The poems Sympathy and We Wear the Mask are very similar to one another‚ they both express the pain and sorrow that the author is trying to hide. Paul Laurence Dunbar was one of the first African-American poets to be truly noticed; his parents were once slaves but escaped. Most of Paul Dunbar’s poems are known to be based off his parent’s experiences on plantations and other locations as slaves. We Wear the Mask is about how slavery can break you emotionally and physically‚ therefore the slaves are
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We Wear The Mask My reaction to the poem “ We Wear the Mask” is a feeling of truthfulness. It tells about what people see and what others hide. People that I have met don’t really act like themselves. Like when it says “We smile‚ but‚ O great Christ‚ our cries to thee from tortured souls arise” those are the people who have hid themselves from others. They are people we wouldn’t know that are at home cutting themselves are even attempt to do suicide that only the lord knows. They can talk like
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to elegize the death of his friend “Edward King” _ four years younger than Milton‚ was full of genius‚ and was chosen by the order of the king as an assistant professor in Cambridge. 1. The formalistic approach Edward King‚ who is the occasion of the poem if not its subject‚ was a junior contemporary of Milton’s at Cambridge. He had written a few short Latin poems‚ and intended to enter the ministry. On his way to visit family in his native Ireland‚ he was drowned‚ in 1637; and Milton joined
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The poem shows how people wear a facade from the world. We all wear masks in front of others whether it is purposely or naturally. It shows how people hide the way they really feel. It seems so many people in this world wear masks. So many are afraid to show others what they’re really like. It’s amazing what problems can come from it; Problems that may not have existed if the masks weren’t there. Everyone wishes to feel accepted in life‚ and the character in Dunbar’s poem is no exception
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representations of the earth and the sky. There is the Gelede mask created by the Yoruba tribe in 1950 that depicts this theme. The Gelede mask is used in the ceremony celebrating women during the Gelede festival. Above the mask you see these figures that depict two snakes and three birds. Birds can be seen as being closer to the sky and snakes as being closer to the earth. Then there is the Kanaga mask created by the Dogon people in 1950. The Kanaga mask contains two beams above it. The upper beam represents
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different. “This Mask” theme‚ the way that all of the characters portray themselves as one person on the outside and one different one on the inside‚ is not in the least disguised by Shakespeare. Claudius‚ the murdering king‚ appears to be a somewhat kind‚ caring‚ and friendly person. But inside he is different. He is cold‚ calculating‚ and self-serving. But this might also be a mask. The women in the play‚ Ophelia and Gertrude‚ both use a type of mask to cover what is obvious
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The Function of an African Mask In the early 20th Century‚ artists like PABLO PICASSO and ANDRE DERAIN were inspired by the bold abstract designs that they discovered in African tribal masks. They collected and used these works of art to influence their own style. In effect‚ they used African culture to refresh the tired tradition of figure painting in Western Art. As a result‚ we now tend to admire the bold design and abstract patterns of African masks through European eyes. We appreciate them
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Greek theatre‚ the masks are what defined the convention of performance. They had a limited power to express full emotional ranges. As we can see on the Pronomos vase‚ the actors study the features of their mask before becoming the person it represents. Contrary to Noh masks‚ they were not used all the time‚ however they were dedicated – as well as the performances – to Dionysus‚ known as the God of masks. According to David Wiles‚ " An influential essay of 1933 portrayed the mask as the symbol and
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Parties have been around for hundreds of years‚ as a way celebration and social gathering. Masks at parties and celebrations were most popular during the renaissance period. More specifically in Italy‚ during carnevale season when the streets became filled with people dressed in elaborate costume. Summary of culture In 15th Century Italy when Carnevale and masquerade balls were at their peak‚ the culture and religious beliefs of the majority was Roman Catholic. In Roman Catholic‚ they belief in
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A mask is a ‘false face’. It can have several functions. First‚ it is used to hide the identity of the person wearing it. Criminals often wear it for this reason. Masks may also be worn for having fun. At one time‚ masked balls were very popular in Europe. People who attended these dances wore masks and only removed them at the end of the night. Another function is to change the wearer into another person or being. This is based on the old belief in some cultures that the person wearing the mask
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