Essays on Costumes

Video game is a form of art according to institutional, aesthetic, historical, expressive and representational theories of art. Video games combine the elements of music and narrative fiction. The designers are deeply concerned about aesthetic condition of the images in game similar to the novelists, animators, art directors for film and theater production. Developing the environments in the game require intensive efforts in creating level maps, set details, complexity of visual textures and lighting. From set designs to lighting techniques, video games draw upon the variety of aesthetic experience from ...

Alphonse Macharia Mucha was a decorative artist and painter from Czech Republic. He is famous for his distinct style in art. He came up with many designs, postcards, advertisements, illustrations, and paintings. He mostly painted theatrical scenery. His works of art were previously known as The Mucha style but later on became Art Nouveau meaning new art in French. Most of Mucha’s art works featured young women, classic robes, with lavish flowers surrounding them. In most of his works, Mucha made use of pale pastel colours. Mucha used most of his art works to express himself. He even stated ...

The Asian Americans form the fastest growing ethnic groups in the US. Most of these Asian Americans comprised of low wage laborers who travelled to the US in search of proper living. This group mainly originated from regions such as china, Far East, south Asian and the Indian subcontinent. This paper however lays emphasis on the Asian Americans comprising of the Chinese ethnic group.

The Chinese group went to the US with the intention of working in the Californian gold rushes in the 1850s. Through their skills, they worked in agricultural plantations, factories and in the building of ...

Eighteenth century how to become an icon in the history of fashion and influence our life

Embellishment, poise, elegance are some of the adjectives that can be used to describe the trend in art and architecture of 18th century. The age witnessed the most elegant and stylish way of fashion. It can also be called as a fashionable era. 18th Century era is generally known as the Age of Enlightenment. The beginning of this century experienced a significant change in culture, art and architecture. Fashion industry also was on its peak. The fashion centre in this era shifted from Versailles to Paris. The educated Aristocratic class was called bourgeoisie class. They settled down in Paris. The new ...

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Egungun Masquerade costume, Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, mid-20th century.

The materials used in making this piece of art includes beads, glass and metallic threads. The cloth and cowrie shells also forms a major part of this costume. The materials used are of value to the Yoruba people in Nigeria. The cowrie shells are used in the sculpture in order to signify the cultural norms of the Yoruba people especially on the dances and ceremonial activities. The combined use of cowrie shells and the metallic threads are used by the artist to form a unique color and structure in order to appeal to ...

The following performance called the Bali: Topeng mask performance: retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzKs5H8fSA is a representation of fun and how the society may enjoy abstract concepts. Abstract in this case represents the totality of what is theoretically acceptable within the human society to be fair and reasonable for all the people. This is why there are children and adults alike gathered together to share in the joy and the performance of the actors who use masks to show different faces of the human life. In principle, one gets the feeling that the performance is funny because the actors are mature people ...

In his argument about the film “American Splendor,” Hight (2007) seems to propose that adaptation of the comic into a film overcame most of the challenges and barriers that face such an attempt. In order to prove that Hight brought about this argument, there is a need to look into arguments by other writers with regard to adaptation of comics into films. This paper does so by looking at arguments by two film analysts. It will first look at the challenges associated with adapting a comic into a film. With this background, the paper will then look at how the producers ...

Introduction

There are three stages of Roman history including Kingdom that lasted between 753-509BC, Republic that lasted between 509 and 27BC and Empire that lasted between 27BC and 476BC (Dill 103). The Roman Kingdom was founded by Romulus after he murdered Remus his brother. Traditionally, the city had seven kings. It is just one of Italy’s many villages which again is divided among several different language groups. It is one of the cities of Latium area, where Latin is spoken. The Roman Republic was founded in 509 BC after the last king was expelled (103). It was founded on ...

“The Romantic ballet was a nineteenth century phenomenon to the dance world” (Baker 3). This style appeared after the French Revolution with the help of new middle class. People wanted to escape and experience all existence art forms. The combination of these wishes made themes of exotic lands, man versus nature and supernatural extremely popular in Romantic ballet. This style made female dancers the focal point of performances. Experts divided style into two groups: "The Classic Romantic Ballets" and “The Lesser Known Romantic Ballets”. One of the main plot of last category was women’s emancipation. Romantic ballet also was ...

Introduction

Christian Dior was the most influential fashion designer of the late 1940s and 1950s. In fashion history, he is one of the most interesting stores. By establishing Dior as a global brand across a wide range of products, new business model was defined by Christian in the post-war fashion industry. With the hourglass silhouette of his voluptuous ‘New Look,' he dominated fashion after World War II. His vision continues to be at forefront of current fashion even over sixty years later that proves that he was certainly a visionary. He was best known for his eponymous fashion house and was a French ...

The play I saw was “The Producers.” I saw it at Saginaw Valley State University. I saw it on April 11, 2014. The play was inspiring and as close to the original Broadway production as I could have hoped for at a university showing. The actors went off the original script; the playwright for “The Producers” is Mel Brooks. The play is also a musical, which contained the original composition done by Mel Brooks, as well. As it turns out, Mel Brooks was also the lyricist of the play. The play was written in 1968 and is representational and presentational, ...

The tradition of celebrating Halloween dates back from the ancient legends and folklore across the world. In Catholic countries, November 1 is the All Saints Day, which marks a special celebration of the saints’ good deeds here on earth. November 2 is considered as the All Hallows Eve, a day said to believe that spirits of the dead return to the land to visit their loved ones. Originally, the tradition of Halloween dates back since the Middle Ages, based on the ancient pagan festivity in Ireland. This celebration is called ‘Samhain,’ (pronounced as sow-een) which means ‘the end of summer’. This ...

If somebody had asked me what makes a film successful, I would have been not able to answer at once. Acting, directing, screenplay, soundtrack, costumes, settings, camera operating, and a great many of other factors are equally valuable; they all contribute to the general perception of the film by the auditory. In my essay I will focus on one element of the system – music; and I will try to discover how that magnificent tool makes a film admired. Anabel J. Cohen in his Music as a source of emotion in film states that “emotion characterizes the experience of film, as it ...

Exploring Boundaries: Fashion, Adornment and the Body

Introduction For many centuries, humans have communicated to each other in the language of dress. Even before an individual talk to another individual on the street, at a party or in a meeting, the person has already declared their age, gender, and class through their attire. Additionally, the person would have possibly announced important information or misinformation, such as origin, occupation, tastes, opinions, current moods, and sexual desires. Individuals may lack the ability to express what they have observed into words, but they have registered information unconsciously about each other. Consequently, by the end of the conversation or meeting, they ...

- Thesis Statement This paper is a comprehensive analysis of the production of the play Measure to Measure by Shakespeare that I watched on Thursday 27th February, 2014 at 2230 hours at The New 42nd Street Studios which belongs to The New Victory Theatre Company. - Overview The play that forms subject for this report is entitled Measure for Measure. The theatre company that presents the production of this play was The New Victory Theatre Company which has numerous theatre rooms across the streets of New York including, The Duke on 42nd street and The New 42nd ...

The production I watched on YouTube was a modern interpretation of the classic Swan Lake ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky written circa 1875–1876. I searched in the site for more information regarding where this particular production took place, the name of the city or theater but I could not find it. There was no mention of the name of the ballet company or the names of the principal dancers. As would be expected, this dearth of information extended to the orchestra and its conductor. No credit was given to lighting, sound or set design as well. In this production, ...

2013 was the year that saw F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, “The Great Gatsby”, brought into cinema, for the second time. Whenever a great novel is adapted for the screen, many pedants will try to scrutinize the film to see if there is any nonconformity to the original. The book is often regarded and sacred as consequently; many films often fail to reach the pedestal set by the book. If the audience deems the film to be an effective adaption of the book, the movie will more often than not be successful. The Great Gatsby (2013) is the perfect ...

Choose a film version of A Midsummer Night's Dream (there are several). Answer the following question: does this version capture the spirit of the play as Shakespeare wrote it? (in other words, is it a good adaptation?) Why or why not? Please note: I DO NOT WANT A MOVIE REVIEW. I want an essay that shows thought. Do NOT write comparison/contrast between the film and the play. Analyze the lighting, the music, the scenes the director chose, the actors/actresses, etc. You will need to list a works cited page for this assignment so that I will be able to determine which version ...

Overview

Thesis: How artistic, revolutionary, exciting and relevant is the play Romeo and Juliet? On October 10 2010, I was lucky to watch an interesting play entitled Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. The performance was in New York City theatre where the cost of the seat was $ 110. I sat on seat number NCT56 and luckily, the person seated on my left was Johnson Lee (NCT56) my former friend in senior level classes but currently working with some local company that organizes events such as football matches and music festivals. On this particular evening, the theatre was full ...

Great works of literature are usually attempted to be adapted to the movie screens, as they are a wonderful source for a captivating plot, and the 1925 novel The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is not an exception. The novel is widely recognized as one of the best novels not only of its time, but also of the 20th century. No wonder that there are at least 5 known film adaptations of the work, but two of them, namely The Great Gatsby of 1974 shot by Jack Clayton and The Great Gatsby of 2013 by Baz Luhrmann are the ...

Italy is one of the most important destinations of tourism. The country holds some of the most prized architecture and art in the world, from antiquity to the baroque to the modern, often packed into the dense historic centers of the peninsula’s cities. The successive waves of industrialization, the heady years of Fascist dictatorship sandwiched between two devastating world wars, the corporation of agriculture, secularization and globalization deeply marked the built landscape of Italy . Throughout the twentieth century, the architects and theorists attempted to grasp the role of architecture in a capitalist economy under diverse political systems from monarchy ...

The advent of the 1990s saw a revitalization of Chinese cinema not only within the motherland, but also in the international film landscape. It began with Chen Kaige’s Yellow Earth (1984), as well as Zhang Junzhao’s One and Eight (1983), and was characterized by a unconventional storytelling methods and non-traditional approaches to cinematography, editing, mise en scene, and sound design. Among these filmmakers were Stanley Kwan and Tian Zhuangzhuang, with their films Center Stage and Blue Kite, respectively. In these productions, both directors utilize the cinematic frame to pose questions regarding the past, through enlightened use of filmic techniques. ...

The Italian drama “Rome, Open City” by Roberto Rossellini was shot in 1945. Being a perfect example of the Italian neorealism, the film is significant for its naturality. It depicts Rome during the World War II, with all its horror and cruelty. The story is told in chronological order. The film is black and white, with high-key lighting and mostly deep focus. The director of “Rome, Open City” uses normal lens, so the perspective is normal and the focal length is moderate. The film is shot by the objective camera, so that the spectator watches the action as the neutral ...

“My regards to broadways” is the opening Episode in the six Episode of the movie Broadway: The American Musical. The episode covers the period from 1893 – 1927 and considers the significance of the New York City and how the immigrants played a role in defining this city. The Broadway musical is a barometer of the American popular culture. The opening episode traces the origins of musicals to the Ziegfeld Follies. The episode introduces many of the era’s key figures such as entertainers Fanny Brice and Bert Williams, who were the first crossover artists (YouTube “My regards to broadways”). In addition, ...

INTERNSHIP AT UNITY PRODUCTION COMPANY

The internship attended and conducted at Unity Production Inc. was much skillful. The company is located at Kissimmee, Florida. Interactive performance is primarily the aim of Unity Production Company. It is a leading company in the entertainment industry owing to its establishment more than thirty years ago. They create design and produce highly artistic and sensational live entertainment, which is suitable for any event. The internship was under the mentorship of Serge Dulac, who has prolific knowledge in the latest innovations on art. Dulac approached work with a focused spirit of creativity and dedication. His work began from humble beginning like ...

Ku Klux Klan

Origin Ku Klux Klan also named as KKK or The Klan was formed sequentially with three movements that each reign one after another. Klan is a Greek word, which means a circle or a band of brothers. Ku Klux Klan is the name of the movements that formed in United States and had a vital role to play in the Reconstruction Era of 1860 (Hannity, 2004). The first movement, which was established by six veterans of the confederate army in Pulaski, Tennessee, had a sole purpose to bring violence against African Americans in the southern United States in the late 18th century. It ...

Introduction

Baroque opera involves two distinguished characteristics which can be acquired by its name. This includes baroque which can be described as an era in the history of art in Europe between the 1600 and 1750 years. This era was after the Renaissance period and was later followed Classical era thus marking the initial years in evolution of opera. An opera in a large scale drama characterized by instruments and delivered to the audience through singing, poetry and drama. The dramatically part of the opera involves poetry, captivating action and pantomime, different scenes and costumes. This combination offers a unified element thus ...

Women and Gender Studies

Media Analysis The Lincoln MKC commercial with Matthew McConaughey The Lincoln advertisement is for people who can afford luxurious products. The advertisement clearly targets high income earners with a taste for luxurious cars. The tone in the advertisement is serious. The character in the advertisement points out serious reasons why he drives a Lincoln and the general tone in the advertisement is serious. This advertisement appeals to people who are rich and well-educated, more like corporate elites. The character is a famous and award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey. He dressed in a suit like a rich, well-educated and powerful person. McConaughey looks well-groomed ...

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot is an absurdist play written by Samuel Beckett. It covers many different social aspects that the author wanted to highlight and bring into publicity. First of all, the characters and their costumes remind Charlie Chaplin’s ones. Both characters, Vladimir and Estragon, are dressed as tramps, their costumes are pretty similar that’s why they can exchange with each other. Moreover, they are wearing bid bowler hats, bid boots not necessarily matching their real foot size and big baggy trousers – all there elements can be found in the appearance of Charlie Chaplin. Hence, Estragon and ...

Early Modern Fashion

The decorative art of France of the eighteenth century seems to command a lot of attention. The one big reason for this could be the objects that were there then, reward close scrutiny. Their studies by scholars have not only led to the formal appreciation of their former complexity, but also to how they shaped sporadic and social experiences. In her observation, Hellman juxtaposes the decorated interior of eighteenth-century France to the body and motion of a pretty woman. “The vignettes of Dangerous Liaisons suggest that the design of clothes and interiors worked in unison to create an elegant environment of ...

One unique thing about this exhibition is that it’s more than admiring. Just imagine beautiful costumes on the mannequin showing how diverse costume design could be, how they are connected to the performance, designer’s emotions, and the characteristics of different time periods. All the designers have something in common - their appreciation of the elegance, and athleticism of the body’s movement. A good dancing performance is made by good dancers; every dancer is unique and has his own soul, which makes every performance unique, because the time, setting and emotions of each performance can never be ...

I enjoyed my visit of Hollywood Costume Exhibition. Hollywood Costume Exhibition is a showroom that was created by Deborah Nadoolman Landis in a way to display legendary costumes that have been used in many film works. The exhibition display over 150 costumes and most of them comes from the iconic movie characters, such as Charlie Chaplin’s from The Tramp, Henry Cavill from Superman, All about Eve, Vertigo and Rear Window Avatar. Most of these costumes were paired with heroic quotes, reviews and interviews with the designers. Looking at these costumes, they recalled the memory of movies in my mind. ...

The Wizard of Oz is a musical fantasy film of the United States, which is produced by Goldwyn Mayer, and is also based on the famous and commercially unbeatable adaptation of the novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, written by Frank Baum in 1900. The film appeals the audience if something special is introduced or used (Lumet, 1995). The film is notable for using Technicolor, unusual characters, musical score, and dreamy storytelling. Because of these features the film has become a well-known film and the part of the popular culture of America. It, however, also featured in the cinema that can ...

I had the pleasure of seeing a live performance of Mamma Mia! by Catherine Johnson at the Fox Theatre on September 30th, 2014. Performed by the show’s touring company, this “jukebox musical” arranges several hit songs by the band ABBA throughout a story involving young bride-to-be Sophie, who concocts a scheme to bring her three prospective fathers home to find out which one can really walk her down the aisle for her wedding (without her mother knowing about it). As the wedding date nears, and more and more guests start to arrive, Sophie’s mother Donna discovers her scheme and must ...

Many people are under the assumption that art exhibitions must contain paintings, sculptures, drawings, or other traditional forms of art. The artist must use paint, clay, or pencil to capture a feeling, a message, or an appeal, putting it on display for the audience. It is unclear why, but it seems that the audience cannot render a message fit for consumption unless it uses the typical artistic methods. The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology acknowledges there are other art forms. FIT displays all types of artistic fashion as an exhibition to man’s triumphs and failures through time. Two recent ...

ENGL 101 - E01

The Fault in Our Stars At the onset of the movie, The Fault in Our Stars by Josh Boone, a teenage girl lies in the grass facing the stars telling a very sad story. The sixteen year old cancer patient narrates how she was forced her parents forces to participate in a support group by her parents where she meets Gus and later on, they ends up falling in love. Gus is a seventeen-year-old gentleman with an amputated leg. The two teenagers have a similar and bitter humor, a disregard for the conventional and an affection that drives them into a journey. The movie is ...

Thesis Statement

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s television production of William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet in 2008 is a refreshing and breathtaking depiction of the famous play and honestly one of the best in recent years.

Overview

- The name of the play is Hamlet. - The play’s author is William Shakespeare, and director Gregory Doran adapted the play to a cinematic version (IMDB) - The Royal Shakespeare Company presented this production (IMDB). - I personally watched the play on the Tuesday of 31st December 2013 at around 9.30 p.m. - I watched the film with my girlfriend and ...

When asked “Who is Doctor Who?” most people today know the Doctor is the protagonist and title character of the BBC television science fiction series. Some may also know that Doctor Who, and was featured in two cinema films and one made-for-television movie. Fans may also know about the wide range of spin-off novels, audio dramas and comic strips associated with the series. That is because Doctor Who celebrated its 50th anniversary last year making it the world's longest-running science-fiction program. That was not the case when it premiered in 1963. Back then it was a small budget children’ ...

The movie Forrest Gump begins with the main character, Forrest, sitting on a bench holding the children’s book “Curious George” and telling his life story to a woman. The story goes from present to past as most of his life is shown as if it were occurring, then returning to Forrest telling his story to an ever changing series of listeners. He begins his story when he meets Jenny on his first day of school. She is the only one who is nice to him and it is clear by this point the character is slow in some way, ...

Of all kinds of entertainment, movies are, by far, the single most popular type. People are so used to watching films cablecast on TV that they cannot envision the time when no sound was to be heard coming from beyond the screen. Indeed, it is difficult to imagine soundless motion pictures, which used to be a reality more than 100 years ago. Cinematographic was an infant industry in the second half of the 19th century. However, in the early 20th century, experts created the first movie with a synchronized sound coupled to image reproduced on the screen. Actors and film directors ...

On April the 19, 2014, I saw Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat at the University of Colorado, in Boulder, Colorado. It was a dramatic musical wherein the cast gave there all to the performance. Everything came together in a culmination of brilliance in an effort to put on a truly extraordinary play. Aside from a few glitches, the play was fantastic. The actors used the original script. The playwright was Tim Rice. Rice also acted as the lyricist for the musical numbers. The composer was the famed Andrew Lloyd Webber. The genres were multiple, listed as a musical, a comedy, and a religious ...

Introduction

Take modern forms of communication, social media, twitter precisely, choreograph a few communicative moves, add captivating video, and you have a breathtaking dance performance, as a result. During this spring semester of 2014, I happened to attend a dance performance that warranted the description of outstanding. Directed and choreographed by David Roussève, "Stardust" is a trendsetter in the world of dance. Performed in the amazing auditorium at the University of Maryland, the movements, and the accentuations of video and lighting effect were breathtakingly presented, making the 85 minutes the dance lasted worth the sacrifice.

Synthesis and analysis

The dance crew consisted of 10 dancers that made ...

The Review of the Melancholy Play

Recently, I experienced a humorous play by Sarah Ruhl namely Melancholy Play. The set was played in Erie, PA with cast member culturally-oriented attires. The play represents societal perceptions and outlooks along the line of personal identification. The inner-being of the actors is outwardly reflected trough emotions, which introduces societal-labelling and understanding of one’s behaviour. The Melancholy play is a creation of two major parts with fourteen break-up scenes. The play revolves around presenting the humorous inner-emotions of actors, which dictates their behaviour. The paper reviews the play in relation to character presentation, style and overall communication to the audience. ...

An analysis of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet as stage production by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

- Thesis Statement The play, Hamlet is one of William Shakespeare’s most celebrated tragedy stories. The play as directed by Greg Doran in the stage production by the Royal Shakespeare’s Company (RSC) presents the intricacies of revenge, betrayal and ruined family relations. - Overview - The play Hamlet was originally authored by William Shakespeare. The play has been reenacted into numerous films and plays that have been staged at different theaters across the world. - The play is a film-for-television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) 2008 stage production. It was directed ...

Voyeurism towards Women in Film: Rear Window

In the contemporary society cinema offer images that are geared towards male viewing pleasure, this is within set psychoanalytic paradigm like the voyeurism and scopophilia. Arguably, the concept of gaze is basically about the relationship of images and pleasure. In psychoanalysis, scopophilia is defined as pleasure derived in looking while exhibitionism is the pleasure of being evaluated. Manlove (88) notes that these two terms acknowledges the manner in which reciprocal relationships of viewing can derive pleasure. As such, Voyeurism can be referred to as looking while one is not being seen; it carries an exceptionally negative undertone of a powerful ...

“12 years a slave” by Steve McQueen and “Django unchained” by Quentin Tarantino are the great movies telling us about the slavery. Both of them are well written and have famous actors staring in those movies. However I would like to draw attention to the main points of the movie production in general and to compare the cinematography, sound and special effects, montage in these movies. Starting with “12 years a slave”, this movie was written after the memoire by Solomon Northup in 1855, and was based on a true story. After watching this movie I can tell for sure that ...

- Identify the names of the artists involved in the film’s production: the director, the production designer, and the art director.

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Enemy at the Gates, Director Wolf Kroeger Enemy at the Gates, Production design Dominic Masters Neil Lamont Peter Francis Steven Lawrence Enemy at the Gates, Art director - Describe in separate paragraphs each artist’s role in the overall design process. Enemy at the Gates, Director The duties of a director in a film are not an easy task. In fact, various film companies have different thoughts regarding the ...

Festivals make part of the lives of people in different societies whether modern or traditional. They have been manifest in all societies from time immemorial, ingrained in their belief systems and ways of life. The participants vary depending on age, economic background, social background, academic achievements and professional achievements (for instance the professional position of a rain maker in the African societies). However, the main question is; what really makes these festivals unique and keeps people interested in them. This I will try to explore in reference to my own believes experiences and expectations.

What do you think makes each and every festival special and individual?

Festivals are social events in which ...

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and James Cameron’s Titanic are two of the most well known stories in our history. Romeo and Juliet is a very famous play that has been reproduced for hundreds of years and has been made into many movies and adaptations. Titanic the movie is an adaptation of real-life events and many different stories have been told about the sinking of the ship and the lives it affected. There are many similarities between the two stories, which will be discussed in this essay. The most obvious similarity between the two stories is that the ...

The play ‘Good People’ revolves around the life of a single mother, Margie Walsh and her search for a job after she is fired in her current job for being ineffective due to her tendency to work or report late occasionally. The play brings together her past life and her present to give the viewer a clue of the life she has lived and how it has shaped her to whom she is today. It is this ability to combine the past and the present that reveals clues as to who could be the father to Joyce, Margie’s daughter. Mike is ...

Gone With The Wind is a movie that was released in the year 1939, this movie has a novel version with the same name written by Margaret Mitchell that came prior the movie release. The story in this movie shadows the life of a rich man’s daughter (Scarlett O'Hara) who owns a plantation at Georgia, in essence the movie depicts or rather shows the struggles and sufferings the girl goes through in the antebellum and antibellum South. As the movie proceeds, the viewer sees Scarlett transform from an ordinary girl to an independent woman while experiencing the pre-war lifestyle of the south ...

Halloween takes place on the 31st of October, and is also known as All Hallows’ Eve. It started as a pagan holiday, and has now moved into an important part of American culture. It is a celebration of the changing of the seasons from summer to fall, and also leads up to the fall and winter holidays of Thanksgiving and Christmas. In the olden days, it was a holiday used to ward off evil spirits, as it was thought that that particular night brought out all manner of demons and ghouls. The Halloween business is a huge industry, and most communities in America ...

The chosen Broadway show is 'Les Miserables'. The musical tells the story of two people's lives and how their conflict effects people around. The time of the story is French revolution France. The main characters are Jean Valjean, a convict trying to change his life; Javert, a policeman who is obsessed with his own perception of justice and considers catching Valjean his personal goal. Changing his life Valjean takes the name of Monsieur Madeleine and runs his own fabric. The woman called Fantine works at his fabric. She is an unwed mother of a girl Cossette, whom Fantine left in the family ...

Introduction

As you like it is a play featuring one of the popular quoted speech of William Shakespeare “All the world’s a stage” The play follows Rosalind the heroine who flees to Arden forest in search of safety and love. The fleeing is facilitated by her hounding in her uncle’s square. In her company to the forest is the court jester Touchstone and Celia her cousin. As you like it a pleaser to the crowd by Charter as it is mention in the title of the play. The play is directed by Daniel Sullivan after modifier outings for two summers in ...

Introduction

‘Us and Them’ is an essay story that was written by Humorist David Sadaris. He is a commentator on the National Public Radio and play writer whose work in this essay includes a story of two families that do not share the same views about life. There is a contradiction between the two families on how they view life. The aim of this paper is to make a comparison of these two families on their views about life, interests and way of doing things.

Us And Them

The two families in this essay are the author’s family and the Tomkeys’ family. The author’s family ...

Samuel Fosso is a contemporary Cameroonian photographer who uses himself as both the subject and the model for all of his photographs. A large portion of his photographs are self-portraits which represent various cultural clichés of either Americanism exported around the world, or parodies of popular culture and its accoutrements. Most of his photographs are black and white, which makes the few that have been produced in color all the more glaring in their commentary on their subject. His two most famous series, African Spirits and Autoportraits, represent political and cultural commentary on the modern world, particularly as portrayed ...

In the film, My Darling Clementine Ford uses a number of stylistic devices such as lighting, setting, and costume and camera position to create curiosity, suspense, and surprise within his audience. Suspense is largely created not by the events of that time but by the contrast of the characters. The director therefore, uses stylistic devices to bring out the character contrast and the element of cause and effect in the narrative so as to enhance suspense. In the film the issue of conflict is a family affair there is a constant conflict between Clantons and Earps which is very evident in ...

- Quote what you take to be the author’s thesis (using proper citations), and explain it in your own words. (10 points) Here the author seems to like the idea of human exposition. He thinks that it is a good idea for exhibitions to be put up which demonstrate the costumes and ways of life of people from different cultures and different eras. The world exhibitions tend to increase the exchange value of commodities. These in turn create a framework in which the commodities’ intrinsic value is eclipsed. They open up a fantasy world that people enter into in order ...

Dilemma over embracing or escaping from Yoruba culture

One is likely to encounter cases of death in a society comprised of different groups of people who are not willing to understand each others’ cultural practices and customs. Such is the case in Wole Soyinka’s Death and a King’s Horseman. Soyinka does a brilliant job using different layers of conflict as he tells the story of Elesin, who is prevented from fulfilling his duty of his ritual suicide by the British, who view the custom as illegal and barbaric while the colonized Yoruba view his suicide as not only a tribal obligation, but a world’s obligation to maintain peace between ...

Article Review Guidelines (each Article Review totals 100 points)

- Quote what you take to be the author’s thesis (using proper citations), and explain it in your own words. (10 points) Here the author seems to like the idea of human exposition. He thinks that it is a good idea for exhibitions to be put up which demonstrate the costumes and ways of life of people from different cultures and different eras. He is not averse to people being exhibited for others to be able to learn from them. However he shows a sense of disappointment: ‘the observer does not stop to learn; rather he or she strolls, ...