The Shape of Things

The Shape of Things by Neil Labute definitely brought art into another level where people can relate to it easily. It will make one realize that the question that will get them thinking will be how far would one go for love and what price might one pay to have it? There are more painful and truthful questions explored by Labute throughout the play that made art more meaningful. From the opening scene, Evelyn’s chief weapon is an audacity solely acquire from her full senses that she is the richness that men seek. She, not Adam, is the real work of art, and she knows it. Stepping over the boundary in the Art Museum room where Adam works as a security guard, she intimidates him through the effort of her beauty into allowing her to damage a male nude by spray painting a penis. From then on, unperceived to him, or us, Adam becomes her idea project, a living sculpture that she will construct, as she says, “at her thesis defense, out of a pallet consisting exclusively of manipulation.” In my point of view Evelyn’s art project was an actual art even though many people would most likely consider it as porn. According to Evelyn “A truth in art is that whose contradictory is also true. Once they start adding plaster or any…

The Shape of Things: Society 's Gender Norms Men, in modern day society, put a tremendous amount of pressure on women to act like housewives and independent sexual beings at the same time. Women are also not innocent. They also create stereotypes for men. In modern day society the perfect man has the manners of a gentlemen but is also a player. Both of these expectations have gender norms that are outrageous, but are still searched for by many men and women. Within “The Shape Of Things” by Neil…

Andrew Chavez Psychology Mrs. DeLamarter 1-5-2016 Shape Words Extended Paper If you mislabel a shape with the wrong shape’s name, will it take people longer to identify the shape? There are studies conducted to interpret questions like these the studies are conducted by psychologist. Specifically what is studied is a person pattern recognition and it's a theory and the theory I will be analyzing is the (Feature Analysis) theory. Pattern recognition is cognitive process which matches…

Students with special needs often struggle with attention and memory. Students who struggle with attention are often unable to focus on what is being taught or they simply get too tired to pay attention. Students with memory issues are unable to remember how to do things, or facts and concepts they have been taught. For both vital skills I have developed a lesson plan that will assist my students with both attention and memory building. The lesson I chose is teaching my students about shapes…

end this phrase, but because of the importance of body image and shape, this is how we end it. This shows a clear problem in today’s society and how we put too much value on our outward opinions and how others perceive them. Clearly, since the 1950s many things have changed; science, medicine, technology, but more specifically, body image and shape. As miniscule as it may seem, body image and shape affects health, sizing, and changes overtime. Although it may not seem as important as science,…

What’s the point of having an identity? Why do you have to have an identity? Why are they so important to have a good identity? What does it even matter if it is a bad identity? An identity can affect you in very many ways. And if you don’t have a good identity then you could end up with a rough life when you grow up. Your identity is what group you fit into and how you act in that group. What you do and how you do it. For instance look at the book The Outsiders, the greasers and socs gave…

Elements of Art The 7 elements of art are Line, Shape, Form, Space, Value, Color, and Texture. Line- Lines are very important in art. They can be used in many ways, such as outlining things, make hashes with them and even shade things with them. An example of lines is when I was drawing my Van Gogh drawing, and I needed to use lines to make the hashes. There are many types of lines. Lines can be straight, curvy, thick, thin, they can dark and light and they can be all different colors. Shape-…

illustrated in the book and recognize the shapes in the pictures. The teacher can also show the vocabulary flashcards of the shapes and colors to the students that can help in recalling the previous knowledge. Read Aloud: The Day the Crayons Quit Read the book in a small group or in a large group depending upon the needs of the students. Tell the students when Duncan who is the main character in the story opens his crayon box, he found stack of letters instead of the crayons. A problem exists…

which aims to collect the 4P’S with marketing mix. The four points are Product: it should fits the consumer’s needs and what they want Place: it should be easy to find by the consumer whether in malls or popular streets or near schools and universities Price: the price has to be suitable for the customers abilities it doesn’t mean the products should be the cheapest one but consumers like to pay little money for something that works perfect for them Promotion: promotion aim is to drive the…

surrounding the piece. This piece reminds me of how strange life can be at times and how you can just sometimes not know why things are happening. I had an instance like this happen yesterday when I lost one of my best friends to a car accident and it just made me wonder; why does life do this to people sometimes out of the blue? I respond to this piece’s elements such as the background of the work being what looks like some type of weird, alienated space that is just meant…