Essays about Culture Page 74

In “The Scarlet Letter” , Nathaniel Hawthorne presents this novel in a dramatic point of view, starting with the scene of the prison. Hester is displayed as an adulterous woman in a Puritan society, where sin is harshly accounted for. She is forced to wear her badge of shame throughout life along side her daughter…

Architecture is a meeting place between the measurable and the immeasurable. The art of design is not only rooted in the aesthetic form, but inthe soul of the work. In Phenomena and Idea, Stephen Holl once wrote, ” Thethinking-making couple of architecture occurs in silence. Afterward, these”thoughts” are communicated in the silence of phenomenal experiences….

Comparitive Essay on the Lord of the Rings and the HobbitA fantasy is an imaginary world where all things imaginable can be brought to life. J. R. R Tolkien portrayed fantasy through his use of skilled craftsmanship and a vivid imagination, which was presented in each piece of literature he wrote. In Tolkien’s two stories…

Movie Proposal:The Catcher in the RyeVina KuIverson/RaceyPer. 7, 8 To the Producer:The Catcher in the Rye, a contemporary novel by J. D. Salinger, is a thought-provoking, fascinating look at societys values and issues in the 1950s. This book would make an excellent transition to film because it is full of both action and implication. It…

To what extent did Kafka use comedy/irony to develop his tragic, cynical view of society and family?Gregor Samsa, a young traveling salesman who lives with and financially supports his parents and younger sister, Grete, wakes up one morning to find “himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin” or insect. At first, to my…

Sometime soon after the year 1430, a bronze statue of David stood in the courtyard of the house of the Medici. The work was commissioned of Donatello by Cosimo d’Medici himself, the founding father of the Republic of Florence. It was the first free-standing, life sized nude since classical victorious athletes of Greece and Rome….

In 1692 the area of Salem town and Salem village became very vulnerable to conflict. Severe weather such as hurricanes had damaged land and crops, the effects of King Phillips War began to impact New England society, and colonists were being forced off of the frontiers by Native peoples. The Church and the government were…

In Part One of this series we briefly examined modern and contemporary witchcraft, discussing some of the major beliefs of this syncretistic movement. The present article will further expound on witchcraft, and also critique it from a biblical, metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical basis. It is essential to keep in mind that this movement encompasses a…

Music is prominent in adolescent lives: teenagers spend between 4 and 5 hours a day listening to music and watching music videos 1 and name music listening as their preferred non-school activity. 2 Therefore, it is not surprising that government officials, researchers and parents alike are concerned about the impact of music on teenagers. Disturbed…

In that paper, I will try to compare two films which are A Birth of a Nation directed by D. W. Griffith and The Bicycle Thieves directed by De Sica. After giving the story of the films, I will try to explaintheir technical features and their similarities. A Birth of a Nation by D. W….