Essays Tagged: "allusions"

The "Dancing in the Dark" scene of "The Band Wagon" by Vincente Minelli.

on, instead he uses much moreunique cinematic tools. By employing the myth of spontaneity, numerous allusionsto marriage, a very popular contemporary love song as well as having the numberchoreographe ... cters, Tony and Gabrielle, in the ' Dancing in the Dark " scene byassociating them with a number of allusions to marriage. The fact that bothcharacters happen to be wearing white can not help but to c ...

(4 pages) 86 0 4.5 Nov/1996

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

Birth of a Nation - Art or Propaganda

ground-breaker; However, through its effective use of devices such as symbolism, foreshadowing and allusions, as well as building on and arguably perfecting film techniques such as continuity editing ...

(3 pages) 109 0 4.2 Jan/1996

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

Pornography

had a sexual act and nudityinvolved. Also public television has been known to show nudity and sex. Allusions aremade to sex in every part of our life. Work, school, sports, and recreation are all for ...

(5 pages) 161 1 2.3 Sep/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

"Babi yar" by Yevgeny Yevtushenko

eprecating anti - Semitism. In achieving this, Yevtushenko uses various literary devices, including allusions that appeal to non - Jews as well as Jews, imagery, and his voice and diction as a whole.I ... lexperience, which deepens the meaning of his message. Also, he uses the first person in historical allusions, saying 'I roam in Egypt' and 'I am Dreyfus', hence taking the reader back to previous his ...

(4 pages) 35 0 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Daddy"

band is actually a reincarnate of her dead father. Through the use of powerful imagery and dominant allusions, Plath successfully conveys the image of her brutal father to the reader.Plath utilizes st ... es the allusion by killing the vampire in her mind with a stake to his heart. Plath's use of simple allusions reveal the twisted mind of Plath left by her wicked husband and father.Plath uses many sty ...

(3 pages) 147 0 3.8 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

"Daddy"

band is actually a reincarnate of her dead father. Through the use of powerful imagery and dominant allusions, Plath successfully conveys the image of her brutal father to the reader.Plath utilizes st ... es the allusion by killing the vampire in her mind with a stake to his heart. Plath's use of simple allusions reveal the twisted mind of Plath left by her wicked husband and father.Plath uses many sty ...

(3 pages) 135 0 3.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Physical attributes and atmosphere of Galapagos Islands. Speaks of Mellville and Darwin

g conditions, can be seen and portrayed using differing style and rhetoric.Mellville's passage uses allusions, analogies, and comparisons to well-known entities to better illustrate the Galapagos Isla ...

(4 pages) 39 0 4.3 Sep/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Major Themes in Faulkner's "Light in August"

ht in August is a metaphor. In fact it is many metaphors, almost infinitely many. It is a jumble of allusions, themes, portraits, all of them uniquely important, many of them totally unrelated. In fac ...

(5 pages) 285 0 3.5 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Sex, Violence and Lust in John Milton's Paradise Lost

of the germane thought of our own age.-James DriscollThe Unfolding God Of Jung and MiltonImages and allusions to sex and death are intermingled throughout John Milton's Paradise Lost . The character o ...

(11 pages) 237 0 3.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Cry for Freedom. Speaks of Patrick Henry and Martin Luther King, Jr. Skilled orators using similar rhetorical devices to appeal to their audiences, to call for freedom for two totally different kinds of people

r strengths as speakers through their use of these rhetorical devices. Among these are parallelism, allusions, metaphors, and rhetorical questions. Both speakers use these devices well. Martin Luther ...

(2 pages) 59 0 4.3 Oct/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert:An Analysis of The Characters

ice for obscenity, because it was alleged to be concerned with adultery and contains situations and allusions that shocked the prudish philistine government of Napoleon III. It was cited for "offenses ...

(6 pages) 133 0 3.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Notes to Thomas Hardy's 'The Woodlanders'

are unusual to us - for more of this consult the relevant York Notes . Some pick up references and allusions which are not dealt with in the eds. notes to the Penguin edn. Some take issue with the ed ...

(10 pages) 61 0 3.4 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" gains depth through its sustained allusion to Shakespeare's "Hamlet."

In Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead many allusions are made to Shakespeare's Hamlet, adding depth to the play. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ( ... e play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead the only sense of time controlled and provided through allusions to Hamlet. When Ros and Guil are backstage to Hamlet they are unaware of time passing and ...

(2 pages) 68 0 3.8 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Transformations in Hamlet and Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.

a writer, Stoppard also added original themes, changed character personalities and included modern allusions and philosophical theories, to create meaning for a contemporary audience. It can be seen ... toppard in his transformation of the text to add depth and to add to the realism of the plot.Modern allusions which could not have been present in Shakespeare?s time were introduced to Rosencrantz and ...

(4 pages) 216 2 4.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet

"The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot

ing in self-pity, yet desiring for people to notice him. The composer shows this through his use of allusions, powerful imagery to create vignettes of Prufrock's life and the form of the poem as a dis ... disorderly train of thought, implying rather than telling.Throughout the poem, T.S. Eliot uses many allusions in order to illustrate Prufrock's character and identity. The first such allusion is to th ...

(4 pages) 240 0 4.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

"Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison.

"Flight in the Song of Solomon"Throughout literature it has been common for authors to use allusions to complement frequent motifs in their work. In Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon, Milkman l ...

(3 pages) 120 0 4.5 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Letter From Birmingham Jail" by Dr. King.

de toward the statements made about him. He constructs his response through the use of parallelism, allusions, and sets the tone of the letter with powerful diction.Blacks are going through a really t ... the painfulness of segregation truly enforces his main point in the letter.The personifications and allusions Dr. King utilizes in his letter also eludes the readers from their racists ways. For examp ...

(2 pages) 179 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

The Style of James K Baxter with reference to at least two of his poems.

very simplistic. He heavily relies on similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, paradoxes, alliteration and allusions.In the Wild Bees, he talks about a situation when he and his friend go out to smoke a beeh ...

(4 pages) 30 0 5.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Major Themes and Symbols in "The Scarlet Letter".

bols in The Scarlet LetterNathaniel Hawthorne uses unique examples for literary devices (symbolism, allusions, flashback, motif, etc.) but one extremely unique literary device Hawthorne uses is called ...

(6 pages) 124 0 4.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

A main focus on the allusions and comedy within the novel as well as references to the allusions to Hamlet throughout the novel.

In Stoppard's play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Deadthere are many allusions to the play Hamlet which contribute tothe meaning of the play and helps the reader better ... ir pointof view using an abundance of slapstick/Abbot and Costello comedy. The three most prevalent allusions within the play are: bothplays contained a disorder theme; however, it is greatly enhanced ... elia's lap andmakes inappropriate comments to her.In conclusion, Ros and Guil are Dead contain many allusionsto Hamlet which help the reader better understand what is occurð 7 3 Shring throughout ...

(5 pages) 36 0 3.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet