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  • Light in August and Symbolism

    Light in August and Symbolism

    Light in August, a novel written by the well-known author, William Faulkner, can definitely be interpreted in many ways. However, one fairly obvious prospective is through a religious standpoint. It is difficult, nearly impossible, to construe Light in August without noting the Christian parallels. Faulkner gives us proof that a Christian symbolic interpretation is valid. Certain facts of these parallels are inescapable and there are many guideposts to this idea. For instance, there is

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    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: July
  • Electronic Arts

    Electronic Arts

    Introduction:-The key characteristics of the video game industry till 1995 has gone through 4 phases The rise and fall of Atari: - Atari was one of the early players in the video game industry, who developed a home version of the popular arcade game Pong .First generation machines --individuals to play interactive games on the family TV or stand alone machines. Second generation machine --a programmable video game console with removable cartridges to play different

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    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: Jon
  • Art of War in the Corporate World

    Art of War in the Corporate World

    There are numerous books on warfare but not many that have been relevant for two and a half thousand years. Sun Tzu was a general in the Kingdom of Wu in China around 490BC. His text was translated from Chinese to French in 1782 and it has been suggested that it was the key to Napoleon's success. It was only when he failed to follow all of the rules set down by Sun Tzu that

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    Essay Length: 2,115 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: May 19, 2010 By: July
  • To Kill a Mockingbird Symbolism Essay

    To Kill a Mockingbird Symbolism Essay

    To Kill A Mockingbird Essay Question; Describe an important symbol or symbols in the text you have studied and analyse how the symbol helped to develop ideas in the text. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a story of racial prejudice and social class set in a time when such narrow-mindedness was considered acceptable and apart of every day life in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. Narrated and based around Scout (Jean

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    Essay Length: 1,174 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 20, 2010 By: Steve
  • Graffiti as an Art

    Graffiti as an Art

    Overview Graffiti art is an art form. The reasons, including aesthetic criteria, as to why it is an art form far outweigh the criticism of illegality, incoherence, and nonstandard presentation. The objective of this paper is to explain how graffiti art overcomes these concerns and thereby can be considered as an art form. Suppose that Leonardo, Monet, Picasso, or any of the recognized artisans of Western European culture were alive in the present day. Then,

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    Submitted: May 21, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Art Tour of the Metropolital Mueseam of Art

    Art Tour of the Metropolital Mueseam of Art

    The Met While walking around the Metropolitan today I wasn't sure exactly what piece I wanted to write about. One wall caught my eye, and on the wall was the piece Saints Michael and Francis, by Juan de Flandes. It is a Tempera and oil on wood piece, from around 1505. This painting is a beautiful depiction of the Saints Michael and Francis in a very classical, idealized manner. The work is very flat, and

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    Submitted: May 21, 2010 By: Janna
  • The Symbolism in Young Goodman Brown

    The Symbolism in Young Goodman Brown

    The short story “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne narrates a character’s religious journey over the course of a night and how it reflects on his life later. Goodman Brown, a good and kind man, navigates a plethora of situations on his quest for a small taste of ungodliness. The story takes a deeper meaning with the symbols used. Symbolism in “Young Goodman Brown” is shown through the characters, the setting, and the individual

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    Submitted: May 23, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Discuss Tennessee Williams’ Use of Symbolism in “the Glass Menagerie”

    Discuss Tennessee Williams’ Use of Symbolism in “the Glass Menagerie”

    Discuss Tennessee Williams’ use of symbolism in “The Glass Menagerie” Tennessee Williams’ memory play “The Glass Menagerie describes three separate characters, their dreams and the realities they face in a changing world. The play is set in an apartment in st Louis during the American depression. The Glass Menagerie exposes the lost dreams of a southern family and their desperate struggle to escape reality. The play “The glass menagerie” itself is a symbol Williams uses

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    Essay Length: 876 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 24, 2010 By: Janna
  • Symbolism of Pearl in the Scarlet Letter

    Symbolism of Pearl in the Scarlet Letter

    Pearl is a very intriguing character in The Scarlet Letter; she is Hester’s and Dimmesdale’s child and the embodiment of their sin. Pearl is used in contrast to puritan society and as human form of the scarlet letter. Pearl is a great contrast to the strictness of puritan society; she is a very wild and disobedient child and this comes from being raised in the forest. She is raised in the forest instead of in

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    Essay Length: 732 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 24, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art

    Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art

    Aesthetics and the philosophy of art It is not uncommon to find aesthetics used as a synonym for the philosophy of art, although it is also not uncommon to find thinkers insisting that we distinguish these two closely related fields. In practice we distinguish between aesthetic and artistic judgements, one refers to the sensory contemplation or appreciation of an object (not necessarily an art object), whilst the other refers to the appreciation or criticism of

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    Essay Length: 1,431 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: May 24, 2010 By: Janna
  • Art Museum

    Art Museum

    For my first field trip assignment, I decided to go to the Philadelphia Art Museum. Believe it or not, this was my first time visiting this museum. By walking through the museum I saw some amazing paintings and sculptors. These artists were truly talented in what they were able to create. It was extremely difficult to choose a single piece of art and categorize it as my favorite. However, there were a few sculptors that

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    Submitted: May 26, 2010 By: Edward
  • Symbolism in the Scarlet Letter

    Symbolism in the Scarlet Letter

    Symbolism in “The Scarlet Letter” “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne is full of many different themes, symbols, ironies, and conflicts. All of these aspects are crucial to the construction and dramatization of the plot. In literature, symbolism is the deepness and hidden meaning behind the story. Symbolism plays a major role in developing the themes of Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter”; symbols such as the rosebush at the prison, Hester’s daughter Pearl, and the Scarlet

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    Essay Length: 1,025 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 26, 2010 By: Yan
  • Art Definitions

    Art Definitions

    There are several definitions of art. These definitions depend on the interpretation of each individual. It also depends on the nature of the art and the era of the interpretation. I have noted several definitions as follows: 1. "The "use" of art from the artist's standpoint is as a means of expression" (Wikipedia, 2005). 2. "From the artist's perspective it allows one to symbolize complex ideas and emotions in an arbitrary language subject only to

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    Submitted: May 26, 2010 By: Vika
  • The Symbol of the Church in Joyce’s Araby

    The Symbol of the Church in Joyce’s Araby

    Joyce's short story "Araby" is filled with symbolic images of a church. It opens and closes with strong symbols, and in the body of the story, the images are shaped by the young), Irish narrator's impres-sions of the effect the Church of Ireland has upon the people of Ire-land. The boy is fiercely determined to invest in someone within this Church the holiness he feels should be the natural state of all withinit, but a

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    Submitted: May 27, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Hills like White Elephants - Symbolism

    Hills like White Elephants - Symbolism

    1. The story is narrated in the third person point of view. Aside from dialogue, the story does not use “I.” Instead, it uses his name, or refers to the character as “him” or “he.” 2. The story starts off as third person objective. It’s first told as how someone would observe from afar. The narrator makes assumptions, such as in the first paragraph of part one, “It did not appear to be the duty

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    Submitted: May 27, 2010 By: Steve
  • History of Dance in Art

    History of Dance in Art

    Dance, Music, and Performance “The Joy of Life” Introduction In the nineteenth century some of the greatest innovations come from artists who strove to discover if art could work on the same level as music. I have decided to research the relationship between art, dance, and music. The interpretation of dance and music in art continually developed during the twentieth century. Firstly dance as a subject matter, drawn narratively and may have a symbolic meaning.

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    Submitted: May 28, 2010 By: Fatih
  • True Human Nature - Symbols (in Lord of the Flies)

    True Human Nature - Symbols (in Lord of the Flies)

    The central theme in the novel Lord of The Flies, by William Golding, is that all mankind is inherently savage and the only aspect suppressing man’s primitive behavior is the moral influences of civilization. It is society that holds everyone together, and when rules, values, and consensus of right and wrong are absent, a moral surrounding no longer influences one’s actions. Thus, values, reason, and the basic understanding of morality are lost, and the true

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    Submitted: May 29, 2010 By: Stenly
  • A History of the Gothic Period of Art and Architecture

    A History of the Gothic Period of Art and Architecture

    Gothic Art is concerned with the painting, sculpture, architecture, and music characteristic of the second of two great international eras that flourished in western and central Europe during the Middle Ages. Architecture was the most important and original art form during the Gothic period. The principal structural characteristics of Gothic architecture arose out of medieval masons' efforts to solve the problems associated with supporting heavy masonry ceiling vaults over wide spans. The problem was that

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    Essay Length: 426 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 31, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Islamic Symbols Report

    Islamic Symbols Report

    Islamic Symbols Report--Throughout the years, people have used symbols to represent their spiritual beliefs. We will look at several of these symbols in the Islamic religion. First we will look at one of the most important symbols to Muslims. It is the Koran, also spelled Qur’an. This is Islam’s holy book. It contains Allah’s final revelation and how each Muslim should live their life. The original language of the Koran is Arabic and has been

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    Submitted: May 31, 2010 By: Monika
  • Lord of the Flies Symbolism

    Lord of the Flies Symbolism

    Symbolism is the author's sneaky way of tying the story's action to its theme. Cleverly placed throughout the story, these symbols can be found if the reader takes a closer look. In William Goldings The Lord of the Flies, a school of boys plane-crash onto a deserted island and become stranded there. The boys slowly begin to lose their minds and start turning into animal-like savages. Golding uses symbols throughout his story, most of them

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    Submitted: June 1, 2010 By: Yan
  • Modernism in Latin Art

    Modernism in Latin Art

    Modernism can only be defined as one of the most important movements in latin american art to date. Like many other movements, the creation of modernism was driven by the need to reinvent a traditional style in order to sort of sav what was left of of innovative forms of expression that distinguish many styles in the arts and literature of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Modernism refers to this period's interest in:

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    Submitted: June 1, 2010 By: Monika
  • Symbolism in the Writings

    Symbolism in the Writings

    Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Hawthorne’s “The Birth-Mark” are strong writings that grasp symbolism as their main point of explanation and interpretation. Gilman’s short story expresses a young woman that is in peaceful captivity by her husband and uses her surroundings to create an imaginary world. Hawthorne’s story uses the birthmark of a woman, a scientist’s wife, which drives the scientist to extreme measures of dealing with the mark. While both writings use symbolism as

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    Submitted: June 4, 2010 By: Mike
  • Symbolism in Fahrenheit 451

    Symbolism in Fahrenheit 451

    Symbolism” When I read Fahrenheit 451, the most prevalent literacy style that jumped out at me was Ray Bradbury’s use of symbolism. Symbolism is prevalent throughout the entire novel. Some of it jumps right out at you, but most of it a minute of pondering thought, and even more time of analytical judgment. I absolutely love symbolism. It has to be my absolute favorite literacy style. Symbolism creates a much easier device by which interpret

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    Submitted: June 5, 2010 By: Kevin
  • The Founder of Pop Art: Andy Warhol

    The Founder of Pop Art: Andy Warhol

    The Founder of Pop Art: Andy Warhol Andy Warhol is the god father of Pop Art. His window advertisements were the beginning of an era where art would be seen in an array of forms away from the traditional paintings and sculptures of the old world. His love of bright colors and bold patters along with his quirky personality paved the way for his successful career as a major figure in the pop art

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    Submitted: June 5, 2010 By: Mike
  • Romanticism Art

    Romanticism Art

    Romantic art was expressed by individualism, irrationalism, creativity, emotions and nature. During this time, emotion was considered more important over reason along with the senses over intellect. Since artists during this period were in revolt against the orders, they favored the revival of potentially unlimited number of styles, which pretty much can be considered as anything that they liked or anything that pleased them. This artistic concept, which emerged as individual experience, showed specific love

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    Submitted: June 5, 2010 By: Venidikt

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