I remember being filled with that sort of joyous melancholy during that musical crescendo - and it was due almost entirely to Williams’ performance. We had the soundtrack, which I used to listen to on cassette before I fell asleep at night. The Genie, having asked for his freedom, knows that he won’t likely receive it… but he does, the music swells, and then comes the sudden realization from both Aladdin and the Genie: his freedom also means saying goodbye. I remember, even at nine years old (I saw Aladdin on my ninth birthday, before going to lunch at Red Robin, where I’m sure I bothered my friends and family by immediately, and inevitably, endlessly quoting the movie), realizing that the film had not just made me laugh, but it had made me care in a way most kid-friendly pop culture hadn’t at that point.
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Others knew him from his early work such as Mork and Mindy or his Live at the Met comedy special still others remember Dead Poets Society or Good Will Hunting or even Popeye or Patch Adams.įor me it was his role as the Genie that did it… an iconic and generation-defining role if there ever was one. I knew him best from two films that seemed to be on a constant loop through our VCR: Aladdin and Mrs. He was a personal trainer for comedians, comedy fans, and anyone who wanted to work a little for their laughter.
His mind, despite the years of substance abuse and admitted depression, was razor-sharp and he didn’t wait for us to catch up with him - he knew his audience could keep up, even though we’d always be a few steps behind. He did it all, and he did it with love and compassion and sensitivity and humanity and empathy and boundless joy. There may be arguments about whether individuals found his particular style of comedy to their liking, but there can be no doubt that he was easily one of the best comedians the world has ever seen - and I don’t think I’m being hyperbolic. The simple fact is that the world has lost perhaps its greatest comic voice. But I’m going to keep it short and to the point. I’m not going to pretend this isn’t a totally selfish and self-serving blog post, but I finally wanted to put my thoughts down concerning the late, great Robin Williams, who died on Monday. University of California Press.When a high-profile celebrity or public figure dies - or even when a family member dies - people tend to turn the event inward, to focus on what that individual meant to them specifically. The Old Public Functionary as Natural Aristocrat: The Captain in Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!" American Literature, 43(2), 225-238. Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography. Walt Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!" as an Elegy for Abraham Lincoln. O Captain! My Captain! In Leaves of Grass (pp. An example of a verse that shows Abraham Lincoln death is “O bleeding drops of read” when this is said it could mean anything, Walt Whitman is directing the verse at the Captain who is Walt Whitman. There are verses that show that he’s dead and also a poetic device that shows his death is repetition.
This three stanza poem story line is about Abraham Lincoln who is a farther like figure for Walt Whitman, this is shown in the second stanza when he says Here captain! Dear farther, Walt Whitman could see him as a father figure and a Captain who didn’t deserve his death and who deserved to be celebrated for. Repetition is a common poetic device used throughout the poem, an example I Oh Captain! My Captain! This shows that Walt Whitman thinks of Abraham Lincoln is a Captain and that he’s worth talking about in every stanza in his poem. Poetic devices have a major roll in the poem. How ever when in the poem and how the writer is talking first person takes me to assume this was also a message about someone he very much cared and loved for. The reasoning behind my idea was that it talked about a boat and people cheering them and giving them appraisal seems to me assuming they were out and discovered a lot of mysteries and had a successful voyage on there ship. My original thought was that this poem was created in the 18th century before Abraham Lincoln was born. I had only realised after studying and doing more research on the poem and its true meaning what it actually meant, I do now realise what the poem is about. It’s touching how they barely knew each other but how much Abraham Lincoln meant to what Walt Whitman to referee to him as a father figure. For me to realise that such a man as himself would right a one day to be remembered poem about Abraham Lincoln. What drew me to the poem was the poetic device rhyme, seeing how simple but meaningful the poem is.
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