Aura

all men face within their lives. Within the novel, Kurtz serves as a figurehead aboard Nellie. His advanced technology allows him to be an ivory trader with elevated status; Marlow goes as far as to deify him. This is representative of the mysterious aura that surrounds him when he arrives on Marlow’s ship. Ivory is a precious material. It is white as fresh snow…

Jessica Zhang, The West After 1492, Short Paper A Close Reading of Andrew Marvell’s “Bermudas” 17th century England was a time and place defined by a lack of consistency in its political structure. Monarchies were abolished as Parliament gained power, reflecting the inability of a single ruler to maintain power for an extended period during this era. The foundations of modernity in English politics resulted from the turmoil of this time, and politician and writer Andrew Marvell was certainly…

The dress appeared in the same collection as the also famous Vogue dresses, ultimately creating a collection in which, much like the aura of Pop Art, celebrated the mass and popular culture of that time, and even of today. The look book image featuring the Marilyn dress is powerful in conveying a feminist image. The iconic movie star Marilyn Monroe shown to be strewn across the body…

Despite Moore’s incorporation of destruction, there is also the aura of death, an example, “the turquoise sea of bodies” (16-18). The purpose of adding the darkness was to symbolize the damage done to chasm, by ignorant humans. She mixes both natural and human worlds to show that they are both equivalent in importance…

Not a single quality rendered me unique or worth remembering and the world enjoyed reminding of that. Ridicule besieged my dark, bushy hair and tall, lanky body. My horn-rimmed glasses eternally needed cleaning from a constant cycle of misplacement. However, my next-door-neighbor, Victoria comprised my only concern. Her mysterious mannerisms and windblown hair that complemented her narrow face and petite body captured the attention of every boy in the county, and I, too, unfortunately fell…

Bruno Bettelheim and Jill P. May view the illustrations of “Little Red Riding Hood” differently due to their different ways of looking at things. Bettelheim looks at the illustration through a psychoanalytic view while May observes through a critical theorist viewpoint. Since Bettelheim approaches “Little Red Riding Hood” in a psychoanalytic way, he believes the key moment is when Little Red Riding Hood is in bed with the wolf. Bettelheim looks at the fairy tale through a psychoanalytic view…

In the passage presented from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald presents the ditsy but bright Daisy and the naïve but ambitious Gatsby as an unlikely pair, mutually falling to destruction from their own superficial infatuation with each other. Gatsby’s counterfeit wealth and façade of leisurely composure aide in bringing out Daisy’s shallow love for Gatsby. In illuminating this contrast between the two characters, Fitzgerald utilizes weather imagery as well as the symbolism of…

In writing the Sea Wolf, Jack London attempted to display the shortcomings of postmodernism and postmodernism's eventual societal dominance by pitting it against a form of humanism. The two worldviews, represented in the characters of Wolf Larsen and Humphrey van Weyden, were in a constant battle throughout the book starting from the time that Van Weyden, a cosmic humanist, was captured by Wolf Larsen, a postmodern materialist, after Van Weyden's ship was sunk in the San Francisco Bay. During…

for each according to ability or achievement” (Adams). When the European settlers came to this country hundreds of years ago, they were desperately trying to escape the clutches of the oppressive English monarchy. The New World offered a glistening aura of hope for people wanting religious freedom or just simply a new start. The fundamentals of the American Dream are simple: to be successful and happy. Personally, I believe success isn’t measured by the money you make, but by being something…

one of the most stylish of early Renaissance artists. The Birth of Venus depicts the moment when, having emerged from the sea in a shell, Venus lands at Paphos in Cyprus. She is blown towards the shore by Zephyrus - god of the winds - and the breeze Aura, while a Hora of Spring stands on dry land poised to wrap a cloak, decorated with spring flowers, around Venus to cover her nudity. A wistful gaze under heavy eyelids lends the goddess an air of cool distance. The fine modelling and white flesh…