Week 2 Assignment 2 Web Quest The Bhanjo Lesson (1893) by: Henry Ossawa Tanner Tanner, Henry Ossawa. Hampton University Museum, VA. A graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, African-American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner based his painting, The Banjo Lesson (1893), on a poem by Paul Lawrence Dunbar. Convinced that his race would inhibit his career in the United States, Tanner moved to Paris in 1895, where he enjoyed a successful career as a painter, primarily of religious scenes. This is one of the most beautiful and simple paintings and most popular of Tanner. In this painting above, we can notice the simplistic color value and the rough texture that is concealed inside the shapes.
In one instance, the forbidding weather alludes to the pessimist attitudes that will come; “But on the 21st of December, the snow began to fall. The flakes came down so thickly that from the sitting-room windows I could not see beyond the windmill- its frame looked dim and gray, unsubstantial like a shadow” (52). This quote symbolizes how Jim does not know what will become of him or his new friends. The uncertainties of how families will get by in the winter. Later in the novel, the Shimerda’s find it difficult to gather enough food to feed the family.
THOSE WINTER SUNDAYS BY ROBERT HAYDEN The poem ‘Those Winter Sundays’ written by Robert Hayden is about the regret the poet has of how he did not realise how much his father loved him when he was young. The poem is set in a house on a Sunday. We know this from line 1 ‘Sundays too my father got up early’. The weather at that time was winter. We know that from the heading ‘Those Winter Sundays’.
Prompt Two Choose one short story and one poem from the 19th century. Write to compare the ways in which each of these may be considered representative of American culture during the time period in which it was written. Cite specific evidence from the literature to support your ideas. “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe is a poem that was written during the Romantic period (1800-1850). It depicts the story of a young man mourning over the loss of his love, Lenore.
The freezing temperatures of the Yukon eventually brings Sam Mcgee and the man trying to build a fire to an early grave. Sam Mcgee had come from a town called Plumtree, Tennessee which was warm and comforting. Sam didn’t know that the Yukons weather was harsh and as he was unprepared it eventually killed him. The man who was confident in his surviving the cold eventually succumbed as well do to his confidence which told him it was easy to endure the cold. Both of them had one goal that lead them to their untimely demise, although there goals were distant in similarity.
He ignores advice given to him to not travel alone in that extreme temperature. Therefore, the man’s death is caused by the extreme coldness of the weather, travelling alone, and stepping into water. First of all, the man’s death is caused by the extreme coldness of the weather. The narrator says, “Fifty below zero stood for a bite of frost that hurt and that must be guarded by the use of mittens, ear flaps, warm moccasins, and thick socks” (713). He is a newcomer to the Yukon Trail and underestimates the severity of the weather.
The Minnesota winter is described by Dexter as “shut down like the white lid of a box.” Dexter’s dissatisfaction echoes this, as he yearns for the “glittering things” but is living amongst the plain. Dexter’s dreams, like the lid of a box, shut down and close. After learning of Judy’s marriage and realizing the charm and vitality he was so drawn to and inspired by is gone, his emotions vanish, and his dreams turn into memories. The green, open-spaced golf course days turn into cold, harsh, lonesome ones. Only winter can represent how Dexter’s life changed into a bitter loneliness.
In Tobias Wolfe’s short story “Powder,” starts off with the narrator and his father going on a skiing trip. A bad storm starts brewing but they continue to ski. After they are done skiing they try to drive home but the roads are so bad the police close them down. The father is determined to get his son home in time for dinner or else the mother will make the divorce final and so he calls in a false report to get past the police barricades. The storm highlights the boy’s distrust of his father, as well as his admiration.
“Leaving alien miles unleashed and unrestrained. Watching the hurricane of writhing snow rage past the little house” (234). She was overpowered by the storm which left her planted in the freezing drifts in which Steven arrived. Now Ann can relax as there is someone to do the chores and keep her company, but in a short amount of time this changes. Steven turns into a awful man who knows he has the advantage of Ann for the night, “but in a storm like this you are not expecting john?” (236).
Poe’s writing style demonstrated the knowledge of the human mind, the fears that haunt human being, and the work of literary genius. Poe’s work “The Tell-Tale Heart” showed each one of the characteristics. Edgar Poe was born on January 19, 1809 to Elizabeth Hopkins and David Poe. A year after his birth, his mother died of tuberculosis, and his father abandoned