Stanley Kubrick's The Shining
Superstitions have always evolved through different cultures; however, their credibility is questionable. When taking into consideration ghost, demons, angels, possession, etc, it is questioned on whether or not these things exist or are a cover for mental instability. In the movie The Shining directed by Stanley Kubrick, Jack torrance accepts the responsibility of watching over the Overlook Hotel. Although a spacious and visually pleasing hotel, it is believed that the previous caretaker obtained “cabin fever” and killed his family and then committed suicide. The staff believes that the ghost of each family member haunts the hotel. As the movie goes on, Jack and his family encounter strange events, each character experiences a different
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At the end of the film Jack loses his morality and attempts to kill his family. Jack also begins to lose physical characteristics: his face begins to look angrier and demonic and he loses the ability to speak clearly. Jack's transformation is explained by his deal with the devil According to An esoteric analysis of Stanley Kubrick's “The Shining”: “ The hotel is not merely a site for elite orgies and lascivious dalliances, but also a kind of sacrificial site where the spirits feed parasitically on their victims”. Taking into consideration the history of the hotel, the author hopes to to emphasize that the hotel is significant of a sacrificial site where Indian previously made sacrifices during their rituals. Jack has now voluntarily become the object being sacrificed. In the last scene of the film, A picture of the hotels staff from... Shows Jack Torrence in the image. According to The Family Man by Bill Blakemore, Jack “has always been the caretaker”. The picture of Jack emphasizes that Jack motifs were always the same as the demonic spirits that roamed the hotel as their is a possibility he was born a murder. Blakemore also believes Kubrick not only had physical duplicities but parallel morals, “whole societies that manage to commit atrocities and then carry on as though nothing were wrong”. Blakemore emphasizes that Jack has always been a murder and is following the path of murderers before
At the end of the film Jack loses his morality and attempts to kill his family. Jack also begins to lose physical characteristics: his face begins to look angrier and demonic and he loses the ability to speak clearly. Jack's transformation is explained by his deal with the devil According to An esoteric analysis of Stanley Kubrick's “The Shining”: “ The hotel is not merely a site for elite orgies and lascivious dalliances, but also a kind of sacrificial site where the spirits feed parasitically on their victims”. Taking into consideration the history of the hotel, the author hopes to to emphasize that the hotel is significant of a sacrificial site where Indian previously made sacrifices during their rituals. Jack has now voluntarily become the object being sacrificed. In the last scene of the film, A picture of the hotels staff from... Shows Jack Torrence in the image. According to The Family Man by Bill Blakemore, Jack “has always been the caretaker”. The picture of Jack emphasizes that Jack motifs were always the same as the demonic spirits that roamed the hotel as their is a possibility he was born a murder. Blakemore also believes Kubrick not only had physical duplicities but parallel morals, “whole societies that manage to commit atrocities and then carry on as though nothing were wrong”. Blakemore emphasizes that Jack has always been a murder and is following the path of murderers before