Interpretation

Painting with a Meaning People have claimed time and time again that a picture is worth a thousand words. These words don’t always slip right off the tongue because the piece may have been created to cause debate, help strive for social justice, is just based on a taboo subject that most people choose to ignore and forget about, or, if it’s abstract art, is created with the intent of inflicting certain thoughts and emotions from a viewer, which is just code for made up of the artist’s lack…

If someone was making a movie about the Little Rock Nine, they should be sure to include the pictures of, Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryant, the Little Rock Nine being stopped by the guards, and The mob surrounding Elizabeth Eckford as she sat on the bench would be the third image. These pictures also go along with the song, Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me around by The Roots. The first picture that was chosen features Elizabeth Eckford walking to school, with Hazel Bryant close behind while…

Hester Prynne is unlike any other woman back in the 1650 's. She had to shamefully wear a scarlet "A" on her chest, that she sewed herself. Back in the day women were supposed to only take orders from the men of the house. Women were to cook, clean, and take care of their husbands. In the village where Hester lived she had done quite the opposite. Hester Prynne committed one of the worst crimes possible back in those days. She had an affair with a well known man and even carried his child. In…

Many accounts regarding The Boston Massacre support Samuel Drowne’s interpretation of this event. Samuel Drowne claims he saw a person on the Custom-House balcony holding something that looked like a gun, moments later he saw the gun flash. After shots were fired, the unknown man went back inside, stooping and Drowne then saw a flash from another window. While the shooting in the house was going on, below soldiers were firing in to the crowd in random directions, killing 5 people. Drowne then…

1) Explain why the author uses Demian for this interpretation of the story Cain and how does it reflect on Sinclair? Answer: The author uses Demian for interpreting the story and it reflects on Emil because Demian comes out to have a strong aura on Sinclair. Demian’s conversation of the story Cain upsets Sinclair because it challenges his religious beliefs which he has never questioned or even thought of before. Demian's interpretation gives Sinclair a new viewpoint on Cain, as a man marked…

The words of Anne Boleyn have been written and shared with the world for years though many different interpretations have been written regarding her words. Some have written interpretations based off of her innocence while others base their writings on her guilt. All the interpretations have their own justifications, their own personal opinions and thoughts, none of which help to solve the mystery of whether Anne was innocent or whether she…

Young Goodman Brown is a harrowing work created in the 19th century by Nathaniel Hawthorne that details a young goodman who departs on a nightly stroll on an errand in the forest. The errand is actually attending a witches sabbath taking place deep in the wood. Accompanied by the Devil he faces the fact that many of the people he revered such as a sunday school teacher, a deacon, and even the minister are hypocrites. This leads to him becoming a misanthrope as he realizes the Puritan beliefs he…

Freud has this contradiction where he states that dreams should be tailored specifically for that one individual’s interpretation, but he then later creates his own universal interpretations in his book, The Interpretation of Dreams, to general images.This lead to more simple meanings becoming validated, and soon plenty of products claim to interpret dreams. But according to most scientists, there is evidence to conclude…

can be seen by demonstrating how my discussion posts relate to the course’s learning objectives. With learning objective 1, my discussion post regarding Timothy Sheader’s interpretation of, “Into the Woods,” shows how I have the ability to interpret plays and literacy. In my response I stated: Timothy Sheader’s interpretation of the classic, “Into the Woods,” was rather apparent even without his explanation of it in his interview. There was a clear emphasis on the music of the play, and…

There are different approaches between Bonhoeffer and Weil's interpretation of Christianity, suffering and evil. Based on Bonhoeffer approach the only way to understand evil is through the fall of mankind light. He also notes that man cannot be the respective final arbitrator of the evil and the good with only God capable to arbitrating. In reference to Christianity, Bonhoeffer noted that there are different Christian Ethics that define the mankind ways of praising God. To Bonhoeffer, a…