Carol Ann Duffy mentioned concerning her own work “I like to use simple words but in a complicated way”. I feel that she has accomplished this, both in expressing pain and loss, amidst various situations and in an inventive manner. The poem ‘War Photographer’, describes the working life of a war photographer, and his raw emotions regarding his profession. The poem is set, with great significance in “his darkroom”. This setting, introduced in the first line of the first stanza, reflects the dark thoughts of war that he has witnessed, and the contemplative mood which runs strongly throughout.
The work expresses the loneliness and awful despair felt by Munch, on realization of the might of the natural world in comparison to a single human being. He is tortured by man's insignificance and haunted by his fettered state of mind. Undulating strokes of paint echo the hollow mouth of the figure, creating an ominous shadow of the cove and the hellish streaks of sky beckoning - from above. The colours are menacing and evocative, creating an air of expectancy in the
The symbolism in The Scarlet Letter shows the author's ability to put meaning behind his work. It also displays the pride he takes in this novel. Nathaniel Hawthorne's use of symbolism in The Scarlet Letter shows his greatness to produce a story of the highest
Picasso uses images such as fallen soldiers, animals suffering and women in pain as well as destruction of buildings to portray his sorrow and the suffering of war. ‘Guernica’ Pablo Picasso The work is 349 x 776cm and its sharp images and dull colour tones of black, grey and white are used intentionally to promote the pointlessness of war. He uses shadows to depict suffering and pain and shows the turmoil he felt as a Spaniard. William Kentridge is famous for portraying his views through his work. Born in Johannesburg South Africa, the son of a civil rights lawyer, he grew up in the time of Apartheid and depicts this in prints, drawings and animated films.
As seen above, Aubigny’s vehement rejection of his wife and baby was really perceptible. Another awful consequence was the brutal treatment that Aubigny gave to his slaves. After realizing about his baby’s skin color, Aubigny gave an inhumane treatment to his slaves. Aubigny fiery temper had returned but in a worse way. This situation not only
In the background, a colourful painting hangs on a yellow wall, a canvas sits on a wooden easel to the left and a door is visible on the right side of the composition. Van Gogh said "...it is difficult to know yourself, but it isn't easy to paint oneself either." ‘Self Portrait with a Bandaged Ear’ is an honest portrayal of the artists battle with mental illness and loneliness, indicating that painting was the artists only solace and means of understanding himself. ‘Self Portrait with a Bandaged Ear’ portrays that Van Gogh’s depression and violent outbursts were spiralling out of control. The evidence of his self-harm is seen through the white bandage covering his ear.
All throughout the poem, the poet keeps an undermined toned of pessimism and paints an apocalyptic imagery that hits the readers as they progress in the poem. “I Sit and look out “by Walt Whitman is also a fine instance of the author’s disillusionment with the world that is evident through the first two lines of the poem and it continues to the point where he exclaims; “I SIT and look out upon all the sorrows of the world, and upon all oppression and shame; I hear secret convulsive sobs from young men, at anguish with themselves, remorseful after deeds done; I see, in low life, the mother misused by her children, dying, neglected, gaunt, desperate; I see the wife misused by her
This essay is about why loneliness is important in the novel ‘Of mice and men’. This essay will outline the characters that are lonely and what cause them to feel lonely. Life offers many different paths and down those paths you find obstacles which can take happiness right out of your soul. Finally I will also include how these characters try to cope with the misery and pain of being lonely. Loneliness is one of the many major themes found in the novel and more or less every character is lonely in one way or another.
But as we go further we see his character change from a protagonist to an antagonist. He is described as a dirty, ragged, black haired child. From the beginning of the novel and most likely from the beginning of his life, he has suffered pain and rejection. When he is brought to Wuthering Heights by Mr. Earnshaw, he is looked upon as a thing rather than a child. Mrs. Earnshaw was ready to fling it out of doors, without having done anything to deserve rejection; Heathcliff is made to feel like an outsider after Mr. Earnshaw’s death and suffers cruel mistreatment by Hindley.
This is how Duffy, conveys the issue of how cruel and gruesome war is in stanza one. In stanza two Duffy writes about his job and how he, the persona struggles to accept it. ”he has a job to do.” Duffy uses the word job to show a sense of duty and obligation, therefore it makes it seem that this is something that he has to do and accept. ”Beneath his hands which did not tremble then though seem to now” this shows us how the persona feels and how he is devastated but at the scene of the war, he cannot afford to shake and take a bad photo. ”home again to ordinary pain” This line shows us that the persona has seen what real suffering is like.