Modern tragedies have transformed and progressed from Ancient tragedies‚ not every tragic hero have to be a noble person. The short story “Mermaids”‚ written by Richard Van Camp is a modern tragedy‚ because Torchy is a regular person and the story contains tragic elements. Torchy’s hamartia‚ greed‚ prevents him from knowing the consequences of his actions; Torchy’s peripeteia‚ forget to wash his hand is resulted from his hamartia; Torchy’s anagnorisis in the story is demonstrated when he attempts
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Vincent Van Gogh was a post-impressionist painter whose work highly impacted 20th century art. His works had a distinct stylistic theme that had a sort of melting effect within them. Many of them also included his iconic swirls that provided as a base for backgrounds. Out of his 900 paintings‚ only a few incorporated solid shapes and lines. Looking at his works‚ I tried to imagine dancing them. I found that the swirls could serve as a trajectory for different body parts or pathways‚ and the almost
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Rip Van Winkles story was one of great importance and great meaning. It talks about many of things such as‚ lending a hand when and where needed‚ respect‚ and hard work. It teaches a lot more than just this. All of those things are important‚ but another thing that is taught is the importance of equality. When I finished reading Rip Van Winkle‚ I thought about how different everything could have been for Rip if things had played out differently. What I mean by this is that the story of Rip Van Winkle
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Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.“La tristesse durera toujours‚” is a French expression which means‚ “this sadness will last forever.” These were the final words that Vincent van Gogh uttered‚ but there is more to the story. Van Gogh was a very unloved in his lifetime‚ shunned‚ and his work ignored.This is his interesting untold story of his short life. Vincent Willem van Gogh was born
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In 1434‚ Flemish artist Jan van Eyck painted‚ signed‚ and dated his piece‚ the “Arnolfini Wedding Portrait.” This painting is believed to be of Giovanni di Arrigo Arnolfini‚ an Italian merchant‚ and his wife Giovanna Cenami and is thought to stand as documentation of their marriage. While it may seem like a simple dual-portrait‚ there are many subtle symbols incorporated in the scene that enhance the portrayal of this couple. Use of symbolism within the painting explains its purpose‚ shows what
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Art Analysis Essay “Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh is a detailed and abstract painting‚ drawing attention to the beautifully created sky. Immediately‚ this painting made me feel calm‚ with the colors and patterns he used throughout the sky. Van Gogh’s color choice is expressed in many shades of blue. The original painting had dimensions of 29 x 36 1/4 inches‚ which is fairly large in size. A large percentage of the painting consists of the sky‚ which leads me to infer Van Gogh wanted to draw attention to it
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Rip Van Winkle: An Allegory of the American Revolution CAO YU Rip Van Winkle is a short story by American author Washington Irving published in 1819‚ as well as the name of the story’s fictonal protagonist. The story is set in the years before and after the American Revolution War. It mainly tells that the man named Rip Van Winkle who attempted to escape from his wife’s ceaseless tongue drank some wine and then fell asleep for almost 20 years. After that‚ he went back to the town only to find
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The movie opens twenty-five years ago in Hong Kong. The parents of two twin babies‚ Alex and Chad‚ had borrowed money from Raymond Zhang and Nigel Griffith‚ two lead smugglers. They needed the money in order to build a tunnel between Hong Kong and the mainland. After the tunnel was built and the money collected‚ Nigel Griffith and Raymond Zhang had a gang of hit men massacre Alex and Chad’s family. Frank Avery‚ a friend of the family‚ races into the scene and finds the parents already dead
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“HAVE FUN” by Shel Silverstein is a four lined poem explaining the safety of swimming in Pemrose Park. The poem further explains that the safety of the waters are due to the 100% guarantee of there being no sharks. The decreasing count of words from Lines 1-3 portrays a countdown to the increased word count in Line 4. Line 1 “It’s safe to swim” (Silverstein 1) contains four words; Line 2 “In Pemrose Park” (Silverstein 2) contains three; Line 3 “I guarantee” (Silverstien 3) has two; and lastly‚ Line
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Van Gogh Born: 30 March 1853 in Zundert‚ Netherlands Died: 29 July 1890‚ aged 37 Nationality: Dutch Van Gogh worked as missionary in Belgium (mining region) where he began to sketch people and study art but started drawing from early age which he then decided he wanted to become an artist. He started painting in his late 20’s. Van Gogh completed over 1‚000 drawings in total and regarded drawing as a basic task enabling him to grow artistically and to study form and movement. Drawing was also
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