Masquerade

He kissed the scars that lay on her wrist – inflamed and raised over the rest of her skin. He still thinks she’s beautiful, no matter what they said. She is stronger than the others, well; at least that’s what everyone thinks. As she moved her arm – snaking it away from his grasp – he grabbed her hand and held it tight, intertwining his fingers through hers like an unfinished puzzle. Her gaze focused on the sand underneath her tanned, gentle feet; that seeped in between her toes. The feeling of…

gold and wonderful gold throughout it. This piece has all the features of a Rococo vase. 2. Fete Galante is a French word that means “elegant entertainment” (Fiero 56). This could be a ball in a park setting, in a garden of an aristocrat, or a masquerade ball. I do not believe that this type of entertainment happened in contemporary society, it was reserved for the wealthy aristocrats. 3. Artist Greuze and Chardin’s paintings were of ordinary people performing their daily…

William Lyon Phelps , an American educator, believes that absolute certainty is the key to accomplishing anything. On the other hand, Bertrand Russell, a British author and philosopher believes that people should be doubtful and not so dogmatic in their ideologies. Both scholars make good points about the relationship between doubt, certainty and success, however it is a mix of both these philosophies that will deliver the most success in an individual's life. You should always be certain…

A noble prince invites all of the city’s wealthiest people into his secure abbey to save them from the plague. In this abbey all of the guests are protected from getting sick until one evening when the giant clock struck midnight at the prince’s masquerade ball. At the ball a figure appears and it was wearing a mask that looked like a “stiffened corpse”. The prince furiously ran through the seven rooms of the abbey after the intruder. Once the prince had stopped…

this, in modern American society, the obese are expected to understand the impermanence of their bodies and alter them in order to match the thin ideal (Murray 155). Those who do not alter their bodies and remain obese are ostracized and forced to masquerade as a…

Blood was its Avatar and its seal--the redness and the horror of blood.” The Masque of the Red Death follows Prince Prospero’s attempts to avoid the Bubonic plague. The prince then throws a masquerade ball with seven rooms of his abbey. The story has a lot of symbolism for death such as the seven colored rooms of the prince’s abbey. The color of the seven rooms, black and red, represent death. The clock, that is located in the black room, is…

These demons, existing in the invisible spirit realm yet affecting our physical world, rebelled against God, but are ultimately under His control. Satan masquerades as an “angel of light,” deceiving humans just as he deceived Eve in the beginning (Genesis 3). Jesus Himself testified of Satan’s existence. During His ministry, He personally faced temptation from the devil (Matthew 4:1-11), cast out demons possessing…

In the short story, “The Masque of the Red Death” Edgar Allan Poe utilizes symbols to evoke a chilling and doleful mood. Prince Prospero ruled during a time of disease and turmoil. However, instead of mourning for the loss of his dominions, he invited many high ranking elites to a party, and left “the external world to take care of itself” (1). The unfair nature of the matter creates a depressing mood, and Prince Prospero, who symbolizes the end of feudalism, holds responsibility. In addition to…

Somehow, this man had seen through my masquerade. Carefully, I backed deeper into the crowd, trying to avoid any attention. I never gazed away from the man and the officer. As I walked, I suddenly felt foolish; they would expect me to return and admire the aftermath of my work. It seemed that…

Disguise. Disguise has two different definitions, one being an explanation that is more well known,“To change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb”. The second one being more used metaphorically, “To conceal or cover up the truth or actual character of by a counterfeit from or appearance; misrepresent”. The word disguise comes from the old french word, desguisier. The first meaning of disguise, involving appearance, came about in the…