Masquerade

The Senufo Face Mask and Western Guinea Coast Masquerade Figure both have Raffia as one of their materials. Raffia is a palm tree native to Africa with a short trunk and very long leaves. Another meaning is the fiber from the leaves of the raffia tree that can be used to make mats, baskets, hats and other things. On the back of the Senufo Bird figure, there is a tail, one bird on each wang facing each other, two figures that seem to have two arms and two legs, or four legs, and a wavy line on…

school like a normal teen because he wants to be normal again. Then they have this masquerade dance that the school is having for everybody but Dominique (Mary guardian) told her she can't go until she clean that nasty, horrible,fifty room. But many knew she couldn't clean it in time that's when her best friends called some workers to clean it then she snuck out the house. Minutes later they got dressed went to the masquerade dance and she ran into Joey Parker and she danced one-on-one with him…

They are only to be worn during special rituals, such as masquerades, a key means of communication with the spirits of the ancestors. This mask exemplifies a means of enforcing order and expressing social values. The men that wore these masks during ritual events, the masker spiritually leaves the body and the body…

locking them in and the Red Death out. They spend their nights revelling and enjoying themselves; they know if Prince Prospero had not saved them, they would be dead. However, their joy soon comes to an end when the Red Death shows up at Prospero’s masquerade, and the story ends with every last roisterer dead. The Red Death is merely the most of obvious of many symbols for death and its inevitability. Another symbol for death is the clock in the black suite. Every hour, it chimes, and the…

In Romeo and Juliet, it is said that they are lovers and ultimately meant to be together.However they were just in lust with each other. Romeo and Juliet are just in lust because Romeo ever so quickly goes from Rosaline to Juliet,without taking time to really get to know Juliet or Rosaline.The love of Romeo and Juliet moves at such a fast pace,one day they have just met and then the next they are falling in love and getting married.Romeo and Juliet's love ends with them both dying, which might…

Butlers idea of gender performance can be linked to Zimmerman and West concept of ‘doing gender.’ West and Zimmerman believe that gender is something we carry out, rather than something we are. It is a ‘routine, methodical, and recurring accomplishment.’ (West and Zimmerman 1987: 126). "Doing gender work" refers to the performance of societal activities, interactions and perceptions which is used to define behaviours as either feminine or masculine; performing specific roles according to ones…

by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe, both authors make biblical connections to the devil thru their characters Montresor and the traveler. Whom share similarities and are deceivers, embodiments of the devil who masquerade themselves as trustworthy…

Many critics however, believe that Prospero is dreaming throughout this whole story. Hammond views the story in a dream – like state. He says the masquerade is all a “flight of the imagination from consciousness into dream and reverie.” This interpretation can be supported through Poe’s words as he described the masquerade as “a multitude of dreams” and “delirious fancies such as the madman fashions”. Poe does not only use symbols in this story; he also uses allusions. Poe refers…

Firstly, the prologue of the play acts as a quick overview of the main points in the play as well as setting the play up. “Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,”, this tells us that there are two rivalling houses in Verona, where the play is set. “A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life”, this shows that two lovers from opposing families fall in love and commit suicide. The role of the prologue is to give a basic outline of the plot and its…

Edgar Allan Poe was an incredibly popular American author whose works were usually gothic and focused on the questions of death; Poe’s works usually had to mean beneath the surface because he felt that works that had obvious meaning weren’t art. In his short story “The Masque of the Red Death”, Poe uses a gothic tone and an allegory to tell the story about a Prince who ends up facing a harsh reality when he tries to escape a problem. The allegorical theme of “The Masque of the Red Death” focuses…