Oretga Y. Gassets’ theory of the scale of realism in his article ‘Realism and Realistic Representation in the Digital Age’ that explores the relevance of Gasset to realism and representation within photography and contemporary art. This section of the essay will focus on Oretga Y. Gasset through an interpreted reading of Gabriel F. Giralt as no full English translation of Gasset exists as an obtainable text as this stage. Gasset analyses the representation of reality by asking “which of all these multiple
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In the Romantic Works, Joyce Carol Oates, and Edgar Allen Poe explore the nature of violence through Gothic Elements. In Joyce Carol Oates works such as “Where is Here?”, and “Where Are You Going,Where Have You’ve Been”, and Edgar Allen Poe’s works such as “The Raven”, “A Tell-Tale Heart”, and “The Black Cat”, both of the author's give a form of imagery to create the feeling of violence. Such as Oates creates indirect violence, hidden within the lines, where Poe, has more explicit and direct violence
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In the short story “A Rose for Emily”, the author uses many different rhetorical strategies and literary devices in order to enhance the story's deeper meaning. The unique point of view, which is first-person-plural, allows for the story to be interpreted in many different ways by the reader. Using words throughout the story such as “we” and “our” let the reader know that this is not just one person narrating the story, but rather multiple people. These people narrating would be the townspeople
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attacked, and on the verge of being killed by someone popping up in my face. Transformations obviously create fear. This can be shown in the following three stories. Joyce Carol Oates “Where is Here”, Julio Cortazar's “House Taken Over”, and Arthur Tress’s “the Dream Collector” all transform by using suspension to prove Joyce Carol Oates “Where is Here” transformation scares readers because it goes from being a nice day to becoming creepy by an unwanted visitor. This is effective
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Been?” was published in nineteen ninety-three. The author Joyce Oates dialogues a young girl named Connie and her uncomfortable encounter with a man named Arnold Friend. Many critics believe that the short story had almost a dreamlike impression. In the story, Oates incorporates several binaries and repetitions to underscore the theme of reality versus fantasy. First and foremost, Oates begins the story with an internal/external binary. Oates describes the protagonist, Connie, as a young fifteen-year-old
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Everyone experiences transitions in their lives. Sometimes these changes are insignificant, like a change in schools. Sometimes these can be major life changing events, like the passage from childhood to adulthood. In Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”, the author uses a borderline crime story to investigate a loss of innocence and the unknown future. "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" consists of two main focus scenes: the world Connie thrives in and the day
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A Tale of sorrow in William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” This story strikes at the heart strings with dealing with the last of a generation. In this story Emily Grierson struggles her whole life and this becomes the focus point for this story. The town of Jefferson continues to find new excuses to put up with her almost out of control behavior. They start by supporting her for years. They allow her to avoid paying her taxes. They also let her get away with the murder of a man. To begin with, taking
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After breaking up with her boyfriend and in a job she hates,a hopeful screenwriter tries to reinvent her life when she goes to Paris to pitch a screenplay and meets a mysterious man. BRIEF SYNOPSIS EMA JONES (26) is a hopeful screenwriter. Her heart is shattered when she finds her boyfriend, PETER, with another woman. It’s not the first time he has cheated on her. Now, she has a job that she doesn’t like and she feels alone. Her friend, LUCY, encourages Ema to move on with her life. She sent Ema’s
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A Rose for Emily In this story "A Rose for Emily" written by William Faulkner, Emily is considered a monument of the southern town, but Emily is living a sad life. Emily came from the Grierson family, who had held their images at high standards. Emily’s father thought of no man good enough for his Emily, so he sheltered her until he passed. When Emily’s father had passed, it was rumored that all he left her was the house and lonesome, “a pauper, she had become humanized.” She would
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In the short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates we are introduced to a character named Connie. Connie likes to sneak out with her friends and hangout with boys who are older than her. One night Connie was asked to go to dinner by a boy named Eddie. When they are walking through the parking lot they come across a man in a gold convertible that says “Gonna get you, baby” (Oates 862). Then a few days past by and Connie is home alone while her Mother and sister went
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