Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag said photographs sends across the harmlessness and helplessness of the human life steering into their own ruin. Furthermore the bond connecting photography with departure from life tortures the human race. (Sontag 1977:64) As stated by Judith Butler, the view of Susan Sontag, visible throughout her texts claiming that the photograph can’t reflect clarification by itself, would be senseless. She indicates that we require captions and written examination to support the diverse imagery

Asif Ali Swetha Antony, Assistant Professor, DU IA Term Paper Sem - II 3 APRIL 2015 Susan Sontag’s View on Interpretation and its Applications and Analysis Using Bedlam Painting Number Eight Interpretation has been a phenomenon existing from the time immemorial. There has been a long tradition of interpretation, in all occupations. Interpretation of arts and literature has gone to an extent that it has taken shape of a discipline and has grown as a methodology and an art itself. Eliot even says

pictures in today's society seems like a normal part of everyone's life. We edit, post, and share them so that we can display to others what our day consists of. Not only has our way of sharing pictures changed, but so has our believes on them. As Susan Sontag suggests in her book, "On Photography," taking pictures gives people a defensive power against anxiety and a social tool of power. Sontag's stance on pictures is true, but, with recent invention of social media, I believe that taking pictures is

birthday party in the backyard to a tragic dying solider in the rubble. Susan Sontag’s subjective essay Regarding the Pain of Others questions the ethics of looking at and judging controversial photographs, especially the ones of extreme suffering and anguish during war. Sontag elaborates on the relationship between photography and art. She also addresses themes through real life examples, including cigarettes and museums. Although Sontag never directly states her position on the case, her opinion is developed

Depending on one’s society, one can either live comfortably or live in a state of fear. Ultimately, people construct social norms which often lead to certain social behaviors. If one breaks or goes against the social norm, they are seen as an outcast. In Susan Sontag’s literally piece, Illness as Metaphor, and Mark Doty’s “Atlantis”, common pariahs were cancer and AIDS patients. It was socially unacceptable to have this disease because it went against the social norm. Overtime, only cancer’s reputation has

population of community will determine how most people in the community view that issue. In a way the metaphor skews the perception of those who hear it. This was the case for the metaphors of cancer in the late 20th century which we can see through Susan Sontag’s piece, “Illness as Metaphor”. We can also see this manifested in metaphors associated with people diagnosed with Morgellons’ disease in Leslie Johnson’s narrative, “The Devil’s Bait”. Both pieces deal with how metaphors have shaped the outlook

career? Or are women still only expected to be humble yet beautiful? Deborah Tannen and Susan Sontag tackle these issues of women’s beauty expectations in their respective articles “Marked Women” and “A Woman’s Beauty: Put Down or Power Source?” Tannen tells of her story in realizing how, in society, “[women are] marked [by nearly every aspect of their appearances, whereas men, for the most part, are] unmarked.” Sontag explains how beauty has transformed throughout time to only include women and carry

Approaching Artaud, Under the Sign of Saturn, written by Susan Sontag, she discusses the level of impact and influence Antonin Artaud had and continues to have in performance art. This essay will be a reflective response to the various ideas of who Antonin Artaud was, what he did as a performer and what his various ideas were in relation to performance art and art in general. This essay will also include a critical analysis on Susan Sontag ideas regarding Antonin Artaud, supported by quotations from

can make people uncomfortable and cause them to act, like protesting wars, or writing petitions. Sometimes, the media will not publish images that are difficult to look at because they know the damaging effect these photos could have on people. Susan Sontag in her article “Regarding the Pain of Others,” uses an ethical and logical appeal to show how photographs can have a negative effect

According to Wang Xiaohong(王晓宏 2008), Sontag advocates human rights, emphasizes human's value and dignity, and despise the desire not to betray the personality, conscience, dignity, feelings, as well as the soul, the body of freedom. It makes us understand that today's attention to material prosperity, while simultaneously must pay attention to people's spiritual world, to enhance the moral realm. In the process of promoting the development of human freedom, adhere to the scientific concept of development