stated that paradoxes allow for misinterpretation in almost every aspect of life. Wherever those paradoxes appear‚ conflicts‚ both external and internal‚ arise and misunderstandings ensue. In the two novels The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende and Kiss of the Spiderwoman by Manuel Puig‚ however‚ the characters Alba and Molina‚ respectively‚ create paradoxes through their subversive actions. These paradoxes create conflicts in self-interest‚ which‚ in turn‚ reveal the impossibility of actually knowing
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The Function of Social Acceptance in the Short Stories Kiss Me and The Metaphor The short story Kiss Me by Andrew Pyper and the text The Metaphor by Budge Wilson deal primarily with the motion of social perception. In the literary work Kiss Me‚ the narrator is an ordinary man until he is the victim of an life changing accident. This accident leaves him disfigured‚ remorseful‚ and full of self-pity as he struggles to obtain the regular way life he once knew. The protagonist from The Metaphor is
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like onions. They start dry‚ then you cry‚ then you get used to it – but there are things you can’t digest. That is the short‚ unusual simile expressed by narrator‚ Toby Regbo as he accounts for one of the heroine’s love affairs. Charleroi Danses’ Kiss and Cry at the Bluma Appeal Theatre in Toronto is all that unusual‚ amusing‚ magical‚ and much more. It is a story of Gisele - an old‚ lonely woman reminiscing over her past lovers and memories surrounding them. Her first love‚ she recalls‚ was a 14-year-old
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Mikhail Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita and Manuel Puig’s Kiss of the Spider Woman are concentrated with developing humans’ identities‚ through ambiguous speeches and culpable actions. Conversely to Puig’s protagonist Molina who sacrifices himself for love‚ Bulgakov creates the master whose egocentric desires for public recognition leads to loss of inspiration and eventually to self-destruction‚ which as a result makes him apathetic towards the world. These modernist texts were written during regime
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Smoking has become a debatable topic in recent years‚ with everyone having his or her own opinion of the issue. There is a sudden push to get everyone to stop smoking. In her essay "I ’d Rather Smoke than Kiss" Florence King takes on the anti-smokers and the way they are treating smokers today. Florence King states how misanthropes (someone who hates people)‚ or "smokists" (King 134) are brutally attacking the society of smokers. In "Smokers on the Run"‚ the first of three sections in the essay
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Smoking vs. Life Why do people smoke‚ and why are they often offended when people bring it up? In the article “I’d Rather Smoke than Kiss‚” by Florence King‚ we explore her opinion on this matter. Florence includes personal experiences to relate to her audience. She is very informal and even implies swearing in this article‚ even though she doesn’t outright say it. By mainly using pathos in this article‚ she arouses the reader to her complaint. Florence also brings in credible resources
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According to dictionary.com‚ art is defined as skilled workmanship‚ execution‚ or agency as distinguished from nature.”(www.dictionary.com) Thefreedictionary.com defines art as “human effort to imitate‚ supplement‚ alter or counteract the work of nature.” (www.thefreedictionary.com). I translate this into man taking what is naturally created and either replicates‚ builds upon‚ changes in some form or completely opposes it with works of their own. Painting http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gogh/starry-night/gogh
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a person? Some say you’ll know the meaning of love when you fall in love‚ yet some don’t believe in love at all. The sculpture “LOVE” created by Robert Indiana and the sculpture “The Kiss” made by Auguste Rodin both share some of the same meanings behind the art work (Indianapolis Museum of Art) (Rodin’s The Kiss Sculpture). A major similarity between the two is love; which attracts and speaks to people all around the world. Although they are spoken in different ways‚ they both have the idea of
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Constantin Brancusi The biggest sculptor of the XXth century‚ Constantin Brancusi the central figure in the modern art movement and a pioneer of abstractization is considered to be the father of modern sculpture. The uniqueness of his sculptures comes from their elegance and the sensible use of his materials combining the simplicity of popular Romanian art and the elegant Parisian avangardism. The most important characteristics of Brancusi’s art are probably the verticality‚ horizontality
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METHODS OF PRESENTING ART SUBJECT 1. ------------------------------------------------- REALISM “ANTIPOLO” FERNANDO AMORSOLO This oil painting on canvas depicts a rural scene where a group of people are shown celebrating a fiesta in Antipolo. ZUCCONE DONATELO It was commissioned for the bell tower of the Florence Cathedral. It is also known as the Statue of Prophet Habakkuk. -------------------------------------------------
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