Twilight

Twilight, a temporal image of in-between space, also tells about Walcott's imagination, his creative faculty and his conception of poetry which is related to the liberation of mental anxiety, there is a "correspondence between Walcott's creative act and the twilight. Indeed creative art is coterminous with twilight"(Macarie 81). As twilight occurs during the period of transition between daylight and darkness, creative art takes place between "the period of consciousness and the period when…

strange object appears from the ground in the Midwest, which phenomenon requires the intervention of the military and attracts curious minds and opportunists? Then you should not miss Collette Jackson-Fink’s Daughters of Twilight (Outskirts Press, 2013). The events in Daughters of Twilight occur in a sleepy Midwestern city of Waterloo, Iowa, which is thrown into national spotlight when a massive and mysterious black pyramid-like structure sprouts up in a cornfield after an earthquake. The…

other forms of institutions that operate at the same level as the state and are contemporaries of its institutions, but can be “either rivals, watchdogs, parasites or servants” of state institutions (Ferguson 2014, p. 59). Lund (2006) terms these “twilight institutions”; they operate between state and society, i.e., public and private spheres, and use various strategies and tactics to legitimise their public authority (p. 686). Using an example of vigilance and vigilantism during democratisation…

currency, and ensures a softening of the effects of a volatile resource market (“The twilight of the resource curse?”, 2015). A ban on borrowing, especially at times of high oil prices, is required to create independence from foreign debt (“The twilight of the resource curse?”, 2015). An independent auditing organisation, to prevent corruption and ensure transparency of oil tenders needs to be created (“The twilight of the resource curse?”, 2015). It should be funded at a rate pegged to the…

Some examples are life altering decisions from the Twilight series, or disabilities in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, or even friendship and bravery from Harry Potter. There are also some things that people use for leverage to get a book banned such as religion, and to be more exact the sex scenes…

forego historical accuracy in hopes of pleasing their audience. This was the case for Yoji Yamada’s 2002 Japanese film, The Twilight Samurai, as well as Edward Zwick’s 2003 American film, The Last Samurai. Once each film is examined and analyzed past face value, it is apparent that both Yamada and Zwick different routes when considering the authenticity of their films. The Twilight Samurai is more historically accurate in its depiction of the realities and mindsets of the Bakumatsu period while…

The sun burns with a reddish tint, as the shadows of the evening grow ever deeper and darker. The crimson twilight is the boundary between day and night. It is a warning that night is coming, that darkness is looming and that the sun will be no longer present to guide us through the endless skies. The crepuscule is your only warning. Be cautious! Warning! Slippery road ahead! Like the crepuscule, we as individuals are granted countless amounts of warning signals and in spite of this what do we…

The narrative styles of Toni Morrison’s novel, The Bluest Eye and Anna Smith’s one-woman documentary play, Twilight, Los Angeles are utilized to tell stories that are too difficult, or in some cases impossible, for the individuals involved to tell on their own. Each text merges first and third person narrative techniques. In Twilight, Los Angeles Smith essentially blends first and third person narrative perspectives in order to present a multitude of first person accounts of the Los Angeles…

There are many religious connotations in Only Lovers Left Alive, Twilight, and Interview with a Vampire. For instance, the books and the film have common references to the book of Genesis in the bible. Therefore, God creating man from clay can be compared to vampires creating or turning other humans into vampires. As well as, the temptations of Adam and Eve from eating from the tree of knowledge can be related to the vampires and their temptations to avoid feeding from humans. Therefore, in…

Special Effects of Halloween contacts lenses On Halloween, the party and holiday lovers dress up with some unique costumes. They try their best to look the best and for this, they spend lots of money on their dresses. However, when they ready for the occasion, something is always missing due to which they are not able to look perfect in their costumes. What may be the missing thing? The answer is very simple; they are the eyes which don’t match the dress. Due to the eyes the beauty of your dress…