In the eyes of white supremacy it would be a negative, but in the eyes of the black race it meant a man who refused to obey the orders to beat other slaves and go against the racist norms. Which is exactly what he did when he took a strong stand on racism was in 1957, when he condemned President Eisenhower and Alabama Governor Faubus for the way blacks were being treated in the South. Saying that “the way that they are treating my people in the south, the government can go to hell,” and when they threatened him that he would be sent over to the Soviet Union, Armstrong laughed and simply said “the people over there ask me what’s wrong with m country, what am I suppose to say?” His statements may have prompted Eisenhower to take action in a desegregation case, because soon after Armstrong made them, he ordered blacks to be admitted to Little Rock’s Central High School, which prompted a congratulatory telegram to the President from Armstrong. This was one of the few times that a black man spoke out for what he believed in to the white man and got away with it. Especially calling out such people in
a) Matisse did not understand perspective b) Matisse preferred flat space, and disliked shading c) his interests were in things other than pure verisimilitude c) he was more comfortable with the two-dimensional plane Answer: (c) 5. (Slide: Cezanne’s Madame Cezanne in a Red Armchair) (fig. 156; p. 116-117) This work illustrates that the artist was more interested in design, pattern, color and the activity of painting itself rather than an accurate representation of the figure. The artist is: a) Pablo Picasso b) Andrea Mantegna c) Phillip Pearlstein d) Paul Cezanne Answer: (d) Multiple Choice Questions without Slides 6. Typically of Japanese art, the Kumano Mandala (p. 112) creates the illusion of space by utilizing: a) oblique projection b) monocular projection c) linear perspective d)
Essex Hemphill’s XXIV In many of his writings, Essex Hemphill described the double alienation of being both an African American and a homosexual male in America. In his short poem XXIV, from his 1986 publication of his works, the aggressive but true manner in which he presents this taboo subject is no different. When first reading this poem I wasn’t quite sure what he was talking about. I could tell that if was homosexual in nature just from reading the background of the writer and the first and last couple lines in the poem. “In America I place my ring on your cock where it belongs.” And “In America place your ring on my cock where it belongs.” In my opinion this is kind of like a reference to a wedding ceremony where the wedding bands are exchanged.
This is satire; although the poem starts by apologizing for being half-caste, Agard means exactly the opposite. Agard argues that mixing colours in art, weather and symphonies does not make a half-thing When he says: ‘Yu mean when Picasso mix red an green is a half-caste canvas’, he is arguing that mixing colours is a good thing, and makes things better, yet it is not called a half-caste. He then carries out with the argument by writing how he must be able only to listen with half-a-ear, look with half-a-eye, offer us half-a-hand, etc. ; a sarcastic, even angry, accusation of the word ‘half’ in ‘half-caste’. He finishes by saying: ‘but yu must come back tomorrow wid … de whole of yu mind’ – here he is trying to say or rather point out that it is us who have been thinking with only half-a-brain when we thoughtlessly use the word ‘half-caste’.
It is a comedy because it demonstrates lower acts by lower actions which that is a comic character, The divine comedy was meant as a warning of committing a sin and not repeting. It can go as low actions as possible, in meaning that (lower is lower than inferno). 13. Who wrote the Decameron? Who wrote the Divine Comedy? Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?
Canterbury Tales Political Project: The Doctor for District Judge The tale the doctor chooses to tell is grim, and more than anything, depressing. He changes the theme of the tales from comedy to realism, possibly to show the harsh truth of the world around the pilgrims. The other pilgrims prior to the doctor had told narratives that were unconventional, but still contained some good-naturedness or comical acts. However, this was not the case for the doctor. It was evident that he wanted to pass off the message that the real world is not simply fun and games, and that “shite” happens.
He married into an abolitionist family, and was greatly effected by his father-in-law and well-known abolitionists such as Frederick Douglas. After slavery was abolished, he began to write books pertaining to the discrimination and prejudice against not only blacks, but also Chinese and other immigrant groups. Books such as Disgraceful Persecution of a Boy detail and condemn such pejorative actions and feelings towards people unfairly deemed inferior. He wrote an anti-lynching editorial called Only a Nigger in 1869, further denouncing the racism in the country at the time. His idea of slavery had changed very much by the time he wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
The power of Langston Hughes’s words hoisted writing about black Americans. At Central High School in Cleveland, Ohio, Vera Hubbard recited some of Hughes’s poetry in an assembly and some of the students remarked that for the first time, they understood the history of black people (Harper). However, some people saw Hughes’s views as radical and revolutionary. As a result, his work was censored, and he was labeled a communist. Hughes’s father was called a self loathing Negro because he believed that African Americans were ignorant and lazy.
The window green.The toilet table orange, the basin blue.The doors lilac" (From Vincent's letters to his brother regarding his painting). This makes it seem that the color choice was purposeful. Jane Flanders' poem about the painting is interesting, although I do not agree with it. She seems to concentrate more on describing the person living in the room than the room itself --"is clumsy, still friendly". The line "an old wife beat the mattress till it rose like a meringue" tells us that the room is very old fashioned but fails to actually point to the fact that instead of looking like a regular room (rectangle), it is almost skewed downward toward the onlooker.Vincent van Gogh's shows an extreme perceptive of his room which was almost unrealistic while Jane Flanders gave the room an almost boring portrayal.
In this stanza he uses the words flame and name, which goes along with the irregular rhyme scheme that happens throughout the poem. In the last stanza, the speaker states “Don’t believe me, please if I say/ that was just my butterfingered way, at thirteen, of asking you if you would marry me.” This part of the poem would elicit skeptical emotions from the reader, as they would not know whether to believe if the speaker is legitimately remorseful. The poet also uses alliteration in that stanza when he says “marry me”, and from its demeanour, it evokes forgiveness from the reader because he wants to let the reader know that he was immature in expressing his love. The alliteration provides