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Analysis Of Masaccio's "The Holy Trinity" And "Grunewald's "The Isenheim Altarpiece"
Words: 961 / Pages: 4 .... at the tomb. The vanishing point, five
feet above the floor level, pulls both views together. By doing this, an
illusion of an actual structure is created. The interior volume of this
'structure' is an extension of the space that the person looking at the
work is standing in. The adjustment of the spectator to the pictured space
is one of the first steps in the development of illusionistic painting.
Illusionistic painting fascinated many artists of the Renaissance and
Baroque periods.
The proportions in this painting are so numerically exact that one can
actually calculate the numerical dimensions of the chapel in the background.
The span of the pai .....
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Inanimated Objects In Death Of A Salesman
Words: 498 / Pages: 2 .... never have the satisfaction of hearing his children recite all of the capitols in the United States, his children aren't book smart. Willy will never receive the genuine love that Howard's kids so generously display for their father. The fact that Willy doesn't know how to work the machine shows that Willy far behind on the technological that is surrounding him. Above all the tape recorder represents the failed American dream. As his name says he will always be a "Loman"
The rubber tubing shows the darker side of Willy Loman. He wanted to die, the rubber tubing is a painful reminder to Willy's family and the reader that suicide was the only way for .....
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King Lear: Consequences Of One Man's Decisions
Words: 796 / Pages: 3 .... me the map there. Know that we have divided
In three our kingdom, and 'tis our fast intent
To shake all cares and business from our age,
Conferring them on younger strengths while we
Unburdened crawl to death..."
(Act I, Sc i, Ln 38-41)
This gives the reader the first indication of Lear's intent to abdicate his
throne. He goes on further to offer pieces of his kingdom to his daughters as a
form of reward to his test of love.
"Great rivals in our youngest daughter's love,
Long in our court have made their amorous sojourn,
And here are to be answered. Tell me, my daughte .....
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Death Of A Salesman - Willy's Escape
Words: 1028 / Pages: 4 .... home. The conversation between Willy and
Linda reflects Willy's disappointment in Biff and what he has become,
which is, for the most part, a bum. After failing to deal adequately with
his feelings, he escapes into a time when things were better for his
family. It is not uncommon for one to think of better times at low points
in their life in order to cheer themselves up so that they are able to
deal with the problems they encounter, but Willy Lowman takes it one step
further. His refusal to accept reality is so strong that in his mind he is
transported back in time to relive one of the happier days of his life. It
was a time when no one argued, Will .....
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Macbeth: Tragic Hero
Words: 461 / Pages: 2 .... being and did not kill Duncan. The failing of his decision was soon
reflected by Lady Macbeth who called him a coward. From then on, after the
murder of Duncan, Macbeth entered into a life of evil.
Since he overcomed his good nature, he no longer needed to be with his
friend Banquo. He wanted to protect his ambition, by killing the king, and
now he killed Banquo, due to the prediction of what the witches said about
Banquo's son becoming the king. Macbeth wanted to ensure that he would
reach his ambition without problems.
Macbeth, who now no longer needed any encouragement from Lady Macbeth,
started to leave her in ignorance of his plans. Near .....
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Movie Review Of Jerry Maguire
Words: 704 / Pages: 3 .... and writes a mission statement about how the business can be
altered to include humanity. His plan focuses on reducing the number of clients
to produce higher quality relationships with them. He then distributes it to all
his colleagues before realizing what a big mistake he made. His boss fires him
promptly. Only one client out of his previous 72, Arizona Cardinals wide
reciever Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.), remains faithful. Ironically enough,
his only concern is money. Only one former colleague, Dorothy Boyd (Renee
Zellweger), joins Jerry when he forms a new company. His memo inspired her. Her
five-year-old son, Ray (Jonathan Lipnicki), .....
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Arthur Miller And "The Crucible"
Words: 5059 / Pages: 19 .... which it was written,
becoming a classic work that continues to excite and enrage audiences and
readers.
The Crucible is set in another politically charged period in U.S. history.
The Salem witch trials of the late 17th century resulted in the accusation
and hanging of many colonials. Citizens of the Massachusetts colony were
arrested and forced to admit their own guilt and inform on others. Whether
or not the play is historically accurate is not important to the approach
used in this teacher's guide. Although we will suggest ways to examine the
historical backdrop of the Salem witch trials and will discuss how the play
can be used in English and .....
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The Last Wave
Words: 726 / Pages: 3 .... culture.
The director is also giving us many symbols or visual communication such
as the consistency of water in the film as well as, the overbearing control of
darkness. The film is shot in shadows and overall is very dark , almost forcing
us to look beyond the obvious plot and storyline and into the meaning or what
the film/director is trying to tell us. The darkness in the film can be seen as
unconsciousness. It can also be seen as a prediction of the darkness that will
occur in the world when the last wave comes. The last wave meaning a giant
tidal wave that will cover the earth , killing humanity. This idea is similar
to the Christian b .....
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Hamlet And Gertrude: Love Or Hate
Words: 947 / Pages: 4 .... this time he receives word from his friend Horatio that
the spirit of his father has returned and walks the night. During the
Elizabethan period of English literature, man and nature were thought to be
linked as part of a "great chain of being". To Hamlet, the fact that his father
had returned showed that this chain had been disrupted by some evil in the world
of man. That he had returned as a ghost could mean only one thing, his death was
not an accident. The ghost beseeches Hamlet to avenge him but warns him, "taint
not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive against thy mother aught . . . leave her
to heaven".
This statement by the ghost was left op .....
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Saving Private Ryan
Words: 701 / Pages: 3 .... in the movie were all around my age bracket. Those were people my age fighting and dying for their country. If I was around for this war, I doubt I would have made it off the beach in the first scene.
The movie also tells about many different types of attitudes that the American boys had about the war and how they reacted to it. An example of this would be when the company took over a machine gun and one of their friends died from enemy fire. Several American soldiers were going to execute the Nazi until another soldier stopped them. Personally, I would have killed the Nazi soldier because he was involved in killing my friend. Even if the man .....
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