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Literature has always been enraptured with love and describing its effects on people. In the theater, playwright John Lyly uses his play Galathea to paint his own picture and definition of love that is complex and ever-changing; through his characters Galathea, Phillida, and the goddess Diana’s nymphs, Lyly shows that love comes in different forms. Sometimes love is pure and innocent, while other times it is undesirable and invasive, consuming one’s thoughts. Through these dynamic relationships,…

Throughout both the film Tootsie and Shakespeare’s As You Like It, the idea of gender crossover is used, and while the idea of gender itself is examined, this crossover’s affect on love relationships is the main focus. Both Michael Dorsey and Rosalind, the protagonists of their respects works, pretend for a short time to be the opposite gender. Both are also in love with someone who, for the time being, is the same gender as they are – Michael falls in love in his disguise, while Rosalind…

Have you ever desired to have something or someone so intensely that you would do anything to have it? For example, in the movie Shrek, Shrek had a desire for Princess Fiona so deeply that he did anything and everything to be with her. Well, when I think about love and what a person would do for love two stories come to mind, and they are "Pyramus and Thisbe" by Ovid and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. These characters in the story have many obstacles, barriers, and limitation that…

Romeo and Juliet Identity Crushes Shakespeare uses both romantic crushes and identity crushes in plays. These romantic crushes and identity crushes are shown multiple times through Romeo and Juliet. Most examples of these crushes are shown mainly through large events in the plays. Examples of such would be Romeo and Juliet dying as a result of their love and Friar Lawrence telling Juliet to take a poison and she does so because she looks up to Friar Lawrence. Identity crushes and romantic…

If you would pick two of the most well-known artists in recent history, surely the names Matisse and Vincent van Gogh would make the list. Both of these artists are well-known for their style, technique and use of color. However they couldn’t be more different when it comes to some of their paintings, such as Vincent van Gogh’s The Bedroom and Matisses The Red Studio. There is a vanishing points in order to portray a specific perspective on the audience, is done so for two very different means.…

The play “Much Ado About Nothing” by William Shakespeare has many themes a couple being trickery and deceit. In this play the characters Prince, Claudio, Don John, Leonato, and the Friar use trickery to change the minds of other characters. This eventually leads to love and romance when many of the characters use their skills in deceit to help their friends and family fall in love. The themes of trickery and deceit were encountered three main times in the play. First when Prince tricks Benedick…

When researching Vanitas, I found that I really liked the paintings and pictures using flowers and animals alongside skulls. It represents life and beauty along with death. I found an artist called Harmen Steenwyck, who used mainly fruit and sometimes flowers in their work and I really like it. Steenwyck also uses skulls, old books, shells, with occasional animals and fish. Harmen Steenwyck, was a Dutch painter of still life, notably fruit. He was born in Delft, in 1612, in the Netherlands.…

The storm has passed, leaving the land broken, the water shaky, and the sky at bay. I chose this particular canvas because the content makes you inquisitive about the changing sky. This painting makes me feel peaceful; like the calm after the storm. This composition reminds me of places I would like to travel in Germany, I love the old castles. The artist Jacob van Ruisdael oil painted this canvas, using more secondary hues to portray the landscape and the mood. The use of secondary hues makes…

Tanner 7th Grade Richland Jr. High Essex, Mo Edgar Degas Edgar Degas was born on July 19, 1834, and died September 27, 1917. Edgar was born in Paris, France. He also died in Paris, France. Edgar died of brain aneurysm. Edgar was a French artist who was highly famous in the 19th century, and was famous for not only his paintings, but also his sculptures, drawings, and prints. Most of his paintings were of dancers. Edgar was actually not born “Edgar Degas”, but Hilaire-Germain-Edgar.…

We arrived in Tralee at 10:48am. Tralee is the biggest town in North Kerry. From my short observations of the other towns was had driven through, Tralee felt more urban than any other town I had seen. However, my first view of Siamsa Tíre made me feel like I had gone back in time. The theatre had stone towers and was encircled by a stone wall. The whole facility was beautifully situated with a dramatic view of the Slieve Mish Mountains behind it. We were warmly welcomed by the artistic…