Jules de Gautier stated, "Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality."" I think the "war against reality- is the process of aging and imagination is the human process of being naive that shields us from the frightening world. By imagining that situations will never be uncomfortable; girls will never experience heartbreak; men will always have jobs to support their families; and people will never become sick, we are setting our selves up for a slap in the face when, inevitably, we are forced to notice how the real world works.
The way in which we understand the world today is based on what we have been told by our predecessors and the predecessors before them. Facts that have been passed down from generation to generation. Today we have scientific facts that tell us the truth about things that we wouldn't know without modern day science. What would happen if there wasn't science. Disillusionment is the acceptance of truth and the understanding or reality. To be disillusioned, one becomes disappointed when his or her opinion or belief is found out to be false. Usually an act forces them to realize the truth when they probably would rather continue in their own beliefs. Santa Clause, for instance, is precisely an illusion. As great and magical it is for a child to believe in the jolly, fat man with a snow white beard sliding down their chimney on Christmas to leave the "good- kids presents, there comes a time when kids learn that Santa is only a spirit; a story told them by the same parents that actually provided the gifts. The naiveté of a child who believes this myth is also accompanied by the delight that believing in the myth brings. At some time, each child comes to the reality that there is no Santa Clause; there is only the love of the parents who were perpetuating the myth in order to increase the quality of their child's young life. To find the myth shattered is like bursting the bubble, yet, to replace it with the understanding of the motivation is a comfort and there is joy in learning that something was done only to make one's life better.
In general, visual illusions are mirages (Ramon, 2002). ... Additional primary illusion figure is the distortion. ... The third important visual illusion is the paradox. ... Visual paradoxes represent the impossible visual illusion. ... Last main type of illusion is the visual fiction. ...
It is an illusion and mankind is completely ignorant of this fact. ... This boy is telling Neo that the spoon is an illusion. ... So this ties in with illusion versus reality, what's real and what's not. ... It is because the Matrix is an illusion. So that is how camera angles brings out the theme of illusion versus reality. ...
The Illusion In Death of a Salesman, the main character, Willy, is a man that is very confused. ... Willy cannot find his place in the present time; thus he creates an illusion in which he lives. The major theme is about how life challenges can distort your perception, making your reality an illusion. ... The fact was that everybody was succeeding, including Ben, Charlie, and Bernard, except his family Another major thing that kept Willy living in an illusion was the fact that he didn't like change. ...
Life of Illusion In society today, individuals view the appearance or possessions of a person as reality when in truth they are living a life full of illusions. An illusion is the way in which some individuals choose to escape the reality of their lives. ... Reality and illusions are easily confused with each other; however, individuals seem to create an illusion of people by the characters in stories they read, or by the politicians in society, and by television shows they watch. ... He creates the illusion of an average guy who just inherited a 50 million-dollar fortune. ... He wines...
But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion," Javan. One of the biggest questions lying at the root of human curiosity is whether love is real or merely an illusion. ... If so, doesn't this make it all an illusion? ... Jamal: Love This characterizes a direct comparison between reality and illusion. ... In her song 'Both Sides, Now', Joni Mitchell shares her experience of both the illusion and reality of love. ...
They adopted this illusion as a savior of their pride, and the illusion eventually became reality for the family. ... The illusion that they used to run their lives became the source of their downfall. ... The illusion is twisted. ... She let the illusion of the old Nora continue well after she had become a new person. ... His denial of this illusion led to his collapse. ...
Amanda lives in a world of illusions, reliving her past of wealth, beauty, and high social status. ... The illusions continue to perpetuate as she looks at herself during her youth. ... This illusion is the only way to keep her hopeful that her dream will become reality. ... The harshness of Amanda's real life leads her to create an illusion that distorts the truth. Her distorted view of reality helps her find a hiding place within an illusion. ...
Edwin Arlington Robinson, a heavy satirist, often used the theme of illusion as a contrast to the reality of a situation. ... Robinson uses the contrasted theme of illusion vs. reality to show the reality in the seemingly happy. ... Robinson also attacks the fantastic illusions of the past - the romanticized ages of old such as King Arthur's time, and the rule of the Medici. ... Miniver "loved the Medici," because he had only seen the illusions drawn about them - books, or works of literature (which can be, at lowest form, merely illusions) - which leads him to conclude that it was a pl...
Their reality one day will be seen as as illusion the next day. ... They must speak louder and still give the illusion of reality. ... There is confusion between reality and illusion at the end of the play. ... For him, even when not experiencing flashbacks, his illusions are reality. ... Illusions are dangerous, and they are what bring about Willy's downfall. ...
He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion" (11). ... Although the play itself is an illusion of reality, Tom says that there is truth behind the illusion. ... Amanda's life is much illusion. ... There illusions would have fogged up the interpretation. ...
