Costume

In the musical, Sister Act, the costumes enhanced the musical and gave valuable information about characters and scenes. Costumes help the audience understand characteristics of characters. To start, the main character, Deloris Van Cartier, wore different costumes during different scenes which gave the audience information about the plot. At the beginning of the musical, Deloris wore a glittery, short, fancy dress because she performed onstage as a dancer. This gave the audience information on…

October 31st was the start of it all. It was the Halloween I will never forget for as long as I live. My crazy experience started with one abandoned house on a street known as Ravine Avenue in Hasbrouck Heights. It was the most beautiful Halloween that ever comes across my mind with the beautiful colors of the leaves falling, the cool breeze, and the rustling sounds of the winds. The air was crisp when we arrived at 329 Ravine Ave and entered what was known as the “Death Trap of Hasbrouck…

Do you think The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween or Christmas movie? I think this movie is a Halloween movie. This essay with persuade the reader that The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween movie because most characters are Halloween based, the main setting is in Halloweentown, and Christmas gets ruined. First, I will discuss how majority of the characters are Halloween. The main characters are Halloween based, along with the protagonist, and the antagonist. They are all like…

This shirt originated from Sancti Spiritus, Cuba and used to be called the Guayabana. The Guayabera stopped being produced in Cuba due to their economy and continued in Merida, Yacatan. The Guayabera shirt was so popular that even Luis Echeverría Álvarez, President of Mexico from 1970 to 1976, instituted it as one of his official pieces of clothing (Mentado, “El verdadero origen de la Guayabera”, Par. 4). The "huipil" is a traditional, square-cut blouse that is hand-woven and heavily decorated…

Day of the Dead and Halloween are both very similar but different holidays. Although, based on most of the information and background knowledge I know about both holidays I believe they are more different than similar. I believe the holidays are more different than similar because they express two completely different reasons for being celebrated. The first topic that shares either a similarity and difference for both holidays is the variety and types of food that are being offered and handed…

People who in modern society identify as "witches" are people who carry on the tradition of folk magic. It is not a religion or belief system per se; it is a practice and is either highly individualized or built on practices that are handed down in an hereditary lineage. Despite the myth about witches and Halloween, there is not necessarily a de facto connection between the two. However, many but not all, modern witches are also neopagans. Neopagans recognize and celebrate Halloween as…

Halloween is an exciting time of the year. Many people like to make their own decorations instead of buying them. Do-it-yourself decorations give you a chance to show off your creative side. Below is a list of some of the do-it-yourself decorations that you can make yourself: Glowing Eyes You can make glowing eyes using glowsticks and toilet paper rolls. You can hide the glowing eyes in trees, bushes and shrubs. The glowing eyes make a nice decoration for the trick or treaters that will be…

Halloween may be a sugar-filled bonanza for youngsters – according to the National Retail Federation, Americans spend an eye-popping $2.2 billion on Halloween candy each year – but an inventive brother-and-sister-in-law duo have created a new way to encourage kids to give up some of their candy stash in favor of treats less likely to lead to a painful visit to the dentist’s chair. The Switch Witch, created by Massachusetts ice cream shop owner Rob Bouley and his sister-in-law Lara[?], is an…

Each year, Americans spend over $3.9 billion on candy during Halloween, with each trick-or-treater receiving an average of 250 pieces of sweet treats during the night. Candy wasn't always given out on Halloween, however. Children today may be surprised how trick-or-treating has changed throughout the years. Early Halloween Treats During the Medieval time period through the 1930s, England children would go door-to-door on Halloween offering prayers for the souls of the household in exchange for…

Halloween and Day of the Dead are thought to be similar because they’re around the same time of year, but when you look closer, the two holidays are very different. The Day of the Dead celebrates dead relatives while Halloween celebrates the end of summer. The first difference is that the Day of the Dead celebrates dead relatives; anyone who celebrates Day of the Dead sets up a shrine for their dead relative (or relatives) so that their spirit can find it’s way back to their family.…