"The Mask of Apollo" revolves around the adventures of Nikeratos‚ a young actor who travels the countryside of ancient Greece and Sicily while performing in various plays. In one play‚ Kadmos by Sophokles the Younger‚ Nikeratos is required to wear an old mask of Apollo as part of his costume. The mask is fifty years old and is rumored to bring good luck. Nikeratos is impressed with the mask and comes to believe that it possesses special powers. He begins to make reverent gestures toward it as when
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Victor Hoang /Jack Nguyen; Period 4 Art Analysis AP Art History; 2015-2016; Silvertooth Title: Bundu Mask or Sowei Helmet Mask Artists/Architecture: Made by Sande Society and Mende People‚ carved by a male carver Date: Late 19th – Early 20th Centuries 250: Y Period/Culture: Pan-West African‚ Mende Location: Moyamba District‚ Sierra Leone‚ Liberia‚ Guinea‚ Ivory Coast‚ Brooklyn Museum Scale/Size: 39.4 cm x 23.5 cm x 26 cm Patron: Sande Society; Sande
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people who change‚ it’s the mask that falls off”-Anonymous. Everybody wears a mask. They’re a routine that people wear to cover up identities. People either feel happy to have one on‚ or sad that he or she can’t take it off‚ without being judged. Personas and masks are similar because he or she doesn’t want to be seen‚ in their true nature. Masks make people do things that cause trouble. They make people lie‚ cheat‚ and embellish their emotions‚ therefore wearing a mask is deleterious to everyone
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about the Noh drama masks‚ as the masks are the soul of the Noh drama. Without the masks‚ most people wouldn’t realize that this is the Noh drama; the masks are very important as a symbol for the Noh drama. Besides being symbolic of the Noh drama‚ the masks also include much history and skill. The four topics I am going to talk about in this research paper are the history of the masks‚ how they were made‚ the different types of masks‚ and the changing of the expressions on the mask. The histories
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Masks‚ what they are and why they’re beneficial Ian Afseth April 10‚ 2015 7/8 What is a mask? You probably know what a physical mask is‚ but what about
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The Hunters’ Masks in Lord of the Flies Though a mask may just be a shaped piece of plastic‚ a paper cut out or a painted face‚ they all have the same ability to create the feeling of freedom of responsibility. In William Golding’s‚ Lord of the Flies‚ the deserted boys go through many changes‚ both physically and mentally just by donning masks. When the boys first arrive on the island‚ they are unable to successfully find and kill food; they also try hard to keep things civilized. As the novel
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In “The Mask of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe a prominent theme is that people can’t just run away from your problems‚ eventually‚ they will catch up to them. In “The Mask of the Red Death” is very clear that the main problem in the story‚ it is the red death. The red death is not meant to be thought of as real plague; it is a symbolism for the problems that await us and in the case of the book‚ the problem of death. The people inside the castle are sheltering themselves from the red death. They
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27 January 2011 Hiding behind the Mask As a non-traditional student attending college‚ I sometimes ponder on how I have secluded myself. I am taking both online and face-to-face classes‚ and seem to hide my fears one time or another. Like Paul Laurence Dunbar in his poem‚ “We Wear the Mask” I can tell that different types of people do hide behind the mask rather than being honest with themselves‚ because I seem to do that also‚ whether it is to save ourselves or the feelings of another.
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Chokwe Masks The term Chokwe has at least 30 different spellings. Their history dates back to the 15th century‚ when a Lunda queen married a Luba prince Chibinda Ilunga. Because a member of the Lunda aristocracy disapproved of the marriage‚ the queen and prince migrated south to present-day Angola. There they founded several kingdoms‚ each headed by a god-king. The masks they created probably played important roles in religious beliefs and institutional practices‚ but today many Chokwe masks have
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I looked down at him clutching my legs in a death grip. Just then‚ a hand looped over my mouth. “Give me all your money!” yelled someone behind me. I glanced backwards and saw someone of huge physique threatening me menacingly. He wore a black mask. The word ‘Robbery’ was crystal clear in my mind. Could it be because I always boasted about my wealth? A moment of paralysis struck me. I froze in paramount fear. Trembling with fear‚ I capitulated and fished out my wallet which had a massive two
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