Physiognomy

appeal to the magistrate, he gave me his earnest attention and appeared attentive. “I will do all that the law provides within my power to deliver your family from this supernatural curse,” the magistrate pledged. However, his brow furrowed and his physiognomy wrinkled into an inquisitive smirk. “I beg you, what is your name?” “Ernest Frankenstein,” I answered back in my calmest voice. With this, the magistrate’s former empathy and kindness vanished. He erupted into an unsettling fit of…

from everyone else in their ‘average group of people.’ Throughout my lifetime I can personally tell you of multiple experiences that would lead me to believe that the former statement is true. “That accent would be heard in our pigmentation, our physiognomy, our names. We are in short the other.” Our otherness isn 't defined by how we “pretend to be” no matter how how anyone tries to be anything else their color, race, language, or even preferences can cause what is known as otherness. Madrid…

Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) is a standout amongst the most interesting identities ever. Prepared in Florence as a painter and stone carver in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio (1435–1488), Leonardo is additionally celebrated for his experimental commitments. Leonardo 's interest and unquenchable yearn for learning never left him. He was continually watching, testing, and designing, and drawing was, for him, an apparatus for recording his examination of nature. Albeit finished works by…

Torso of Dionysos or Apollo is a freestanding marble sculpture depicting a nude male god and is currently on display at the Ackland Art Museum. An unidentified artist sculpted the work during the Roman Imperial period in the 2nd century CE, evoking a 4th century BCE Greek style. True to its name, Torso of Dionysos or Apollo is only a fragment of the original sculpture that depicted either Dionysos or Apollo. However, the work lacks enough distinguishing characteristics to accurately determine…

In the novel The Scarlet Letter, the all-knowing narrator provides numerous examinations of the main character, Hester Prynne, and addresses the reader’s questions about her motivation to stay in Boston after receiving her punishment in the statement, “But there is a fatality, a feeling so irresistible and inevitable that it has the force of doom, which almost invariably compels human beings to linger around and haunt, ghost-like, the spot where some great and marked event has given the color to…

Inner Beauty The Puritans of the colonial time became notorious for their strict religious virtues. They interpreted various events and objects as satanic or malicious. Their society condemned those who did not share their beliefs, and believed that a select few were predestined to live in heaven after death. The Puritans followed the custom of devoting their lives to God because there was a chance that any of them were already chosen for salvation. Hawthorne loathed their oppressive principles…

Criminal behavior has been observed, evaluated and researched for many years. Some analysts have come up with theories to provide insight into why and how people are influenced to commit crimes. Some of those theories include the biological, sociological, and psychological theories of crime. These theories bring an explanation on why humans may commit criminal activity, and what specific influences have an effect on them. To understand what these theories are, and how humans are affected by…

“Good” versus “evil” is a dichotomy examined time and time again throughout literature. This contrast can be presented obviously in fairytales, however, when the juxtaposition builds subtly throughout a novel, it inspires a different type of dissection. However, each occurrence of this juxtaposition presents a conundrum. Who has the qualifications to make a statement on what is good and what is bad? However the fact of the matter comes down to this: the concept of good versus evil is elusive as…

Written Task 1 Jane Eyre Rationale I have decided to write my Written Task 1 as a diary based on the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. Born on 1816, Charlotte was one of the many Brontë sisters. She was raised by her stern religious grandparents due to the death of her mother and eldest siblings. She then attended a clergy institute. Following this, she earned a living as a governess and a writer and soon after published the highly-critiqued novel ‘Jane Eyre’ in 1847 under the pseudonym…

Most importantly, the early Puritan societies believed in physiognomy, a theory that the personality or character of a person can be assessed from one’s external appearance. By comparing the outer appearance of these Puritans with hardness and iron, Hawthorne is implying that the Puritans have a cold and harsh nature…