This painting is called Madame Grand (Noël Catherine Vorlée‚ 1761–1835) and it is oil on canvas. The artists name is Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French‚ Paris 1755–1842 Paris). It is a representational painting of a lady is sitting on what looks like a chair and is looking off and up to her right. She has a giant blue ribbon on the top of her hair that matches the bow on the front of her dress. She looks as if she is thinking of something that will make her happy or as if she was looking out
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An analysis of Homais as an instrument of satire In Flaubert’s satiric novel‚ the story’s apothecary is used to convey Flaubert’s views of the bourgeois. As a vehicle for Flaubert’s satire‚ Homais is portrayed as opportunistic and self-serving‚ attributes that Flaubert associated with the middle class. Homais’ obsession with social mobility leads him to commit despicable acts. His character and values are also detestable. He is self-serving‚ hypocritical‚ opportunistic‚ egotistical‚ and crooked
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These works usually depict the girls and women doing housework‚ playing with dolls‚ and cooking. The men are usually depicted as sports players and lovers‚ providers‚ and figures that are overall stronger than woman. Guy de Maupassant’s‚ “The Necklace” and James Thurber’s‚ “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” are two works of literature that focus on the themes gender roles and marriage‚ with some similarities‚ but with even more differences. In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚” Thurber shows
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Madame Bovary‚ written by Gustave Flaubert‚ is a French novel from the 19th century that represents the first step into the modernization of classical literature. The act of adultery is introduced into the world of literature for the first time and is criticized by many. In the novel‚ the life of a French woman is symbolized through the elegance and controversial topics discussed. Flauberts‚ Madame Bovary‚ is an example of a non-traditional style of writing and expresses the French culture with character
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Literal qualities ABOUT THE WORK: Frida Kahlo created the painting Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird in 1940 in Mexico City. The painting is an oil on canvas and is currently at Harry Ransom Center‚ The University of Texas at Austin. FROM THE WORK: 1. Line Several vertical lines occur within the leaves behind Frida herself. The strongest lines are created on her thorn necklace that hangs on her neck and down her chest. 2. Light & Value The light source of this
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In Guy De Maupassant’s short story "The Necklace"‚ the main character‚ Mathilde Loisel‚ makes several ironic discoveries. These discoveries form the story’s climax and produce a surprising ending. However‚ the central discovery of the story‚ that the jewel is fake‚ is‚ perhaps‚ not the most important point of the story. The point of the story is that pride goes before a fall. In the opening paragraph of the story‚ the author immediately tells us Mathilde looks herself as a "pretty and charming girl"
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The novels‚ Charlotte Bronte’s Wuthering Heights and Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary both vary on the conventions of popular romantic fiction. Wuthering Heights does this in several ways. For example‚ in the ever standing issue of social standing in novels of Bronte’s era. Catherine is of a much higher social standing than Heathcliff‚ whose social standing was first elevated by his adoption by Catherine father‚ Mr Earnshaw‚ and then degraded after the death of Mr Earnshaw by Hindley. This aspect
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represented of women and their fertility. These female figures were called Venus statuettes. The two artworks named Standing Female Figure Wearing a Strap and a Necklace and The Venus of Dolni Vestonice share the same symbolism‚ aesthetics‚ and time period‚ but have physical differences. The artwork Standing Female Figure Wearing a Strap and a Necklace is from the Early and Middle Bronze. Her height‚ portraying the women of the Bronze Age‚ is twenty-seven centimeter and
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TMA Title: Comparing and Contrasting Desires of Mathilde in ‘The Necklace’ and the unnamed narrator in ‘Araby’. In both James Joyce’s “Araby” and Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace‚” the reader is brought into the pursuits of desires of the protagonists. In “Araby”‚ the portrayal of desire reflects the need for spiritual stability and understanding in the confused religious society. In contrast‚ the desire in “The Necklace” reveals a person’s inner need of being loved and being seen as important
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In the article “The Narrator and the Bourgeois Community in ‘Madame Bovary’‚” written by Leo Bersai‚ he discusses how “Flaubert maintains a dual position” in the novel Madame Bovary. Bersai states that Flaubert make Emma’s dreams seem important and gives it “dignity” but at the same time ridicules her fantasies. Bersani also writes that Flaubert detaches himself entirely from the community that he writes about. Although there are parts of the
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