During the twentieth century, Edward Hopper was a prominent artist of the realism movement, painting scenes that depicted ordinary people in typical contemporary life. His works have been known to instill deep emotions in his audience, especially those of loneliness and even depression. One of his most well-known pieces is Nighthawks, which portrays four people in a diner, the only source of light in the unusually dark streets of an unnamed city. The buildings across the street from the restaurant are dark and empty, keeping the viewer’s focus on the diner, which takes up most of the painting. The diner, though well-lit, appears spacious and empty with only three customers, a server, and several empty bar stools lined up along the counter. Hopper used the combination of a nighttime setting and detached, solemn figures captures the attention of the audience and evokes deep feelings of somber loneliness. The dark colors and distant characters create a gloomy and depressing atmosphere, instilling a greater sense of solitude in the audience. The scene depicts an empty street
These add to the sense of loneliness that is felt by the audience because they create a barrier between those within the glass and those outside. This barrier is unnoticeable at first glance, but after studying the painting the viewer gets a sense that “the yawning windows are empty” and isolating (Bolinger). The glass panels keep the viewer from getting too close to the people within the diner, silent sentinels void of any emotion or character. There is a heightened sensation of quietness and solitude that is emitted from the painting, making the viewer feel more like the lonely man. Hopper somehow manages to produce empathy in the audience with this subtle technique, which forms a connection between the subject and the viewer without the use of words or
The main theme and meaning behind Ian Strange’s “Corrine terrace’ is home. The house is a painting along with a documentation transforms an image of suburban architecture into something much more. The reaction of the viewers is to the icon of the home, not
His outside actions of touching the wall and looking at all the names are causing him to react internally. He is remembering the past and is attempting to suppress the emotions that are rising within him. The first two lines of the poem set the mood of fear and gloom which is constant throughout the remainder of the poem. The word choice of "black" to describe the speaker's face can convey several messages (502). The most obvious meaning ... ...
How is the conflict in the story affected by the civil war? In the story Jayhawker by Patricia Beatty, a action story, the conflict is where Elijah Tulley is pulled to the fact where his father was killed and he wants his revenge. He goes as a Jayhawker to fight the bushwackers and he is put into a situation of war. He would have to go as a spy as a bushwhacker to understand. This is a affected by the civil war because one side wants slaves and the other doesn’t want slaves. They believe for freedom, so they will want to fight each other for one right.
The author illustrates the “dim, rundown apartment complex,” she walks in, hand and hand with her girlfriend. Using the terms “dim,” and “rundown” portrays the apartment complex as an unsafe, unclean environment; such an environment augments the violence the author anticipates. Continuing to develop a perilous backdrop for the narrative, the author describes the night sky “as the perfect glow that surrounded [them] moments before faded into dark blues and blacks, silently watching.” Descriptions of the dark, watching sky expand upon the eerie setting of the apartment complex by using personification to give the sky a looming, ominous quality. Such a foreboding sky, as well as the dingy apartment complex portrayed by the author, amplify the narrator’s fear of violence due to her sexuality and drive her terror throughout the climax of the
In the history of the United States, there have been many wars like Civil War. Civil War is a war in the United States between the North and the South. In “The Killer Angels” by Michael Shaara is explained of the fogginess that often accompanies warfare. This novel talks about the period of June 30th, 1863 through July 3rd, 1863 when civil war was happening. It is a story of the Battle of Gettysburg, three years into the Civil War. The Killer Angels is also a story that at times questions what the Civil War was about. The Civil War was a war fought over slavery and the North made their own way to South by imposing the South. Slavery was the main reason what got the Civil War started in the South and separation between South and North was stronger.
imagery of darkness. It is interesting to note how the speaker distinguishes these details, yet in
in the book is very dark, and it helps set the awful mood for the rest
In “Popular Mechanics,” Carver uses imagery to reveal that one usually doesn’t have light around them, instead one has darkness surrounding them, causing one to do bad things. Carver starts off his story, by describing the scene that’s outside. Caver ends off his description of the scene
The opening paragraph of the story contains a metaphorical passage: "I stared at it in the swinging light of the subway car, and in the faces and bodies of the people, and in my own face, trapped in the darkness which roared outside"(349). This reference is significant because it is a contrast to the dismal society that the narrator and his brother Sonny live in. The darkness is the portrayal of the community of Harlem that is trapped, in their surroundings by physical, economic, and social barriers. The obvious nature of darkness has overcome the occupants of the Harlem community. The narrator, an algebra teacher, observes a depressing similarity between his students and his brother, Sonny. This is true because the narrator is fearful for his students falling into a life of crime and drugs, as did his brother. The narrator notes that the cruel realities of the streets have taken away the possible light from the lives of his brother and his students. The narrator makes an insightful connection between the darkness that Sonny faced and the darkness that the young boys are presently facing. This is illustrated in the following quote:
The cinematography enforced the mood, drama, and plot. The use of color in the film was telltale of the mood. The colors were drab, lifeless, mellow colors. These colors were telltale signs of the setting and mood of the play. The setting was in a sorrowful, dirty, suffering country; the mood was sorrowful and suffering as well.
The setting gives the reader a sense that terror awaits. This story shows this by talking about the lighting
The author then uses darkness to describe the faces of the adults on Sunday evenings after dinner when everyone is relaxing with their own thought's. "For a moment nobody's talking but every face looks darkening, like the sky outside...The silence, the darkness coming and the darkness in the faces frighten the child obscurel...
Second, what is the mood of this story trying to portray with the setting. The setting c...
The producer was aiming to create mystery and fear. The dark of the night and the description of the house as feeling dead in the protagonist’s narration sets a suspenseful scene filled with fear and tension. The young girl is followed by the camera as she explores the mansion. When entering the room suspected to be that of her aunts the camera leaves her side to pan around the room. The darkness doesn’t reveal everything but one becomes aware of a search. The revelation of little secrets leaves the viewer with many questions. The room is familiar to the protagonist as she finds items symbolic to her and familiar photographs. This familiarity however does not retract from suspicions that something sinister has been hidden. The producer has successfully captivated the viewer. The protagonist is being followed throughout the scene and has thus allowed for the viewer to bond with them. They are engaging with the audience through narration and have in return enticed the viewer to follow them along their journey. One feels nervous for the young girl however through tension in the scene one does not want them to discontinue the journey as too many questions have been left unanswered. One has been drawn into the world of which the protagonist dwells and is intrigued as to how the drama is
The repetition of the word "blind" introduces the theme of light and darkness. The streets of Dublin are described as "being blind"(2236) suggesting they do not lead anywhere. The houses are personified as being sombre and having "brown imperturbable faces"(2236), creating the shift from a literal setting to a state of mind. The streets remain silent until the boys are set free from school (2236), comparing the school to a prison: mundane and repetitive, and comparing their departure from school to a type of liberation for the children.... ...