buried” by Amy Hempel uses the word masks throughout the story to convey guilt‚ fear and unacceptance of death. The first mention of the word mask is in the beginning of the story. We are just beginning to understand that Hempel is describing two people in a hospital‚ the narrator is visiting her friend who is sick. They are both wearing masks‚ the narrator checks to make sure that she is still breathing and that she is not “ used to the mask yet.” The friend has her mask hanging loose‚ a “pro by now.”
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In today’s class‚ we first talked about the final project that is with the mask we made last week. I had no idea what to do with the mask‚ but I guess I got some idea. Trina showed us the pictures of the masks her former students made. In the pictures‚ there was a student who became a male at the end of a semester‚ and Trina talked about how the situation for bisexual people was in the past. It was heartbreaking. I have some friends who are bisexual‚ and the story made me think about them. I think
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The mask of Tutankhamun is a unique golden mask that was owned by the pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty known as King Tut. King Tut was a young powerful pharaoh of a family that ruled Egypt. “Although he was just teenager when he died he was one of the last heir of a powerful family that had ruled Egypt and its empire for centuries‚ he was laid to rest laden with gold and was eventually forgotten (Williams).” The mask that was found on Tut when his tomb was discovered is made of inlaid gold with
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Shakespeare’s clever uses of psychological masks. Several characters in the play take on roles that do not agree with their personalities. The psychological masks that they wear are not immediately apparent to the audience‚ or even to the characters themselves‚ until they are unmasked through the course of the play. Shakespeare mostly uses this device with the characters of Katherina‚ Bianca‚ and Petruchio. Each of them has adapted to their circumstances by wearing the mask of a different personality‚ and
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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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