Li Po and Tu Fu are extremely great poet’s. A critic has said that “Li Po’s poetry appears to posses a life or vitality of it’s own‚ and so well is it’s art concealed that gives the impression of being quite artless and unpremeditated. Tu Fu’s poetry on the other hand is above all serious in purpose and full of deep meaning.” I have to agree with the critic because when I read Li Po’s poetry I get a felling that he just lets everything out of his head onto his paper. Tu Fu’s poetry seems a lot more
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Li Po’s “Fighting South of the Ramparts” as it Relates to Taoism and the Universe Li Po has been acclaimed as one of China’s greatest poets of all time during the Tang Dynasty and “Golden Age of China”. Branded as a rebel with nomadic tendencies‚ Li Po was known for his love and adoration of wine and revelry. In 745‚ he was initiated into the Taoist religion and began to write poems supporting his growing interest in Taoism. To understand the significance of some of his writings like “Fighting
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Alone by Yiyun Li & Sweetheart Sorrow by David Hoon Kim Haunted The parallels of “Alone” by Yiyun Li and “Sweetheart Sorrow” by David Hoon Kim were portrayed beautifully in the characters Fumiko and Suchen. Both young women of Asian decent were haunted by the elements in their lives. This awakens one’s consciousness that to be haunted by one’s innermost demons can become the catalyst of one’s freedom or demise. Therefore‚ the power lies within one’s self to assent and change those innermost elements
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Not many people enjoy eating alone. While it may be more efficient than a meal filled with gossip and conversation‚ it is substantially less satisfying. Especially when in public‚ people do not love eating by themselves. Eating alone can be especially sad when you are used to eating with someone you love. On top of that‚ it can be exceptionally sad if you know you will never have the chance to eat with that person ever again. Li-Young Lee’s Eating Alone is a poem about working through the grief
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are an excellent example of this. Chinese literature often addresses universal questions about death‚ life‚ and mortality‚ such as Form‚ Shadow‚ Spirit‚ written by T’ao Ch’ien‚ which addresses the inability to escape death; The Moon at the Fortified Pass‚ written by Li Po‚ which expresses that one’s purpose in life is to face his mortality and fulfill his duties regardless of this knowledge; and the aforementioned Form‚ Shadow‚ Spirit‚ which also states that one should find a balance in his life
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Lon Po Po is a Red-Riding Hood story from China. It is illustrated by Ed Young. The illustrations in this book were painted in the impressionist style. Mr. Young uses color‚ scale and dimension‚ and composition to add to the optical effect the book has on the reader. The colors in Lon Po Po invoke emotions. For example‚ the wolf and his shadow are black. Black is typically used to depict evil. Most if the illustrations in the book have a mixture of blues and greens. These colors are supposed
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Could philosophy radically transform an artist’s worldview and subsequently their art? This is the case as Li Po’s later works prioritize Taoist principles such as removal from the material world. Li Po’s change in thematic emphasis coincides with his banishment from court and formal conversion to Taoism. (Holman and Snyder) Taoists played a unique role in society as they were‚ “honored by emperors and members of the nobility‚ they were scorned‚ as a rule‚ by literati-officials and treated with a
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Beneath Clouds Beneath Clouds is Ivan Senâs first full feature. It follows the journey of two teenagers‚ Lena and Vaughn‚ thrown together as their paths cross on the way to Sydney. They travel on foot along the roadside‚ not together but not alone. Barriers are drawn between the two‚ defensive lines laid‚ as the film progresses we sense a relationship start emerge between the two‚ a kind of unspoken affiliation‚ something which Sen rightly refuses to pursue at a romantic level. Although similar
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LENA AND VAUGHN’S PHYSICAL JOURNEY REPRESENTED IN THE FILM? A physical journey is predominantly interpreted as a mere distance travelled‚ although it is also layered with extending ourselves emotionally‚ spiritually or intellectually. In the text Beneath Clouds‚ the director Ivan Sen ingeniously explores the concept of a physical journey mirrored with the emotional growth of the main characters. The essential motif that the journey‚ not the arrival matters is reflected by the emotional transformation
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on a physical journey may also experience an inner journey themself. Ivan Sen’s Beneath Clouds is about two indigenous teenagers who embark on a journey to find more about themselves. Vaughn and Lena both embarks on a journey to find their parents. Vaughn and Lena goes a journey to find their parents. The main themes of Beneath Clouds are Family‚ friends and racism. Family is important to the protagonist of Beneath Clouds. Lena embarks on a journey to find her Irish father and to find out who she
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