Elegance

In his 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne explores the turbulent effects of sin and guilt in a seventeenth-century Puritan society. The story begins and ends on the town's scaffold, first with Hester Prynne standing before the crowd, so young but already burdened with the life sentence of wearing a scarlet “A” for adultery. She holds her child, who is more a complicated symbol of an act of sin, than a familiar comfort. In the crowd stands her lover and her betrayed husband, whose…

You were taking your usual Sunday walk in your area's grassy plains. Suddenly, a swift bird glides high above you. It's a falcon. Its identity is revealed by its size and shape as it soars across the blue sky. Once the falcon reaches a certain point over the nearby lake, it tucks in its wings and drops down towards a flock of ducks. The ducks take notice of the falcon and begin to scatter. However, for one of the ducks, it was too late as the falcon pierces the duck's flesh with its razor-sharp…

on them. Gothic architecture also had pointed archways. This design also helped to distribute the weight of the stone walls. Another design was the vaulted ceilings. This allowed ceilings to be taller than before and to show height, grandeur, and elegance. The vaulted ceiling used the pointed archway technology. Gothic architecture had many windows that allowed light to come in. Using the new building techniques, it emphasized light, bright windows and airy interiors, transforming castles and…

all about the combination of dressy and casual items. But sneakers don’t quite work in this scenario. Shoes are often the first part of your outfit that people notice. When you step into a smart casual scenario wearing sneakers, they cancel out the elegance of your overall look. Instead of sneakers, pack in some personality with a Chelsea boot or a double monkstrap shoe. It’s okay to forgo classic styles like the oxford or the wingtip, but don’t go too far in the other direction. Accessories…

with every piece of his identity, oppressed and privileged, and is able to create change because of it. Early in the play, readers see the effect that Prior’s AIDS has on him. He states that in an ideal world, “One wants to move through life with elegance and grace,” but instead, “One does not. One gets fucked. Over. One .. dies at thirty, robbed of … decades of majesty” (31). The first quote creates a flashbacks with Louis, Prior’s lover’s, dialogue of a one way progression towards life,…

that enforces the school uniform rule, the students aren’t allowed to wear any of their own style of clothing. This can be an improvement from the unrefined fashion that the majority of students incline to wear and set examples of sophistication and elegance in the institute. In today’s modern day school, numerous students will be wearing diverse versions of some brand of clothing, each one containing their own unique designs and usually having words with some sort of…

Winter boots, hats, sandals, tans, and the fact there is no school are the things to revel on during my winter vacation. Today winter wonderland, tomorrow sunny paradise. I can’t wait to share the conversations I have reserved for them, although transmitting the message to them is not the easiest thing do, due my poor Spanish. Speaking broken Spanish to my parents is perfectly fine, but speaking it to my Puerto Rican relatives is a whole different story. Their vocabulary and pronunciation is so…

first introduced to the reader as the bearer of the scarlet letter, a woman ridiculed to shame and humiliation over a sin she committed. Hawthorne characterizes her by describing her physical looks: “The young woman was tall, with a figure of perfect elegance on a large scale. She had dark and abundant hair, so glossy that it threw off the sunshine with a gleam” (51). Hester is portrayed through her beauty as very feminine and essentially has the complete opposite of the expected qualities that…

Johnny Walker started to product and to sell whisky in Scotland, and after few years with the arrival of Alexander at the helm of the company, in the short time it expanded to foreign markets, taking advantage of special contracts with several naval captains. The distribution was widespread and carefully curated from the beginning of the twentieth century. Johnnie Walker divided the market in 3 categories: mature , developing or emerging .In mature market it has got a strong retail power but…

Michelangelo was an extraordinary artist who contributed enormous physical and educational pieces of art to the world. Arguably one of the most spectacular pieces of art in human history was his vaulting painting, The Last Judgement, available for viewing in the Sistine Chapel. The overall process of producing this painting and Michelangelo’s personal beliefs and life were both incredibly influential throughout these 20 months. As Adrienne DeAngelis outlined in her article describing the…