Western Literature / Week14

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While You Were Sleeping (film)

While You Were Sleeping is a 1995 romantic comedy film directed by Jon Turteltaub and written by Daniel G. Sullivan and Fredric Lebow. It stars Sandra Bullock as Lucy, a Chicago Transit Authority token collector, and Bill Pullman as Jack, the brother of a man whose life she saves, along with Peter Gallagher as Peter, the man who is saved, Peter Boyle and Glynis Johns as members of Peter's family, and Jack Warden as longtime family friend and neighbor.

Directed by	Jon Turteltaub
Produced by	Roger Birnbaum Joe Roth
Written by	Daniel G. Sullivan Fredric Lebow
Starring	Sandra Bullock Bill Pullman Peter Gallagher Peter Boyle Glynis Johns Jack Warden
Music by	Randy Edelman
Cinematography	Phedon Papamichael, Jr.
Edited by	Bruce Green
Production company	Hollywood Pictures Caravan Pictures
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
Release dates	April 21, 1995
Running time	103 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Enlightenment

The Enlightenment (also known as the Age of Enlightenment) was an intellectual movement which dominated the world of ideas in Europe in the 18th century. The Enlightenment included a range of ideas centered on reason as the primary source of authority and legitimacy, and came to advance ideals like liberty, progress, tolerance, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation of church and state. In France, the central doctrines of les Lumières were individual liberty and religious tolerance in opposition to an absolute monarchy and the fixed dogmas of the Roman Catholic Church. The Enlightenment was marked by an emphasis on the scientific method and reductionism along with increased questioning of religious orthodoxy – an attitude captured by the phrase Sapere aude, "Dare to know".

Sphinx

A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion.In Greek tradition, it has the head of a human, the haunches of a lion, and sometimes the wings of a bird. It is mythicised as treacherous and merciless. Those who cannot answer its riddle suffer a fate typical in such mythological stories, as they are killed and eaten by this ravenous monster. This deadly version of a sphinx appears in the myth and drama of Oedipus. Unlike the Greek sphinx, which was a woman, the Egyptian sphinx is typically shown as a man (an androsphinx). In addition, the Egyptian sphinx was viewed as benevolent, but having a ferocious strength similar to the malevolent Greek version and both were thought of as guardians often flanking the entrances to temples.