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Erling Ellingsen's college papers online.
Litigator_AB
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http://www.erlingellingsen.com/writings.html
My favourite quotes. And this dude wrote for a respected newspaper in Norway? I thought they had education standards there? I wrote better in grade 7. I also love how these are considered college papers. They are all one page. Were these his term papers? ROFLMAO...Eli Porter...forever.
Read the entire "The Comic Couple" essay for a good example of how not to write a paper. I haven't laughed this hard in a long time.
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"The play that the Player explains to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern involves events that has not yet happened, such as Hamlet’s murder of Polonius. Therefore, the play is something of a foresight into the future, and could possibly be the author’s way to ready the audience for the events that are to happen. Again, for those who have not read Hamlet, they are given something of a crash-course to Shakespeare’s own play."
"Because of this sonnet, as Shakespeare says it himself, death has been tricked, fooled and has lost another one of his potential subjects."
"Quartermaine, the main character of Simon Gray’s play ”Quartermaine’s Terms”, could easily be described with three words: Kind, lonely and absent-minded. He is a complex yet very simple character, his seemingly greatest pleasure being interaction with other human-beings."e
"In my own opinion, The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter is easy to connect to the time in which it was written. Having been written in 1958, it is a modern drama of comedy and tragedy, and it is, in many ways, rooted in reality."
Oh and yes, for the AoC fans:
"Also notice his use of the word ”terrific”. Everything is terrific. Everything is great and jolly. However, as we go towards the end of the play, this change rather radically and it’s like he is beginning to realize that things are pretty abnormal and just plain messed up. When the problems of the other people are beginning to heap up and destroying their lives, they are starting to turn to him, sort of grasping for the last person in the staff-room who is not utterly destroyed by personal problems. However, this is when he fails the most."
In ”Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead”, these two characters are more or less a much more comical version of the same characters in Shakespeare’s play, and fits seemingly well into the role of a sort of old-times Laurel and Hardy. They run around in confusion, seemingly unknowing about what their roles in this matter really is. Fate seems to be against them and they appear to be spectators in a confusing show where they fail to intervene and take control of their own destiny. This is their downfall, and most humerously, the ”play-within-the-play” they are introduced to, fails to turn on a light in their oblivious minds.
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Sorry, more from "The Play within the Play":
1. "Almost immidiatly after they have been given the order to make haste towards the court of Elsinor, on a quest they can not figure out how to interpret, they are introduced to a band of merry (or perhaps not so merry) actors. These actors are also on their way to Elsinor, and according to Shakespeare’s play, they are summoned to work there as a tool in Hamlet’s most cunning plot."
2. "I firmly belive that the ”play-within-the-play” are central to Tom Stoppard’s play itself. It is sort of a framework, carefully holding up all the elements within his play. It is also a link – a link between Stoppard’s ”interpretation” of ”Hamlet” and the original work itself. First and foremost, it serves a very important purpose in introducing Shakespeare’s play to the audience. I can only imagine it wouldn’t be very popular if someone wrote a play that required having read another play in order to understand it. Even though I am sure the audience would understand what is going on even if the ”play-within-the-play” was not present, I think it serves as a tool to make it more clear and evident to people who have not previously read or watched ”Hamlet”. It is sort of a ”crash course” or an introduction to Shakespeare’s play, carefully giving insight into the events of the original play to make it more evident what Stoppard’s play is all about – who is this Hamlet? Why is he in trouble? What exactly is it he wants to do?"
3. " It is quite humerous. It is absurd actually. The actors are there to perform a play which is, in the original ”Hamlet”, a ”play-within-the-play”. They, however, end up doing another ”play-within-the-play” themselves. It is sort of a mirror into a mirror, eternal reflections or an endless loop if you want."
4. "They are rather insignifiant and they are nothing but tools the higher people use in their more grandiose plot. This presents another function of ”the-play-within-the-play”. It is actually the perfect way to make fun of two people who are completely oblivious of their own fate and how their story is taking another bad turn after another. The ”play-within-the-play” is an instrument of mocking – it mocks Rosencrantz and Guildenstern relentlessly, and still they fail to see that their lives are more or less scripted and decided prior to things taking place. They fail to tear themselves away from their destiny, appearing completely numb and dumbfound, not having the ability to escape."
5. "If we attack the ”play-within-the-play” from another perspective, we might even say that it is just a fancy way to create a ”show”. The lines of reality are blurred, and Stoppard starts playing with what is real and what is not. It surprises us, the audience, and even more so if we are reading it. Stoppard is constantly bending the lines between reality and fiction, making events blur into eachother, and making the audience having to work out what is really happening in their own minds. The theatre is much less obvious in it’s presentation of dramatical works than, say, movies or television."
6. "I belive that the ”play-within-the-play”, as I’ve said previously, that it has an important function to help non-”Hamlet”-readers along with the rest of us. The events in Stoppard’s play is largely tied up to the events in ”Hamlet”, but he takes it more or less for granted that not everyone is familiar with the original play. Using the ”play-within-the-play”, he is telling the story of the original in a fascinating fashion. It is sort of a summary of everything ”Hamlet” is. It is really the chief link between Shakespeare’s and Stoppard’s work, even though Stoppard’s work is entirely based off the concept of Shakespeare. It connects the two firmly and properly, even making Stoppard’s play a bit more graceful, serving the original classic more justice."
You can't make this stuff up. The guy is obviously a genius.
Lol.
Lit
What paper did he write for? If it's VG than they're a tabloid/gossip paper that sells well due to the recent celeb-worship trend, but isn't exactly known for quality articles.
No, he wrote for a respected gaming site:
The newspaper he wrote for was never respected - it's always been a farcical tabloid joke of a newspaper:
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He wrote for FVN and VG. I thought those were higher quality papers. I find it astonishing that his major was English grammar. Again, you can't make this stuff up.
No, he wrote for a respected gaming site:
The newspaper he wrote for was never respected - it's always been a farcical tabloid joke of a newspaper:
Fair enough. He has in the past played it up like he is a respected journalist.
Holy crap! I never made the connection to gamer.no!
The Ellingsen guy who wrote for Gamer was the only guy I bothered reading the reviews of. He seemed pretty pro and shared my opinion. ..damn. Now I'm not sure what to think. Sad to hear though
If it's the same guy then he really has nothing to do with the technical problems AOC is having. I'm not sure how a brilliant games reviewer like him ended up as a FC spokesperson, but I certainly don't envy him the position of being between angry used-to-be-fans and the faceless horror that is FC Management. Poor guy.
This is better than watching Eli Porter rap on youtube (shameless plug)
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Honestly? Whis is what it's come to in the AoC hate? Pulling someone's college papers and posting them on line...
I remember a lot of what I wrote when I was in collee was complete garbage and I suspect that this goes for many others as well. Seriously folks, this is just way too far.
Cheers,
Jon Wood
Managing Editor
MMORPG.com
Can we track down some of his writings on ethics?
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He has them online on his website. They are fair game. They aren't exactly hidden.
And the papers are a reflection of the quality people Funcom hires!
Lol,
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Edit: I never wrote a paper that bad in university. Ever. Although admittedly I graduated with a 3.8 GPA.
If you keep your past college papers freely available on your website, isn't it logical to assume you want people to see them?
And in the honest defense of Norwegian academia, Agder University was made a University only a year ago, prior to that being just a University College. I doubt he has a major in English Grammar and Literature, or he would certainly have specified that. More likely it's a one/two-year course or something.
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Well my PhD thesis in Chemsitry is avaliable to view in the British Library, if tEllingsen's paper was submitted at my University then the lecturers would in all likely hood make you stand up in the lecture and be humiliated. (and yes it did happen quite a bit with certain professors)
The funny part about his papers is that he can't avoid talking about the comedy aspects of Shakespeare or related works. I mean Erling is a funny congenial guy and all but really...breadth is key.
And i get that English is not the only language he has had to master...so obviously the quality of syntax and composition are not going to be the same. I know...I'm a hard-ass.
But really most posts on message boards are better than what he produced.
Lit
But we all know about Shakespear's humor, if he wanted the play to be funny he'd put a joke in it! (Rowan Atkinson)
Yeah so what, the mans first language isn't even English and even for an English speaking person Shakespeare can be hard to grasp. This is pathetic guys grow up.
Oh and for the haters who have PMed me about my own writing ability: here is a snippet from my English 101 essay:
Analysis of the Monster's Vices and Virtues
Mary Shelley's Monster is a noble creation, as it initially possesses great sensitivity and remarkable insight. The creature's nobility is evident in his chronicle to Victor Frankenstein upon the icy crags of Mount Blanc. However, circumstances lead to the incorporation of vice into the Monster's character. Overall, the creature's virtues in Frankenstein are exemplified by its intelligence, its kindness, and its noble moral nature; however, these virtues are abused and overrun by his desire for revenge, which leads the Monster to the terrible vices of murder, manipulation, and framing an innocent individual.
The Monster's initial memories demonstrate the requisite intelligence of a creature that can develop wisdom and forethought. He recalls the multiple sensations that overwhelmed his earliest moments, and describes the difficulty he had separating one from the other: "It was, indeed, a long time before I learned to distinguish between the operations of my various senses."(ftnote) Examples of basic stimulus responses are evident; the creature searches for a location where it "could receive shade" from the heat and he eats berries that were hanging from trees to combat hunger (103). More complicated logical associations are made as well. The monster deals with bitter bold by covering himself in clothes found in the apartment where he was brought to life (103). Eventually, crisp connections are formed by the monster regarding cause and effect: "I gradually saw plainly the clear stream that supplied me with drink, and the trees that shaded me with their foliage" (103).
However, the Monster's true humanlike intelligence does not become evident until his encounter with the De Lacey family, which provides examples of observational analysis and empathy. Through facial expression and body language the creature is able to discern the mood of the De Laceys. He can tell that the two young women "looked patient, yet sad" (107). The Monster also deciphered the degrees of the family's individual moods. He recognized the young man as expressing a "deeper despondence" than the young girl; this example shows the creature's ability to recognize subtle psychological differences (107). Through a small crevice in the De Laceys' cottage the Monster observed the family further. He witnessed the "benevolent countenance" of the eldest De Lacey and the "gentle manners" of Agatha (108). The interaction and love he discerned between these family members fills the Monster with overwhelming empathy:
etc. etc. etc. for another 13 pages. In other words, I can write well...he cannot.
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