Lipstick

Cordelia’s current state. She is described as “a wreck. Her hair is lusterless, the flesh of her face pasty. She’s gained a lot of weight, not solid-muscled weight, but limp weight, bloated and watery. She’s gone back to the too-vivid orange-red lipstick, which turns her yellowish.” (275) Cordelia still maintains her carefree attitude, but seemingly desperate to return to how things were in the past. She knows she’s fallen, but refuses to dig herself out of this rut, and continues on to think…

The first essay we wrote was the ad analysis. For this essay we did five paragraphs analyzing an ad we had to find ourselves. After scanning through multiple magazines and seeing possible contenders, I found the perfect ad for me, Revlon’s Ultra HD Lipstick in Seventeen Magazine. This ad to me gave a clear message it wanted out for its target audience, which I saw as a strength to write this essay. Though once I received my grade for the essay I saw that my biggest writing weakness brought my…

The poem begins by stating that a girl just like any other is born just like any other with dolls, lipstick and cooking equipment. She already from birth she is molded into stereotypical female bound by society. “Then in the magic of puberty, a classmate said/ you have a big fat nose and fat legs.” (Lines 5 & 6). First of all as a girl we are bombarded…

drunk, and we could feel the house shudder as he rattled the door”(Carver 368). Carver’s fathers alcohol problem leads to another bad choice that Carver can learn from. Carver’s father cheats on his wife, “One time she found someone else;s tube of lipstick on the floorboard, along with a lacy handkerchief”(368 Carver). Carver learned to respect women from his fathers bad choices. The good and the bad both affected Staples and Carver’s lives in a positive…

On the way to her new home, it became obvious to Marjane that her friend had adapted to the European culture. When Marjane was eager about being able to be free and not have to wear a veil, her friend was talking about things like ear muffs and lipstick. At this point it became apparent how different Iran was from other European countries. She was anxious about being free and being able to make her own choices and her friend was concerned about makeup. Marjane attended a high school…

think of trend and they might give you an answer like Kylie Jenner lip challenge or twerking. Not all trends are good and many are just people trying to fit in. A new trend that has been on a steady rise is CrossFit, but this isn’t a dance or a new lipstick. CrossFit is a workout regime that has burst onto the scene in recent years. CrossFit is constantly varied functional movements performed at high intensity, basically a high intensity workout that has you constantly moving. CrossFit trending…

There seems to be a lot of direct and indirect messages at play in the ad, the messages have a way of catching the attention of the customers with the ad’s face value and subliminal messages. At times you may have made a purchase, whether it be small or big, and wondered why you bought it. In the advertising industry, it would make sense to go to some extremes to be the company that is remembered over the rest of the competition the creators of this ad seemed to have these extremes in spades.…

As I prepare to watch “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” and get comfortable, I noticed no sound when I pressed play. At first I thought that it could have been my laptop that was in mute or a malfunction on YouTube. Surprisingly I noticed that it was a silent film. I had never watched any of these movies so I automatically thought it was going to be boring and I would fall asleep during the movie. The first few minutes I was not paying too much attention because lack of interest. Silent horror film…

the gun range. She drove home in this carefree manner to represent she’s in control again. Lastly Mendes used this symbolism when Carlyon drives home to restore her power back from Lester. Carolyn is wearing this bright red dress with bright red lipstick. She is confident and determine to be back in power. While she was driving she said “I refuse to be a victim” (American Beauty). Meaning she will not settle to be someone who’s not in power. Mendes purpose use the color red to represent the…

In the 21st Century, we are continuously bombarded with countless advertisement. These modern ads, however, differ from our grandparents’ ads that were crystal and to the point. In this extreme capitalist era, advertisers have grown more cunning in the way they influence our emotions and understanding of the world. These modern ads have their explicit meaning for everyone to see and understand: to buy such products for such reasons. However, a much deeper implicit meaning is engraved in in our…