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The Chartres Cathedral and the Nanna Ziggurat are wonderful representatives for their geographical origins. The Chartres Cathedral, found on page 360 in the textbook, is a masterful example of Gothic architecture. The Nanna Ziggurat, found on page 324 of the textbook, is a simply designed geometric structure, created before complex architecture classifications. Both the Chartres Cathedral and Nanna Ziggurat contrast visually and structurally. While they ostensibly differ, in truth, the Chartres…

The Glass Menagerie She was an energetic and light-hearted child who was raised by a controlling, Victorian mother. Her name was Rose Williams, and her only escape from the overwhelming tensions and stress of home was time spent fantasizing, soaring paper airplanes, and creating fun memories with her beloved baby brother, Tom (Playbill, 2017). Unfortunately, there came a day when she was no longer able to evade the confining misery of her home. At the tender age of twenty-five, Rose was…

Notre Lady de Paris (Signifying 'Our Woman of Paris' in French) is a Gothic house of prayer situated in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France, It has its primary access toward the west. The Notre Broad Church with its models and recoloured glass windows demonstrate the substantial impact of naturalism, not at all like that of prior Romanesque building design. It was one of the first Gothic houses of prayer, and its development occurred all through the Gothic period. Building work…

In this passage from this memoir, The Glass Castle, Jeanette Walls explains how Welch was a place full of people who liked to fight due to the harsh nature of the town. Walls illustrates this explanation by describing the reasoning behind people’s rough attitudes in Welch, and why these attitudes evolve into fighting. Walls purpose is to show how Welch was a place of negativity and obscurity in order to justify how she and her family had to survive and live in a town like Welch. Walls claims…

Tennessee Williams’ play The Glass Menagerie analyzes the desires the Wingfield’s all individually struggle with. Although it is a memory play from Tom’s perspective, each family member has an onerous task of facing reality. Throughout their lives, they can never truly escape from the desires that destroy them. Each character’s desires are represented by different symbols in the play. The chest and the photograph of her husband symbolize Amanda’s desire to live in the past. Amanda’s present and…

you going, but in this passage Jeannette Walls conveys an idea that it’s the intangible possessions that can really keep you going. The author helps convey this idea through the use of symbolism. This is a passage from Jeannette Wall’s memoir, The Glass Castle. In this passage Jeannette Walls uses symbolism to show that it’s the intangible materials that really keep you going. When the Mom and Dad arrive at Erma’s from their trip to retrieve what they could in Phoenix the kids learn “Pretty…

In J.D. Salinger’s famous short story “A Perfect Day for Bananafish,” Seymour Glass returns from war after having experienced atrocities to a wife and a society that are materialistic and unempathetic. He feels lonely and trapped, with a wife invested in only herself and an unempathetic society. Seymour realizes that nobody in his life comprehends his struggles to adjust to a post war America because they are so focused on material objects rather than people. Seymour’s wife Muriel reveals her…

One of the most prevalent and profound themes in The Glass Castle is forgiveness. Throughout their lives Jeanette, Lori, Brian, and Maureen have all had to forgive their parents numerous times. When they forgave their parents it allowed them to all move forward and create lives that were secure and successful. Walls’ first memory creates the pattern of forgiveness that she would be forced to establish when dealing with her parents. She was cooking hot dogs by herself when she was three and was…

Nick and Franny’s DC Spy Tour Nick and Franny have been looking forward to their visit for some months. Franny has had a very hard year physically including her final surgery which has left her with limit vision in her left eye. This has affected her vision and balance. Nick is using this trip to help Franny relax from the year of surgeries and doctors. He has a developed a Spy Tour of DC to help during her recovery. They both share a love of David Baldacci novels and this visit is the…

The Glass Menagerie is a play full of symbolism, but the elements are not the only symbols in the play, the characters themselves are symbols as well. The characters in The Glass Menagerie represent Tennessee Williams himself, while the play as a whole represents his life. The characters Tom, Laura, and Amanda can be compared to Tennessee, his sister Rose, and his mother Edwina. Throughout the story, it can be seen that Tom and Tennessee suffer through the same struggles. Like Tennessee, Tom…