Elegance

In stark contrast to Blood of a Poet, Horse Feathers is a simple and direct comedy that uses a great combination of both visual and verbal gags to entertain the audience. This film is a great example of how both sight gags and verbal jokes can capitalize off one another. In every scene of the film, there are visual gags, such as when Pinky (Harpo Marx) cuts the cards, when Professor Wagstaff (Groucho Marx) is visiting Connie (Thelma Todd) and keeps leaving the room and returning, and when…

¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ In Marigolds, Lizabeth is a spritely and curious girl who was oblivious to her own strife until one night when she looked at the world realistically for the first time. She was born into a town ridden by poverty, but during the Great Depression, she realized the world thrived on negativity and positivity. Firstly, Lizabeth had always loved playing in the heat and didn’t mind the dust. She thoroughly enjoyed pulling pranks on her neighbor, Miss Lottie, with her friends…

flap of the pyramid. Use plenty of tape to secure the flaps in place while they dry. Paint Once dried, remove the tape and decorate! Metallic craft paints work great for this project. They make the cardboard look like shiney and add a touch of elegance to a simple materials. Make stripes, dots, stars or anything you like. None one will know that they are made of…

In his novel As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner makes use of multiple points’ views. The novel is written from the point of view of fifteen characters, seven of which are members of the Bundren family and the other eight are just friends to the family. Each narrator in the story helps to shape and portray the story from different views at different moments. By including the voices of members of the Bundren family Faulkner address each member’s reaction and deals with the death of Addie Bundren.…

Morrison’s novel, The Bluest Eye, exhibits the effects that America’s idealization of beauty has on a young black child during the early 1940’s. Throughout the novel, it is explicit that Eurocentric features are perceived as the epitome of beauty and elegance. Being white means that you are automatically superior to any other race. Consequently, this results in the crucial insanity of Pecola Breedlove; the ultimate victim of the novel. She is utterly obsessed with the need to somehow acquire…

Manhattan sophistication and class. Her fashion inspiration, comes from the hit TV show, Gossip Girl, that follows the life of young socialites living in the Upper East Side. Wahl adores the main characters’, Blair Waldorf’s style. The combination of elegance and class, is one Wahl strives for. The best store for this look she claims is Banana Republic. It houses a good amount of sleek and fancy clothing, which is still wearable on a daily basis. Like many fashionistas, Wahl looks to clothing…

curtains, lights, candles, and real trees. Kate Smith, a color expect states that “The color white projects purity, cleanliness, and […] a white picket fence surrounds a safe and happy home” (Smith 1). In addition, the color white can also symbolize elegance, which ties to the romance element the production designer was going for. On the other hand, light brown according to Smith symbolizes “[…] stability, reliability, and approachability” (Smith 1). In the western cultures the color white and…

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Plastic Flamingo I Amid the orange resin flower-pot The one object that did not belong Was the pink plastic flamingo II I stared into the eyes Of the pink plastic flamingo And she blankly stared back She had no emotions. III Her eyes could never shut. The pink plastic flamingo could never sleep. IV The lush lawn Was where she belonged The classroom Is her prison V The pink plastic flamingo’s legs are rigid. Her legs are numb. No matter what the…

The series of dances and songs they created were inspired by the voodoo classics, Haitian history, poetry and legend. Their performances integrate the elegance of French people and the mystique of Africa. Not only the charms they have, but also the performing experiences. This Haiti dance group had ever performed in over ten countries, such as the United States, Canada, French, Germany, Swiss, etc. Moreover…

Gallegos examines Campbell and Bourdieu’s respective theories of taste at the beginning of her article. Bourdieu discussed taste regarding social hierarchy and class division – Gallegos utilizes Coveney (1996, p.50), who argued that cuisine is about “positioning people in accordance with their class expectations and their collective consciousness”. Campbell saw taste as a reflection of the psychological; hedonism defines modern consumption, created by longings for pleasures via daydreaming.…