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    Hiding Behind the Mask

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    27 January 2011 Hiding behind the Mask As a non-traditional student attending college‚ I sometimes ponder on how I have secluded myself. I am taking both online and face-to-face classes‚ and seem to hide my fears one time or another. Like Paul Laurence Dunbar in his poem‚ “We Wear the Mask” I can tell that different types of people do hide behind the mask rather than being honest with themselves‚ because I seem to do that also‚ whether it is to save ourselves or the feelings of another.

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    Antigone Mask Project

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    Daniel Okolo Antigone Mask Project In the Greek Theatre‚ the actors used masks in order to communicate the characters to the audience. One actor could play several different characters‚ and each character would have several masks‚ in order to show different emotions. Choose two different characters in Antigone. Complete the character analysis worksheet below for each character. Design a mask for each of those characters. Trace the shape of your face on a large sheet of paper. The mask should cover the

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    Ceramic Mask Paper

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    Ceramics I­II 3B The Grandmasters Mask They say the greatest warrior’s in history all come from the long gone and distant land of Ioni. Where it exist none know today‚ but what is know that there is a long lineage of warriors who can trace ancestors back to this land. Multiple ways of the warrior all can be traced back to Ioni. At some point though the continent it was located on collapsed into the planet it resided on. All remnants of it shattered to oblivion. All there was left were a f

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    A Formal Analysis of William Shepherd’s Kuba mask The Bwoom masquerade figure’s head set is made up of hide‚ a straw like material called raffia similar in texture and colour‚ and an intricate pattern of pigments. His facial expression is showing a very comical smile going from ear to ear‚ Many types of beads and shells mask his face and an intricate pattern of beads cover the back of his head in zig zags. With what looks like hair from the deceased caps his head. The collar of his suite is made

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    How Masks Are Beneficial

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    Are Masks More Beneficial or Harmful? The correct definition of a mask is something that partially conceals your whole face. But there is another way you can interpret mask. The type of mask that conceals your whole persona. This type of masks can change your life‚ the choices you make depend on what type of mask you wear. Masks have been used for thousands of years in bad ways and beneficial ways. When we think about Masks one of the first things we think of is Halloween. There are many ways masks

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    Someone screams. Jay turns‚ following his wife’s eyes behind him to the front door across the diner. Three men in wet ski masks and camo hunting gear stand holding guns‚ their barrels dripping rain. “Phones‚ wallets‚ whatever‚” the man in the orange mask says. “Put all that shit on the table.” Turning back to his wife‚ Jay raises his hands‚ fingers spread just above the table‚ and looks in his wife’s eyes. “Syl‚” he says‚ his voice a pointed whisper. “Syl.” Her eyes float slowly from the gunmen

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    Alternating Mask

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    Alternating Masks Noninvasive ventilation is a much needed option for patients in the critical care setting‚ but prolonged use and multiple comorbidities can lead to pressure of the face and head. Alternating the nasal/oral mask with the full face mask could help decrease the risk of skin breakdown or lessen the severity of wounds that do develop. “A full facial mask has the potential for greater redistribution of pressure because it covers the forehead and a larger area of the cheek/side

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    The mask depicted was made by the Baule peoples of the Côte d’Ivoire in West Africa. The mask is similar to the required work of art called the Portrait Mask (Mblo) of Moya Yanso. The mask was created in the early 20th century C.E. and was made of wood‚ brass‚ and pigment. The portrait mask of Moya Yanso was carved by Owie Kimou‚ an artist in the Côte d’Ivoire‚ West Africa. Both of the masks are the same style type‚ Mblo. Because of this‚ they share the same features that were common to the mask traditions

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    “The Mask” Analysis Paper The definition of hiding is that act of concealing. People may be hiding something or from something. In the depressed and glum poem‚ “The Mask”‚ the author shows that her life isn’t as it seems to other people. This message is conveyed through the use of imagery‚ simile‚ metaphors and repetition. Imagery is put into use by the author describing that “The tears start to stream” when she takes “The Mask” off. This shows how people may see her happy all the time and never

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    It is an impulse that man creates different masks in order to conceal their real colors from the world. Camouflaging is an instinct to man‚ hiding behind another face in order to get what they want or need. As there are masks deemed superficial‚ there are also masks that man has no control over creating. A mask may be reveal when one is at his or hers most vulnerable‚ as when one is comfortable with another or at their most critical condition of personal desires. Contemporary works such as The Infernal

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