Everything Is Illuminated

“The Conscience of the Court”: How Hurston Reveals Racism through Word Choice Zora Neale Hurston’s “The Conscience of the Court” explores a court case in which an African-American maid was accused of almost beating a man to death for seemingly no reason. This short story allows Laura Lee Kimble to explain her side of the story. Though she is far less educated than the people of the court, Laura Lee is able to explain the event in great detail. Throughout this story, Hurston utilizes the…

I. Advantages of a CCD camera over a tube camera The introduction of CCD cameras was a significant step for cinematography in terms of video actually transforming into a medium through which excellent pictures could be created. Until the introduction of CCD cameras, tube cameras were the primary means of capturing images on video cameras. They had a number of problems associated with them, and it was only the introduction of the CCD camera that first addressed most of these issues. A. CCD's…

you look up at the Skyspace I, you would just see a “suspended” cube. In reality, it is a combination of two flat panels of “projected light.” There is also a brightly colored rectangle hanging in front of the wall that is actually just an “illuminated depression in the space.” A black square is hanging on the ceiling which is a “portal to the sky.” Turrell uses all of these interesting shapes and light techniques because he likes the way light gives way to perception. This is something…

When I first read Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” I was both surprised and intrigued. Although her husband was not cruel, and she “would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her” (13), she still “bespoke repression” (8). In a male dominant society, release from her patriarch was an immense relief and Louise could finally be “free! Body and soul free” (16). At first, it may be confusing to why Louise experiences such…

The Architectural Fantasy by Hubert Robert was painted during a period of time in France that was very pivotal. Painted within 20 years of the fall of the French monarchy during the rise of Napoleon, Architectural Fantasy reflects the former works of Hubert Robert while also depicting a slight change in subject matter. Although the painting is of a building, it evokes qualities of a landscape painting with its broad views. Romantic paintings from this era were defined by their use of light and…

and rather dry, lineages that are present in Genesis are put in between longer biblical stories and serve as a tool for relating stories together, as well as providing a timeline for the events in Genesis. These lineages are rarely addressed in illuminated manuscripts of the old testament, except in the Old English Hexateuch, also known as Claudius B.iv. While this text is mostly famous for its unfinished miniatures in both the Winchester School style and the Rheims style, Claudius B.iv is also…

into his arms carrying him to the guest’s room. Now Pierre’s room. Giving one last look at the boy the man’s expression grew in sorrow. “Only if his mother and father were here today. Things could be so much easier for the lad.” Nightlight illuminated the earth, the young boy capturing its elusive glow was laid to…

The romantic period was a time of unprecedented change, widely known for its expression of transformative ideas, varied perspectives and exploration of meaning. It is this amalgamation of radical multifarious viewpoints that have endured and remained poignant both on intellectual and emotional levels. The reactionary nature of the movement itself characterized a set of antithetical values to the preceding age of reason. Logic and rationality gave way to imagination, an individuals search for…

this sub-field, three theories that try to answer these questions are Utilitarianism proposed by John Stuart Mill, Virtue Ethics proposed by Aristotle, and Deontology proposed by Immanuel Kant. The differences between these three theories will be illuminated by way of references to media and pop culture, as well as scholarly…

signal me if you see anything.” “Right. I’ll hoot like a barn owl three times and screech like a hawk twice.” “Nice,” I said, carefully edging up to one of the castle windows and peering through. Inside, under a cobwebbed chandelier, was a room illuminated by greenish light and filled with wart covered goblins who were standing next to a fire, snickering. Then I saw that the main doorway was guarded on the inside by two fifteen-foot cyclops wearing short, leopard-spotted sarongs. I crept back…