Cuckoo's nest the importance of women

The big Nurse is the prominent woman in this book and the first one we see. Her looks would be as though she is a very good looking woman who takes care of the men which are in awe at her curvacious figure in which she hates. She tries to act real cold but her appearance doesnt portray that but they patients know that there is something on the inside that makes her run like she does. The second reference to a woman is Hardings wife who he accuses of sleeping around but states that she is extremely attractive and that she is the love of his life. But again another reference to a female who is trying to pull a man down in this book. Women in this book are designed to take away a mans strength and humiliate them in a manipulative way without really attacking them.

The Big Nurses Power

Although chief Bromden is a big man himself he sees size as a way of power. Example, the Big nurse. When she gets mad he describes her and says she swells up another sign of getting bigger and more powerful. Eventhough Bromden is bigger he feels smaller because he doesnt have the self confidence or courage to take any action. And better yet has not spoken a word for 31 years. So you can imagine how small the Big Nurse makes that "Big dumb indian" feel. Because the Nurse is so big and powerful her ultimate goal is to keep everything running smoothly and punish those who conform to society. Like not let McMurphy take the men on trips or even let them watch the world series. The Big Nurse must have absolute control at all times and things working exactly the way that she wants them too, and to accomplish that she has trained and worked her employees until she is inside there minds and has them thinking and acting like her and sometimes she only needs to give a look to her employees and they know where to go and what to do. And the instant McMurphy arrives in the ward The nurse and the patients know that he is an instant threat to her control and themselves are a little frightened because they have been in this system for so long and are scared of the consequences from the Big Nurse.

Cuckoos Nest part 2

The ward continues there strike and watches the blank tv pretending that it is the world series. McMurphy has taken some of the reigns in the ward and is challenging the Big nurses authority. The Big Nurse calls a meeting because i believe she is beginning to break even though she never shows it and wants to quit and send him upstairs to Disturbed. She needed a meeting to get her troops together because she believes that McMurphys charm is pulling them away from that ultimate goal that the Big Nurse has. McMurphy has start to make many of the Characters develop by his actions and emotions and have given many of them a confidence that they have never had. Chief Bromden awakes one night and looks himself in the mirror and wonders how there can be such a man like McMurphy and how he is so strong and doesnt let the Big Nurse or anybodys opinions overrule what McMurphy wants to accomplish. Bromden even goes as far as saying " I'd take a look at my own self in the mirror and wonder how it was possible that anybody could manage such an enormous thing as being what he was."

Cuckoo's nest Part 1

Chief Bromden has been in the ward forever and is the longest tenured patient. He knows everything that goes on in this ward and leads people on to believe that he is a deaf mute. The ward is ran by nurse ratched who has these patients by the controls and so brainwashed that most of them are in a worse state than when they arrived. So no wonder when R.P Mcmurphy arrives its just a different feel in that waiting area. That day everyone looked at the door to see who was newly entering there building. It was different then they were used to they were amazed but almost scared, they were exited but at the same time intimidated. They have never seen someone with so much confidence and so much spunk, because they would never talk to nurse ratched in the way that Mcmurphy talked to her that day. It was like God had came into the word. His enterance was almost Christ like and had the patients in awe. They anticipated his enterance but at the same time were scared because they never had experienced anyone like McMurphy. Things were about to change around the ward, but it needed some getting used to by the patients and some tolerance on the part of McMurphy to deal with these people on a day to day basis and break the monotamy of the ward.

I really enjoyed the play at the lantern theatre company, there was so much going on that i didnt know where to focus my eyes. I was amazed at how the stage was setup and how they used every inch to there ability and fit it right in with the story. Hamlet was phenomenal is stage movements and comedic timing were awesome and he brought a side of Hamlet that we didnt get to see in the movie nor the book. When there were times that the play needed to be brought back to life Geoff made the energy so much higher and therefore gave the supporting actors a little more motivation. Also, the audience was amazing and i felt like i was right in the middle of the action. I wish all plays were like that and all theatres were set up in that way because it really makes the play come to life and focuses my attention that much more on what is happening in the play. The actors did a phenomal job in that aspect also by incorporating the audience in what they were doing and keeping our attention. We were just as much in the play as Hamlet and Ophelia. Above all that play and adaptation of Hamlet i enjoyed greatly and it actually made me want to maybe do some shakespeare because of the energy and the fun that those actors brought to the stage.

Hamlet Act II

The play within a play worked effectively in Act II, during this "play" Hamlet was reanacting the scene in which Claudius had killed his father to see if he had gotten any reaction because he knew that if Claudius reacted he would know right then and there that Claudius felt guilt and that he actually poisoned his father in the garden. Before, during, and after the play Hamlet acts insane and covers up his jokes to make fun of or exploit the other characters flaws and his pretending to be crazy so he can get closer to Claudius and kill him for what he did to his father. On the other side Hamlet pretends that he is love sick for Ophelia and Polonius believes that is also the reason that Hamlet may be feeling down.

Hamlet starts to show us his crazy side in ACT I in a plot against Claudius who we find out killed his father while sleeping in the garden. Hamlet is taking time to mourn the death of his father and feels as though his soul and everything else hurts and is mad at his mother for celebrating this day for she is marrying Claudius. With her husband dead how can she not mourn but celebrate and forget the passing of her late King. Hamlet still in a state of depression dressed in his black attire walks in to the "party" in a dissaproving manner of his mom. It boggled my mind how one in love can seem to forget and move on so quickly without even thinking or honoring the late king. She even looks at her son like he is crazy because he is hurt by what has just happened to his father while his mother has already moved on and especially moved on with the man who had killed his father. Hamlet is on a mission to get back Claudius and even though we already believe that Hamlet is going crazy shakespeare uses the Ghost to distract us from Hamlets problems and explain that Claudius is the real killer and that Hamlet needs to fight back.

Colleridge and Shelley

Imagery is a huge part of writing in the romantic period and i beliebe colleridge is saying that imagination is allowed, but it should be reasonable because your mind might get too carried away and bring you away from what your life is really like and who and where you are at that stage in your life. I believe he is writing to someone who maybe doubts themselves and dreams big only to be followed by failure. Collergidge is saying it is ok to dream and ok to go after your goals and what you want in life but sit back first and take a look at reality before you go pursuing those dreams that are too big to follow. Anything is reasonable to imagine but to accomplish that feat is an incredible task and thats what i think colleridge is trying to stress.