Matisse was born in a small cottage in 1869‚ he was his parents first born child. His father was traditional and stern whereas his mother was kind hearted and loving. In addition to having a compassionate soul‚ Henri’s mother ran a section of her husband’s shop that sold house paints. Anna‚ his mother‚ loved everything Henri did. Throughout his life‚ he spoke very highly of his mother‚ after all‚ she is responsible for Henri’s discovery of art. In 1887 Henri went to school to study Law in Paris‚
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My poem‚ “Dorian”‚ responds to the character‚ Dorian Gray. My first stanza of the poem reflects Dorian’s character. Dorian Gray was terribly egotistic‚ After reading the yellow book he was very Hedonistic. All he cared about was his vanity‚ After that‚ he started to lose his humanity. My poem explains how Dorian is egotistical and thinks his vanity is very important.He gets introduced to Hedonism which is the theory that pleasure or satisfaction is the goal of life. When Dorian lives his life for
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Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is play which comically engages with socially prescribed roles and conventions. Set within late Victorian England‚ the play follows John (Jack) Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff‚ two gentlemen who create false identities in order to escape the burdens of upper-class life. Often subtitled as A Trivial Comedy for Serious People‚ the play is characterised by a constant sense of frivolity‚ whereby the seriousness of upper-class life is absent‚ allowing Wilde
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What good does always being earnest do you if you are not "Ernest"? Oscar Wilde’s play‚ "The Importance of Being Earnest"‚ explores exactly this notion‚ following two men who readily abandon their namesakes in order to win the affections of their respective fair ladies. The play opens in London with a conversation held between these two men‚ Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff. However‚ at the play’s origin‚ Algernon only knows his friend as "Ernest". This rapidly changes with the aid of a cigarette
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In the play‚ The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde‚ the author commences showing his audience the significance behind the title through his use of contrasting different ideas and manipulation of alluding to multiple concepts. The irony held the opposite intent of the title that Jack had named himself Earnest‚ who is neither earnest nor honest yet the author gradually develops the significance behind the developing title. Further‚ Wilde begins his play by contrasting the different ideas
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In the play The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde‚ one can predict Algernon will go to Jack’s house and that Jack and Gwendolen will not get married. First‚ one can predict that Algernon will go to Jack’s place. At the beginning of the play‚ Algernon asked Jack questions about his house. Then‚ later in the play he writes down the address Jack gives Gwendolen. In the play it states‚ “Algernon‚ who has been carefully listening‚ smiles to himself‚ and writes the address on his shirtcuff. Then
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The man’s attitude at the beginning of this story‚ was over-confident. “He was a newcomer in the land‚ a chechaquo‚ and this was his first winter‚” but all he did was‚ challenge the nature‚ thinking that he could handle it. He didn’t care about all the warnings that the nature did‚ he was too confident about himself. The nature started to torture him physically‚ with cold. It was his first time in the cold‚ but he never thought it was going to be like that. Now he is starting to appreciate the old-timer’s
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The Picture of Dorian Gray: Novel Summary: Chapters 13-15 inShare Summary They go upstairs and Dorian shows Basil the picture. Basil is horrified. He wonders who has made the hideous changes. Why has the painting altered? Dorian explains what has happened‚ and Basil‚ shocked‚ says that Dorian must be even worse than his enemies say he is. He is deeply upset and urges Dorian to pray. Dorian says it is too late. Feeling a sudden rush of hatred for the painter‚ he picks up a knife
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According to Merriam- Webster Dictionary‚ Wabi Sabi‚ “represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is imperfect‚ impermanent‚ and incomplete”. In our text book Wabi Sabi for Artists‚ Designers‚ Poets and Philosophers‚ a paragraph states‚ “All things are imperfect. Nothing that exists is without imperfections. When we look really closely at things we see the flaws.
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‘No‚ absolutely not‚ you listened to Gulnar’. ‘I hope you are not playing around with me?’ ‘Why should I fool around with you‚ I am dead serious‚ do you perceive I stand to make mockery of myself?’ ‘What makes you interested in me?’ ‘I find you a perfect man for me‚ your courteousness‚ your candid views‚ a sober personality and above all your masculinity make a mark on me’. He again looked towards me‚ smiled a little and carried genuine questions‚ ‘ No doubt I had a fantasy for you right from my
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