In many different areas of study people can draw from the past to gain a better understanding of the present or what is to come in the future. It has been debated whether originality can derive from poets before their contemporaries, whether it comes from the individual or from the aura conferred by a work of art. The idea of ​​authorship and originality are defined in TS Eliot's “Tradition and individual talent” through comparisons and contrasts, Bloom's “The anxiety of influence” through the philosophies of Freud and Nietzsche and “The work of art in mechanical reproduction” by Walter Benjamin through cinema. and photography. Eliot believes that originality can derive from “tradition” unlike popular thought, which believes that only a separation from tradition can create originality. Poets are praised for their individual work in pursuit of originality. According to Eliot, these poets are praised for the wrong notion. Eliot says “but the most individual parts of his work may be those in which the dead poets, his ancestors, most forcefully assert their immortality.” The most “individual” part of a poet comes from his appreciation and influence of the poets of the past. He also says to truly judge a poem as a great work and grasp its creativity; there must be a comparison and contrast between previous works. Eliot has a dynamic idea of ​​tradition. For Eliot, tradition constantly changes and becomes different. The writers of the past guide the writers of the present. Writers of the present have the ability to change the past. Comparing and contrasting the work of the past is not to see whether the poem is bad or not, but to analyze it. When comparing and contrasting a work of art one should not judge the poem by the criteria of the p...... middle of paper ...... the actors in the film should not change their faces because of the excitation of the audience like a theater actor. The audience cannot interact with the film actor. Benjamin points out that the loss of authority can be totalitarian because it does not allow the viewer to choose which side of the story to believe. It actually leads the viewer to a specific side of the story while leaving out other sides of the same story. This is bad because it clouds the public's view of the artwork and does not provide the full experience of seeing the artwork in person. When looking at a painting, maximum concentration is needed to grasp the understanding of a painting rather than a film. A film doesn't require the same concentration as a painting. Benjamin says art and film are “exceptional distractors” in creating habits. However, films can provoke movement among large groups of people.