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    used? For example, a common color, red has many connotations in India. Red signifies violence and disruption, but it also symbolizes fertility, marriage, and commitment. In weddings, the bride’s choice of color for her garment is red. Typically during the end of the sermon, the groom will apply a red powdered substance, known as tilak, to the bride’s forehead; this represents commitment. Regardless, Goddess Durga, similar to the Ares in Greek mythology, has a red tongue, symbolizing violence and…

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    Hell And Heaven Analysis

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    with a beer can, the Indian with a American flag, and a portrait of himself with a cat. He also drew abstract in which expressed Indian’s daily life, and he expressed more emotions though his works. I have chosen Hell and Heaven because the structure of both picture are similar, Fritz Scholder only used color to describe these two opposite scenes. In Hell, there is a black and red half-length portrait. The half-length portrait is smiling and showing his red teeth, and he has two tentacles. He…

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    Symbolism In Red Sorghum

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    “Red Sorghum (1987)” directed by Yimou Zhang, the movie centers on Jiuer who is forced to marry an ill and old man, her marriage is forcedly arranged by her father. As during the ancient Chinese culture, most women did not have the freedom to choose their own marriage, and women 's marriage seemed to be a tool for a family to exchange money. So marriage was a tragedy to women. In the movie, Jiuer’s husband is dead because of the infectious disease, so she takes control over her husband’s…

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    Art is meant to capture the viewer’s attention and affect them on a deep level. Many times, it leads the audience to examine human beings at a rudimentary state. In Théodore Géricault’s painting, Raft of the Medusa, 1818-1819, Oil on canvas, the viewer does exactly that. In his painting, about 20 men are strewn on a makeshift raft from the remnants of their ship. Some are dead and some are franticly waving pieces of cloth in the air at a ship in the horizon. Each man has an intense look on his…

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    Red In American Beauty

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    drives down the highway and catch a glance of someone in a bright red vehicle, one can’t help to turn their heads. There something about the color red that grabs the general public attention. “Although red is not technically the most visible color, it has the property of appearing to be nearer than it is and therefore it grabs people’s attention (Psychological)”. In the movie American Beauty, directed by Sam Menden, Menden uses red as a symbolism for power, danger, and determination to represent…

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    Coat Of Arms Essay

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    Heraldic description of the coat of arms – the coat of arms of Ústí Region is a red and blue quartered shield. The first shield displays the Czech lion. The second shield displays an embossed silver tower with the battlement and seven crenels, the broken gate and the raised golden grate. The tower looms on the blue undulating heel with three silver waved beams into a green mountain consisting of three peaks. The third field displays a silver plough on the green lawn. The fourth field displays a…

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    The Flag of the United States Have you ever wondered who created the Flag of the United States ? It is said that Francis Hopkins was the first person to design the U. S flag but Betsy Ross was the first to make it. In this report, we will be going into detail of the design of the U. S Flag, Symbols of the flag, and the history of the flag. The flag is not only a symbol of freedom, but a beacon of hope. Design of the flag It is said to be that the first American flag was designed by…

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    button-down shirt with a sleek black tie, a black coat, black gloves, a black ski mask, and a black fedora to complete the persona. Frightening faces sat taped over the panes of glass around the porch lights, their eyes glowing as the light passed through, a red beacon rotated about, casting shadows across our lawn with each pass, and eerie music played loudly, drifting through the air into the night. All the while, I sat on a bench in front of our house waiting to scare or give out candy to…

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    Republican Convention, Johnson decided upon a form of political protest that would shock the nation. By burning an American flag given to him during the protest, Johnson landed his case up to the Supreme Court. He was first convicted by the Texas courts for desecration of a venerated object. It was later brought to the Supreme Court of the United States as to whether burning the American flag is an offense at all. Protected under the First Amendment as it is seen as “symbolic speech,” it is…

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    In “ Last Words: Two Confederate Flags ”, there are two different kinds of display of the confederate flags. One is in a form of a headstone with words and a picture of Big Ed extending his middle finger, the other is a simple flag hanging on a wooden stick waiting to be destroyed by a strong wind. Bethe Dufresne argues that the confederate flags are history factors, and we should embrace their historical value. Furthermore, the flags should be displayed as " a muted artifact of unspeakable…

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