different approaches to their own depiction of the iconic Femme Fatale and how they compare to each other. The three artists and their works I will focus on are Ernst Ludwig Kirchner with his painting Street‚ Berlin‚ Aubrey Beardsley with his illustration Salome with the Head of John the Baptist‚ and Edvard Munch with his painting Vampire. I will start by first giving a comprehensive overview of the meaning of the term Femme Fatale. Next‚ I will give a general explanation of the use of the formal elements
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Saint Paul University Philippines Tuguegarao City‚ 3500 Philippine Literature (May Day Eve) By: Mary Joy V. Alcon I. Introduction II. The Author’s Background A. Author’s Life B. Works and Writings III. The Literary Analysis A. Setting B. Characters and Characteristics C. Plot D. POV IV. References Introduction: Filipino short stories are very essential to every Filipino in a way of reflecting one’s experience to visualize the mystery of life and be able to
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The first element of the Three-fold virginity of Mary entails her virginity after the conception of Jesus. The first clue‚ in accounting for her virginity‚ comes in the form of her discussion with an angel. The angel says‚ “And the holy child that will be born of you is the Son of the Most High. And you shall call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins." This passage shows that Mary was untouched by a man‚ but that she is to carry the Lord’s child. Another form of evidence of
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contrasting. Salome is aware of her loneliness and the fact that she was involved in many one night stands: "I’d done it before (and doubtless I’ll do it sooner or later)" The reason of Havisham’s spinster state is that she was deserted by her fiancé - she is not wanted anymore. Both ladies are exposing in the poem their feelings towards men. Havisham‚ has assorted emotions concerning her ex-fiancé‚ which she expresses in an oxymoron; "Beloved sweetheart bastard" In my opinion‚ Salome doesn’t really
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book aside and leave the characters life. The attraction and attachment of humans to fictional characters through reading is seen in the poem “The Reader” by Richard Wilbur and an excerpt from the short story “A General in the Library” by Italo Calvino. “The Reader” by Richard Wilbur is a poem in which a young woman goes back and re reads books of her childhood. It is almost like she is having a
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Characters Connie Escobar- the lead female character‚ was described by literary critic Epifanio San Juan as a sufferer of her mother’s estrangement from a world where unconfident males take advantage of women by violating them or by venerating them. Macho Escobar- a man who had an affair with Connie’s mother‚ a past incident that serves as an “umbilical cord” or "umbilicus"‚ a remnant connected to her present and future because of her refusal to leave the issue in the past. Manolo Vidal-
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Love is presented as a troubling and destructive emotion in both ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and Duffy’s poem ‘Miss Havisham’. Shakespeare frequently uses oxymorons to convey Romeo’s extreme and conflicting emotions to the audience‚ ‘feather of lead‚ bright smoke‚ cold fire‚ sick health’. These oxymorons imply that everything that Romeo thought he once understood has been reversed due to his love for Rosaline‚ leaving him confused and isolated. ‘Sick health’ in particular highlights the contrast between
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two men who are trying to repossess his car‚ hides in a garage on her dilapidated estate‚ Norma mistakes him for an undertaker who is to bury her dead pet chimpanzee. Norma finds that he is a writer‚ and she insists he help her with her script for Salome‚ a film in which she plans to make her triumphant "return." Her writing is pathetic‚ but because he thinks he will be safe there he agrees. The haughty‚ grasping Norma is cared for by her butler Max‚ her former director and ex-husband‚ who forges
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The Mystical Politics of Jesus: An Ode to Kristofferson’s Song‚ “Jesus Was a Capricorn” By Ricky Vinson Addressing the provocative Kris Kristofferson song “Jesus Was a Capricorn‚” I will mention the mere title of another like-themed song‚ “I Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’ To Die Rag‚” performed by folk-rock-political musician Country Joe McDonald at the historically pivotal Woodstock Festival‚ August 1969—simply to serve as food thought‚ no distraction intended. Still‚ from my perspective‚ to dissect
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the final thirty or so pages. When it drags‚ stylistic tics become annoyingly apparent‚ the narrative too slender to support even a novel this short‚ and this talented author’s indebtedness to other writers‚ from Narayan and Salman Rushdie to Italo Calvino‚ Jerzy Kosinski and Gabriel Garcia Marquez the sign not of postmodern play but of youthful
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