Women’s writing struggling against the internalization of role models thrust on women has learnt to express the untold narrative of being a woman. Women’s writing focuses attention on both the manifestation of a female sensibility, a feminine reality and on its significance as a means…
Essays on Art Movement
Instead of Impressionism, in which the accentuation was on the truth of the made paint surface itself, Symbolism was both an aesthetic and an artistic development that recommended thoughts through images and underscored the importance behind the structures, lines, shapes, and hues. Crafted by a…
Art history essays contain plenty of topic examples to write about. However, for this paper the topic of women role in art history was chosen. Throughout centuries, women were systematically excluded from most social domains, among which is history of art. They were totally involved…
In a world filled with conflicts, it is important to have rules and laws – to maintain a balanced society and economy. We as society are the people that need rules to live together. Some essays state that while laws are enforced by the government,…
Art is a way of exploring underneath the ‘skin’ of life, and the body has always been the place to look at for me. Since I was diagnosed with scoliosis from a young age, I learned to live with this ‘disability’ and the pain that…
A curator’s primary responsibility generally includes the acquisition, care, presentation, and interpretation of works of art in a museum’s collection. But curators also play a vital and essential role in our understanding of the art and culture of both past and present times. They challenge…
When photography was first brought into use, it was largely thought as an objective device of reproducing reality. This belief, however, has soon been challenged by the emerging realization of how powerful camera manipulation could be. In Benjamin’s article on mechanical reproduction, he discusses the…
Firstly, we have this beautiful piece by Edouard Manet. Olympia includes a bare lady leaning back upon a chaise relax, with a little dark cat at her feet, and a dark female worker behind her wielding a bunch of roses. It struck watchers—who rushed to…
Édouard Manet was a French impressionist painter in the 1800s who invoked the wrath of Parisian critics by not only breaking free of conventional methods, but also by creating some of the most scandalous works of art in his time. He painted emboldened, naked, sickly-looking…
Art can be considered as anything that calms the soul and gives joy to the heart. There is no proper definition for art according to me. The beauty of art is that we can find it everywhere and in anything. The term “art for art’s…
I have named this piece Lyrebird after the Australian bird which is known for its ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds incredibly well, plus the AI software also named after the Lyrebird (Lyrebird.ai, 2019), which I have used in this piece.This piece is specifically…
The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines symbolism as, “the art or practice of using symbols especially by investing things with a symbolic meaning or by expressing the invisible or intangible using visible or sensuous representations” How does The Lord of The Flies use symbolism in its…
“Art is to console those who are broken by life” was said by one of the most well-known artists in history, Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh is considered to be one of the many greatest post-impressionist painters in history. He has done more than 2,000…
In her short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper”, Charlotte Gilman explores the oppressive nature of gender roles in the Victorian Era through the narrator’s journal entries. Using tidbits of her writing, the narrator is able to deliver a harrowing story of her descent into madness after…
Introduction Beyond what is actually written in a text, symbolism grabs the reader’s attention to what is being expressed between the lines. Symbolism makes the written text more meaningful and questioning. An author incorporates symbolism into literature in order to engage the reader in a…
The year is 1950, and sixteen-year-old Holden Wald is beginning his new school year is Pencey Preparatory School in Hagerstown, Pennsylvania. This isn’t the first school that Holden has been to, but it might be his last. Throughout all of the bland people who attend…
Modernist literature appeared in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in both Europe and North America. It is characterized by a break of the traditional literature and the struggle to create something new. Some innovations are brought by the use of a new epistemology…
Picasso! The household name of Pablo Picasso belongs to a man of incredible escapism. Having experienced 19 different art movements, he knew all too well how to push the bars of art and break out of the jail cell. A movement that he helped create…
T.S. Eliot is considered one of the most important modernist poets of the time, he was born September 26, 1888, in Missouri, U.S, and died January 4, 1965, in London, England. I.S Eliot is known as an American-English poet, playwright, literary critic, and editor. The…
Kenzo Tange once said, “There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart”. In literature, symbols are often used to make a material object have a deeper meaning and connection with nature. Many…
Chapter 21 begins with Hester and Pearl walking into the marketplace on a national holiday in the Puritan town. It is the inauguration day of the village’s new Governor. All the townspeople are in the village center for the celebration. Hester is wearing grey so…
The Scarlet Letter story is based on a Puritan village in New England in the mid 17th century and full of symbolism. The story starts off by the village being gathered in front of a prison, for the trial of Hester, our main character, who…
Puritans are widely known for their fundamental reliance on conviction, religious intolerance, and cruel disciplines for those resisting their religion. These Puritan techniques greatly affected early American writing. Nathaniel Hawthorne gives a thorough depiction of the Puritans, their community, and views of non Puritans in…
In Nathan Hawthorne’s romanticism novel, The Scarlet Letter, It is made clear that Pearl is a very symbolic character. Hester Prynne became pregnant with Pearl after committing the sin of adultery. As soon as Pearl is introduced it’s easy to see that something is off…
In the novel full of symbolism , The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn, a woman named Hester Prynne is standing on a scaffold in Boston for Adultery. Hester committed adultery and as a punishment, she is being publicly shamed and has to wear a scarlet…
We are all sinners. Although one may try hard not to sin, humankind eventually succumbs to it at some time or another. While one may be unable to avoid the fate awaiting them, however, the power of free will allows them to decide how they…
The scarlet letter is meant to be a symbol of shame, but instead, it becomes a symbol of the identity Hester. The letter’s meaning changes as time passes throughout the novel. The symbolism of the letter takes three important changes that happened in the order…
A rebel is described as a person who rises in opposition against an established government or ruler. A rebel is Hester Prynne. Cast into the 17th century Puritan America and symbolism in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester was expelled from society for being…
Nathaniel Hawthorne, whose individual life had been tormented by times of segregation and separation, manages these subjects finally in many his works. Particularly in his most noteworthy sentiment, The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne frets about man’s inclination to end up offended from the society in which…
In the 19th century, there was a period in American history where logic and facts were ignored whereas spontaneous emotions replaced them. The writing form of Dark Romanticism began during the Industrial Revolution and is the sole embodiment on the ideals of the writers during…
As said by Oscar Wilde, “ Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.” Throughout the world, many see colors as simple beauty and pick their favorite colors based on how the…
“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird”. In “To…
Hawthorne uses characterization to criticize the Puritan society In The Scarlet Letter, by using symbolism and showing their society’s pure moral flaws, corrupt form of punishment and public humiliation that they believe in. Throughout the story the character of Hester Prynne was one who simply…
The Scarlet Letter describes a romantic love tragedy that happened in the colonial period of New England more than 200 years ago. It is the first novel in the history of American literature that use symbolism in it, which embodies Hawthorne’s consciousness of ‘original sin’….
The Scarlet Letter can be interpreted in a transcendentalist manner and through symbolism due to the way in which it was written. The story starts off with the main character Hester, being considered a castoff from society due to her crime. Hester has commuted adultery,…
In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne investigates the topic of transgression and symbolism in Hester Prynne,. As we probably am aware, after Hester’s demonstration of infidelity, she ended up pregnant with Pearl and we get the feeling that there is something weird and unnatural about…
Roger Chillingworth has many layers involving his psyche and his emotional stability. Throughout the book, the author, Nathaniel Hawthorne evolves and reshapes Chillingworth’s intellect and physical attributes, therefore he reveals what happens to a person’s spirit when dealing with unorthodox actions and environment. In the…
Nathaniel Hawthorne, a descendant of Puritan immigrants and the author of a historical fiction full of symbolism The Scarlet Letter , talks about a sinner named Hester Prynne, who has to wear a designated scarlet letter A on her chest to expose her shame. Her…
The author that wrote this incredibly symbolic book is Willam Golding. Willam was alive during World War II which led to the inspiration of the book. The book Lord of the Flies is based around the theme, society vs savagery and the fight of the…
As a mere child isolated from society, Pearl is ignorant of the corruptions of man. Her mother, Hester, watches Pearl blossom into an independent young girl, stubborn yet good-natured at heart. Hester believes that Pearl is on the pathway to becoming “a noble woman,” and…
People make mistakes all the time, but when it comes to society, despite them being no different they choose to judge anyways. Hawthorne displays irony throughout the story that shows the overall ways of the Boston Society. Hester Prynne, an adulterer, also displays irony and…
In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s great The Scarlet Letter, nature and symbolism plays a significant and representative job. Hawthorne utilizes nature to pass on the disposition of a scene, to portray characters, and to connect the characteristic components with human instinct. A significant number of the sections…
The Puritans were people from England that came to America seeking religious freedom. They were called Puritans because they wanted everything to be pure. I know the scarlet letter is the letter “A” and that stands for adultery. The narrator’s attitude the puritans were a…
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne takes the reader on an experience of a nineteenth-century woman who was accused of adultery in her town. Her scandal involved someone well respected, who goes by the name of Arthur Dimmesdale, he withholds his secret and starts to…
Over the span of history, the individuals who were viewed as criminals were usually outcasted from the public. Nathaniel Hawthorne supports this idea and symbolism with Hester Prynne in the novel of The Scarlet Letter. After an opening trial, Hester is viewed as a heathen…
Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale are both major characters in the novel “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Both have sinned by partaking in the act of adultery and they both carry guilt throughout their lives. During that time, the Puritans always judged and looked…
The main aim of this essay is to show how Hawthorn uses the Jungian archetype of shadows to portray his characters in “The Scarlet Letter”, how his characters have created masks for themselves and have let them influence their actions and relationships throughout the novel….
In 17th century during the era of Baroque art in Europe, the Dutch Art dared to introduce a new shocking subjectivism and style that was unique and challenging to traditional artwork. The Dutch Genre Art was characterized by small finely crafted details, often depicting simple…
The poem City Johannesburg is about a man who spent his life working in the city of Johannesburg during the apartheid era.In this poem the persona speaks of the difficulties and restrictions created for black people by the law,which required them to carry identification(pass) everywhere…
The topic that summarises the supremacy and significance of realism in the field of international relations in the method in which the contemporary nation-state cooperates with an international organisation, principally inter-governmental bodies. Throughout the Cold War, zero-sum game politics govern the worldwide arena, with collaboration…
Since time immemorial, traditions have played a key role in people’s culture. Traditions is what brings members of a community together enabling them to enjoy each other’s company and presence. Usually. Tradition are done because that is what has always been done and seems as…
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Fitzgerald is known for his writings of the Jazz age and depictions of the 1920’s. The roaring twenties and Jazz age was a decade that included a lot of political and…
This paper will focus on the development of dance and theatre in the 20th century in particular contemporary dance and modern physical theatre. The report will begin by providing a brief historical background to the subject and the main protagonists credited with its creation and…
In “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker it’s clear that symbolism is a big part of the story. Objects that are talked about have much bigger meanings than them just being objects, like the quilts. The symbols for the objects help the reader get a deeper…
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison was one of the first novels to break the traditional norms that are usually discussed in the 1940s. The reader sees her take a different path discussing the hardships of a young African-American girl named Pecola struggling with identity….
Technology has played an integral role in history, dating back to the farthest documented points in time. Technology is not a foreign part of society, as they have provided the means for social evolution. An often-disputed theory, Technological Determinism, argues that all developed technology’s shape…
Behavior of Fish in an Egyptian Tea Garden is a poem written by Keith Douglas in 1951 describing the behavior of various types of fish as they discover a white stone on the seafloor. The female white stone draws in the attention of many male…
Design Movements began since the end of the nineteenth century. There has been a series of ‘movements’ that have shaped the history of product design and style of design: Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, De Stijn, The Bauhaus, Modernism, and Postmodernism. Those design movements are…
The Scream, which was created by Edvard Munch is one of the most famous art pieces in the world. Edvard Munch crafted this work of art on a flat canvas with a medium of oiled brushes to depict the expressionism of the art piece. He…
Analyse of the film ‘saving private Ryan’ concerning the use of sound and how the sound has helped to portray the war. As a case study, we will look at two movies from a different era the 1962 film ‘The Longest Day’ and 1998 ‘Saving…
From deciding what is wrong in society to making decisions against society’s will, Huckleberry Finn from Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn faces significant changes in his personality and thoughts which helps him go against the beliefs and practices in society to come out…
‘The Bear’ is a passage from ‘Go Down, Moses’ a short story by William Faulkner composed first in The Saturday Evening Host in 1942. ‘Go Down, Moses’ is viewed as the full gathering of Faulkner’s best short stories. ‘The Bear’ includes symbolism that directly relates…
At the heart of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart lie the central themes of masculinity, stereotypes, and gender-roles. Written in 1958, the book is aimed at addressing the colonial representation of Africa and the African people in English literature. It tells the story of Okonkwo…
Edward Irving Wortis who is also known as AVI is a very popular American author of young adult and adult novels. He was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1937. He grew up in Brooklyn with his dad, Joseph Wortis. When Edward was a teen,…
Realism’s roots can be found in various works through history from authors such as Thucydides, Machiavelli, Hobbes or Morgenthau. The latest with his book entitled Politics among Nations has been considered as the foundation of realism. It is not until WWI and the following crisis…
The Horrors of World War I destroyed the illusion that acting virtuously brought about good. Modernist authors felt betrayed by the war. What they were taught to believe brought no good into their lives so they turned to themselves to discover the answers.Modernists turned away…
In “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” by Flannery O’Connor, and “Popular Mechanics,” by Raymond Carver, both stories contain similar literary elements. Although the stories differ in meaning, the elements within them allow for comparisons. Inspecting how the author uses these elements provides clarity…
In James’ insightful writing of “The Beast in the Jungle,” the reader is placed on the outside looking into the egocentric mind of John Marcher. The story is centered around Marcher’s obsession over “the sense of being kept for something rare and strange, possibly prodigious…
Symbolism is the use of images and indirect allusions to express ideas, actions, emotions and states of mind. Chadwick defines symbolism as “an attempt to penetrate beyond reality to a world of ideas, either the ideas within the poet, including his emotions, or the ideas…
While considering the realism and naturalism from the perspectives of their representation in the literature works by William Dean Howells, it is essential to refer the author’s philosophical approach toward the society which is viewed by the author from the perspective of ‘art’. In “Criticism…
Summary: the Core Similarities and Differences Between Expressionism and Realism as Theatre Styles
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Expressionism is a movement first formed in Germany in the early 20th century, it started off as art but later went into theatre. Initially expressionism was different to realism and naturalism in theatre so much so that it later influenced practitioners Bertolt Brecht and Erwin…
A film that is approved by the united nations as a world heritage. That is considered as the most influential film in the film history – Metropolis . It is the very first sci-fi movie existed. The background of this film set in a…
Franz Kafka’s novella, The Metamorphosis is better described as “Kafkaesque”, which means wholly out of the ordinary or very absurd. The protagonist Gregor, in this novel, changes into monstrous vermin ‘When Gregor Samsa woke up, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous…
In Lord of the Flies, author William Golding uses well-developed symbolism and imagery to illustrate the impact that one’s societal upbringing has on one’s actions and thinking processes. Golding uses the clash of the characters and their differing opinions to symbolize how society shapes an…
Realism is a paradigm because there are many realist thinkers with in realism such as, classic realist and Neorealist, which is broken down into defensive and offensive structural realism. Classic realists believe that’s its human nature and unit level that determines how states behave. Classic…
The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, is considered as Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald’s masterpiece and of the finest American novels in the 20th century with its mood and characteristics of the Jazz Age. The novel is inspired by Fitzgerald’s personal life and experience. The main…
In the novel, The Great Gatsby, novelist Thomas Parke D’Invilliers once said “Then wear a gold hat, if that will move her; If you can bounce high, bounce for her too, Till she cry, “ Lover , gold- hatted, high bouncing lover, I must have…
This suggestive line from a fairy tale “Snow White” represents the disastrous obsession for physical attractiveness, beautiful body and fair skin. Roll back to real life and advertisements and various representations in media harp on women’s preoccupation with formidable attempts at transforming themselves into prototypes…
Foucault was French thinker, academic, philosopher, sociologist and psychologist who passed away in 1984. His works affected many academics and many thinkers even while he’s in life. According to Best and Kellner, Foucault’s work provides an innovative and comprehensive critique of modernity.’’ (1989, p. 37)….
Modernism was the era of rationalism, clean geometry, lack of ornamentation and functionalism; Post-modernism arose as a reaction against this encouraging anti-purism. Its daring and non-conforming designs caused a stir in the design world, convincing some more than others with its abandonment of the meta-narrative….
