There is a lot of color imagery in this poem, the first stanza especially. It mentions 6 different colors, all describing the lies. It’s about an African American girl that may tell little lies that don’t really mean much. She would lie about where she lived, and where she bought her clothes, but would also lie about being African American. Right below the poem is the history of Natasha Trethewey, and she was a girl that was just light enough to pass for white.
Although the characters distinctive facial features cannot be identified, this suggests that he is the focus of this movie. The lighting is low key, coming from behind him, giving him a haloing' effect, raising a certain sense of enigma in the audience. The mise-en-scene of this scene has a generally dark theme, with the walls painted grey, as a prison is, with an institutionalized feeling, with our character wearing a blue jump suit. Lending meaning to the fact that it isn't a nice place to be, where conformity reigns, and individuality is quashed. Next, off screen dialogue can be heard from a well educated, seemingly law abiding character, interviewing our character, who we find out to be a Mr Ocean', tying
This reveals his persona as more young and innocent. They are both although seen wearing darker clothing. This is a sign into to the darkness of the situation they are going to get themselves into, and what type of situations are to come through the whole film. When the sequence opens inside Mrs. Robinson’s house, there is a sense that Ben is trapped, and it is clear that he feels this way. There is dark lighting both inside and outside of the house as well as tall plants that can be seen outside every window.
The syntax begins to shorten, use of comma decreases, and sentence disrupts the sentence describing hesitation and surprises that Gray feels. Gray is “started back as if in surprise” after seeing the portrait. He is anxious, but he doesn’t do anything to examine it until he take the buttonhole out of the coat. But at the end of the passage, dark and ominous mood completely takes over previous moods that readers felt. When Gray examines the portrait, the “dim arrested light struggled through the cream-coloured silk blinds”.
Another stylistic convention that double indemnity uses is the unpleasant weather. Bad weather signifies that something will soon go wrong. It is a reflection of the pessimistic mood of Film Noir. Scenes where bad things happen mainly take place in the night, while day scenes build up the suspense for what will play out later in the night. The weather seems to correlate with the story and the rain is also a connection to water, which is another characteristic of Film Noir This Film Noir film seems a little strange to viewers today with the strange dialoge and Neff’s detective-like narration.
Faulkner’s use of the color white in this story is to represent the innocence and youth of Emily’s traditional past, before she falls victim to herself. Later Miss Emily is described to have worn all black attire and her eyes looked like to lumps of coal. Yellow is an attention getting color which may represent happiness and cheerfulness but on the other hand may also represent caution, deceit, and sickness. The use of the color is rather intriguing. The yellow glove Homer wore on his and Miss Emily’s buggy rides represents the friendliness of Homer that the town seemed to enjoy but the yellow pillow that Miss Emily’s head rested on when she passed most likely represented her mental state at that time.
The nurse has a kissing face and is trying to look seductive. Connected to her dress are thigh high stockings with little bows and the Red Cross sign on the dress. The only thing that is somewhat accurate in the portrait of this nurse is she has a stethoscope around her neck and a name tag. The media today has a strong influence on today’s society and especially the youth. The media seems to have a pretty generalized view of what a nurse does and what a nurse looks like.
In Caucasia Birdi’s surroundings have a tremendous effect on her psychologically. The type, or race, of people that surround Birdi have a profound effect on how she views herself and how others view her. When she is surrounded by blacks she view herself as the black Birdi, but when she is around whites she becomes the white Jesse. Moreover because of her light skin she can pass for either black or white, so others view her to be who they expect her to be, not who she is. When Birdi first arrives at Nkrumah, the black power school, she is treated as an outsider.
The Gift Of The Magi Essay In the story “The Gift of the Magi”, the main character Della cuts her hair, which is her prized possession, to buy a fab chain for her husband Jim’s pocket watch. Yet Jim sells his watch to buy Della a set of combs for her hair. In this story the main literary element is theme, which is impacted by character, conflict, irony, setting, point of view, tone and mood. The theme in this story is, love is a better gift than any item. The setting of the story impacts the theme because Della and Jim live in a poor community and have to make sacrifices out of love for each other, which shows their selfless character.
Colour is used very well in Tim Burton’s films for example in sleepy hollow (1999) it is a very dark film, not just in terms of themes but also in the images and shots themselves. For example when Ichabod Crane first walks down the streets of sleepy hollow the houses are very dark shades of grey and anything that is meant to be white is covered in dirt and filth. The only place that is white is the church at the end of the street which is meant to be a place of hope and forgiveness. In most of Burtons films the darkness and contrast is also contributed through the looks of the chapters and clothes that they wear. For example in Alice in Wonderland (2010) there is the red queen who dresses in red and black to represent she is bad and evil, then there is the white queen who is dressed in white to represent she is good and fare to her people.