Discuss Fitzgerald’s presentation of the valley of ashes. What comparisons can you make between this setting and the place The Hollow Men inhabit? Unlike the other settings in the book‚ the valley of ashes is a picture of absolute desolation and poverty. It lacks a glamorous surface and lays fallow and grey halfway between West Egg and New York. Fitzgerald portrays this imagery by the use of “Ashes grow like wheat” suggesting the growth of people who inhabit the valleys realisation of their broken
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Puritan social order‚ whose unbendable certainty condemns and confines Hester. Like the door (oak is among the heaviest and most grounded of woods)‚ the Puritans are fearless in their moral quality and along these lines‚ unsympathetic in their judgements. The iron spikes reinforce this delineation‚ drawing in thought with respect to the gathering’s merciless judgements and reformatory character. The usage of oak in the line emphasizes the centrality of the prison and its importance in their world. This
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The Evil Oak Tree “Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree”. This proverb from the country Ethiopia is not a very nice or light hearted proverb. It basically means that evil can come in unnoticed but if you wait long enough it will spread into something massive that can’t be stopped. This proverb has proven to be true in many places such as germany or in modern day islam with ISIS. This essay will prove that this proverb can still be true in modern times and in literature with
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Schultz Miller’s story of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow to Saginaw Valley State University’s Malcolm Field Theater the first week of April. When compared to the extreme weather for Saginaw Valley’s production of Terra Nova‚ the pleasant weather‚ during the first week of April‚ brought in enough people to practically fill the seats of the lower portion of Malcolm Field Theater. Going into the theater with very minimal knowledge of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow left quote a bit of room for the actors to depict
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while Dante is unable to stop and stare at the eyes of Beatrice ‚ That represented the guiding star for the hollow men ‚ but they are guideless ‚ because they couldn’t get a hold of it .Therefore ‚ their movement is hubless ‚ guideless which results in a paralised motion done by the hollow men. They couldn’t look into the eyes of those who have crossed to death’s other kingdom. The hollow men are even stuck in what is assimilated to Dante’s Limbo a place of despair where there is no movement
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h * "The Owl Who Was God" * Once upon a starless midnight there was an owl who sat on the branch of an oak tree. Two ground moles tried to slip quietly by‚ unnoticed. "You!" said the owl. "Who?" they quavered‚ in fear and astonishment‚ for they could not believe it was possible for anyone to see them in that thick darkness. "You two!" said the owl. The moles hurried away and told the other creatures of the field and forest that the owl was the greatest and wisest of all animals because
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Sleepy Hollow‚ directed by Tim Burton‚ is a film inspired by the Headless Horseman ledged. A well known detective named Ichabod Crane is sent away from New York to Sleepy Hollow‚ an isolated town to solve the murders of three people in Sleepy Hollow. Along the way‚ Crane falls in love‚ faces his biggest fears and faces a supernatural. Burton’s use of cinematography‚ mise-se-scene and sound build an atmosphere of suspense. The three major scenes that display suspense in this film are The Cave Witch
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Art 1030: Art Appreciation Instructor: Steve Bishop Essay One Josalyn Cook 1/26/2011 What Makes Art Art? Art is an object or piece of work that brings one pleasure. Art is also something you see or feel and you cannot even begin to describe the ways you like it or how it makes you feel. Art is something that portrays beauty and happiness. Art lets you see the world through another person’s perspective. Most art seems to tell a story about where a person has been and the things
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Writing Assignment #1 - Formal Analysis of a Painting. Find the art that you want to write about in an online museumclick on the link below to find a list of museums- choose a "Notable Art Museum" (at bottom of web page) not a gallery. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_museum Directions: Choose one work that particularly engages you. Take time to look at the work in detail; make a simple sketch of the work. Ask yourself: "How does the piece ‘work’? What is the artist doing? Why do I have a
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As a child‚ I was outgoing and talkative‚ but in 4th grade‚ I became more self-conscious and shy. That summer‚ I signed up for The Oak Ridge Otters Summer Swim Team. I was nervous to join because I knew no one. It felt like everyone was judging me for being the new member. A group of teens‚ maybe in middle school at the time‚ noticed that I looked lonely and called me over. They talked to me and introduced kids my age. They made me feel less nervous and excited to continue to swim. This was the
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