Such devices are comparison and contrast, rhetorical questions and allusions. Downie uses comparison and contrast, in paragraph 2, when making the claim that rather than learning about or celebrating the life of those who made a big contribution to the world, persons engage more in the lives of celebrities. She draws the conclusion when comparing the lives of any one of the major contributors but mainly Mother Teresa’s life to the life of celebrities, it’s nonnegotiable and their work becomes mediocre. Downie also uses rhetorical questions purposely to boggle the minds of her readers to gain a more focused view on life and what it should be rather than what persons see it as. One main rhetorical question she asked was “what is environmental stewardship?” While analyzing her article, I found that she used a rhetorical question as a form of humor (what idiot would want love if that’s all they could look forward to?).
For example, Roxanne writes, "Jay-Z has ignored calls to dump the deal." She backs her statement with a direct quote from Jay-Z, "I move and speak based on facts and not emotions." This article also includes a little jargon in regards to her belief that Jay-Z should stand up to racism. “It wouldn't be the first time "dirty money" was flipped and used for a better purpose", Roxanne states. This article is solely the writer’s opinions and in my opinion the jargon was appropriate.
In Goodbye to Tolerance, Denise Levertov takes an interesting tangent from her normally feminist repertoire in that she includes a group of persons which haven’t anything to do with the problems facing women exclusively. Rather, she mentions a group which could potentially include men, though she treats them as disdainfully1 as she does men in her other poems. Despite this seemingly disdainful attitude, however, Goodbye to Tolerance seems to have more to do with hope than criticism. From a modern perspective, which does not rely exclusively upon Levertovs context, Goodbye to Tolerance can be seen as something of a protest against the ideals of Political Correctness within current American culture. “Tolerance, what crimes / have been committed in your name.” can especially be seen as a criticism against the various social and legal inequalities perpetrated against many races, religions, and sexes under the guise of ‘Political Correctness’.
For example when he states in his autobiography, ‘The Justice Game’, that, “…Diana only wanted privacy when it suited her.” This indicates that he had a negative attitude towards the Princess. Another example would be when he states that, “her conduct – seemed calculated to promote a self-indulgent culture of victimisation and complaint.” Therefore by Robertson’s language, the reader’s perspective is influenced as to kind of person that Robertson believed Princess Diana was. Conflict will arise when the reader has a different perspective then that of Robertson. His language does not allow for a conflicting perspective of the Princess’s character. The chosen related text, ‘Melinda & Melinda’, written and directed by Woody Allen contrasts to the chapter, ‘Diana in the Dock: Does Privacy Matter?’ Because it is a story in which the viewers are given both perspectives equally
I also would like to quote an American actress who goes by the name Loretta Young, “A charming woman doesn’t follow the crowd. She is herself.” This reminds me that I am my own being, that I really don’t have to conform; that I, as Julie Lluch implied in the essay, am one of the reasons of God’s satisfaction that He finally uttered, “It is good” when I first came to
In stanza one, line one “she is made of truth” is an example of a metaphor because it is impossible for someone to be made up of truth. This may mean she tells the truth or
Art is found everywhere in this world such as the web, radio, iPod, or in the architecture of the skyscraper similar to the New York Skyline. In In the world of art and culture, many of us help construct the ideas that lead to this story. Culture is a space where we can introduce ideas, attach emotions to make a changes in our world. Art is where we can change the narrative, because it’s where people can imagine what change looks and feels like. Art gives ideas of how people can change or add new ideas to their dances and performances which is based on their cultural background and how art greatly impacts culture.
She has a power over Charlotte socially, the younger woman seems to defer to Mrs Guy as her superior, doing as she bids when Mrs Guy refuses to go to Charlotte, saying rather ‘“No,[…]bring them to-night to mine.”’ (p.9) and Charlotte does not question this. Mrs Guy seems to wish to be seen in a position of economic power over Charlotte, and she is quite happy to parade the necklace in front of the younger woman, ‘“Almost? Where, my dear, are your eyes? They ARE ‘Arthur’s!”’ (p.19) and therefore uses pearl necklace to act as a status symbol, Mrs Guy obtaining it is representative of her regaining power over Charlotte (which seems to lessen when Charlotte is in possession of the necklace initially)– appearing as a higher class than her. And whilst towards the end, Charlotte seems to ponder whether or not Mrs Guy has been underhanded in her dealing with Arthur (with the narrator revealing her thoughts), ‘Hadn’t she perhaps in truth dealt with Arthur directly?’ (p.20) she does not directly confront Mrs Guy, nor accuse her of anything (or even ponder if Mrs Guy was wrong).
While their ideas of moral vision seem to coincide, they are also very different in the way they are interrupted. Iris Murdoch spends much of her book explaining that paying attention and living a moral life were connected. She used the teachings of Plato and Kant to support her theories: “It is to them, to Plato first and foremost, that Murdoch turns untiring attention and wonder, where ‘attention’ and ‘wonder’ are themselves but, and very precisely, instruments of moral perception” (Murdoch xi). Murdoch also speaks about the act of being selfish and the fact that human beings are naturally selfish: “I assume that human beings are naturally selfish and that human life has no external point” (Murdoch 364). She goes on to say that: “Our states of consciousness differ in quality, our fantasies and reveries are not trivial and unimportant, they are profoundly connected with our energies and our ability to choose and act.
Images never merely portray an authentic reality but instead they “inevitably betray the values of the culture in which they were created” (Howells, 2003: 70) Fig1.1: Self Portrait with Necklace of Thorns, 1940, Oil on Canvas Fig. 1.2 Henry Ford Hospital (The Flying Bed), 1932, Oil on Metal This paper will begin with a brief introduction of visual studies, painting in particular and go on to establish the fact that visual images not merely imitate reality but also inform the real world. When one views a painting, it is not complete objective view. There is a very thin line between objectivity and mind working under influence of ideologies. Complex interworking of representation of perceived reality by the painter, ideological approach of the viewer is at play, both, striving to figure out the real.