The first painting mentioned, “Girl with a Pearl Earring” by Johannes Vermeer, the speaker made a research on the painting. There was a doubt about the conflicted look on the face of the girl in the painting. There is an intimate look on her face. There were suggestions that she was the daughter or the painter. However, she points out that she was actually the lovely servant of the painter which there is an intimate relationship between both of them.
Even from early on we are able to recognise her artistic appreciation for art as, “the colours fight when they are side by side”. Being introduced into the Vermeer household, Vermeer assists to expand Griet’s mind and perspective on life. Teaching her that there is “little pure white in clouds.” This is an underlying moment for Griet as she realises the world is not always as it seems. As Griet’s artistic ability is fostered she begins criticise her father’s trade and skill, “a tile is a tile…nothing like [Vermeer’s] paintings” Griet’s exposure to different styles of art ultimately causes her to grow more critical of her family. Griet’s father acknowledges this when he says, “we lost you the day you became a maid.” Griet becomes painfully aware of the “dullness” of her prior life, as her exposure to the comparative opulence of Vermeer’s artwork provides Griet an escape
Visual Arts and Poetry The Girl Powdering Her Neck by Cathy Song Portrait by Kitagawa Utamaro The poem Girl Powdering Her Neck was written by Hawaiian native Cathy Song. Cathy Song’s first piece of work The Picture Bride won her the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition in 1983. Song’s father was Korean American and her mother Chinese American. Her interest in writing began very young, when she would journal her families’ experiences. Her first work was actually about her father and mother, her mother was a picture bride.
Mademoiselle sees this potential in Edna but knows that Edna must first grow into an independent woman and seek the freedom on her own. Edna’s passion for art is shattered because of her duties as a mother and wife. Leonce doesn’t even know her infatuation with art and even if he did, she is still expected to care for the children and him. Edna “awakens” by discovering her passion and her lack of commitment. She wants the freedom to paint and Mademoiselle gives her that hope to possibly one day feel free by doing what she loves.
Clueless, a 1995 film staring Alicia Silverstone is very similar to Jane Austen’s novel Emma that was transformed into a movie in 1996. Clueless is about a young, rich girl named Cher and her journey through being a matchmaker. After setting up her two teachers she went on to set up Tai with someone popular in order to boost Tai’s popularity. Cher falls in love with her ex-stepbrother Josh as she learns that she was misguided. Emma is about young girl in England who is a matchmaker who soon runs into complications when trying to match up her friend.
The novel Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier is a historical fiction novel that explores the inner conflict between one’s values, responsibilities and desires. The story is revolved around sixteen year old Griet narrating her experience working as a maid for Johannes Vermeer in his seventeenth-century Dutch home. When Griet secretly becomes Vermeer’s personal assistant, their mutual desire to work together is compromised by their responsibilities to their occupations and Griet’s guilt over her dishonesty towards her family and loved ones. The text also explores the development of Griet’s sexuality and how the interest displayed towards her from a number of men conflicts with the value she finds in her virtue and the beliefs her religion decrees towards sexual relations. Griet has intense inner conflict when she begins secretly working for Vermeer as she understands that the secrecy involved creates distance between her and her parents, and prevents her from carrying out her job to perfection.
“Rappaccini’s Daughter” Essay In the story, “Rappaccini’s Daughter”, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses light imagery to compare and contrast the the clean innocent soul of Beatrice, and Giovanni’s love for her, to Rappaccini’s evil science and its effect upon Beatrice. Hawthorne used light imagery to describe the love between Giovanni and Beatrice. The first time Giovanni hears her voice, he describes it as “rich as a Tropical Sunset.” Hawthorne conveys Giovanni’s love of simply hearing Beatrice’s voice through Giovanni imagining “perfumes heavily delectable” often only hearing her speak. The light and pleasurable imagery is used to illustrate the beginning of Giovanni’s infatuation with Beatrice—furthermore, as he looks upon Beatrice for the first time, she is described as “redundant with life, health, and energy.” Giovanni’s admiration of Beatrice’s qualities helps to enforce his obsession with her in his mind, and shows how he sees her as the as the essence of perfection. Toward the end of the story, Hawthorne reveals part of Beatrice’s soul through Giovanni’s recollection of many holy and passionate out gush of [“Beatrice’s heart”] Due to the fact that Beatrice’s innocence is “visible… to [Giovanni’s] mental eye, Hawthorne shows how much Giovanni cares for Beatrice by displaying that he has insight into her soul.
Janet Moreno My name is Asher Lev How did the people in Asher Levs’ life influence his decisions to lead him to becoming a great artist? “Paint pretty pictures, Asher, she had said. Make the world pretty. Show me your good drawings, Asher. Why have you stopped drawing?
Edna felt as if everyone had control of what she did, except herself. Edna gets her first taste of freedom with simply learning how to swim. It intoxicates her. “A feeling of exultation overtook her, as if some power of significant import had been given her to control the working of her body and her soul.” (Chapter 10, “The Awakening”) This gives Edna the courage to think about making other changes in her life. Meanwhile, though she and Robert are still spending massive amounts of time together, Edna is also painting.
Mrs. Prentice………………………………………………..Beah Richards John’s extremely sweet and thoughtful mother. Hillary St. George………………………………………….Virginia Christine An assistant to Christina who works in her art gallery. 2 Plot Summary This film is the classic story of a Joanna, a young, charming and innocent woman, who falls in love with, and decides to marry, John, a wonderful black doctor. More specifically, it is the story of how