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    Hawthorne’s “Artist of the Beautiful” Throughout literature‚ we have come to know many characters who baffle us with their unusual personalities to the point where branding them as delusional is the easiest approach to understanding their nature. In other cases we ask ourselves whether or not the character is living in a dream and perhaps out of touch with reality. We ask ourselves‚ what would drive a person to walk into the night with a stranger when all logic says

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    2nd‚ 2014 In life art is not just a form of a hobby‚ but a passion. Art shows the emotion and inner expression of somebody with their goal as an artist. In the text Letters to a Young Artist by Anna Smith‚ Smith advises young artists to take everything from the world around them‚ and develop the eye‚ the ear‚ and the heart to create their art. Also‚ in the story “Zebra‚” by Chaim Potok‚ the main character Adam Martin Zebrin‚ aka Zebra‚

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    Motifs in Fahrenheit 451 This is the novel Fahrenheit 451 it was written by Ray Bradbury. During the novel‚ Montag works with a mechanical hound. Montag is a fireman and the hound lives in the station. The hound is both dead and alive‚ he moves around like a normal dog although is mechanical. Bradbury uses motifs during Fahrenheit 451 to get the reader to focus on certain ideas. Some of the motifs he uses are fire‚ mirrors‚ and being both dead and alive. Throughout the novel‚

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    The Red-Room Mr Reed passed away in this room (male establishment) The room inspires a feeling of fear‚ gothiscism‚ and emptiness Recurrence of various shades of red – scarlet‚ pink‚ crimson – signifies passion‚ danger‚ aggression‚ suppression‚ and confinement…a way of policing female passion The red-room can be viewed as a symbol of what Jane must overcome in her struggles to find freedom‚ happiness‚ and a sense of belonging. In the red-room‚ Jane’s position of exile and imprisonment first becomes

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    and in depth themes. Two motifs in particular are hands and fire. Hands are often seen demonstrated by Montag and they add a view of disconnect in the society. The society is taught to make lifeboat fast enough to avoid thinking therefore causing a disconnect between their thoughts and actions. Fire is also a motif used to represent how stuck the society is. This society runs by preventing outside thoughts and with thought limited the idea of change is avoided. These motifs come together to demonstrate

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    Analytical piece – Family Portrait – pink From the past to present‚ people all over the world have been determined to live together‚ so that they depend on living for each other. The song Family Portrait sung by Alecia Beth Moore‚ aka Pink‚ shows that some couples are unable to maintain their relationship. Therefore they choose divorce‚ which is the most common way to cope with problems between husband and wife. The invited reading of the song suggests that divorce has a major impact on the children

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    Romeo and Juliet Motifs and Theme of Love One of the best known Shakespearean plays‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ has amazing motifs that develop the theme of love. This play was translated into 80 different languages over the past four centuries and is 416 years old and remains the best known love story of all time. When people come across forbidden love or star-crossed lovers‚ they usually think of Romeo and Juliet. There are so many versions of movies‚ books‚ and plays that are based on the story of Romeo

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    The motif of children and babies in Macbeth In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the recurring motif of babies and children was mentioned throughout the novel alongside the theme of death and innocence in order to depict the immorality of characters. Children were commonly associated with death and murder since that stark distinction aided in supporting the English stereotype that portrays Scots as violent and Barbaric people. In other instances‚ Shakespeare associated children with foolishness and

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    Should the government support artists or should artists support themselves? As imagination and origination serve as twin towers in art‚ artists should be relatively free and out of control from the government. Therefore‚ people are often provided with the illusion that artists are supposed to finance themselves to avoid such limitation. In my view‚ however‚ without the financial support from the government people cannot have convenient and accessible way to enjoy the art‚ which is a necessity for

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    at me – Self Portrait Photography after Cindy Sherman” by Jennifer Dalton‚ Dalton argues that there are three young artists‚ “each grappling with his or her own face‚ identity‚ and vanity‚” (Dalton‚ 47) who are all working with self portraiture. In Dalton’s opinion‚ these artists are exceptionally talented‚ and are overcoming the shadow cast by their “distinguished precursor” (Dalton‚ 47). Nikki S‚ Lee is the first artist Dalton mentions‚ and is described as a “self-camouflage artist‚” (Dalton‚

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