the play Hamlet encounters his late father’s ghost, the ghost reveals that he was murdered by his…

Station Eleven is about survivors and overcoming serious events. Emily St. John Mandel went through a series of different themes in the book, some maybe she didn’t realize she included. Themes of death and survival play a big part of the storyline and create a…

One of the most commended and compelling authors of the twentieth-century, Franz Kafka is notable for his novels and short stories that regularly depict human debasement and remorselessness. His compositions explored topics such as self-worth and the absence of human compassion and sympathy . Kafka’s…

Shakespeare’s plays are ageless and action-packed, intense tragedies that are considered as relics in the field of Literature and Theatre. Some of them include Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, etc. The greatest challenge faced by the theatre artists and directors is to articulate and execute…

Coming from the latin word justus or justitia, the Old English definition of justice – or iustice back then – was the “administration of the law.” This, combined with “just,” formed the word justice. As defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, this word specifically is “the…

Exegesis: Signification Processes in Room The “other” co-creates our physiological life which, in result, is used through signified practices. From the material discussed in class, signifiers are known as any gesture, word, or various image that give significance to a deeper meaning if we so…

The portrait shows the subject sitting upright and sideways in a chair, with her face and chest turned slightly towards the viewer. Her left arm sits comfortably on the armrest of the chair and is clasped by the hand of her right arm which crosses…

Justice Barriers to ESL/LEP Violence Victims Delays in court for ESL/LAP applicants is one of the thematic findings from exploring the justice barriers for this population identified by Emily Troshynski in her presentation on “Lost in Translation: Barriers to Justice Faced By ESL/LEP Civil Protection…

An Interpretation of “Jezebel and Her Interpreters” and Pop Culture Jezebel is portrayed as a negative influence consistently in the bible as well as by modern biblical interpreters. She was insulted and persecuted for doing many of the same actions that men got praise for….

In the Filipino version of Aladdin, it introduced how a young boy and his mother are struggling economically. After revealing that his father had already died, the young boy went to a marketplace to seek economic opportunities. When he looked around, he encountered a traveling…

Look at the United States, in every global or domestic issue they are always there either as an ally or enemy of a certain state. When you think of it, United States is currently the sole superpower of the world. How does one become a…

SEMIOTICS/ INTERPRETATION There are three basic semiotic methods of examination: interpretation, formalization and language analysis. Every cultural output may become a semantic unit. Due to its interdisciplinary nature, only interpretation is suitable for understanding of such units, on semiotic, as well as on semantic levels….