Essays Tagged: "silhouette"

Interpreting Langston Hughes

a single strand of freedom and what is meant to this oppressed ethnicity. From the dark whispers of Silhouette to the stern rising words of Democracy, Hughes releases his soul in a cry to awaken the A ... ows his message to flow.Hughes words flow compassionately in almost pleading tone when he speaks in Silhouette. "Southern gentle lady, do not swoon. They've just hung a black man, in the dark of the m ...

(2 pages) 95 0 2.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A Cry For Freedom: a rewrite of the earlier essay "Interpreting Langston Hughes". this one is much beter hopefully. Please post comments

ughes has been quite successful as a voice for the African American people with many poems such as "Silhouette" and "Democracy" opposing racial violence and aggression. Through his selective yet simpl ... choice of words, Hughes leaves open many interpretations such as a more cautious, pleading term in "Silhouette" but in a much more spirited, demanding manner in "Democracy."When one looks at the poem ...

(3 pages) 87 1 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

What is contrast in art? Why is it important?

st gets to decide.2a. We used contrast in every project we did this quarter. In our first project a silhouette drawing, we used multiple mediums including pencil, crayons and oil pastel. We outlined o ...

(2 pages) 12197 6 3.1 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

Study Notes on "Black Cat" by Edgar Allen Poe.

and is then annoyed by that, and ends up hanging the cat. The house burns down and left behind is a silhouette of the hanging cat. He gets another cat, and his wife tells him not to, and ends up getti ...

(2 pages) 66 1 3.6 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

This is an Essay on Women's Fashion from the 1920's. Not only does it describe material fashion but also hairstyles.

the early twenties, the features of women's clothing were short skirts and dropped waistlines. The silhouettes of the earlier part of the 1920's are long and cylindrical, with the skirt falling 7" to ... e is best known from the designer Jeanne Lanvin. It is sort of a line between the straight twenties silhouette and the old fashioned belled-skirt. It had a tubular bodice that hung or draped straight ...

(2 pages) 79 0 4.6 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Ridley Scott's 'Gladiator'

k, or shadows (which create mystery and suggest evil and deceit), and sporadically capturing him in silhouette, to emphasize (almost metaphorically) his dark color, contrasting with the yellow and red ...

(2 pages) 54 0 1.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Australian fashion throughout the 1900's.

ig bust with no cleavage showing (as this was considered vulgar) and a big rear end. This S. shaped silhouette was extremely uncomfortable. The skirt fitted tightly over the waist and down to the knee ... black cord, and boots were worn on their feet.Women's fashion was mostly trapped in a constricting silhouettes throughout the decade, but by 1908 it began a radical change (caused by the craze of spo ...

(3 pages) 27 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Women Taking Action

called "Basque dress" or "Robe de style." These types of styles were a mixture between the straight silhouette and the old-fashioned belled-skirt. There were various combinations of fabrics that inclu ...

(6 pages) 118 1 4.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Movie review (the omen)

hits of the 1970s. It came with a wonderfully catchy promotion campaign - of a poster featuring the silhouette of the child in black which melded into an inverted crucifix against a scarlet red backgr ...

(3 pages) 24 0 0.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Children of an Idle Mind- Part2 (final)

e persistent as I looked down the empty alleys. I looked back to my apartment, but it was a faraway silhouette against the shadowy city. It was too late to turn back now. I had to face the attack alon ...

(2 pages) 89 7 4.3 Aug/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Dead by Sunset: Perfect Husband, Perfect Killer By: Ann Rule

rist, Randall Kelly Blighton, who stopped to see if he could offer any type of help. Blighton saw a silhouette of an infant in the vans window, which he now says was a car seat, and felt that he could ...

(6 pages) 21 0 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"Women Taking Action"

ss" or "Robe de style" ("Social Trends"). These types of styles were a mixture between the straight silhouette and the old-fashioned belled-skirt. There were various combinations of fabrics that inclu ...

(6 pages) 56 2 4.6 Oct/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Boss

he distance, faintly but surely, the tapping sound of footstep were increasingly audible and a pale silhouette of a figure could be seen walking closer every moment.The man seemed to aware of the figu ...

(1 pages) 209 13 3.9 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

The Usual Suspects Movie Review Film Studies 500 word essay

create an appropriately shadowy underworld as a background for the action shots. The movie had many silhouette shots, with strong cuts, with great lighting effects with angled lighting. All of these c ...

(2 pages) 43 0 5.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study

Calvin Klein Crosses the Line.

chiseled man stands alone. His muscles bulge through a tight white t-shirt that subtly defines his silhouette. The positioning of his arms, hands, legs, and even the way his head is directed right at ...

(4 pages) 50 0 0.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

"To Walk In A Dead Man's Boots", lost love: personal experience.

nd in a sea of black, choking, enveloping mist. The APC (armored personal carrier) was this smoking silhouette. It looked menacing, like the Chinese war-machine it was, until my eyes focused on the ga ...

(7 pages) 23 0 0.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Describe an important incident or scene: "Remember The Titans" Directed by Boaz Yakin

scene has some visual techniques which helps one understand why it is important. One example is the silhouette with Boone the background. A verbal technique is the Boones voice is serious. Gettysburg ... with the players. This shows that Yoast connects with the players. During Boones speech there is a silhouette of Boone and the cemetery behind him. This gets the viewer to focus on the words he is sa ...

(2 pages) 41 0 0.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho”

n't see the mother until the end. Up until that point, we only hear her demanding voice and see her silhouette in a rocking chair in the top window of Norman's house, that neighbored the motel. Two vi ...

(2 pages) 8 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Themes in chicago hope - tribu

ning and so on, this gives us the impression of a creepy old house. The close up of Dianne with the silhouette in the background gives us the feeling that something bad is about to happen and that she ...

(6 pages) 995 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Technology As A Cultural Phenomenom000000000000000

out of gas and so on. These pictures are not self explanatory. In fact, I sat there looking at the silhouette of the oil light and remembered when I was a little kid, I used to think that it meant th ...

(4 pages) 11 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry