Review of Everyday Epiphanies Exhibit The word epiphany means a comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realization. The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently had an exhibition called Everyday Epiphanies: Photography and Daily Life since 1969. It is … Continue reading
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The Joyce Theater recently held a ballet performance of Kafka’s Metamorphosis with Edward Watson as the principal dancer. The choreography was very well done in my opinion, especially Watsons’ depiction of the transformation, which was very eerie due to the … Continue reading
The overall feeling I got from Kafka’s Metamorphosis was that of impatient indifference. Once Gregor outlived his usefulness to the family he was ostracized and seen as a burden as he could no longer support his family. However, when his fathers’ business … Continue reading
For the people, by the people: … Continue reading
Reading The Nose, I had a sudden episode of deja vu, where I read it as the same tired, and sleepy awakening as Metamorphosis as the short story opened- the same mundane suddenly interrupted by the seemingly impossible and extremely … Continue reading
This story was hilarious. Starting from the beginning of the play I was immediately engaged as the humor of the play shielded some serious messages. With the first lines hinting towards a setting of Soviet Russia, I couldn’t help but … Continue reading
This whole story seemed a bit like the childhood game of “I got your nose!” The whole story was told in a satirical style so that it was easier to accept this silliness, only later upon sinking in can … Continue reading
I felt that “The Nose” by Nikolai Gogol was just as strange as “The Metamorphosis”, but in a much different way. I liked “The Nose” a lot more than I liked “The Metamorphosis, for the simple reason that it wasn’t … Continue reading