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Literature and Film
a. Talks about similar things:
          - Humanity
          - Climax
          - Conflict
b. 人性經歷的悲歡喜樂
c. Themes:
          - love/lost,
          - dream/adventure,
          - life/death

蒲島太郎 (日本民間故事)
a. 小孩和媽媽相依為命
b. 懲惡揚善
 Wikipedia: 「是一個日本民間故事中的人物，同時也是該故事的名稱。這個故事最先出現在丹後國的《封土紀》中，而在其他的書中，如《日本書記》與《萬葉集》，也載有類似故事。今天所聽到浦島太郎的故事是口耳相傳的方式所流傳下來。」

 

Death in Venice (1971)
a. 有同性戀議題
b. 從小男孩身上看到年輕的自己
c. 瘟疫: 最後死在沙灘上看到男孩身影 （因為太渴吃草莓生病致死）
          - 反高潮中結束
          - 愛情如草莓
          - 發病後症狀會顯示在臉上 所以要帶 mask
d. 沙漏以及花朵 = time limitation

"In this adaptation of the Thomas Mann novel, avant-garde composer Gustave Aschenbach (loosely based on Gustav Mahler) travels to a Venetian seaside resort in search of repose after a period of artistic and personal stress. But he finds no peace there, for he soon develops a troubling attraction to an adolescent boy, Tadzio, on vacation with his family. The boy embodies an ideal of beauty that Aschenbach has long sought and he becomes infatuated. However, the onset of a deadly pestilence threatens them both physically and represents the corruption that compromises and threatens all ideals." --- IMDb

 Mr. Holland (1995)
a. Stuck compass
b. Affective teaching movie sciences
c. Playing music is suppose to be fun, not about notes on the page, it’s about heart and feeling. 

"Glenn Holland is a musician and composer who takes a teaching job to pay the rent while, in his 'spare time', he can strive to achieve his true goal - compose one memorable piece of music to leave his mark on the world. As Holland discovers 'Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans' and as the years unfold the joy of sharing his contagious passion for music with his students becomes his new definition of success." --- IMDb

Sonnets 
a. What do you like best about yourself?
            - Uniqueness 
            - Individuality
b. 新古典主義 = every punctuation has its own meaning
c. 現代 = punctuation represents individuality
d. Answers at the last two sentences
e. John Donne: The flea, Valediction, Death, be not Proud

Death, be not Proud

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee

Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;

For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow

Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,

Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,

And soonest our best men with thee do go,

Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.

Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,

And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,

And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well

And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?

One short sleep past, we wake eternally

And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.

Theatre of absurd 荒謬劇場
a. The French Lieutenant’s Women
b. The Real Inspector Hound: Tom Stoppard vs. Hand Pinter 

Epistolary = 書信體

Overcoming seemingly insuperable barriers
Samuel Richardson Pamela