Leonardo da Vinci had a fascination with shadows‚ especially the colors within the shadows that were reflected by the combination of sunlight and the light from the sky. He spent a good portion of his life studying the science behind shadows so he could incorporate them into his paintings. He drew diagrams of how shadows would vary in placement depending on the time of day‚ and how the color of the shadow would vary from the source of light and where the shadow was cast (Fiorani‚ 273). He relied
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wonderfully and makes it seem as though one was really there‚ experiencing life in this small town that was so fascinated with Miss Emily. Miss Emily’s mysterious‚ shadowed life enthralled the people of her town‚ including the narrator‚ and that fascination is passed on to the reader. The narrator seems to actually report the story backwards‚ starting at the end‚ Miss Emily’s funeral‚ and going into more detail about the past as he goes along. Faulkner makes his narrator someone
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The Importance of Being Earnest is a well-known play‚ written by an Anglo-Irish playwright‚ novelist‚ poet‚ and critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era. He was born in Dublin on 16 October 1854. In his lifetime he wrote nine plays‚ one novel‚ and numerous poems‚ short stories‚ and essays. Among his work the most popular and well-known are “The Picture of Dorian Gray”‚ “The Importance of Being Earnest”‚ “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”. Wilde was a proponent of
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"Say No to Drugs" is now visible almost everywhere. Drug addiction is a major social evil of modern times. Major newspaper headlines and sensational television coverage scream about drug abuse and related crimes. Fascination for drugs and their easy availability have heightened the number of drug abuse cases particularly among youngsters. Drugs produce a sense of euphoria but they are very dangerous because the users gradually get addicted and are always at risk of a variety of life-threatening diseases
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In hindsight‚ representations of women are a mere production of the dominant male’s perceptions and assumptions of the female. Braidotti stipulates that ‘teratos suggests prodigy and demon and evokes fascination and horror’ (Vachhani 649). In western visuals‚ women ‘most closely address fears of women’s reproductive functions and the maternal’ (Vachhani 653). Therefore‚ women mostly are described as the monstrous feminine to ensuring the continuation and
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draw attention to the amount of detail and lessons that can be observed through an usually overlooked insect. The hyperbole of "a giant cockroach" conveys the closeness with which the persona is observing it‚ showing the reader the irony in his fascination and interest with this seemingly insignificant pest. The repetition of the insect here and in the title reinforces its importance‚ suggesting that this is also a device allowing one to reflect upon life. The unusual image of a lone cockroach that
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in the history of film and media • Often associated with the surrealist movement of the 1920’s Buñuel created films from the 1920s through the 1970s. His work spans two continents‚ three languages‚ and nearly every film genre. • Bunuel had a fascination for dreams and this was conveyed a lot through his work • Dreams where the nourishment of his films and from his earliest days as a surrealist in Paris to his triumphs in his late 70s‚ dream logic was always likely to interrupt the realism of his
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have still made movement with them there. I have learned many lessons along my journey‚ and I will continue to learn more. This is my personal legend‚ read on. When I was a young child‚ maybe about three years old‚ I always had a interest and fascination with the kitchen. I was always banging on pots and pans‚ begging my mother to let me help prepare food. Even
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thought about when the Romans traveled on the same river years ago when they were going to conquer Britain‚ that was the last time light was present and everything became dark. Marlow begins reminiscing about his past; as a little boy‚ Marlow had a fascination for maps‚ he would choose places he wanted to travel that caught his interest. The Congo River was one place he was most interested in‚ but became the darkest experience he faced. He was given the opportunity‚ with the help of his aunt to go to
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approaches to the same situation. The poem has two definitive sections‚ and is divided into two stanzas. The first stanza clearly depicts a picture of innocence‚ as the child looks upon everything in his surroundings with a seemingly boundless fascination. In such a grim‚ unpleasant‚ swampy environment‚ he says‚ "Best of all was the warm thick slobber of frogspawn". Conversely‚ in the second stanza the child approaches the same flax-dam’ with a very skeptical attitude‚ feeling suspicious toward
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