In this Critical Reflection about our Mask Performance I will display not only the process of creation as a team‚ but also what I learnt from it and what my inspiration was‚ to come up with the ideas and to develop them. In addition‚ I will reflect the improvements that could had been done and the different approach of the task now it is completed. Firstly‚ I wanted to create an extraordinary piece that provoke a feeling in the audience‚ and as a team we agreed that our intention was to make the
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The Chinese film‚ The King of Masks (Tianming‚ 1996)‚ is representative of the type of film that embodies the traditional ideals of China. The story takes place in the 1930s‚ during which girls in China were not highly valued or respected. Evidence of gender discrimination can be seen throughout the film‚ particularly when families give daughters away for free while sons are valued much higher. The preference for sons over daughters is deeply intertwined with Chinese society as even early Confucian
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status is clearly seen as a divine being as he had a miraculous golden funeral mask placed on his face in his tomb. He wears a royal head cloth called the “nemes”‚ and it is patterned with stripes of blue glass and gold. The “nemes” is only worn by pharaohs. This mask of Tutankhamun is an example of the highest artistic and technical achievements of the Ancient Egyptians in the New Kingdom. The gold sheets used in this mask are joined together by heating and hammering. The exact portrayal of the king’s
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Bryanna Clewis 2nd 111914 In the book‚ The Great Gatsby‚ there were many characters that put on mask in order to conceal their imperfections. These masks are not visible to others and the characters that wear these “masks” are three of the most obvious ones in the book. These characters are Daisy‚ Myrtle‚ and Jay Gatsby. These three characters are all connected in some way. Daisy and Jay use to have an undying romance when Jay was in World War I. Daisy promised to wait for him when he left for the war
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money and materialism. In their desperate attempt to achieve happiness they become lost in their efforts and their lives end in tragedy. In Daisy’s desperate attempt to achieve happiness‚ she becomes lost in her effort to be loved. Daisy wore many masks to hide her feelings of loneliness’ and her desperate desire to be loved. She often appeared superficial and suspicious towards others. Daisy was deeply in love with Gatsby‚
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Patrick Xavier 31215 B3 The Man in the Iron Mask The absolute monarchy of France is revealed in the film “The Man In The Iron Mask” ‚ which is part fictional with real historical roots dating back to the age of Absolutism . The important people ‚ places and events that shaped all of France are significantly depicted throughout the film . “The Man In The Iron Mask” portrays a wonderful representation of the age of Louis XIV regarding his regime ‚ landscape and courts ‚
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English 1102 30 September 2014 The Mask of Agamemnon The Mask of Agamemnon is probably one of the most beautiful masks crafted in gold ever discovered. It was founded by Heinrich Schliemann in 1876 (Abramitis). Schliemann was an archaeologist who did an excavation of Mycenae and discovered the mask. It is believed that the mask was from the Bronze Age in Greece (Abramitis). The Mask of Agamemnon was not the only gold mask found. In fact‚ it was one of many masks that covered the faces of the Grecian
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After reading Dunbar’s poem‚ “We Wear the Mask‚” I feel the poem was meant for an educated audience since the dialect was written in Standard English. In the first line‚ “We wear the mask that grins and lies‚” the African American people are telling their side of the story through this poem. How they truly feel is contrary to their smiles‚ although‚ they suppose that things should not be any different. The author is trying to show the audience that many African-Americans are putting on a front for
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A mask is an item that is used to hide emotion. In Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ the boys stuck on the island use masks to hide their emotions. They all go through a rollercoaster of emotions but they all fear that showing the emotions will destroy them. Golding uses the masks to symbolize that the boys are hiding behind something to show that they are truly good and no evil can become of them. A mask is used on all of the boys to hide their primitive stage that they are feeling. The
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poem Masks. In the poem Silverstein explains how two “lost souls” (Story Behind the Poem) could’ve had each other and they “passed right by”(Masks‚ line 7) but they hid themselves. Despite the fact that they shared a connection‚ both of the characters were too self-conscious to display who they truly and actually are. If you want true love‚ you shouldn’t be afraid of being your true self. Masks was written as a rhyme scheme poem. The whole poem is written in A‚ A-Slant‚ B‚ C‚ and D. Masks is written
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