Dolls

It deals with archetypal theme, underlying mythical patterns, identifiable character-types, folk theatre conventions i.e. use of mask, curtains, dolls, story within story, use of images of Kali, Ganesh, Rudra etc, allegorical significance of the play are the characteristic features of the play. It was originally written in Kannada and it was persuaded by Rajinder Paul to translate the play into English…

Throughout the duration of the film Coraline, Director and creator Henry Selick, was able to create a heavily symbolic film which was able to explore multiple symbols and themes through the eyes of a young 11 year old girl named Coraline. Coraline (2009) is a stop-motion film which follows the adventures of young girl moving into a new apartment who goes by the name of Coraline. It whilst moving to this apartment where Coraline faces some issues with her parents and begins imagining life in a…

The first thing I noticed as I began approaching the aisles was that there were two aisles painted pink, two aisles painted blue, and one aisle painted green and yellow. The pink aisles screamed femininity. They were filled with fashion dolls, gaudy purses, vacuum cleaners, kitchenette sets, pink feather boas, you name it. The aisles painted blue contained, action figures, swords, wrestling belts, hammers, construction hats, Nerf™ balls, basketballs, anything asserting toughness. The last…

puppet master who prepares to the visit of the local ruler. The man speaks with his dolls, the audience and has a “dialogue” with the Sultan in the final scene. The monodrama starts with the conversation between the puppet master and his doll. The man complains about the “behavior” of his main actress and calls her grievances unfounded. “There are people in this country who have lived a life less fortunate than a doll” (“Elegy for the Fifth String” 24). The puppet master gave an example of a boy…

Rita Dove’s poem “Daystar,”(736) narrates the day of a woman that feels trapped in her lifestyle as a mother and a wife. My interpretation of the poem is that “daystar,” represents the author Rita Dove, who is expressing her personal experience as a stay at home mother and spouse. Throughout the poem the author writes how the woman feels life less caring for her child and satisfying her husband. Dove uses many literacy terms to interpret how motherhood is perceived. She uses symbolism,…

had asked to get a new doll and as per usual, my dad said yes. As I perused the aisles looking for the best doll to add to my collection, I found the Holy Grail of all dolls. When I say she was gorgeous, she was GORGEOUS; blonde hair, blue eyes, the whole ordeal. I picked her up and immediately ran to show my dad. “Look daddy! I want this one,” I shouted in my abnormally high pitched voice. He looked at the doll with a sort of sadness then asked, “why don’t you want a black doll Boop? Why do you…

The play by Henrik Ibsen A Doll House is a great play, with unexpected ending. The story of ,seams to be, a wonderful life of a family: wealthy husband Torvald, his beautiful young wife Nora , who he is madly in love with, and their three children, living “carefree life in a beautiful charming home” (1457). Helmer’s family , could easily represent a modern family. Nora, who is only worry about material things and pleasing her husband with Christmas decoration and dresses, instead of simple…

plenty of norm violations. Almost everyday I see something new. Let me begin with these two ladies who decided to come eat when I was working. I was running around, doing my job and then all of a sudden I see these two ladies walk in with a three foot doll in their arms. I thought that maybe it was for a child or they just when early Christmas shopping. I was…

Connecticut to West Virginia. Their parents were very wealthy and then their dad got laid off. They had to sell their house and move to a cheaper city. Erica and Daniel were not happy about this at all, so their mom bought Erica a doll to make up for the sudden change. She loved that doll more than she loved herself, she carried it around everywhere she went. She even named it Little Erica. When they arrived at their new home they weren’t impressed. The house was very old and worn down and was…

Throughout The Bluest Eye, “Adults, older girls, shops, magazines, newspapers, window signs—all the world had agreed that a blue-eyed, yellow-haired, pink-skinned doll was what every girl child treasured” (page 20). The characters live in an the mid-1900s where only girls with blonde-hair, blue-eyes, and white skin are considered beautiful. Throughout The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison explains that beauty is on the inside. In the novel, the influence of popular media is unveiled through the effect…