“The Royal Acquaintances Memi and Sabu,” is an Egyptian statue that was originated from Giza, Egypt. This magnificent statue is made with limestone, and measures at a height of around 24.4 inches and a width of around 9.6 inches.“The Royal Acquaintances Memi and Sabu,” dates all the way back to the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom (roughly between 2575 to 2465 B.C). This statue can be seen and is currently located in Gallery 103 of the Egyptian Art section at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The
and freedom by Alan F.Westin, they suggest how individuals in the society agonize from the lack of privacy. This theme is especially being explored in a film called The Truman Show, directed by Peter Weir, because the main character, Truman Burbank, is being scripted and captured live for people to watch as an entertainment on TV 24/7 since birth. During this film, many different themes were introduced. Since the show was top rated in the world, meaning it was the most watched programme, ‘privacy’
factor of the sculpture’s integrity. It is adorned with symmetrical geometric patterns on each side. Smaller cubes are carved around each of the eight corners, the top cube not touching the one below it like foam baby-proofing corners put around sharp edges of furniture and fireplaces. Also decorating the sides of the base are raised rectangles aligned right in the center running vertically down the length of the face. Despite the precise symmetry in design, the base itself is not perfectly equilateral;
While both artists place Jesus at the center of their painting, Giotto arranges the various figures very close together, which crowds the image. Duccio’s figures are more spread out which separates the three actions occurring in the scene. In Duccio’s image, the three events occurring from the left are Peter cutting off the guard’s ear, Judas kissing Jesus
emphasize how powerful this main point is. There are three main themes for this poem. The first one is mortality. This whole poem centers on the word death. For example, the line “Do not go gentle into that good night” means for you to rebel against fate. Don’t go gently into your death. It wants you to leave the world like the way you came in, kicking and screaming, holding on to your life for all you’re worth. The second theme is determination. Your determination to struggle. The line “Rage,
coming up out of a clear starry sky... But the air was deadly cold and the wind was like a flat blade of ice on his cheeks” (62). The night was extremely beautiful, but its appearance could not hide the fact that it was freezing. This represents the theme in the ways that the night was stunning at first, but it actually was chilly and unwelcoming. Also, the previously mentioned simile enhances the reader's mental image with its descriptive words and amplifies the eerie atmosphere. The selective words
Kafka the Trial (1925) Kafka’s language and techniques has reformulated the relationship between deconstruction and absurdism and changed the manner in which they are related through his novel The Trial. According to Derrida, literature stands on the edge of everything, almost beyond everything, including itself. (Derrida’s, Act of Literature, ed. by Derek Attridge (New York: Routledge, 1992), p.47. For deconstructive thinkers such as Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, and Emmanuel Levinas, deconstruction
Set It Off (1996, New Line Cinema) is a gangster movie that manipulates the patterns of classical gangster films to provide an alternative to the usual experience by introducing a difference in gender and race. Set It Off reflects an ironic, postmodern stance toward crime by reintroducing traditional and classical elements of genre style, while responding to a different social context by combining sexual, racial, social, and psychological elements with its representation of crime. Traditionally
that he has to face. As the scene opens Hugo is standing on a platform at the train station and the first things one may notice is the lighting. Within the first two shots, Hugo appears to be fixated on something on the tracks below, walking to the edge of the platform, before the scene cuts to reveal what he is looking at. A key is hidden along the tracks, but the light that is radiating from it draws our attention. “In artistic filmmaking, lighting... [guides] our attention to certain objects” 1
This essay shall provide a structured analysis of the film easy rider with a close reference to why the film has been so important in shaping American independent cinema. Close attention will be given to the main themes and motifs throughout the film, with specific scene analysis and references to the production of the film and the societal back drop from which it came about. Easy Rider is the quintessential biker movie conceptualised by Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper. The film follows the drug tryst