...Understanding “Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” by Stephen Crane Garrett-Petts uses the term common places to describe the Greek methodology in studying literature stemming from the Greek work topoi which means places. Aristotle identified 28 topoi but Garrett-Petts groups these 28 topoi into 6 groups which they call “common places.” Studying literature for its message, meaning, use of message, and relationship to one’s experience is difficult to convey as trying to analyze a blood sample for disease without any laboratory equipment. One is usually unable to construct arguments about literary interpretations and literary interpretations beyond basic plot without having knowledge of specific mode of thinking. These common places are vehicles where one can channel their thoughts to fully analyze a work of literature. The Common places which I chose to focus on was the Contemptus Mundi and Complexity. Contemptus mundi translated from latin literally means contempt of the world. This is a very interesting common place to have in the first place because it stresses the idea that “the modern world is a place of decay, alienation, and anxiety.” (Garrett-Petts, 70) It seems that many believe that the day they live in is worse off then the day they lived in yesterday. Writers produce literature to make a statement, most often it is about how something in our day is so wrong. In a sense this writers who write with the idea of Contemptus mundi they set themselves up for the paradox of hedonism...
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...Stephens Cranes’ “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky,” is a look at how the introduction of the feminine persona and eastern culture begins to change the dime store novel version of the Old West. The marshal, Jack, is concerned that the town’s folks will be angry that he did not include them in his wedding celebration, typical of small Old West towns where everybody knew each other and their business. The symbolism associated with the private wedding, the bride’s new fancy clothes, Jack’s “new black clothes,” and the “watch” show how Jack is growing up and away from the Old West’s ways. Scratchy, the drunk, displays both the Old West’s wild attitudes and eastern clothing trends, showing how the two cultures are intersecting. In “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky,” setting exhibits a major role in symbolizing the changes taking place as the East flows into the Old West. The historical significance of the train to the settling of the West brings to life the images of the East meeting West in Crane’s tale. Trains helped civilize the West by bringing commerce and creating towns along their routes. Transportation that was more comfortable and safe brought increasing numbers of women to the towns, which began to tame the West. Trains also brought eastern culture and people across the plains to the Wild West. The refinement of the train foreshadows the domestication of the West, “the environment of the new estate”(341). In part one, Crane describes the progress of the train across the plains...
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...Professor Nancy Fraser English EAC150 17/10/2012 MLA Documentation Essay The author Roslyn Foy explains the deeper emotions that resides in Armand the protagonist of the story Desiree’s baby by Kate Chopin. Armand’s cruel actions towards the people around him do not only suggest racism in the nineteenth century; he is man that must comply and live up to his great reputation. Foy brings up the subject of his mother, suggesting that even though she died when Armand was only eight years old, he must have remember her physical appearance but somehow he has suppressed that fact. This questions that whether Armand’s cruel actions came from a social point of view or does it deprive from his suppression of his mother and his past. This eventually led him to abandon his wife and son, the author suggest that his hatred towards them is the hatred towards himself and his origins. Armand is a character that is confused and angry with his past and finally realizes at the end that he is the very thing that he hates the most. In this critical essay, the author Leon Lewis illustrates an overview of Langston Hughes overall work and what he represents as a literary writer. Hughes is known as the “Laureate of Black America”, he has the desire to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America. His work usually consists of rhymes and poems, and the language of the black community. Even though some of his work is appeal more towards young adult readers, his work is...
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...The world of nature is colourful and bright and human ingenuity cannot hope to match it. Right from the sky above to the sea below, nature abounds in the richness of colour. The human eye and the human mind respond to this world of colour and identify themselves with it. When a person is cheerful and bright we refer to him as a 'colourful personality', similarly the different colours are used to indicate human moods and attitudes: blue is associated with depression, white is likened with serenity, green with jealousy and red with rage. Colour is also used to relieve tension. Psychologists have investigated the effect of colour on the working ability of workers and have come to the conclusion that certain colours are more conducive to Positive thinking than others. The power of colours cannot be denied, more so, as it is the soul instance of life on earth. Although sight and the human brain has helped in identifying colours and their delights, it's interesting to note what colours mean to us in totality. The power of colours and their meanings has been enlisted below. RED: More than half the globe loves this colour. We sure agree. Red is the second-most favorite colour on earth. Be it the Ferrari red or a svelte red dress, red is an intense colour, and defines many emotions and moods. The most important being, the colour of love, passion, seduction, and desire. It also defines enthusiasm, power, and heat. This colour also represents anger, violence, and aggression. Red...
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...acceptance. This paper will compare how colors have become a symbol of pride and identity as they are represented in Grossmans article within the framework of “Clothes”. Through this careful examination the evidence will reveal how the use of color represents identification and hinder the author’s arguments. While on the surface Divakaruni’s story is about cultural transition due to an arranged marriage, what the author is really exploring is how the colors she wore on her saris represented her identity in India and then in America. The author utilizes color symbolism to express the emotional changes that Sumita is going through and how she uses colors to keep her grounded with her Indian beliefs during her transition from girl to bride-to-be to an...
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...Katherine Anne Porter obscured her past, shaving four years off her age and claiming to have been brought up among a southern, “white pillared” crowd. Porter’s southwestern past was unhappy, and she got out of Texas “like a bat out of hell” as soon as she could. But her strong, ambivalent women, like Miss Sophia Jane Rhea of The Old Order (1955) come from that past, and “The Grave” and “Noon Wine” portray the region’s strengths (ingenuity, democracy, strong- mindedness) and weaknesses (sexism, racism, anti-intellectualism). Notable southwestern African American and Hispanic writers during this period include Texas-born Sutton E. Griggs whose Imperium in Imperio (1899) and Unfettered (1902) foreshadowed later works calling for full rights for black citizens. Dobie also encouraged Mexican American writers, especially Jovita González who served as president of the Texas Folklore Society from 1931 to 1932. Arguably the most important southwestern writer of color during this period was Ralph Ellison. His early stories and posthumous novel, Three Days Before the Shooting…(2010), are often...
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...Concision and Repetition in Babel’s Collected Stories With laconic power, Isaac Babel tells short stories that are at once cold and full of exultation. This effect arises as much from his prose style as from the wrenching content of his narratives. In this paper, I will explore several techniques that compress his prose to the lapidary and one that is more expansive and cuts against his impulse to concision. One of Babel’s most striking tools for reducing his text to essentials is the simile (and more rarely the metaphor), a tactic that allows him to juxtapose images that complicate the text in a short space. He also has a knack for rendering psychological states in terms so compressed that they seem irreducible; for instance, at the end of a story when a character’s heart is constricted by a foreboding of truth, there really is nothing more to say. To an extreme, Babel makes his prose do more than one thing at a time: his descriptions of scenery frequently delve to the heart of the point-of-view character. Cutting against this tendency and made powerful by it, the stories indulge in the repetition of words, a tactic that can propel the prose toward exultation. §1 Simile and Metaphor Babel makes good use of simile and metaphor, both of which lend power, complexity, concision, and often violence to his writing. At times the similes are simply vivid juxtapositions that enliven the prose but do little else. “His stomach, like a large tomcat, lay on the silver pommel” paints...
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...Finger-lickin’ good! – KFC 23. Melts in your mouth, not in your hands. - M&Ms 24. Your potential. Our passion. Microsoft 25. Do the Dew. - Mountain Dew 26. Just do it. – Nike 27. At the heart of the image.- Nikon 28. Enjoy the ride. – Nissan 29. Connecting people. – Nokia 30. The mark of a man. – Old Spice 31. "Ideas for Life" – Panasonic 32. For those who think young. – Pepsi 33. The taste of a new generation. – Pepsi 34. Eat fresh. – Subway 35. Expect more. Pay less. – Target 36. Takes a licking and keeps on ticking. – Timex 37. Choose freedom. – Toshiba 38. Get the feeling. – Toyota 39. Always low prices. Always. - Wal-Mart 40. Let your fingers do the walking. – Yellow pages 41. It’s the real thing. – Coke 42. "Know How" – Canon 43. "Get More out of Now" – Dell 44. "Taking...
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...ship,' quoth he. 'Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!' Eftsoons his hand dropt he. He holds him with his glittering eye— The Wedding-Guest stood still, And listens like a three years' child: The Mariner hath his will. The Wedding-Guest sat on a stone: He cannot choose but hear; And thus spake on that ancient man, The bright-eyed Mariner. 'The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared, Merrily did we drop Below the kirk, below the hill, Below the lighthouse top. The Sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he! And he shone bright, and on the right Went down into the sea. Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon—' The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, For he heard the loud bassoon. The bride hath paced into the hall, Red as a rose is she; Nodding their heads before her goes The merry minstrelsy. The Wedding-Guest he beat his breast, Yet he cannot choose but hear; And thus spake on that ancient man, The bright-eyed Mariner. And now the STORM-BLAST came, and he Was tyrannous and strong: He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. With sloping masts and dipping prow, As who pursued with...
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...1. Compositional Theories of Art Composition: An orderlyarrangement of elements using the principles of design. 2. Rule of Thirds Imagine a grid that splits the frame into thirds both vertically and horizontally. Place the subject along those gridlines. The intersections of the lines are especially compelling places to position your subject.The Biglen Brothers Racing (1873) Thomas Eakins 3. Rule of Thirds Imagine a grid that splits the frame into thirds both vertically and horizontally. Place the subject along those gridlines. The intersections of the lines are especially compelling places to position your subject.The Biglen Brothers Racing (1873) Thomas Eakins 4. The GoldenRectangleBased on theGolden Ratio,aka the DivineProportion, amathematicallydevelopedformula,observed oftenin nature andapplied toarchitecture andin art. 5. The Mona Lisa (1503-1519) Leonardo da Vinci 6. The Rule of Odds Having an odd number of things in a composition means your eye and brain cant pair them up or group them easily. Theres somehow always one thing left over, which keeps your eyes moving across the composition.Portrait of Charles I, King of England (1635-1636) Anthony van Dyck 7. Leading Lines Lines that guide a viewer’s eyes around, or through, the artwork are called leading lines.Provencher’s Mill at Moret (1883) Alfred Sisley 8. Strong Diagonal A strong diagonal is a form of a leading line. It can transform a boring composition into a dynamic one.Portrait of Dr....
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...Unfortunately it all seems like the information is taken from a commentary on a book that holds the oral stories of Korea, Compendium of Korean Oral Literature. This is more or less taken from Wiki and all other sources that say the same basic information: A fox that lives a thousand years turns into a Kumiho, like its Japanese and Chinese counterparts (the kitsune and the huli jing). The current Japanese kitsune can sometimes be evil and sometimes good, but the Korean counterpart over the years has become a symbol of evil. Legends tell that while the Kumiho is capable transforming its appearance, there is still something persistently fox-like about it. In Transformation of the Kimono, a Kumiho transforms into an identical likeness of a bride at a wedding. Not even the bride’s mother can tell the difference. The Kumiho is only discovered when her clothes are removed. As the mythology of the Kumiho evolved it was later believed that a Kumiho had to consume human hearts in order to survive. Another version of the mythology, however, holds that with enough will a Kumiho could further ascend from its Yokwe state and become fully, permanently human and lose its evil character. The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains – China Once upon a time, there were two high mountains between a place called Jizhou in the south and the Huang River in the north. One was called Taihang Mountain and the other was Wangwu Mountain. They...
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...dreams and you my sweet The time has come to go to bed Forget the malls and things I dread As we lay down and close our eyes The time has come to go to bed Tomorrow brings a bright surprise As we lay down and close our eyes I reach for you and hold your hand Tomorrow brings a bright surprise It’s perfect now just as we planned I reach for you and hold your hand With Candy dreams and you my sweet It’s perfect now just as we planned O Christmas Eve is such a treat Too Much Love Got too much love, it's bursting out Never have felt so much passion Every woman that I pass on the street I ask if they're looking for action Got bruises all over my face and body Coz some don't find it amusing Thought all the girlies found me stunning Answer's no, you can tell by the bruising The wounds will heal in time, I know But the damage it's done to my psyche Can't be measured, it's crushed my ego A severe disappointment, by crikey Well, I've still got a bunch of P-Soup friends My avatar is some Hollywood dude It gives me a fighting chance with the ladies I'd never post one of me in the nude That surely would chase them away for sure Got bumps in all the wrong places But a heart that's really as big a a pumpkin Sadly I still must wear my braces Creator’s Canvas Felsep The colors caressing each other up high Mixing and mating to create something new The setting sun painting a cloudy sky Presenting to us a spectacular view ...
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...NICK AND THE CANDLESTICK I am a miner. The light burns blue. Waxy stalactites Drip and thicken, tears The earthen womb Exudes from its dead boredom. Black bat airs Wrap me, raggy shawls, Cold homicides. They weld to me like plums. Old cave of calcium Icicles, old echoer. Even the newts are white, Those holy Joes. And the fish, the fish---- Christ! They are panes of ice, A vice of knives, A piranha Religion, drinking Its first communion out of my live toes. The candle Gulps and recovers its small altitude, Its yellows hearten. O love, how did you get here? O embryo Remembering, even in sleep, Your crossed position. The blood blooms clean In you, ruby. The pain You wake to is not yours. Love, love, I have hung our cave with roses. With soft rugs---- The last of Victoriana. Let the stars Plummet to their dark address, MORNING SONG Love set you going like a fat gold watch. The midwife slapped your footsoles, and your bald cry Took its place among the elements. Our voices echo, magnifying your arrival. New statue. In a drafty museum, your nakedness Shadows our safety. We stand round blankly as walls. I'm no more your mother Than the cloud that distills a mirror to reflect its own slown Effacement at the wind's hand. All night your moth-breath Flickers among the flat pink roses. I wake to listen: A far sea moves in my ear. One cry, and I stumble from bed, cow-heavy and floral In my Victorian...
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...100 TECHNIQUES for PROFESSIONAL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHERS BILL HURTER Amherst Media ® PUBLISHER OF PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS About The Author Bill Hurter has been involved in the photographic industry for the past thirty years. He is the former editor of Petersen’s PhotoGraphic magazine and currently the editor of both AfterCapture and Rangefinder magazines. He has authored over thirty books on photography and hundreds of articles on photography and photographic technique. He is a graduate of American University and Brooks Institute of Photography, from which he holds a BFA and Honorary Masters of Science and Masters of Fine Art degrees. He is currently a member of the Brooks Board of Governors. Early in his career, he covered Capital Hill during the Watergate Hearings and worked for three seasons as a stringer for the L.A. Dodgers. He is married and lives in West Covina, CA. Copyright © 2009 by Bill Hurter. All rights reserved. Front cover photograph by Tom Muñoz. Back cover photograph by Bruce Dorn. Published by: Amherst Media, Inc. P.O. Box 586 Buffalo, N.Y. 14226 Fax: 716-874-4508 www.AmherstMedia.com Publisher: Craig Alesse Senior Editor/Production Manager: Michelle Perkins Assistant Editor: Barbara A. Lynch-Johnt Editorial Assistance from: John S. Loder, Carey A. Maines, Charles Schweizer ISBN-13: 978-1-58428-245-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2007926665 Printed in Korea. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any...
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...The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (originally The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere) is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, written in 1797–98 and was published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads. Modern editions use a later revised version printed in 1817 that featured a gloss. Along with other poems in Lyrical Ballads, it was a signal shift to modern poetry and the beginning of British Romantic literature. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner relates the experiences of a sailor who has returned from a long sea voyage. The Mariner stops a man who is on the way to a wedding ceremony and begins to narrate a story. The Wedding-Guest's reaction turns from bemusement to impatience and fear to fascination as the Mariner's story progresses, as can be seen in the language style: for example, Coleridge uses narrative techniques such as personification and repetition to create either a sense of danger, of the supernatural or of serenity, depending on the mood of each of the different parts of the poem. The Mariner's tale begins with his ship departing on its journey. Despite initial good fortune, the ship is driven south off course by a storm and eventually reaches Antarctica. An albatross (symbolizing the Christian soul) appears and leads them out of the Antarctic but, even as the albatross is praised by the ship's crew, the Mariner shoots the bird ("with my cross-bow / I shot the albatross"). The crew is angry with the Mariner, believing the albatross...
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