How far do the sources suggest that Mary Seacole ‘was a great help to the men in the Crimea’?…
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi is a compelling book. A quote from the story says: "A sailor chooses the wind that takes the ship from a safe port. Ah, yes, but once you're abroad, as you have seen, winds have a mind of their own. Be careful, Charlotte, careful of the wind you choose." The adventure and courage in this story kept me wanting to read more.…
Who was the mother of famous Julius Caesar? The woman who raised Julius and his two sisters is Aurelia Cotta. She raised her daughters both name Julia and her son Julius, she then eventually raised her grandson Augustus. Her husband Gaius Caesar the elder, died at a young age, and before that he was gone most of the time so she was the one in charge of raising her children (15 Interesting Women of Ancient Rome). Many women in today’s world do not get the recognition they deserve for all the hard work they do. Aurelia Cotta should be recognized as a strong and loving mother who did what was best for her children.…
Distinctly visual texts through various techniques depict an environment with great clarity so that to allow the audience to picture a vivid mental image just the way the composer intended it. A couple of examples of distinctly visual texts are the famous play “the Shoe-Horn Sonata” which uses lighting, project images, music, and the use of Japanese language and customs. A text doesn’t have to display pictures or play pictures to paint a picture for its audience or to be distinctly visual. Douglas Stewart’s poem “Lady Feeding the Cats” uses emotive language, visual imagery and poetic devices to assist the reader to understand the circumstances surrounding an old lady and the stray cats she feeds.…
Throughout the entire novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Miss Maudie Atkinson has been extremely insightful on many events in the town, and on Mr. Atticus Finch. Miss Maudie is one who respects others, such as when the group of ladies is sitting in Atticus’ house and are criticizing Atticus while eating his food. All but Miss Maudie.…
Janie Crawford would be considered a woman who has been through many trials and tribulations in her young life. She is a woman of strength, confidence and experience with all of the many things she has gone through in her life, such a death. She has had three different husbands, and her second husband Jody Starks becomes very ill and dies. Finally, there is Tea Cake, whom she deeply cares for, but treats her poorly in such a way as to control Janie. She is used to the fact of death and everything that comes with it, and has a need to break out and become an independent woman. In the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neal Hurston uses symbols to portray the antagonist in the story, Janie Crawford. As all of the trials and tribulations she goes through in her young life, there are many objects found in the novel that can portray meaning and symbolism in Janie Crawford’s life.…
The first question to address is what captivity narratives are. “Captivity narratives are stories of people captured by "uncivilized" enemies. The narratives often include a theme of redemption by faith in the face of the threats and temptations of an alien way of life.” (Wikipedia 2011). Women such as Mary Rowlandson, Mary Jemison, and Hannah Duston we are all held captive by the natives and Indians and managed to live to tell about it.…
the novel Little Scarlet by Walter Mosley, the protagonist faces inner-conflict when he is chosen to lead an investigation for the LAPD. The author makes the conflict real for the reader through imagery and allusion. The racial tensions between the people in L.A. throughout the book are truly real and able to be experienced. Walter Mosley uses these tangible literary devices to show the reader the heartfelt pain that the main character, Easy Rawlins, feels, and in the same way smoothly resolves Easy's inner conflict. He feels that by proving the innocence of a white man, and taking time away from his family he is doing a wrong thing, but when he comes to think about it he feels that by helping the police he is working for a just cause.…
A common phrase in today’s society is “You are what you eat.” To people today, the phrase means everyone is made up of junk food and immense amounts of sugar, but what would the phrase mean to the people of the Elizabethan Era? Even though people in the Elizabethan Era ate sugars and sweets, one did not eat as much. The people of the Elizabethan Era ate immense amounts of meat as we do sugar; hence, to add to the statement “You are what you eat,” people of the Elizabethan Era would most likely be meat and a lot of vegetables. The diet of the Elizabethan Era was made up of three main meals.…
The Ballad of the Sad Café, by Carson McCullers (1951) suggests that there are two types of people in the world: the "lover" and the "beloved". The "lover" is a pathetic character so enamored by the "beloved" that it changes his/her attitude or personality completely. The feeling is so powerful that even though it causes the "lover" excruciating pain, he/she continues to love. The two main characters fall under this mysterious spell and it changes their lives forever. McCullers also seems to propose that the feelings of love and attraction are not necessarily reasonable or comprehensible to others, and if left unrequited it can cause the "lover" to revert back to his/her true self.…
In The Piano Lesson each central character learns a lesson. August Wilson uses plenty of symbolism throughout his play, the strongest symbol being the piano itself, representing the family's history, their long struggle, and their burden of their race. Throughout the play, the conflict revolves around the piano, and Berniece and Boy Willie's contrasting views about its significance and about what should be done with it. Berniece is ashamed and cannot let go of the past, or the piano, and Boy Willie wants to move his life forward, and use the piano to do so. Wilson portrays the 'lesson' of the piano as accepting and respecting one's past and moving on with one's life gracefully, through Berniece and Boy Willies contrasting actions and the play's climactic resolution.…
Colombina, sometimes known as arlecchina depending on the play, is a fictional/theatrical character that plays in the Italian carnevale and Commedia dell’ Arte. Colombina is a comical hired maid that is the type of tricky slave like character, is high spirited, smart, pretty and sassy at times. In English comedies she was usually the daughter of Pantalone and in love with Arlecchino. The soubrette of the 20th-century musical comedy is a version of the Columbine character. Colombina does not like Pierrot but he loves her. Arlecchino is her lover but at some plays Pierrot is her husband. She is better dressed than the male servants as she is also a lady's maid. She usually wears a long dress and an apron. The colouring of her clothes can be different in different acts, depending on her relationships with the characters and the scenario. She can be in a similar scheme to Arlecchino (where she is sometimes known as Arlecchina with similar diamonds and triangles), or if she is assigned to a rival family of Arlecchino's, she can be in that scheme. In cases where she is an independent character, she can be in blacks and whites in the spirit of a French Maid. Colombina does not usually wear a mask but sometimes wears one covering only her eyes. Her signature props are a tambourine and a basket. Colombina is originated in Venice, Italy and a character from the 1700s. She is a well known character that puts the play together. I chose colombina for this assignment because I admire her personality and attitude.…
were made by Wilhelm Roentgen on the discovery of X-rays in 1895, and by Henri…
“The Piano Teacher” is a novel written by Elfriede Jelinek and first published in 1983. It was made into a motion picture directed by Michael Haneke and won three major prizes at the Cannes 2001 festival including best actress for Isabelle Huppert and best actor for Benoit Magimel.…
The Pianist' is a film directed by Roman Polanski and based around the life of Wladyslaw Szpilman during the Nazi invasion of Poland. Roman used visual techniques in the opening scenes such as black and white film, camera positioning and motifs to create an atmosphere for the audience.…