Glass transition

As a young girl growing up in NYC when I first was afforded the opportunity to see this cathedral I remember thinking how massive and overwhelming this building was, especially when entering through ornately carved archways, massive portals which measure 18 feet high, six feet wide, and weighs three tons and, under the watchful eyes of Jesus Christ. Over the years, because this structure is a part of the neighborhood panorama, the beauty of the structure promotes a sense of the purity and…

about his disability and what different individuals think about it. He once said, “The world worries about disability more than disabled people do.” In this he is saying that people think more about his disability than he does. This can be seen in The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, when Amanda tells Laura not to talk about her disabled leg and when she says that Laura needs a gentlemen caller to take care of her. In this book the main characters Tom, Amanda and Laura live together in an…

Prompt #8 The Glass Menagerie 1. How do economic circumstances affect the actions of Tom, Laura, and Amanda? Tom: The way economic circumstances affected Tom is that he seems to be the only two of the three member in the family to earn money. It is clear that they’re not in a great financial situation and Tom is doing what he can to earn money in a shoe factory. However, you can tell that Tom is not happy being in the shoe factory. When he seems to be home, he always look so tired and just…

In The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams gives the name “Wingfield” to the main characters, implying a symbolic idea, also presented through an abundance of bird references throughout the acts. These allusions are used to distinguish internal and external conflicts of each character, as well as their traits and futures. Each character has unique traits that are expressed through references to the avian. Through allusions to the bird, Tom allows us to characterize his mother, Amanda. On…

There are many characteristics that help identify a structure as Gothic. Tall pointed archways, ribbed vaults, flying buttresses, and stained-glass windows are just a few. These characteristics came from wanting to make the buildings taller and more noticeable. Notre Dame de Paris is more than seven hundred years old and it is the only most recent of holy houses to occupy ancient sacred ground. Notre Dame de Paris is the worlds ambassador of gothic cathedrals. This cathedral was finished in 1250…

Our group’s version of the glass menagerie is set in the 1940s, the time it was originally created to be set in. However, our director, Allison, offered up the idea of taking a more liberal approach to the costume designs. She also wanted to put a modern spin on all aspects of the show (costuming included). In order to dress Amanda in a way that would fit this vision, I made her clothes classy, elegant, and a tad revealing, albeit cheaply made. All of her outfits are the less expensive…

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…

Back to the Future was released on July 3, 1985 starting Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly and Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown. In this movie Doc Brown invents a time machine out of a car. While visiting Doc in a mall parking lot so Doc can show off his latest invention Marty accidently time travels back to 1955. Here he meets his young parents Lorraine McFly (Lea Thompson) and George McFly (Crispin Glover). While is 1955 things begin to change when his mother starts to fall in love with him and not…

The Cathedral of St. Paul, designed in 1905 by Emmanuel Louis Masqueray, at the time was referred to as “a modern building” (Cathedral of St. Paul, n.d.). It was designed in the Beaux Arts style popularized between 1893-1929, considered a “revival style” and characterized by heavy ornamentation, large features and “heavy masonry”. Roman arches and columns are often used in this style (Architectural Styles.org, n.d.) That style can be seen in the arches, domes, symmetry and lines. One of the…

In this excerpt from the memoir, The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls creates a somber tone towards the town of Welch. Jeannette develops this tone through the use of repetition and word choice. The word choice throughout this excerpt is always heavy-hearted and gloomy. Jeannette's purpose is to portray the town in a horrid way to show that this was the turning point in her life when she lost her purity and began to see the world in reality. Jeannette Walls suggests repetition when she…