Ariadne

by Pablo Picasso in 1936. This work is in the center of Gallery 901 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This painting a medium size work which is 39 7/8 x 36 3/4 inch. And, there are two other works on the each side of The Dreamer. The left one is “Ariadne” by Giorgio de Chirico in 1913, and the right one is “Woman Asleep at the Table” by Pablo Picasso in 1936. All three paintings have the similar subject matter; person lays on the ground or a table. However, the other two have some sense of…

Ares Ares was the son of Zeus and Hera and the god of war. He was a violent god that enjoyed the chaos and bloodshed of war. He was one of the most disliked gods, even by his own parents. Ares lacked morals and unlike Athena, was more interested in destruction instead of the strategy and justice of war. He is often pictured in armor, with a shield and sword/spear and was known for his fearsome war cry. Ares often lost battles because he was always easily outwitted, but that didn’t stop this…

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Jealousy In the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare, jealousy is presented in two different ways: through friendship and romance. A friendship that involves jealousy is Hermia and Helena’s. At the same time, jealousy, in regards to romance, is seen in Titania and Oberon’s relationship. Jealousy is a strong emotion that leads to desperation, insecurity, and conflict in their relationships through revengeful actions. The insecurity caused by…

"The course of genuine romance never ran smooth," remarks Lysander of adoration's complexities in a trade with Hermia (Shakespeare I.i.136). In spite of the fact that the play A Midsummer Night's Dream absolutely manages the trouble of sentiment, it isn't viewed as a genuine romance story like Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare, as he unfurls the story, deliberately separates the gathering of people from the feelings of the characters so he can personification the anguish and weights persevered by…

K. Kwon Moon, Shin II, and Michael Stefanone. July 2015 "Unspeaking on Facebook? Testing network effects on self-censorship of political expressions in social network sites." In this Article K. Kwon, Shin-Il Moon, Michael Stefanone Explores social networking by predicting users behavior to censor their political expression known as Willingness to self-censor political expression (WTSC). The spiral of silence theory is applied to this study. The Spiral of silence theory refers to the tendency of…

Intro - what/history - how, when, who, examples/chosen film Surrealism is an artistic cinema style that purposely deviates from traditional, Hollywood-style film conventions. Originally a literary movement, surrealism was first introduced to cinema in the 1920s by filmmakers André Breton, Salvador Dali and Luis Buñuel. Early filmmaking was often experimental, with directors and producers exploring the technical processes of mise en scène, narratives and post-production alterations. Surrealist…

thou thus for shame, Titania, / Knowing I know thy love to Theseus? Glance at my credit with Hippolyta, / Didst thou not lead him through the glimmering night / From Perigouna, whom he ravishèd? / And make him with fair Ægles break his faith, / With Ariadne and Antiopa” (2.1.3). Both characters seem unable to speak about their desires in an adult manner, leading to jealousy and distrust. Oberon also has the flaw of only showing affection to Titania under certain conditions should he get what…

Shared dreaming allows one to get inside of another’s mind unlocking thoughts from deep within, stealing information that one would not release in reality, this is called extraction. Dom Cobb is a spy who specializes in this exact thing. He is a thief of intangible things, he is a thief of ideas, secrets, and other various thoughts enclosed within the human mind. In the movie Inception, Cobb finds himself on the run for a murder he may or may not have committed, longing to see his children’s…

How do mythological allusions in Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves establish the novel’s setting of the house on Ash Tree Lane? Introduction Literature has, since its conception, maintained a close relationship with religion and mythology – not only through religious texts and mythical canon. Much prose and poetry embrace the use of allusions: textual references to other works or bodies, and these references serve to better elaborate a part of the text and/or connect the reader to the text…