01-08-17 “Aunt Marge’s Big Mistake” “At last‚ at long last‚ the final evening of Marge’s stay arrived… She jerked her head at Harry‚ who felt his stomach clench. The Handbook‚ he thought quickly… Aunt Marge’s voice seemed to be boring into him like one of Uncle Vernon’s drills… Harry was shaking all over. He had never felt so angry in his life… “COME BACK IN HERE!” he bellowed. “COME BACK AND PUT HER RIGHT!””(26-30). I found this very significant because in the story Uncle Vernon told
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The plays we perform often display a frightening view of who we are. How are playwrights able to do this in Ruby Moon and Stolen? The frightening view of who we are is explored by Matt Cameron’s Ruby Moon and Jane Harrison’s Stolen‚ where the contemporary Australian theatrical practice is used to explore dark issues. The play Ruby Moon is a response to the current epidemic within Australian society; the fear of losing a child‚ and is concerned with life in suburbia‚ and Stolen by Jane Harrison
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Overanalyzing Art Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man People have been defining art as “good” or “bad”‚ “proper” or “improper” ‚ or simply worthy or not since the first art was sketched on a cave wall. In the novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce‚ Stephen Dedulas continues the trend of passing judgment on art and beauty. However‚ art is merely an expression and beyond that it cannot be judged. Yet many people still look for formulas that can explain art in
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Visual Analysis of Young Man Desires Position Upon walking into a room in the upstairs of the Swope Art Museum‚ the first piece that stands out is a large painting by Gordon Samstag‚ titled Young Man Desires Position. The painting was done in the 1930’s and was done with oil on a canvas that measures 50 ¼ by 47 ¼ inches. The lighting in the gallery isn’t exceptionally bright‚ but there is a light shining onto the top right of the piece. This compliments the artist’s rendition of value on the
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Young Goodman Brown By Nathaniel Hawthorne In his deep and particularly dark short story‚ Young Goodman Brown‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne explores a very real but uncomfortably thought of side of the human spirit. Set in the real town of Salem‚ Massachusetts where the historic Salem witch trials took place‚ this story looks into the depths of the spiritual battle being waged for the hearts and minds of humans. While at first glance the story is about a man’s surreal late-night
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Where will you put your million dollars? Dear Aunt Bessie‚ It’s an honor that you have chosen me to distribute your entire life earning of one million dollars! I promise you that I wont let you down. America is growing day by day and it needs help because there are many problems that it’s facing. I’ve narrowed it down into four important causes on where your money will go. My choice for the most important cause is the woman’s suffrage‚ this cause will receive your $600‚000. Jane Adams‚ the co-founder
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The poems Living in Sin and Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers‚ both written by Adrienne Rich surround women before the civil rights movement when gender equality was inexistent. In Living and Sin and Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers‚ gender inequality and the traditional marriage system are portrayed as discriminatory towards women. However‚ the differences in these poems show that their involvement and motivation to obtain gender equality play important roles in determining their happiness and freedom. To portray similarities
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Cora’s Great Aunt Ida arrives to the scene where Cora‚ Roger and Peter have now gotten Mimi away from the Long Lankin‚ but Cora’s Aunt doesn’t think this is all that has to be done‚ she wants the revenge that she feels is rightfully hers; the death of the Long Lankin‚ so she ends up killing the creature. This emoji shows the sense of relief that Cora is feeling now that the Long Lankin has finally been put to rest after many years of murdering children and now that her sister is safe. The Long
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amazing poet who expressed certain matters and women’s needs through her writings. Her poem “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” was used to express male and female relationships or maybe one in particular. Although many critics argue the point of view‚ the overall theme of “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” is Aunt Jennifer’s oppression through marriage‚ and the use of embroidery as the form of self-expression. The first verse of “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” is used to describe the tigers. They “prance across a screen”. This
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The Liberation of Aunt Jemima by Betye Saar and Aspiration by Aaron Douglas are the two pieces that I have chosen to compare for my Introduction to Humanities II analysis paper. These two African American artists make a social commentary about life in America and the issues faced by African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance and life after the Civil Rights Movement. Stereotypes dominated discourse surrounding African American life and culture in the late 19th century. Some artists aimed to
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