Explore the way writers use settings to present themes and ideas in the poems you have studied. In this essay I will be looking at the poems ‘London’ by William Blake and ‘A Vision’ by Simon Armitage. Both poets use a place for their setting, one an actual place; London, and the other based on a model for the future Huddersfield. Both poems are written in the first person, this helps the reader to visualise and understand the poet’s ideas and attitudes about the subject matter. Blake’s poem is set in 18th century London, where he writes about the things that he sees, hears and feels whilst out walking through the streets.
Filmed in 2006, Marie Antoinette is a historical comedy-drama, very loosely based on the life of the infamous Queen of France, in the years leading up to the French Revolution. The film takes a sympathetic view of Marie’s life, and is set in Versailles. For this journal, I will be focusing on the mise-en-scene of the film. Mise-en-scene refers to every visible element in the frame – this includes setting, costume, lighting and figure behaviour. Setting refers to the place and type of location wherein the film was shot.
("Eleanor Lambert (1903-2003)." In her first job, in an advertising agency in Manhattan, she was involved in the opening and founding of the Museum of Modern Art and was the original Press Director of the Whitney Museum of American. She also helped establish and represent the American Art Dealers Association when it first started. (“Eleanor Lambert, Founder of CFDA") She also originated the idea of the fashion shows for charity and entertainment such as the shows of New York World’s Fair, March of Dimes fashion show, Easter shows in the Radio City Music Hall and in 1973 the extravagant Franco-American fashion show in the Palace of Versailles. The fashion show held in the Palace of Versailles became one of the highlights in her career, she marked the acceptance of American fashion forever.
In order to create a sense of authenticity, Nam Le abides by verisimilitude in his short stories “Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice” and “Tehran Calling” in his collection The Boat. His short story narratives utilise compression, poetics and sentence structure which are artifices to create mood and meaning. In this sense this type of fiction is realistic, but untrue. Readers are aware of this from the outset of the novel with Le’s first short story, which overtly illustrates that the stories in the collection are works of fiction. The autobiographical nature of the first passage in “Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice” introduces the reader to the apparent truth and reality of the story, signalling also what is to be expected in the rest of the collection.
In the next few bars, Beethoven implies key changes very frequently: In bar seventy-seven he implies G minor because of the F natural and E flat. In bar seventy-nine he suggests C minor due to the E flat. In bar eighty he suggests B-flat major due to B flat and E flat. The codetta starts at bar eighty-eight and is in G major. The codetta is the same as the first subject with a slight development.
Black, Brown, and Beige was a historic performance by composer/arranger Duke Ellington in January of 1943. This performance was Ellington’s longest and most ambitious to date, not only in the length but in the content and stature as well. With mixed reviews, the performance was widely contested in terms of the actual “parallels”, the performance, and the presentation. None the less, it is an epic performance deserving of its chance to be reviewed and appraised. In particular, the buildup and reviews in the periodical Metronome from January 1943 until March 1943 are going to give a good insight into the times, atmosphere, and reactions leading up to and after the monumental performance.
‘Why is Sixty Lights worthy of critical study and inclusion on the HSC Prescriptions List for module B- Critical Study of Text?’ The novel Sixty Lights has been included on the HSC Prescriptions List for Module B because it is worthy for critical study as it is a diverse piece of literature covering significant topics that have been ignored in the modern world. We enter the lyrical and image-laden world of Sixty Lights. It’s a tale, resplendent in colour and imagery, set across two worlds - the constrained and stilted world of Victorian England, and the chaotic danger and abandon of India. Gail Jones creates literature, like Shakespeare, but in this particular piece explores the significance behind photographs and what they represent.
Through the analysis of Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible" and George Orwell's autobiographical recount "Shooting an Elephant", offer an insight to the concepts of belonging which are substainted through literary devices. Texts act as a memory of time capturing context in a creative manner. Belonging is at the heart of the human condition and thus composers explore this dynamic closely. Through Miller's own feelings of alienation during an American era engulfed in anti-communist hysteria, Miller noticed the same hysteria paralysing the town of Salem during the 1692 Salem Witch trails. The parallels between these two eras are striking and expose _________________________.
We are tempted to think that the soul purpose of Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible was to create an outlet that exposed the mass hysteria of the McCarthy era , however to say this you would be ignoring the central themes that have allowed this play to reach universal audiences. Among themes such as the abuse of power, conflict with authority and mass hysteria The Crucible deals with the importance of identity and the individual conscience. These two themes are closely linked because until you complete your journey in finding yourself you are unable to have an individual conscience. Miller uses one of the central characters in the story, John Proctor, to explore the journey of individual conscience. This theme combined with a unique structure and language allows him to creature a play that addresses the social and political concerns which are essential to every human existence.
In addition to sharing their actions, thoughts, and feelings with the reader, Henry James reveals insights about the characters in The Portrait of a Lady by employing architectural and landscape imagery as a means for characterization. Rather than directly describing the characters’ appearances, James uses architectural settings to reflect the characters’ attributes, often treating the description a character’s home and context as an extension of the character’s personality. From the façade of a building to the description of a room’s interior, James presents every setting to the reader to reveal something larger about the novel’s characters. Without James’ detailed descriptions, true understanding of the book’s complex characters would be incomplete. The settings in The Portrait of a Lady cultivate a context in which the reader witnesses the transformation of Isabel Archer’s values, attitude and perspectives.