Spectacle

Clothing has the ability to define your personality. Zail uses graphic description in describing how Hanna’s Papa’s “fine linen shirt spoke of his success in business, his spectacles hinted at his love for books… stripped to his underwear he was just another Jew.” This evidently shows the power clothing has in distinguishing your identity. However, when stripped down to a bare minimum, they are perceived with no distinguishing…

Scenes packed with vibrant lights, lively character styles and variegated backgrounds, it is truly a evocative spectacle. Its art style is something to be remembered. Whether it’s lights going off, or the characters themselves, it is one vivid piece that’s for sure. The distinctiveness each character possesses not only extends to their personality but the art style…

Throughout countless American novels, the idea of the American Dream is a strongly prevalent theme. Most characters pursue the American Dream in order to free themselves from the demand of society, and to have power over themselves and others. Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, takes place in the early 1940’s and follows the story of Willy Loman, an unsuccessful salesman in his mid 60’s. Willy has worked for the same sales firm for over 34 years and has not progressed in his career but rather…

The Baule Tribe One of the largest tribe in Côte d'Ivoire, which is between Liberia and Ghana, the Baule (also spelled Bauole or Bawule) people are one of the most unique tribes of all of Africa. The name Baule, or “baouli”, means “the child has died.” “According to a legend, during the eighteenth century, the queen, Abla Poku, had to lead her people west to the shores of the Comoe, the land of Senufo. In order to cross the river, she sacrificed her own son.” They are an Akan group, so they…

comment though, adding, “‘There it is again. There it is! I don’t—want it—’”(Steinbeck 114), referring to how he does not want to resemble his mother’s evil nature. Lee replies saying, “‘You’re pretty full of yourself. You’re marveling at the tragic spectacle of Caleb Trask—Caleb the magnificent, the unique. Caleb whose suffering should have its Homer’” (Steinbeck 114). Lee shows Cal that he is a lot more than he makes himself seem. Cal’s perception of himself is skewed from reality due to what…

The iconic Scarlet Letter has been depicted throughout several literary and visual works within history. The Scarlet Letter has become a well-known symbol in society and has been the basis of both vocational and recreational spectacles. The several works that discuss this topic have numerous commonalities, especially in regards to The Scarlet Letter and the movie Easy A. Easy A manifests several mutual themes from The Scarlet Letter, such as sin, religion- oriented hypocrisy, and conformity,…

Civics Persuasive Essay Fresh out of the presidential election of 2000, many people were convinced that the electoral college had to go. In the Gore vs Bush election, Bush had come out the winner, although only in the electoral college. Surprisingly, in a rare turn of events, Gore exceeded Bush in popular votes, and it was only through a long scuffle over the state of Florida that Bush finally won the presidency. For a great portion of the population, approximately 62% according to an article…

fear and to effect a katharsis (catharsis) of these emotions. Aristotle divides tragedy into six different parts, ranking them in order from most important to least important as follows: mythos, or plot, character, thought, diction, melody, and spectacle.” (sparknotes.com) The tragedy of Oedipus and Hamlet relates to Aristotle's Poetics because the stories uses pity of the ghost of king hamlet, so Hamlet will feel obligated to seek justice. It uses fear which Oedipus felt when he found out about…

Reflection #2 As a child I remember always going to my grandmothers house for dinner. I would make sure that my stomach was empty so that I could treat myself with some of my favorite foods like; spaghetti with tomato sauce and a veal sandwich with homemade french-fries on the side. After eating only a portion of the dinner my whole family was so stuffed that we could barley move. Still we pushed to finish the whole meal, not to offend my grandma. Looking back on this experience, I noticed that…

Tennessee and Fitzgerald are very visual in their descriptions, explicitly focusing on colour, yet also pay attention to the sound, where colour and music play an important role in both The Great Gatsby and A Streetcar Named Desire. Fitzgerald uses bright shocks of colour, which cleverly contrasts with purposed vagueness of the characters. Green is closely associated with the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock, symbolizing Gatsby’s deep love to Daisy and the American Dream. The manner this…