One Night Only

In the early seventeenth century, and throughout the course of Shakespeare’s career, who a woman was revolved around a man. A woman could assume one of three roles: virgin, mother, or widow. Women were expected to be pure for their husbands, bare his children, and otherwise be absorbed by him. If perchance she did outlive her husband, her respect would die with him while also granting her brief financial freedom, however subjecting her to social rejection. This societal development was linked to…

Critical Analysis on The Night Cafe by Vincent Van Gogh In 1888, Vincent Van Gogh painted a painting called The Night Cafe. He used oil on canvas as his medium and used a 72,4 cm by 92.1 cm canvas. The subject matter of the piece is a narrative, and the setting takes place indoors. To be more specifically it’s in a cafe which contains many still lives such as clocks, tables, chairs, glasses, and much more.In addition to the still lifes there is also many people doing a variety of things…

Sean Blumlein Mr. Flood English 11 H 20 March 2018 Light Prevails in the Night People hear the word light and they often think of physical light, but the word light has many underlying interpretations and meanings. Whether in the form of wavelengths, the constant struggle of good vs. evil, representing life, a guide, a force, or to describe speed, light is almost always a positive that often relates to a person being on the pathway to happiness. The many elements and meanings of…

Character Analysis Sir Andrew Aguecheek Twelfth Night, a comedic play, written by Shakespeare, eloquently develops unique traits, actions, and dialogue for each character to defy roles. Throughout the play, there are clear examples that convey the characteristics and the use of Sir Andrew Aguecheek in the play. He is the clueless, cowardly character who is used by other characters to create a humorous scene and plot, and the vehicle Shakespeare used to prove the stupidity of the royal class. In…

out what he was feeling (Hammacher 251) Van Gogh was famous because of his talents towards painting (43). He was also famous for getting in a fight with a fellow painter and cutting off his own ear, only then to give it to his lover (43). One of Van Gogh’s many accomplishments is getting The Starry Night painting put up at the Louvre museum in France (100). Even though Van Gogh had done many things to almost get himself killed, he lived long enough to know people took an interest in his art…

The Twelfth Night or What you will is a play written by William Shakespeare in about 1601-02. It is a comedy which focuses around the romantic relationships of the twins Viola and Sebastian and their love interests Orsino and Olivia on the island of Illyria. The play has a comedic twist by including an element of crossdressing, which in turn brings much confusion to the romantic relationships of the characters.The Twelfth Night was written during the renaissance, which was a time of excess; in…

A Midsummer’s Nightmare Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream suggests that its relationships are happy ones, but this suggestion is complicated. In fact, the interplay between each of the couples indicates a nefarious quality present in all these relationships. This sinister quality can become even undeniably present in productions of this play. Brown writes that while scholars cannot consider any performance to be an authoritative adaptation, every performance brings interpretative…

Painting the Starry Night Perched atop the living room fireplace, a replica of the Vincent Van Gogh masterpiece “The Starry Night” mesmerized my eyes and imagination. Overcoming the limitations of a 20”x30” dark frame, the hills rolled and the clouds swirled, immersing me within its third dimension. Inspired and amazed by power of rendering trivial scene into a creative art work“The Starry Night” , I challenged myself to create artwork as creative as Van Gogh’s, one that was deserving of the…

The play, Twelfth Night or What You Will, has many parts that contribute to the plot of the story and helps it get put together. One key element seen throughout the play is the deceptiveness of apperences, or in other words, how people hide who they really are in the story. This is used throughout the play for various reasons, either to protect oneself or to try to get a better understanding of your surrondings. Not only that, but disguises are used to help with the plot and to help keep the…

the Starry Night both have beauty in their own ways. But you can't challenge either one about being more beautiful than the other is the retaliation will get from the art loving community. The same could be said about these two poems how they contrast so greatly but are both works of Beauty in their own way. Porphyria's Lover by Browning, and Lady of Shalott by Tennyson compare and contrast on many levels. Porphyria's Lover by Browning, and Lady of Shalott by Tennyson, compare on one thing…