Is The Hairy Ape an expressionistic play? Expressionism is a movement began in early 20th century in German and soon spread over the whole Europe. It initiated in paintings and quickly started to include music‚ literature and architecture. It was a new technique used in drama of Strindberg and later became a theatrical movement round about the First World War. O’Neill was influenced by them and his play titled The Hairy Ape illustrated expressionistic style. The expressionistic touch is found from
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different from the rest is the way he acts. In the passage‚ on paragraph 4‚ it states‚ “Gorillas are gentle‚ shy creatures‚ despite their size and fearsome appearance. But confinement in a cramped cage and lack of exercise had made Willie [The gorilla] restless and short-tempered. He grew fat and lazy‚ paced in his cage‚ and ignored visitors. His cage was a real prison‚ and Willie B. was an extremely unhappy gorilla.” This paragraph tells me that in a cage‚ animals that need open space act badly and
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Cop – Analysis and Evaluation Worksheet Stanza One 1. Look at lines 1 – 4. Do you think that this is a stereotypical image of a policeman? Choose two quotes‚ and explain why they make you feel this way. (3) Stereotypical – “built like a gorilla” = he is big and strong / “..but less timid” = brave Non-stereotypical – “two hieroglyphs in his face that mean trouble” = he is looking for trouble (1 mark for each quote and linked opinion) 2. Quote the line that shows that the divide between
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World War I propaganda poster “Destroy this Mad Brute Enlist- U.S. Army‚” depicts a massive gorilla wearing a German soldier helmet holding a club in one hand and a wailing woman in the other. The gorilla is meant to represent not only German soldiers but Germans and foreigners as a whole. The club held by the gorilla has the word “Kultur” which means “culture” in German. The poster uses the personified gorilla to show that Americans viewed foreigners‚ specifically Germans‚ as uncivilized and savage
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punished or caught for killing these innocent animals. There are many animals that are affected by poaching in Africa alone. The animals affected include Black Rhinos‚ Mountain Gorillas‚ African Elephants‚ Lions and Grey Zebras. Black Rhinos population has gone down‚ sadly‚ by 97.6% since the year 1960. Population of Mountain Gorillas is fewer than 900.Last year alone more than 35‚000 African Elephants were killed. Lions‚ in seven African countries‚ are extinct so
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on grotesque aspects of life. Flannery O’Connor helped define this genre‚ finding ways to engrave horrors and fears into her readers’ minds. The short stories‚ “A Good Man is Hard to Find‚” “Everything That Rises Must Converge‚” and “Enoch and the Gorilla‚” identify as Southern Gothic because of their symbolism‚ setting‚ and character. In “A Good Man is Hard to Find‚” O’Connor utilized symbolism throughout the family’s trip to foreshadow their twisted fate. The Misfit‚ who murders the family‚ drove
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reputation of violence and crime leads to our awareness of the cop’s fear of not returning home to his wife. ... We are first made aware of the cop’s intimidating appearance in the first line‚ of the first stanza when MacCaig uses the simile "built like gorilla." This gives us a very negative and animalistic idea of the man‚ an enforcer‚ and almost a thug. This is reinforced with the metaphor‚ “hieroglyphs in his face” instead of eyes. We build a picture of someone who is very strong‚ brutish and somewhat
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Los Angeles Zoo Primates Notes Gorillaz Western lowland Gorillas My first Ape i saw at the LA Zoo was the LowLand Gorilla. Because of the weather and temperature‚ the Gorrilas were not active as the stayed in the shade and away from observing eyes. Only one Gorilla was able to stay in the light and in the view of people trying to see into the zoo habitat for these Gorillas‚ Repunzel. Shes a beautiful lowland gorilla female sitting alone in te sunligt‚ happily grooming herself. Although shes
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poster are the enormous frightening gorilla‚ the half-naked lady in his left arm‚ and the enormous caption in yellow that says ‘Destroy this mad brute’. The gorilla’s helmet says ‘Militarism’. The piked helmet that he is wearing is a typically German one that was used during the First World War. These cues suggest that the gorilla portrays a German soldier‚ or even represents Germany as a nation. The monkey’s blond mustache implies that he is a general. The gorilla suggests German aggressiveness and
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nominated in itself is a great honour‚ seeing that it’s extremely prestigious. The story is set in the 1930s and is basically about a group of explorers and filmmakers who travel to the mysterious Skull Island‚ where they encounter Kong‚ a giant Gorilla who immediately becomes fascinated with one of the main characters‚ namely Ann Darrow. In New York around 1933‚ Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) has lost her job as an actress at a theatre. At the same time as this occurrence takes place‚ she meets the
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