The play is set on the wealthy English estate of Sidley Park in two time periods, 1809 and 1993, in the same room allowing the audience to explore the nature of truth in relevance to its time. A common focus throughout these two time periods is the disruptive influence of sex and love on the predictability of the universe. Stoppard challenges and supports traditional expectations of love through three main characters who each interpret love and sex differently to suite lifestyle choices. Thomasina is a typical thirteen year old, except that she is unusually privileged with both educational opportunities and the mind of a genius. She is not only driven by her quest for mathematical and literary knowledge, she is also interested in sexuality and relationships.
28). Edna’s feelings for Robert were shortly interrupted by Arobin’s kiss that was like a “flaming torch that kindled desire” (98; ch. 28). Edna did feel passionately for Arobin after the kiss, but continued to think about the “overpowering love which had awakened in her toward” Robert (99; ch. 28).
Suzanne Eastwood Dr. Caughron Literature Class 4 10 December 2012 Romeo and Juliet: An Analysis of Various Forms of Love In the romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare illustrates through character relationships the power of Romeo’s and Juliet’s agape love for each other and its transcendence over all other forms of love. Shakespeare permits the way the characters speak and relate to each other to reveal truths about the general nature of love and the distinguishing features of agape love. Particular relationships in the drama, Romeo’s love for Rosaline and Friar Lawrence’s fatherly love for Romeo, provide evidence for the potency of Romeo’s genuine, sacrificial love for Juliet. One particular relationship which accentuates Romeo’s love for Juliet is Romeo’s love for Rosaline which demonstrates eros love. While Romeo felt passionate, eros love for Rosaline, the sincerity was lacking and eventually deteriorated.
She seems to show her support by discussing the pleasure the female population have gotten from the ads. After so many years of females being objectified, the cultural change excites Bordo and results in her exaggeration of the pleasure she gets in the male model ads. For example, when describing the Gucci ad, she overemphasizes her description of the model by saying “his bottom, that is--gorgeously, completely naked” (137). However, she treats the description as a corny romantic visual. The very beginning of her essay seems to be geared toward a male
This Ralph Lauren perfume ad draws upon the emotion of love. Ralph Lauren uses the emotion love to draw costumers in to buy their product. Ralph Lauren even named the fragrance advertised “Romance.” Ralph Lauren based this entire line of advertisements for the fragrance on the theme of romance. While being “Romanic” per say doesn’t mean you’re in love with someone, the ad does pull on the emotion of love. Fragrance is difficult to sell through an ad, because a smell is difficult to describe in a picture.
Sarah Draper Mrs. Jennings AP English 12 5th period B Shiloh In Bobbie Mason’s short story, “Shiloh” he uses many techniques in order to convey his overall message. Mason uses of similes and metaphors, symbolism and parallelism to help reveal the once happily marrage flaws and now being unhappy. Throughout the shot shory, not only does the author expose the reader to the feelings and actions of the characters but also in the authors eye he high lights the thing needed in order to make a happy marriage. Mason’s creative use of similes and metophors allows the reader to fully understand how the long distances and time can have a negative afect on a persons marriage. In lines 13-15 the rig that Leroy used to drive was compared
Duarte's choice of colors used to highlight portions of certain types of language in MLK's speech, make this infographic a beautiful work of art! In addition to David McCandless' work, Hans Rosling, a professor of global health at Sweden's Karolinska Institute, has incorporated data visualization with 'infomotion' providing his audience the ability to see movement of the information within the infographic and what Rosling calls 'unveiling the beauty of statistical time series by converting boring numbers into enjoyable, animated and interactive graphics'. . http://www.gapminder.org Below is a beautiful infographic done by Lemongraphic. This graphic shows data of a 37 minute bus ride broken down to record the time of each stop, stop number, and the number and type of passenger who boarded.
Describe evolutionary explanations for the attraction of a celebrity (10 marks) The evolutionary theory looks at how behaviors displayed today may have been a source of survival for our ancestors. Attraction to creative individuals A particular characteristic displayed by humans is our love for novelty which is known as ‘neophilia’. Before TV and computers, ancestors would have to engage in activities that would amuse the others and neophilia would have led to more creative displays by people perceived to be potential partners. This explains how characteristics that develop in humans such as love for music and art – these are highly valued by individuals when choosing a mate. We are drawn to individuals who display these creative skills, and the magnification of such characteristics that are broadcast regularly into our living rooms makes our attraction to such figures even greater.
The character of Blanche uses her sexuality to persuade others. For example, in the beginning of the play Blanche flirts with Stanley almost as if she were trying to gain power over him through her physical appearance and flirtatious words. While Stella is outside, Blanche asks Stanley to help her button her dress in a almost seductive manor. When Stanley questions Blanche about her extravagant furs and jewels, she simply replies “Why, those were a tribute from an admirer of mine!” (1153). This quote demonstrates Blanche’s ability to get what she wants from men through her appearance and lady like personality.
The except opens with the description of a “valley of ashes” that Nick Carroway and Tom Buchanan is going to, to meet Tom Buchanan’s mistress, Myrtle Wilson. Fitzgerald uses alliteration to create a musical effect in the first paragraph. His alliterations, such as “grotesque gardens, cars crawls, obscures operations”, helps the passage flow, creating a musical ring to it. This device is used to help the reader along with giving the book a nice little tone to it, and it also gives a vivid description of the narrator’s surroundings, which makes it easier to draw pictures of the events and places that the author is talking about. The “valley of ashes” Is described to be a desolate and forsaken undeveloped land that marks the intersection of the city with the suburbs as it is said to be where “ashes grow like wheat into the ridges and hills and