their lives to shed a light on expectations that the social order forces on different classes and types of people in American society. Blue is mentioned intermittently with Blanche and consistently in association with Stanley’s cold‚ lower-class status. Blanche’s main color‚ however‚ is white in accordance with her namesake and‚ ironically‚ her lying habits. What does blue mean? Is it winter‚ coldness and sadness? Stanley’s character can certainly be attributed with these negative connotations; his low
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THE GREAT GATSBY In his most fully realized artistic achievement‚ Fitzgerald creates a rich pattern of evocative language and some equally provocative symbols to carry the weight and meaning of his ideas. In this presentation I will be showing how three of these symbols are used to represent what Fitzgerald views as the most pressing problem of his society; the dangerous reality of pursuing dreams obsessively. I will be looking primarily at the valley of ashes‚ T K Eckleburg and the green light
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Sunny Side‚” The Carter Family (1927) - hillbilly o guitar style‚ first chorus form (has verse & chorus)‚ optimistic lyrics‚ low pitch • “Crossroad Blues‚” Robert Johnson (1937) – race music/classical blues • “Mannish Boy‚” Muddy Waters (1955) – blues more into R&B o hyper-masculinism‚ stylistic features → call-and-response‚ away from older blues format‚ backing instruments (harmonica‚ drum set‚ guitar‚ shouts)‚ single line guitar • “Mama‚ He Treats Your Daughter Mean‚” Ruth Brown (1953) – R&B
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Evolution of Music Music and literature have always helped shape civilization. People have always written and sang about the times. Socio-political conditions have always had strong effects on people. This is especially so with African Americans. African Americans have been through some rough times‚ dating back to when they were torn from their homeland of Africa to become slaves‚ all the way up until the present where African Americans are still somewhat oppressed in some areas. However‚ many
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William Christopher Handy (W.C. Handy) was born on November 16‚ 1873‚ in a log cabin built by his grandfather. The town was called Florence‚ Alabama.He was considered the “Father of the Blues.” His parents were Elizabeth Brewer and Charles Barnard Handy. His father was a pastor and much of Handy’s musical style was influenced by the songs he sang and played in church. His father‚ however‚ believed that musical instruments were tools of the devil (Wikipedia). This inspired Handy even more to play
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By most accounts‚ Bessie Smith was a rough‚ crude‚ violent woman. She was also one of the greatest Blues singers of the 1920s. The road that took her to the title “Empress of the Blues” was not an easy one. It was certainly not one of the romantic "rags to riches" tales that Horatio Alger made popular during her time. For a young black woman from the South the journey was anything but easy‚ and it would require a special kind of person‚ and Bessie Smith was definitely that. She was a woman who fought
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BESSIE SMITH 1894 – 1937 Bessie Smith‚ known as “Empress of the Blues”‚ was born on April 15 1894 in Chattanooga‚ Tennessee. She was one of seven children to a part-time Baptist preacher and his wife. However‚ by the time Bessie was nine years old both of her parents were dead. Bessie and her brother Andrew were already singing on the streets of Chattanooga for spare change. Bessie’s older brother Clarence had joined a travelling vaudeville1 show as a comedian and dancer and in 1912 he
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light blue and dark blue colours with some yellow hints on the tips of the tentacles. The centre of the octopus is darker and as you reach to the end of the tentacles it gets lighter. The colours blend together nicely and they flow together well. The colours remind me of the ocean and the creatures that live inside of it. The tentacles are long and sharp at the ends. It is scaly and also looks like blue coral in the ocean. It reminds me of how the ocean and how the colours are dark blue in some
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an overall painting. The dimensions of the painting are 120.5 inches by 135 inches. The first thing that one notices when looking at “Back on Earth” is the actual shape of the canvases. Elizabeth Murray managed to balance out two opposites – a blue canvas that is purely geometric and has strong sharp edges‚ with the green canvas that has an organic‚ biomorphic shape with softer‚ curved edges. Surprisingly‚ the shapes do not “fight”‚ but rather compliment and complete each other. Murray’s choice
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by Burgoyne Diller‚ Blue point by Kate Shepherd‚ and most of all The Coming And going by David Salle. This trip was a great experience for me and I got to learn and see new things. The first painting that caught my eye was the First Theme by Burgoyne Diller. For some reason the colors of Blue‚ yellow‚ and white on black background caught my eye. I thought it was very different and unique to start off with a large square in the middle and then a long yellow rectangle and a blue long rectangle on
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