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    While Fitzgerald uses green to symbolise the character Gatsby and his inner feelings, Hawthorne uses the red and yellow garments that Pearl, Hester Prynne’s daughter must wear, effectively demonstrating that Prynne and Pearl are symbolic of her same sin. An example of this is in Chapter 7, when Hester “in contriving the child’s garb, had allowed the gorgeous tendencies of her imagination their full play; arraying her in crimson velvet tunic, of a peculiar cut, abundantly embroidered with…

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    Eulogy For Father

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    Oh! good morrow to you, sir Henry. So good to see you again. How is the dagger I made for you last week? I worked long, hard hours on that dagger to make it just right for you. I take pride in all my work. Good was it. That’s good. Is there anything else that you would like to buy from us? I’ve got spears, axes, horse shoes, shovels, anything with metal. An Axe thee sayeth? Well we shalt do that for thee. At which hour would thee like to pick it up. Next week? Tis fine. My dad and I shall make…

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    Communiction In Darers

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    test what the reason for this color patern could be they tested the amount of a certain color that each darter displaye and where this color was displayed. To measure the color they use a method that quatifies the color maily blue, green, orange and red, however,…

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    chatter and laughter, and casual innuendo and introductions forgotten on the spot, and enthusiastic meetings between women who never knew each other’s name”(pg 40). The context of this quote is explaining the glamour of a Gatsby party. The specific line explains how people get lost in the alcohol and atmosphere of the party that they don’t even remember conversations or names. This is a perfect example of how a huge party dripping in spent wealth brings an air of unconcerned behavior about…

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    Throughout the work symbolism is represented. Frans and Pieter painted the guards in action in 1637. “The Night Watch” is portraying the Amsterdam’s local militia in a group portrait. Rembrandt originally portrayed the men in action in his work. The arrangement of the painting shows the importance of it to the Dutch, it is a national treasure. Rembrandt was first to depict the men in action in striking dynamic poses. After the dirt was taken off the painting the daytime setting was visible to…

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    “Colors, like features, follow the changes of emotions” (Pablo Picasso). Almost all writers use colors to form real images of their characters, the characters’ emotions, the scenes, and the events in the novel. Colors play a very important role when writers mention them in their novels. Readers can read a novel and see how colors can describe the characters and their emotions. A certain book, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a very good example of a book that has color symbolism.…

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    Formal Analysis: David Bourdon and Gregory Battcock David Bourdon and Gregory Battcock is an oil on canvas piece by the artist Alice Neel. In this piece you see two seated men, one in suit and tie and the other only in underwear. Both men seem to be staring off into the distance with disinterest. This piece is actually a portrait of the openly gay couple. Alice specialized in portraits and bringing attention to features others usually didnt say much about although you could not help think of.…

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    The results showed that red was preferred in a pleasant setting. They then showed the participants either an angry or a happy face. In this experiment, the results showed that red was preferred in the happy condition again, but green was preferred in the hostile situation. In the third part of their experiment, they added another control color of gray. In this experiment, the results showed red was again preferred in the hospitable condition, but there was not…

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    the colors that dominate all the other colors in a supreme fashion. Colors like red and blue which we see just about everyday our always in the back of our minds, Humanity has come to naturally associate these colors with objects to the point where some people can hear a word and immediately associate a color with it. If I had asked someone to picture an apple in their head the majority would most likely picture a red apple, even though there are varying colors like golden yellow and light…

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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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