 In American Beauty‚ 1999‚ directed by Sam Mendes‚ we are confronted with the permeating images that have consumed mainstream American life. Mendes exploits these images as constructions that we created around ourselves as a means of hiding our true selves. Mendes is able to implicate us in the construction and make us active viewers by exploiting our voyeuristic nature. In American Beauty Mendes uses the voyeuristic tendencies of the spectator to acknowledge the permeating constructed
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ELVIRA SUKAMTOH SARA COTTER ART HIST 110 ------------------------------------------------- 15 MARCH 2013 The two paintings that appeal to me the most are the genre-painting‚ In Grandmother’s Time by Thomas Eakins (1876) and Tattered and Torn by Alfred Kappes (1886). The main subjects for the two paintings are the woman at the center of the composition. Through the differences in color‚ light‚ and the objects in the composition‚ these two paintings express two different stories. These paintings
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The quote “I have a place prepared for your exquisite corpse in my display of flesh” supports the male-gaze theory as the Marquis preserves his wives so he can look at them whenever he likes‚ Carter also shows us how the marquis literally moulds the women in order to satisfy his erotic tastes with the phrase “the opera singer lay‚ quite naked”‚ it could
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“Triumph of the Will” and “Night and Fog‚” portray Hitler’s vision for Germany‚ and the findings of Allied liberators of concentration camps in the beginning of World War II. A comparison of the films present two very different views of what Hitler deemed necessary for Germany. They each displayed propaganda in a way they’re eye-catching simply because of the raw footage. It took everything that we knew about pre WWII and corrected it‚ so that we knew the truth about how the people of Germany felt
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.I settled this.” I turned my gaze to the other court members at my table and shared a confused look with the few who heard what I had. The guests were still murmuring and had not noticed. Lady Macbeth‚ now seated‚ took attention to Macbeth and said calmly‚ “Darling‚ take your seat‚ dinner
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Beloved’s eyes become a mouth‚ figuratively eating Sethe up as she gazes. Not only does Morrison use three verbs‚ emphasizing the commitment of Beloved’s eyes‚ but she also sets a familiar scene‚ hinting at the fact that this action of Beloved’s happens often. “Stooping to shake the damper‚ or snapping sticks for kindlin
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constantly stare at her letter and directly criticize her‚ but Hester found a way not to care. As a woman Hester didn’t have to focus on the shame‚ “While this passed‚ Hester Prynne had been standing on her pedestal‚ still with a fixed gaze toward the stranger; so fixed a gaze‚ that‚ at moments of intense absorption‚ all other objects in the visible world seemed to vanish‚ leaving only him and her” (65). Everything else vanished‚ for she was focusing on the important things. As a strong‚ independent woman
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When she gets there‚ there are women everywhere. Women then take over the entire plot line and have roles of importance as opposed to just being overly sexualized background characters. This breaks away from the male gaze theory because although these women are prostitutes which are obviously sexual‚ they are not sexualized. Their personal lives are important as opposed to their sex lives. This does not mean their sexuality is completely ignored. One scene that sticks
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emotion in characters. In the beginning of the story‚ eyes were used as an indication of Moche the Beadle’s calmness in the following quote. “I loved his great‚ dreaming eyes‚ their gaze lost in the distance” (Wiesel 13). The beadle‚ like his eyes‚ is peaceful as if he were in a dream. He has no worries and his gaze flows into the distance. Later in the story‚ after Moche escapes Hungarian police‚ his joy and peacefulness had disappeared. “Moche had changed. There was no longer any joy in his eyes”
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Tajbik Sheikh The Scarlet Letter Intro In the 16th century‚ Puritans immigrated to America from Great Britain in order to escape religious persecution‚ and by the mid 17th century they had erected a well established society based on their theological beliefs. The Puritan religion was one of austerity and geared towards spiritual devotion rather than worldly possessions. Puritans followed rigid laws which rarely changed with time. They also had little tolerance for anyone who broke these laws
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