Starry Night Over the Rhone was painted along the banks of the Rhine River. What I first see when I look at this painting is the city lights reflecting off the water while a couple takes a walk on the nearby shore. The sky is filled with stars‚ including the Great Bear‚ commonly known as the Big Dipper. Van Gogh shifted the sky around in order to create an even more extraordinary display of stars. From his point of view the town of Arles lay to the south west; the Big Dipper he painted in the sky
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and the artists who create their masterpieces‚ Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night is probably my favorite piece of artwork in the textbook. I love this painting and chose it because to me‚ this piece of work is so serene yet captivating and stimulating at the same time. I believe that if a piece of art can evoke that many emotions in a person‚ then it is truly a masterpiece. I actually have a replica of The Starry Night hanging in my house‚ which was another reason why I chose to discuss this particular
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Twelfth Night: Interpretations through the Directors Staging Antonio: I could not stay behind you: my desire‚ More sharp than filed steel‚ did spur me forth; And not all love to see you‚ though so much As might have drawn one to a longer voyage‚ But jealousy what might befall your travel‚ Being skilless in these parts; which to a stranger‚ Unguided and unfriended‚ often prove Rough and unhospitable: my willing love‚ The rather by these arguments of fear‚ Set forth in your pursuit. (Twelfth
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masterpiece in June 1889 called The Starry Night. This oil on canvas painting gave van Gogh recognition after his death. The art inspired people all around the world. A poet‚ Anne Sexton developed a poem that was influenced by The Starry Night with extra interpretation and meaning of her own behind it. Although these aspects may differ‚ there are a variety of similarities between literature and art. The Starry Night painted by Vincent van Gogh associates to “The Starry Night”‚ by Anne Sexton through theme‚
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Scene 1.1 In the beginning of this scene it starts off with Orsino who is Duke of Illyria‚ and he listening to music‚ he then talks about how the music gets him in the mood for love. Right after he is saying how music gets him in the mood‚ he tells the musicians to stop playing and to get lost. Curio who is a gentleman attending to Orsino asks him if he wants to go hunting for deer‚ but Orsino explains to Curio that the thought of killing a deer reminds him of the time he first met Olivia. Valentine
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"The Truth About Foolishness" in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. William Shakespeare used a unique device to explain how foolishness is an unavoidable part of everyday life. He employed many specific examples of foolishness in his comedy play titled Twelfth Night. Each of the characters he created were all foolish in one way or another. Not only do the characters entertain the audience‚ but also educate the audience as they portray mankind avoiding obvious truth. Shakespeare takes a
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William Shakespeare’s Twelfth night and David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly are both plays that challenge heteronormative expectations and force the readers to abstain from believing that love is only correct amongst the male and female gender. In Fact‚ through the characters actions we witness that once someone is in love‚ it blinds them from their reality forcing them to neglect clear signs of “unusual/queer” behavior. Both plays share a homologous theme that: love makes people crazy and makes them
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Key overarching ideas In Act 1 Scene 1-3‚ Shakespeare “Twelfth Night” explores many thematic ideas such as disguise‚ love and rejection. In Scene 1‚ Shakespeare explores the idea of disguise and hiding through Viola’s manly disguise as well as Olivia’s withdrawals from the world through her veil. Due to Viola migrating to the land of Illyria‚ Viola decides that‚ in that case‚ she will disguise herself as a young man and seek service with Duke Orsino instead. On the other hand‚ Olivia withdraws herself
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Twelfth Night: Two Faces‚ One Mind As in most comedies‚ William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night extensively uses disguises‚ masks and mistaken identities to add to the comical nature of the play. Viola’s disguise as Orsino’s page‚ Cesario‚ becomes crucial to the action in the play. Without this important element‚ the action in the play would slow down dramatically‚ making the story much less intriguing. In addition to making the play less interesting‚ the disguise is also necessary to develop the
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Twelfth Night Essay Duke Orsino and Olivia‚ both bound by strong emotions and acts of self-indulgence‚ have many traits‚ and emotions shared between each other. Orsino and Olivia are worth discussing together‚ because they have similar personalities‚ traits‚ and attributes. Both seem to be buffeted by strong emotions‚ but both ultimately seem to be self-indulgent individuals who enjoy melodrama and self-involvement more than anything. When we first meet them‚ Orsino is pining away for love of Olivia
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