The Sound and the Fury

mood, meaning and illusion through sound. Sound for a moving image also gives the production an opportunity for additional creative input and to help an audience understand the storyline in greater detail. In film, television and even radio, a soundtrack is made up of audio components that are all used together simultaneously to create effect. Typically in any production there has to a base layer track throughout, and this could be room tone or ambient sound otherwise known as a wild track.…

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a roman stoic philosopher, once said, “Every guilting person is his own hangman.” This quote is a perfect example of what occurred in “The Tell Tale Heart”. Basically, it means that when someone is guilty they will be the ones who will turn themselves in. Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell Tale Heart” is told through the eyes of a madman (the narrator) who commits a murder. While speaking with the police, a chilling heartbeat is sensed by the narrator and he ends up confessing.…

The infamous monologue in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” portrays the depressed protagonist, Macbeth, ranting about the slow progression of life, the fragile mindlessness of life, and the meaningless of life in a dramatic monologue. Facing his end, Macbeth’s view darkens as everyone around him betrays him and fall to the hands of death. The progression of life is captured in two metaphors, where Macbeth compares the past and the future in the behaviour of humankind. The tedious, slow approach of…

succumbs to the witches prophecies, becoming a murderous tyrant. Macbeth’s response when he hears the news of his wife’s death is pessimistic and bleak whereas when Macduff hears about the death of his wife and children he reacts with heartache and fury. Their contrasting reactions towards these tragic events indicate the obscene differences in their respective characters. Macbeth was once a nobleman, one who fought for good, as well as the people that he cared for. As the story progresses and…

Reconnaissance by artist Christine Hiebert is a shining example of simplistic minimalist art that seeks to demonstrate a wide narrative of meanings and ideas. By creating this piece Hiebert has managed to encompass expansive social paradigms reserved for the most socially attuned artists. Beginning with a formal examination of the piece brings the viewer to their initial inspection of the piece Reconnaissance. Featured in the Davis center of Wellesley College the piece is primarily constructed…

self and values; For instance, Caddy’s loss of innocence in The Sound and Fury by William Faulkner, the Gatsby’s pre-war romantic dream in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald or Jake’s impotence in The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway. Hemingway, Fitzgerald and Faulkner intended not just to express the trauma of wounds but also with works such as The Farewell to Arms and The Sun Also Rises, and The Great Gatsby, and The Sound and Fury, the three writers showed their frustrated desires to serve…

An example of this from “Tell Tale Heart” is: “...I say, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I knew that sound well too. It was the beating of the old man's heart. It increased my fury as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage.” This scene takes place right before he kills the old man. This phrase repeated in another part of the poem: “ … I…

modernize the show. While some choices took the performance in a strange direction, the connections and relationships between the actors are what kept the show going. Throughout the performance, music was incorporated to help tell the story. The band, furies, comprised of a guitarist, beat boxer, pianist, and singers, took the complex greek language and simplified it into song. While the…

Court Case Mr. Smith The killer, Mr. Smith has left the court wondering if he was sane or insane at the time he commited the murder of Mr. Johnson. Mr. Smith stated that he can hear many things in heaven, earth, and hell and that the madness has driven his senses further. A typical sane person would not state that they can hear things in heaven, earth and hell and try to convince people that they are sane. Mr. Smith is showing the court that he is clearly insane by stating that madness has…

'...towards the fury of the wind...' (pg. 1254). This choice of wording makes it seem as though the wind is alive and full of rage and hatred. The campesino warns people to beware of the fruit. 'beware of mangoes/And all such beautiful/sweet things.' (pg. 1254).…