Formalism

Formalism The short stories Pilon, Hills Like White Elephants and The Sleepover all focus on the relationships of females to males in various stages of life. By analyzing similarities and differences of the setting, characters and symbols from a formalist standpoint, one can conclude that formalism is able to accurately convey the struggle women face throughout their lives. The setting of the three stories serves to emphasize the tone of the passages. Both Hills Like White Elephants and…

Introduction Legal formalism is a belief, in the capacity of legal rules, to determine the outcomes to legal disputes without having recourse to the judge’s political beliefs or sense of fairness. Formalism posits that judicial interpreters can and should be tightly constrained by the objectively determinable meaning of a statute; if unelected judges exercise much discretion in these cases, democratic governance is threatened. Legal-formalist have been severely criticised by, among others,…

their views to the audience. These film styles can be defined as political, economical and social representation of the director’s point of view. The film making styles can also have an effect on the audience’s perception of the movie. Realism and formalism are to major styles of film making that is used by most of the directors to present their work. Director’s use of different camera angles, camera lenses and settings represents their style of filmmaking. Realism in a movie…

it shows the characteristics of formalism in the painting. One form of formalism is line. In this painting, Andromache Mourning Hector, the line is horizontal for the most part of this piece. The reasoning is because the bed is horizontal, along with the man’s…

Menarche within secular America is commonly understood as a time of transition and transformation. Colloquial understandings perpetuate that menarche, due to its biological indication of fertility, is the age of transition from girlhood to womanhood. Menarche, then becomes a time of social tension, possibly even crisis, which in many other cultures, communities and contexts necessitates ritual. But the time of menarche in America appears to be ritual-less. Yet, our actions, texts, and…

Utilitarianism is the moral aspect of what someone is doing and how their emotions are going to be related to the outcome of the situation. With utilitarianism you want to have the best outcome for the largest group of people that you can. This is an example of the teleological system because the outcome is going to be natural and is going to benefit the greatest number of people. A really good example of utilitarianism is the placement of CFC on daily used household products. This allows people…

today's society, as individuals have tended be good character by doing the right thing in their decision making. Ethical Formalism has showed important aspect in our society because of the development of good will among individuals. Many individuals have different ways of acting in society where they have different views and intentions. Today's society is part of the Ethical formalism because it allows and understand morals where it addresses how to act in situations where to make the best…

Cézanne once said, “Monet is only an eye, but good God, what an eye.” Post-Impressionism is a clear continuation of Impressionism whereby it borrowed many of the techniques from Impressionism but added more formalism and emotion to the works while not being as concerned with the effects of light. I would like to now compare Claude Monet's 1879 painting Vétheuil in the Fog, as an example of Impressionism, and Paul Cézanne's 1904 painting Le Château Noir, as an example of post-Impressionism, to…

experiences throughout her life, Emily deals with her pain by residing in a world filled with sorrow and depression. Unfortunately, not being able to overcome her life circumstances, Emily becomes a murderer long in the making. Psychological criticism and formalism can be applied to this short story as Faulkner reveals the mystery behind Emily Grierson. Looking first at psychological criticism, Freud’s idea of the unconscious mind can be applied to better understand Emily’s character. Freud…

A Baptism in Blood: Formalism in the Final Scene of The Godfather The climactic baptism scene in The Godfather showcases the moral struggle the protagonist Michael Corleone faces throughout the film, cinematically opposing the two sides of his personality through formalism. The scene, in particular, uses the two different senses of the word ‘Godfather’ which the film has created to structure the two contents of this scene. The directly opposing but also weaving together the two events that…