Essays Tagged: "representations"

The Cultural Construction of Gender and Representation of Identity in Soaps and Music Videos

ut more importantly music videos can be said to interrogate the cultural construction of gender and representations of identity. The video suggests a set of images to the viewer and usually these are ... a bed..."It is evident in this video that she interrogates the cultural construction of gender and representations of identity."Justify My Love" is the same. The banned video showed how gender roles ...

(8 pages) 285 1 3.8 May/1995

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

The effects of film on WWII propaganda

ropaganda in the broadest sense is the technique of influencing human action by the manipulation of representations. These representations may take the spoken, written, pictorial, or musical form. Sin ... e the spoken, written, pictorial, or musical form. Since the cinema uses all four of these types of representations, a filmmaker would seem to wield a lot of power as a propagandist. If he so chooses ...

(10 pages) 271 2 4.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

The Transcendence of frogs and Ourang- Outangs. Speaks of Edgar Allen Poe's short story 'Hop Frog,

he use of symbolism in 'Hop-Frog,' Poe reinforces the actions of the characters and strengthens the representations of their transcendence, or lack there of.Each of these of these three points coalesc ...

(5 pages) 76 0 3.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe

Ideologies shaped by Hollywood. Speaks of Marilyn Monroe

construction of what society deems as their 'reality'. A star's image is created through a range of representations churned out by Hollywood. Capitalism from the commercialisation of these images has ...

(6 pages) 161 1 4.3 Oct/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Actors

Jim's role in "Huckleberry Finn" by Twain

s skin. Jim is the representation of all slaves both stereotyped and in reality, just as Tom is the representations of society, and civilization. Not many people can ever really experience either pers ...

(9 pages) 75 0 3.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain

Advertising and American Culture

urposes. Clearly, it is not just a communication device. In the beginning, cellular telephones were representations of wealth and societal standing. However, their usage has developed and they are now ...

(2 pages) 72 0 4.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Evans & Cheevers "Cruel Sufferings" Felltham's "Of Puritans" Discusses representations of spirituality, religion and religious difference.

REPRESENTATIONS OF SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCEIn this brief essay I will examine Felltham' ... I will examine Felltham's "Of Puritans", and Evans' and Chevers' Cruel Sufferings, and compare the representations of spirituality, religion and religious difference. I chose these texts because the ...

(3 pages) 56 1 4.8 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Claming Compensation in the courts, Closing address.

r by words intended to be read either by sight or touch, or by signs, signals, gestures, or visible representations, publishes and defamatory imputation concerning any person is said to defame that pe ...

(3 pages) 67 1 2.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

"The Forces of Naturalism"

whelming to their characters, as is consistent to naturalism. Crane and London also differ in their representations of the possibilities of their characters.In Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, Stephen C ...

(6 pages) 111 0 3.9 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Common Causes of Poor Mathematics Achievement for Children and Adolescents and Strategies for Teaching.

ss activities. To help the students with such problems, teachers and parents should provide various representations with meaning and be positive in their approach to discussing mathematical issues.Lit ... anding mathematics. One of students' biggest problems is the inability to represent their thinking. Representations can be oral, numeric, drawn, concrete, on a computer, etc. A student may understand ...

(7 pages) 175 1 4.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

"The Way Through the Woods" by Gerald Manley Hopkins and "Binsey Poplars" by Rudyard Kipling.

Compare the two poets' representations of and attitudes to nature in 'The Way Through the Woods' and 'Binsey Poplars'.----- ...

(7 pages) 46 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Anti-hero within literature, music, and film.

ity of the anti-hero in modern music, literature, and film.Current music and its artists are direct representations of modern society's increasing acceptance of and fascination with untraditional life ...

(5 pages) 73 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

How Does Shakespeare Explore Nature in king Lear?

different perceptions throughout the play, from Kingship through to personal human relations, from representations of the physical world to notions of the heavenly realm, from the portrayal of human ...

(8 pages) 103 0 4.6 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"The heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad This essay is about how marlow portrays the natives of the Congo as "Dark Shadows"

tant issues and topics through Marlow and his journey through the jungle. One of the most important representations in the novella is of an oppressed race of people. The natives of the Congo have no c ...

(3 pages) 71 1 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The arts (painting, music, literature etc.) reveal the otherwise hidden ideas and impulses of a society.

es of Fra Angelico and others monks and nuns of medieval period, who sought primarily through their representations of Madonna and Child to reassure and be reassured about the messages of Christian re ...

(2 pages) 70 0 4.8 Feb/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

Representation of Ned Kelly in Texts

This essay explores the varying representations of the Ned Kelly gang in differing texts, investigating how the context and motive f ... g texts, investigating how the context and motive for composition has been reflected in the varying representations.Representation of Ned Kelly in TextsSister Kate, Ned Kelly and the documentary Outla ... Kelly in TextsSister Kate, Ned Kelly and the documentary Outlawed: The real Ned Kelly vary in their representations of the truth surrounding the events at Stringybark Creek, the Jerilderie robbery and ...

(7 pages) 24 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Critics have a responsibility to establish standards by which works of art can be judged.

her camp, however, hold strong belief that, no matter how diviated the motives of art are and their representations, there must be some objective standards that can be applied to evaluate art works. I ...

(2 pages) 42 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Essay Question: What representations of love are shown in the tragic love story, Romeo and Juliet?

play has been centered mainly around the burning love shown between Romeo and Juliet, however other representations of love are shown throughout the play as well. Some of the representations of love i ... t ways to each different portrayal of love. Throughout this essay I will be exploring the different representations of love and how the audience is positioned to respond to the different types shown t ...

(7 pages) 186 1 4.5 Mar/2004

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

Buddhism and Pop Culture Details the comparison between the movies "The Matrix" and "Fight Club" and Buddhists beliefs.

es of today are a parallel of the core beliefs of Buddhists. Both "Fight Club" and "The Matrix" are representations of Buddhism in our modern world."Fight Club" reflects the Buddhist principles on ...

(3 pages) 139 1 3.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

Cubism

Name: Toh Lai HeeClass: IA06A (Interactive)Subject: RepresentationsCubism is one of the first forms of abstract art. Cubism was a movement in painting t ...

(3 pages) 135 0 0.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays