Essays on Motif

Each and every part of the fairy tale has its own significant meaning, which makes the story even more unique in the reader’s imagination and brings deeper symbolism into the perception of the tale. One of such elements is the forest, where the little Snow White has found dwarfs. This element has various explanations, depending on the way the reader perceives and understands the tale. The forest may symbolize the dark period of life – the period of decline, depression, loss of hope, etc. It may also symbolize a time of issues, problems represented through the trees and grass, ...

Transcriptional regulation of gene expression

Gene expression in eukaryotic cells is regulated at transcriptional, post transcriptional and translational levels (Tomizawa,  Lekstrom-Himes, and Xanthopoulos 17). Transcriptional control is the primary means of regulating gene expression. Eukaryotic transcriptional control functions at three levels: modulation of the activities of activators and repressors; variations in chromatin structure; and effect of activators and repressors on assembly of initiation complexes (Lodish et al. 368). Regulation of transcription initiation is the most widespread form of gene control in eukaryotes. However, in some cases, transcription may be attenuated and regulated at subsequent steps, such as during or after the transcription process (Cooper ...

In the movie “The Sixth Sense,” the director employed varied techniques to bring about a valuable motion picture. Out of the many techniques evident in the movie, gothic symbols and motifs are paramount as these techniques bring about other aspects of the film such as thematic expressions. This paper explores different motifs and gothic symbols in the movie “The Sixth Sense.” Ultimately, the paper highlights the meaning or importance of the identified technique. Shyamalan (the director of the movie) consistently employs visual motifs through reflective objects such as glasses, windows, mirrors and many others. The visual motifs in “The ...

“Great Expectations” is the penultimate novel by English writer Charles Dickens. One of the most important events in it is the fire in Miss Havisham’s house. This event has the multiple symbolic. When the main character Pip talks about fire in earlier chapters, then this symbol has the positive connotations; it represents the warmness of family house. But the big fire in Miss Havisham’s home, described in the chapter 49, has the opposite symbolic meanings: guilt, suppressed emotions and finally - fire symbolizes the change of the characters. First reason for the author to include motif of ...

Final Essay: Robert Bresson’s Dictum & Film Analysis of “A Man Escaped”

Introduction The modern film-viewer may anticipate feeling abashed, or risk feeling bored when scrutinizing an old, black-and-white movie that lacks an action package. However, Robert Bresson’s film made in 1956, A Man Escaped, offers a compelling example of filmmaking skills which captivate the attention of its audience. One of Director Robert Bresson’s favorite dictums asserts that “What is for the eye must not duplicate what is for the ear” (“Notes on Sound”). Control of narrative space, and command of sound perspective strategies in the film demonstrate an exercise of the filmmaker’s philosophy. The film analysis herein, ...

Harmony in music is like an eloquence in speech: it grants pithiness and smoothness in a music flow. Harmony should guarantee that all the tones, notes, and chords are relevant and match each other in a musical piece. None of the sounds should be the odd one out, otherwise, it would not be appealing to the ear of the audience. Harmony refers to the melodic line as it determines the vertical or horizontal aspect of music. Upon this definition, harmony is tightly connected with melody. The simultaneous combination of tones and sounds can be well organized in rhythm, however ...

Nymphs and a Satyr" and "The Dance."

Art has different forms and has different meanings for artists and art lovers. At times, the subject matter or painting style of two distinct artists brings forward similarities and contrasts of individual art period or art movement. The paper will discuss the formal treatment and iconography of “Nymphs and a Satyr" by Adolphe-William Bouguereau and "The Dance" by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. It focuses on what they were used for and if they communicate a message and what is the cultural context behind. Adolphe William Bouguereau was born in France in 1825 and studied at Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris where ...

Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony #5 Mvmt I, 1804–1808

Ludwig van Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, first movement is one of the most well-known pieces of classical music. Of his time. He overcame many obstacles and his music was the beginning of the romantic are of the classical genre. It is also one of the most frequently played by orchestras across the globe. The symphony was played in Vienna at der Wien for a very cold audience in 1804, The famous first movement is called Allegro con brio, and has been noted for being a victorious piece in times of war. The piece, along with many other classical works ...

Introduction

The works that the Chinese created since the Qing Dynasty marked the essence of its iconography. It gave the Chinese artists a specific place and space in world art, as they rendered subjects, materials and objects in a particular detail, and composition. The Qing Dynasty also gave rise to the portrayal of the Taoye tu that was commissioned by the Emperor Qianlong. The artwork particularly emphasized the manufacturing of the porcelain objects, but it emphasized the illustrations that were portrayed as “sequential viewed sets,” thus, it created a set of ordered visual illustrations. In light of this, it would ...

RESEARCH PAPER: THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD

Introduction The novel Their Eyes Were Watching God authored by Zora Neale Hurston is a culmination of different themes touching on matters love and hatred, life and death, murder, and discovery of self-identity. Ultimately, the novel is packed with many themes and issues that affect the society woven to bring the message dexterously home (Lester 20). In essence, the novel is a classic that helps the reader to reflect about specific historical epochs in the way Hurston travels through time to explain issues of culture, tradition, love and pursuit for identity. It can be argued that the novel describes ...

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'Gothic' term represents medieval art that carries a strange history. The style of art developed in Northern France and spread to the rest of Western Europe. Late Gothic art expanded well into the 16th century before getting consumed by the Renaissance art. Gothic period carries splendid examples of sculptures, stained glass, fresco, panel painting, ivories and illuminated manuscripts. The essay offers a perspective on the popularity of Gothic ivories and how they encouraged the devotional practice. The ivory diptychs were used as sophisticated tools and were seen as physical vestiges of the divine. Gothic ivories were the visual cues ...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Love in the Time Cholera and Yasunari Kawabata’s Snow Country are two novels that redefined the contours of Latin American and Japanese literature. Kawabata’s writing style and magical realism went on to win him a Nobel Prize in Literature while Marquez became one of the best writers of the 20th century. In both texts by Kawabata and Marquez there is a constant struggle between tradition and modernity. Water is a significant recurring motif in Love in the Time of Cholera inasmuch as it reflects on the struggle of the main characters to balance ...

It needs to be reckoned that the television series, Prison Break, is surely one of the most famous programs ever aired in the history of television shows. Indeed, the immense popularity and critical acclaim of this show makes it a universal hit with its fan base transcending geographical boundaries and differences of cultures. A close scrutiny of the television show would provide an in-depth knowledge of the intricacies of portrayal and the thematic content of the program that have highly contributed to the show’s catapulting popularity and critical acclaim. There have been as many as four seasons of ...

The process of writing an essay requires the analysis and assessment of some specific rhetoric factors and situations and this leads to the development of the structure and content of the essays. During my semester in the 188 class, I have done two interpretive essays (‘Tohe’ and ‘Behar’ essays) which were based on the social issues and involved the entire rhetorical composition based on the learning acquired for writing such essays in the class. This essay aims at reflecting the involved writing situations, processes, motif , and social factors behind the development of these two essays and how I used ...

The Song of Roland is, perhaps, the most monumental work of French chanson de geste. It is regarded as one of the most important works of its time period and it tells the story of King Charles, who “has been in Spain for seven full years”, fighting the Saracens and their king Marsille. The poem begins with Marsille holding court with his baron, in order to find out a decent solution for the approaching Franc problem. Although the depiction of the council does not inform the reader about Marsille’s character or his intentions, at the first section of ...

Irish Drama: Comparing Two Plays

British literary landscape has long been diligently adorned and complemented by the magnificent works of Irish authors, all of them mirroring the peculiar culture, mentality and traditions of the people. In Irish literary legacy, dramaturgy is a remarkable genre, while history and myths are the common thematic aspects of the works. Interestingly, due to the complex historical background of Ireland and its Northern part, one could draw parallels even between seemingly different plays separated by decades. A good example is observed in a kind of symbolic interplay between the plays Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme ...

Motif of the Quest of Adventures of Huckleberry

A motif represents the dominant idea in any artistic material. The novel Adventures of Huckleberry brings out the motif of slavery. This is demonstrated by the novel’s setting at a time when slavery was legal before, just the Civil War. The motif is also shown through varied characters as most of the novel characters are either white slaveholders like the Phelps family, Miss Watson and the Granger ford family or are characters who indirectly profit from slavery, like the king and duke who turn in Jim - the runaway slave- to Phelpses for a reward of money. Meanwhile, ...

Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin (1957) “Sonny's Blues” by James Baldwin is a popular story, in which are metaphorically emphasized musical elements. Closer consideration of blues and jazz forms application and use of musicians such as Creole, Charlie Parker and Louis Armstrong by Baldwin shows that the basic motives of the story are supported by these themes. The blues, as music and state of being, can be considered as basic to story’s structure. Richard N. Albert says, “In this story, content (message) of the blues is all important,” because by a number of blacks they are considered to ...

Culture:Roman

Medium:Marble Dimensions:Overall: 34 x 85 x 36 1/4 in. (86.4 x 215.9 x 92.1 cm)

Classification:Stone-Architectural-Inscribed

Credit Line:Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1955 Accession Number:55.11.5 The magnificent, highly detailed and splendid in design Late Roman marble sarcophagus displayed in Metropolitan Museum of Art immediately draws viewers attention. The exhibit is extremely well preserved for the work dated A.D. 260–270, it is clear even for non-professional eye. The museum records state that ‘it has been preserved almost intact and only a few of the minor extremities are now missing’. The literature available in the museum collection also states that ‘originally it ...

Introduction

The Dubliner collection is an assortment of narratives by James Joyce, which he compiled at the tender age of only twenty-three years. The collection is composed of literary, influential and revolutionary stories covering different aspects of politics, and even social matters. The Dubliners is characterized by different themes. These issues revolve around terrorizing moments experienced by characters. The themes connected to death or mortality as referred in the text, includes suffering, isolation, and disappointments. These topics take on physical, mental, political and even spiritual anguish. The authors explain that the affected individuals are to some extent responsible for what ...

Reflection on Multiculturalism

Reflection on Multiculturalism

Critique of Holladay’s Perspective on Teaching Multiculturalism

In her concept of how multiculturalism should be imbibed amongst students in school, Jen Holladay argues that providing culinary inputs to match the topics being discussed in class would actually trivialize the topic being addressed. Holladay underlines he point when she says that if students were offered tacos while learning about the Mexican resistance to the French occupation (Holladay, 2013, 2:05), they would rather focus on the taste of the tacos; their appreciation of the travails of the Mexican resistance would be undermined. I disagree with Holladay’s concept that offering food of a region would ...

Franz Schubert wrote over 600 songs until his death in 1828 and possibly his greatest muse was the celebrated German poet and dramatist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Although the two artists never shared a collaboration or even met they are linked forever by the masterworks that Schubert created which are still in overwhelming demand in performance around the world. Although the later song cycles, Die schöne Müllerin and Die Winterreise, are some of his best known works that show the composer at his peak creativity, I have chosen to analyze one of his earliest songs using a ...

The first chapter of Leo Marx’s book ‘The Machine in the Garden. Technology and the Pastoral Idea in America’ is named Sleepy Hollow. This name is derived from one of Nathaniel’s Hawthorne’s writings whereby he describes a small space scooped out among the woods which is used for farming Indian corn and which according to Hawthorne “is like the lap of a bounteous Nature, filed with bread stuff”(Marx 12). Hawthorn observes various elements of nature and appreciates the ability of nature to provide a calm and serene environment to think and be imaginative. The nature ...

Question 1: Think of significant events in your family life: has your religion influenced how you marked the occasion? How might someone from different family/religious background have marked the occasion? Answer 1: Some of the significant event in my family life have been the festive occasions and family functions which have strengthened and vitalized the bond amongst the family members. My religion its effect on my life has always sufficed to form the plinth of faith over my family. This family faith has not only exceeded in marching ahead of trivial issues that came up but also eradicated them. ...

Diabetes is a burning issue all over the world. World health organization has shown concerns on the prevalence and incidents of diabetes. In USA, 29.1 million people or 9.3% of the population; diagnosed or undiagnosed have diabetes. (CDC, 2012). As per National Diabetes Fact Sheet, 2011 215, 000 people in USA have type-I or type-II diabetes. Thus, diabetes is a disease penetrating all age groups. Treatment of diabetes has a few advancement in the recent past. Apart from general oral hypoglycemic agents and injectable insulin there are islet transplantation surgeries also available for diabetes. There is a wide scope of treatment of diabetes ...

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Pop culture of the 60s that originated in Britain and spread to US followed a string of philosophical and theoretical movement turning into mass culture. Pop culture has had many proponents in fashion, music and literature as well as numerous characteristic features. Studying the 60’s fashion design trends in ...

Introduction

Jewellery has been in existence since the early humans began to become civilized. The human desire is to be adorned with precious metals and gems. This has been evident since the Neolithic and Palaeolithic eras. The early humans made jewellery that was formed from claws, bones, teeth and shells. This has been documented by archaeologists. The Egyptians, the Romans and the Greeks applied distinct methods for the creation of jewellery (Cartlidge 1985; Dorner & Turner 1985; Druff and Dormer 1995; Druitt 1986; Falk 1989; Game and Goring 1998; Gilhooley and Costin 1998; Grant 2005; Grant 2007; Hinks 1983; Hughes 1972; ...

“I know Why the Caged Bird Sings” is the first and probably the most popular volume of Maya Angelou’s autobiography. The whole collection covers the period between 1930s and late 1960s. The first volume was written in 1969 and in 1970, it was nominated for a National Book Award. The book speaks about Maya’s childhood up to the moment she is seventeen. It focuses on her growing and becoming a premature black girl. The main themes of the book are also family, motherhood and self-knowledge. When Maya Angelou was three years old, her parents divorced so Maya was ...

Chapter 1 Lesson 1 Checking Your Understanding page 5

- There are a variety of different ways that art can be around the world. Art can be in a book that is being read, the furniture that is being sit on, and in the video games that people play on a regular basis. Basically, art can be anything that a person sees, has seen, or might imagine like advertisements on TV, Internet, toys, fashion, cars, paintings, and movies. - Perceive means to become aware through the senses of the special nature of objects. When a person uses their sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste to perceive an object, a person will better understand ...

In this essay, I will compare and critique three different renditions of the same piece by Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue in C major from the Well- Tempered Clavier BWV 864. For making the interpretation, I have pick three different pianists; Glenn Gould is the first one, Samuel Feinberg is the second one and Daniel Ben Pienaar is the third and also the last one. After I will listen to all three interpretations, I will discuss the different performing style of this three pianist approaching music components such as dynamics, tempo, colour and articulation. Furthermore, I will comment ...

Compare and Contrast the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building

Both The Empire State Building and Chrysler Building were constructed in New York (USA) in an era when American cities such as New York and Chicago competed to have the tallest buildings. The Empire State building was the tallest building in the world at the time of its construction, which started on January 21, 1930 and took 410 days to complete. The building remained the tallest office building in the world for 41 years. Nevertheless, the Empire State building lost this status since 1973, when the World Trade Center opened in Manhattan, progressive developers have constructed taller skyscrapers that ...

In Welcome to the Monkey House, the author uses symbolism and metaphor to depict the future of life where the aspirations for equality are evidenced in acomical way. The author employs characters that achieve the objectives of sexual growth and transition into more responsible roles. The story Welcome to the Monkey House illustrates the contrast of life to shape the concept of coming of age. The social manifestation of life in the story empowers the fictional government, the symbol of coming of age, development and ability to progress in a manner that allows the automation of everything practical (Kurt, p. ...

Among the most celebrated artists of the Impressionist movement, Edgar Degas was also one of the most prolific, leaving behind a wide range of both two-dimensional and three-dimensional works (Pioch, 2002). In a Café or L’ Absinthe was created in 1873, it measures 36 1/4 x 26 3/4 inches and is a characteristic painting by Degas (Pioch, 2002). The artist used oil on canvas for the creation of the work, which depicts an objective scene from a Parisian Café of the end of the 19th century, the time Degas lived and worked (Musée d’ Orsay, 2006).

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The fable dates back to the writings of ancient Greece, which featured the prolific works of Aesop, and even to the Old Testament, which features the fable of the serpent. What all fables have in common is the use of animals, creatures of myth, or natural forces which are given traits of humans for a brief time. The action of the fable expresses some sort of lesson, and fables often end with these lessons restated as a short sentence. One of the most famed fable tellers of the twentieth century is Dr. Seuss, whose wide range of animated books featuring a wide ...

In many ways this story is an inverted fairy tale – beginning with “once upon a time.” In what ways does the fairy tale motif inform the tale?

The fairy tale motif that informs this story does so in two main ways: firstly, it affects the way Godwin writes and the choices of language and descriptive detail that she uses; secondly, because of the mythic qualities that we associate with fairy tales – the notion that they embody some sort of moral message – the woman becomes an archetypal figure, not an individual, but a type or Everywoman. Finally, because ...

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Proteins are made up of amino acids and have major structural as well as functional roles in the body. Amino acid chains are synthesized from DNA sequences through transcription and translation. Proteins become fully functional only after co-translational or post-translational modification of the amino acid side chains and folding into appropriate three-dimensional conformations. Even slight changes in the DNA code could drastically alter the protein folding, alter its functioning, and eventually lead to certain diseases. Inherent cellular repair mechanisms, protein degradation pathways and molecular facilitators such as chaperones try to keep proteins in their native, stable conformation by acting ...

Nowadays, computer users face many issues related to the computer application. Major computer applications have their inbuilt support facility but it is almost helpless in offline mode. The built in software help option gets updated as soon as the application gets internet access. Further, the current scenario is marked by Smartphone and palmtops privileged with easy access to internet (McCallister). This has laid the foundation of a ready to use application trouble-shooter, accessible online and built to cater computer application issues for all genres of devices. The article reviews over the utility of the newly launched RoboHelp 10, the online ...

Classics "Greek Mythology"

Part One - Simonides - A subject on Greek Mythology would be interested in Simonides as he is a Greek lyric poet who was involved in the distinction of the different famous personalities of his time. He uses fanciful elements that had real influence on the enlightenment of the Greek literature towards the classical era. - “Psychopompus” - This word is identified to refer to the guider of souls. In Greek mythology, Hermes is considered the psychopompos who leads the bodies of the dead to the state of stability as he hands them over to Charon. ...

Review of “Angels Among Us: The Use of Old Testament Passages As Inspiration for Temple Themes In The Dead Sea Scrolls.” David J. Larsen received his PhD in Divinity – Biblical Studies under James Davila at St Mary’s College in Saint Andrews, Scotland. Before that he received a masters degree in theology under Andrei A. Orlov in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is well suited to study ancient text and understand their cultural context as he also completed course work in Sociology, Anthropology, Greek, and Bible Archeology. He is an expert on ancient texts that compose books of the old testament ...

When it comes to classical music, the symphony and the concerto are two of the most recognizable genres. Classical artists like Wolfgang Mozart. J.S Bach, J F. Handel and Beethoven wrote countless symphonies and concertos that are still popular today. Mozart is generally considered a “genius” when it comes to musical compositions and in this essay, two of his greatest works are going to be analyzed and compared. The two works include a symphony and a concerto. The first is the symphony no.40 in G minor, K, 550, (first movement), while the second is the Concerto for Flute for Orchestra in D ...

This essay is about to tell us how do the fantastic and fictional worlds and images correspond to the real life of the living people, how their culture and traditions are depicted in the works of the artists, writers and film directors and how the images of art pieces reflect and form the life of modern people. Here we are going to describe the outstanding examples of the modern literature and find out how they highlight the world and the people with their beliefs and hopes, their feeling and thoughts. These will be the "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" by ...

‘Instructor’s Name’

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Written in the year 1959, ‘A raisin in the sun’ by Lorraine Hansberry, premiered during the early stages of the Civil Right movement. Hansberry had experienced discrimination in her life, when her father moved their home outside the Chicago ghetto, and had to file a lawsuit to have his house protected. Influenced by these events, she wrote this play which talks about a poor Black family, and the financial and racial obstacles experienced by them. The play won the Best American Play award given by the New York Drama Critics Circle, ...

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Beethoven’s fifth has been a cornerstone of Western music to such a degree that it has passed into popular culture. The first two bars of the symphony (which Beethoven himself described as ‘the knock of fate’) has become iconic. As can be seen from the numerous pop culture references these two bars have certainly communicated to any audience over nearly 200 years exactly what Beethoven had intended. The simple motif seems almost ridiculous at first glance – it is played in unison with ample room for pause with the rests ...

Literary Criticism:

Before Matthew 17:1-13, the previous passage (Mathew 16) is about the confession of Peter and the Christ's Church. The passage is about Lord's warning to his disciples to be away from the temptations of Pharisees and Sadducees “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” This was the warning given to the disciples by Jesus. Here Jesus uses the word “Yeast” or “Bread” symbolically. The concepts are associated with the false teaching of Pharisees and Sadducees. 'Pharisees and Sadducees were notorious for their disagreements, especially over the doctrine of the resurrection; Pharisees taught that Sadducees ...

The motif in the portrait is about a man, the main character called Stephen Dedaus whose life unfolds as a young obedient boy living with his parents in a Christian setting to an independent man who learns what he wants in life and goes ahead to follow his dream as a man. Leaving behind his parents and the expectations of his community towards, him he flees to Dublin. The portrait of an artist is brought out by Stephens’s character in following his dream of being an artist and the portrait as a man is explained throughout his life as he meets the women ...

In this essay, I will talk about my perspective on the relationship between human and nature in the Symphony No. 6 by Beethoven. In order to support my arguments properly, I will start by listening to the Six Symphony in the interpretation of London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan. Furthermore, I will divide the work in separate parts, in the same way in which the composer had created it and I will approach each movement separately, by connecting music and the main themes with the relationship between nature and human, by searching elements that are correlated or ...

With the development of educational thought, it is necessary, albeit very briefly, understand its current position. In Christianity, there are always two things: 1) Christianity is the doctrine of this life, and 2) Christianity is the doctrine of eternal life. The most important problem of Christianity - the problem of salvation - appears in this life, and in addition, Christianity represents a revelation given over not to somehow get through this life, but with love to carry your life cross. This explains the fact that Christianity has given an unprecedented flowering of human cultural forces in all areas: art, science, ...

Critical reviews of a recent Sci-fi film:

A science fiction film (Sci-fi) is a movie that encompasses an extreme sense of science and imaginary picture design. At most, they use advanced technology For Example devices, robots, and spacecraft assumed to grace the world in the future. A number of Science fiction films tend to travel in the future, outer space or introduce supernatural beings from other planets. This paper will review the movie ‘the day the earth stood still’ comparing it with the ‘Invasion of the body snatcher’ of 1956 as a Sci-fi film. In addition, the paper intends to connect and explain the themes and the iconographies ...

Door and Windows as Barriers and Passageways to Truth in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Hyde” is a story about a successful and respected doctor who has a dual personality. He is Dr. Jekyll, a respected doctor with a stellar reputation. However, when he drinks a potion he created, he becomes an evil murderer. A major motif in the story is doors and windows. Doors and windows lead to new places. Doors are for hiding behind, and they also represent a passage, a geographical point of no return, and a journey into the unknown. Windows expose truth and reality. They ...

Chinese cinema has always been at the forefront of international cinema. Despite it being only the 4th largest industry in the world, it has still managed to create an impact on American and European audiences. The story coupled with martial arts and action created crossover appeal with American audiences as early as the 1960s. Characteristics of Hong Kong cinema gave rise to anti-heroes whom went against type but were heroes at the end of the day. Drunken Master (1978), Hard Boiled (1992) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) are 3 films which speak to the evolution of Chinese cinema in ...

Reflection on Doyle’s use of disguise in his Sherlock Holmes series of stories for this academic exercise focuses on an analysis of “The Man with the Twisted Lip.” Within the following discourse, the analysis provides subjective views on the function of disguise as intended by the author for story development. Further, to the ensuing analysis exploration of the result of disguise as a literary operation in this story draws on a comparison of the Holmes’ and St. Claire use of physical alterations as a means of deception emerges, in part, as a less than subtle statement about Doyle’s contemporary view of ...

Matthew Barney: No Restraint (2006) The documentary narrates the journey of the crew of Nisshin Maru, a Japanese whaling ship, on a whaling expedition that takes months in the open sea. Barney and Bjork are dressed in traditional Japanese attire while riding in the shipping expedition. Barney is an alumnus of Yale University where he was recruited as an athlete to play football. Initially, is intentions were towards a career in medicine. Nonetheless, he graduated with a degree in arts. While Barney was an artist by profession, he did not necessarily earn his living from his artistic pieces. He had a day job ...

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William Blake, the famous English romantic lyrical poet, wrote this musical poem, “ The Lamb”, which was published in his book “Songs of Innocence and Experience.” It is simple in style but a metaphorical poem with allusions to the Bible.

Introduction William Blake, a romantic poet of the late 18th century, published the poem “ The Lamb” in his poetic collection called the “Songs of Innocence and Experience (Blake, 1789)⁠.” There is an air of innocence in the poem as the speaker asks a little lamb about its creator. This short poem is notable because of its lyrical style and its musical intonation. ...

According to the Word of Faith Christian Fellowship there are a few notable differences (but as well as similarities) between the Gospels of Mathew and John. The two are also believed to account to the different portrayals of death and crucifixion of Jesus. The difference is found in terms of not only the manner of how the two presented the events but in other aspects as well. On the other hand, the similarity between the two is found in the Old Testament references they made. It was mentioned that Mathew is the lone evangelist who shared the story of Magi ...

I Am Legend is a movie directed by Francis Lawrence in 2007. The producers of the movie include Moritz, Goldsman, Lassiter, and Heyman. The movie bases on the horror fiction novel by Richard Matheson in 1954. The novel illustrates the development of the zombie genre to popularize a worldwide plague. The novel adapts the film The Omega Man in 1971, Last Man on Earth in 1964, and I Am Legend production in 2007. Some of the casts in the movie include Will Smith, who represents Dr. Robert Neville, Alice Braga who plays the role of Anna, and Willow who represent Marley ...

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” is a story of a man and his love for science and his wife, Georgiana. Aylmer, a chemist, has given up his scientific studies to win the heart of a woman he loved. At one stage, the birthmark on his wife’s face disturbs him “as being a sign of earthly imperfection” (7). According to him, she becomes an imperfect thing. While trying to remove her mark by using chemical, she dies. His desire to win both love ends up in the rivalry that ruins his life. This story is the best example of Girard’s mimetic desire, which ...

English 1101

Still I Rise by Maya Angelou During my Africa Studies, I found a poem that made me do a research on its author. The poem is called Still I Rise, and it is written by Maya Angelou. This woman turned out to have a complicated life journey, but it didn’t prevent her from making an invaluable contribution to the civil rights’ movement of the African Americans. Marguerite Ann Johnson, which is her real name, was born in 1928, and in her born days, she has published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books of poetry. It’s hard ...

Since time immemorial, people have been generating strong figures to look up to. These physically powerful figures are known as heroes. The presentation of these heroes in traditional mythological heroes is very different with that of modern day fictional hero stories. However, these heroes are created in related ways. They have to protect those in danger, despite the challenges they face. In classical mythological hero stories, the heroes are presented as infallible and set apart from the community. The heroes are expected to be in aid of the people in time of distress and fight the enemies on their behalf. ...

Introduction

Andrea Palladio is one of the world’s most influential architects. His ideas, known as Palladianism, may be seen in numerous buildings in the world which are styled neo-classically. For example, in Washington, the Capitol, Whitehouse and the John A. Wilson building embody Palladio’s style and motifs. He was born in Padua, Venice in 1508 and became the apprentice to a stone cutter at the age of 13 before fleeing to Vicenza. He became an assistant in the Vicenza masons guild. While at Vicenza, he met Giangiorgio Trissino, an amateur architect, who took care of him. Palladio also worked ...

Macbeth is one of the plays written by Shakespeare that is set in Scotland. The play is a tragedy that shows the political and psychological effect when evil mechanisms are employed to achieve political ambitions. There are several motifs in the play; they include weather and blood among others. This essay evaluates the money in which the motif of blood is employed in the play. The major idea in the play is the killing of King Duncan that occurs in the second scene. In the scene, Kind Duncan yells “What bloody man is that?” (Shakespeare I, ii, 1). This ...