contain parenthetical statements in which a narrator chooses to interrupt writing in order to convey a personal remark. These comments evoke an effect on the reader. Clarice Lispector’s The Hour of the Star and Ludmilla Petrushevskaya’s “The Time is Night” each contain several instances where this literary technique is used. Through analyzing the usage of parenthetical interjections within each piece it is possible to see why narrators choose to introduce comments using parentheses. The narrator of
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A Film Unfinished‚ The Last Stage‚ and Diamonds of the Night are all films that deal in some way with the Holocaust. However‚ the perspective and director’s intentions are so unique for each. A Film Unfinished was able to pick apart the lies of a Nazi propaganda film by including Holocaust survivors’ reaction to the film‚ as well as journals and interviews of people directly involved with the propaganda footage. The Last Stage is authentic because real Holocaust survivors were recruited to act in
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Martha Graham’s production of Night Journey is a unique and symbolic contemporary dance work. Graham bases many of her dance pieces on Greek myths and this is seen in her work Night Journey. Graham has manipulated elements of contemporary dance to communicate the emotion of the main character‚ Jocasta. Graham’s previous work focuses on depicting both the power and struggle of female idols in history. Graham has choreographed Night Journey to explore the perspective of Queen Jocasta‚ the main protagonist
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were inferior and that they were Superior. The Nazi party used many psychological techniques: fear‚ music‚ public executions‚ and separation from family‚ but they were ineffective. The nazis wanted to have complete control over the Jewish. The novel Night‚ gives us a visual on how the jews were treated during that time period. Also‚ the movie Escape from Sobibor shows how the jews still had hope
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The year was 1917‚ and women had yet to have the right to suffrage. The oppression that had been an ongoing theme throughout history had finally begun to be challenged‚ for equality issues had been addressed and even solved‚ such as equal representation This specific time was what would bring about the first wave feminism. Though women were still struggling with issues such as this‚ an optimistic Susan Glaspell rose to take a stand on this. Glaspell was a 41 year old author who wrote a special play
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appearance or statement. Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night tells the story of a shipwreck survivor Viola‚ who disguises herself as her brother for a job on the Duke’s estate. Similarly‚ Some Like it Hot tells the story of two musicians Larry and Joe‚ who dress as women to join an all women’s jazz band‚ in order to escape their neighborhood mob. The theme of deception through appearance can apply to Some Like it Hot‚ which is a natural descendant of Twelfth Night. Through the many forms of deception‚ self-deception
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The video‚ “Night Journey” by Martha Graham is is one of the best-choreographed videos I have come to appreciate for its fluid movements‚ dramatic music and tragic storyline. Graham’s modern dance style is beautiful and unique which contemplates her strong interpretation of the Greek myth‚ “Oedipus Rex.” In her 1947 rendition‚ “Night Journey”‚ she develops her own language of movement by expressing passion and dedication throughout the act. The video is in black and white‚ which adds to the overall
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Starry Night) is a song written by Don Mclean. Don McClean‚ “Donald‚” III is an American singer-songwriter. He is best known for his 1971 album American Pie. American Pie is best known for McClean’s two hits “American Pie‚” and “Vincent.” “I was sitting on the veranda one morning‚ reading a biography of Van Gogh‚ and suddenly I knew I had to write a song arguing that he wasn’t crazy. So I sat down with a print of Starry Night and wrote the lyrics out on a paper bag.” (Brown) Starry‚ Starry Night is a
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Night is associated to darkness‚ emptiness‚ and sometimes-even loneliness. Robert Frost’s “Acquainted With the Night” shows the character‚ which is the narrator‚ being overly too familiar almost friendly with the nighttime. The narrator of the poem is a man who described what he felt as he took a walk at night seemingly searching for something he had apparently lost. This “modernist” character was disposing loneliness throughout the whole poem. He is a representative of the alienated person typical
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The Truth will Prevail Justice is “the quality of being just; righteousness‚ equitableness‚ or moral rightness: to uphold the justice of a cause”(Dictionary).Harper Lee uses the theme of Justice throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird to express her opinions on the injustices of America at the time and to advocate ways in which they can be changed. At the beginning of the novel‚ Lee uses Scouts child-like perspective to make points about the injustices caused by misunderstanding and innocence
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