Complexion

a lame animal; a dog that has been run down by a car to be exact. She carries herself in a hunchback posture: her head slumped down, her eyes focused on the ground, and her feet scooting or dragging through the ground. Dee perhaps has a lighter complexion than that of her sister. She has nicer hair and a fuller figure. Dee is one that has been spoiled by the world around, and it is because of this that she is more open to opportunities that lead her into a realm of curiosity, which opens the…

Chaucer overtly feminizes him by primarily identifying his hair and complexion in describing his look: “Crul was his heer, and as the gold it shoon/ … / His rode was reed, his eyen greye as a goos” (3314, 3317). Unlike the ideal masculine character, these attributes provide no physical strength through which he can impose…

beautiful features to its grotesque ones, her language creates an appalling creature. She states, “…these luxuriances only formed more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost the same color as the dun-white sockets, his shriveled complexion and straight black lips.” Shelley’s syntax reveals the extremity of disgust Frankenstein feels by crafting an abstract image. In addition, Shelley exhibits that the ‘luxuriances’ of having lustrous black hair and white…

explained, “their complexions too differing so much from ours, their long hair, and the language they spoke, united to confirm me in this belief” (Course Reader 52). In this statement by Equiano, he expressed his feelings about being out of his comfort zone after being kidnapped due to his personal comparison of his physical appearance compared to the white men and the fact that he did not even speak their language. He even felt more out of place when he saw that only people of his complexion…

tidal wave of product advertisements promising her lighter, brighter skin. Creams, lotions, toners, washes, makeup... All of them are marketing to her insecurities. She looks at the airbrushed models on the posters and sighs, jealous of their milky complexions. Her stomach in knots, she glances down at her tanned arms and realizes that she had gone outside without sunscreen that day. Her mother was always warning her not to get too dark. “If you’re light, it’ll be easier to find a job when…

“Fall of the House of Usher” gothic elements In the fictional story, “Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe, Poe creates an atmosphere that is uncomforting and does so by using gothic elements. He employed the theme, that not everything is what you believe it is. In doing so he created a story that could leave the reader confused on what is going on right then and there in the story. Through specific gothic elements, Poe successfully creates a suspenseful mood in his short story.…

notice how the toys are divided. In one of the aisles you see toys such as ‘The Projects’ Building set, and ‘Housekeeper’ dress up kit which includes dolls with darker complexion. You then go to the next aisle that has “Billion Dollar Ken” doll and “Future Architect” building set whose advertisement displays children with lighter complexion. In 2012 The New York Times presented a similar scenario (Sweet, 2012), in which they posed the question that if toys were marketed based on race and…

a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips.” (Shelley, chapter 5) The creator rejected his creation but this monster can feel and think, “He has an innate desire for knowledge, a capacity to learn, and feelings of right and wrong.”(Malchow, part 2, paragraph 6)…

woman names Mrs. Dixon. In his eyes, he thinks he needs to marry her to lighten the race so that the mixed race group of people can integrate into the white society and gain equality. He says that he is not prejudice against blacks with darker complexions but he considers the mixed blood blacks to be unique. The beginning of Chestnutt’s story exemplifies what Dubois wrote. The “elite” African Americans in Chesnutt’s story wanted to be as close to white as possible so that they could assimilate…

Creatures of the Night From feared creatures of the night to romantically misunderstood, vampires have been a widely popular character in modern fiction. The characteristics have changed to a less frightening monster who is tormented with living for eternity versus the blood thirsty creature who haunts the dark and empty streets for unsuspecting victims. Vampire myths were part of European civilization since the Dark Ages. Science was a new concept and everyone turned to religion or the…