The King, the Queen, and I
"Every story not only tells you about the chaos and the trouble, but it also tells you about the solution."
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On ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS and THE CALL OF THE WILD
“As I lay there, I wondered what would happen to me if I went against the law of our tribe which forbade the making of weapons by women — if I did not think of it at all and made those things which I must have to protect myself.”
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MACBETH, BAREFOOT GEN, and the Inner Dynamics of War
Shakespeare, Keiji Nakazawa, and Marion Woodman independently illustrate that unlike Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, the true King and Queen are always on the side of life.
The Atomic Center of JAWS (1975)
Why Jaws is so good: It's a subliminally effective war movie. Quint's monologue reveals a poetic displacement submerged deeply in the film.