Emily Carroll’s Grave of the Lizard Queen:
There is no “actual” pattern seen from the intro page to the other objects showing their relations to the lizard queen as one can see in usual comics and by McCloud’s definition of “deliberate sequence”. On the other hand though, the reader has the ability or the freedom to choose which objects and its short story to view from in any order. But overall, in a bigger picture, Carroll’s work is in a “deliberate sequence” as said by McCloud.
Every time the reader clicks to an object, the reader is forced to return to the intro page. This action is in a loop pattern giving us the potential to view this as a form of a sequence while still applying McCloud’s definition. ** Each return to the intro page may suggests that there’s a limit one/reader can know or obtain the information from the sequential frames from each objects the reader clicks on to. Also, the intro page works as an
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Carroll’s work seems to have several different interpretations that readers can come up with that I can count now. Some of them includes that the reader has to try to connect the short stories from the images based on the specific objects, view the objects as pieces of evidence as to solve the puzzle or the case of the lizard queen, or just not even create or put things together but perceive the images as they are.
The whole work itself is not “juxtaposed” as McCloud had defined, but Carroll does show the “juxtaposed pictorial and other images” through the short stories or episodes from each object surrounding the lizard queen’s corpse on the intro page. The short episodes of each objects contain 6 equal sized frames that are viewed from left to right. Almost all the short episodes have no use of words. This may emphasize the abstraction and the use of icons mentioned by McCloud in his book (Understanding
Juxtaposition is defined as “the act of place two or more things side by side” (Merriam-Webster). Markstein juxtaposes two scenes together in his cartoon: one of George Bush in the White House and the other of the Grim Reaper sitting in a chair. The juxtaposition of these two scenes creates a link between them. The Grim Reaper, in this cartoon, is merely a façade for our president’s ulterior motives and his consequences. This is most likely a hit at President Bush since he was public blamed for the deaths of “ nearly half a million people who have died from war related causes” (Abrams). Despite the rising death toll, President George Bush, infamously, still requested at least twenty thousand extra troops be poured into Iraq (Abrams). Another curious observation I made while glancing at the cartoon was that the Grim Reaper had no discernable facial features. This could be another hint dropped by the artist stating that the President Bush is acting based on the interests that both he and the Grim Reaper share. The viewers can assume from a lack of facial features that President Bush is merely a puppet of the Grim Reaper. In the “Five year’s in Iraq” cartoon the three billion dollar cost casket is juxtaposed between the Sunni and Shi’ite caskets. The placement of these caskets shows that despite the crippling debt we face due to the Iraq War, the human damage is simply sickening. This political cartoon attempts to dissuade Congress from continuing the war effort and informs the audience about the true cost of this war on terror. The caskets for the Sunni and Shi’ite are proportionally larger and placed purposefully in the center of the cartoon, however the death of American soldiers and the cost of the war are placed off to the side and is smaller, respectively. This prioritizes the consequences as a result of the US led invasion of Iraq. It lets one infer
Sequential means to be forming or following in logical order. An example is that in the story “Call of the Klondike”, they arthor put the story in order by time. Problem and solution means when the character in the story has a type of problem he or she finds a way to find a solution. For example, let's use the story “Barrio Boy”, so Ernesto Galarza had trouble fitting in because he didn't know any English. However he found a way to be able to learn to speak English and got to fit in. Cause and effect means the principle of the action of causing something. An example is that everyone in the Klondike Gold Rush left everything to find gold but, not everyone found gold. Comparison and contrast means that if you contrast you look at the difference of things, and if compare you look at opposite side of things. For example, in the story the miners had to do many things and look at the opposite side of things. They even had to do many different
Queenie Volupides had an argument with her husband the night of his death and went to the country club. At 1 am she left the country club and invited her friends over for another drink. Queenie’s friends got there 10 minutes after she did. She claimed that Arthur fell down the stairs going to get another drink. The autopsy report showed that Author died from a wound in the back of his head, and that he was drunk. I believe that
...ictures as well as words; the pictures show the true emotions of the characters and the words convey the messages. Mayer is a simple writer who has complex meanings behind his sentences and is not extremely descriptive in his wording because of the pictures he draws. Although his books are simple, there is so much more to them than meets the eye.
One of the key characteristics of Carroll's story is his use of language. Consequently, much of the nonsense in Alice has to do with transpositions, either of mathematical scale or in the scrambled verse parodies. As an illustration of mathematical scale transposit...
Carroll wanted the fantasy story to be filled with ink drawings so he could present it to his younger friend who was called Alice Liddell, who coincidentally inspired the story (Engen, 1991). Tenniel’s task of illustrating the book was however regarded as “difficult” (Engen, 1991), although the illustrations themselves have been suggested to be Tenniel’s “greatest illustrations” (Engen, 1991). Despite that, there are slight differences in Tenniel’s styles from Punch to the styles he used in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. For example, Tenniel’s Punch magazine illustrations had a tendency to be very dark in shading and were a great deal more detailed. Although, his Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland illustrations were a good deal more reserved from shading and were not as detailed, nevertheless a whole lot more innocent as intended for the target audience of the
It’s important for the reader to imagine the full picture of the object. For example, describing the locations, the colors, shape, and any other characteristics will help the reader will imagine the scene in their head or the scenery. Goldberg uses William Carlos Williams poem “Daisy” as an example to show how he is being specific. In the poem he describes how a daisy looks, the season a daisy grows in, and other details about a daisy. Williams put your imagination and your six senses to work with the poem “Daisy”. For example, Williams uses the description “round yellow center” to describe how the center of the daisy looks. He tries to capture every detail of a daisy in his writing, but he didn’t only describe a daisy; he also describes the location of the
The sheer frequency of revisions concerning the appearance and characteristics of the ghostly figure are staggering when compared to number of revisions made elsewhere in the poem. Perhaps the first thing one notices while examining Owen’s revisions is the long stretch during the figure’s speech in which there are very few marks of revision by the author. In contrast, the sections in which the figure is described, or in which he describes himself, are heavily revised. It appears, then, Owen’s primary difficulty with the first draft of his poem was not with the content of what the ghostly speaker said, but with how the character was portrayed.
Lewis Carroll subtly indicates his attitudes toward children and his understanding if children in several ways. Many of the motifs he uses are the main reason why this story has such an abundance of versions and maintains its popularity. There are many tactics that Carroll uses in his writing that capture and maintain a readers attention, many of which involve his unrealistic situations that his main character finds herself in as well as subtle connections to historical figures. Carroll's use of illustrations, preposterous wordplay, and overall disregard for order has given the world a storyline that has been used many times in different types of media.
For the project Hollywood and History I watched the movie called “The Mummy.” This film was filmed in 1999. In the opening scene the narrator gives us an overview of the supposed city of Thebes. He then goes on to talk about how a priest named Imhotep is in a relationship with Anck Su Namun. She was Pharaoh Seti’s forbidden mistress. Whoever touches her will be killed. Once the Pharaoh finds out what’s going on Anck Su and Imhotep stab him. Anck Su then stabs herself, leaving Imhotep to be captured by the Pharaoh’s guards and given the worst curse known as Hom Dai. There is a battle between two different groups which leaves Rick O’Connell caught by the enemy. Before he was shot a sand like force caused the enemies to flee. Jonathan Carnahan shows his sister a box and map that shows a map that leads to the city of the dead. He admits that it was stolen from Rick. They go to save him from being killed, and he agrees to lead them to the city. Evelyn wants to find the book of the living, but they end up finding the remains of Imhotep buried under a statue of Anubis. The American treasure hunters discover a chest and found the cursed book of the dead. They also find the five Canopic jars.
William Moebius writes in his article "Introduction to Picture Book Codes" about the several ways one can use to interpret the apparent relationship between the text of a Picture Book and its Pictures. He indicates that there are five different distinct codes to use when analyzing the text as well as the images. Those codes are: the code of position, size, and diminishing return, the codes of perspective, the code of the frame and the right and round, the code of line and capillarity, and the code of colour. Each code speaks of a different aspect of the image and how it relates to psychology behind the implied meaning. These methods come together in Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Each page is filled with evidence supporting William Moebius' theories and suggestions.
In Egypt, the Egyptians had a set of burial customs that they believed it is a new life after death. Egyptians believed that the afterlife was very similar to the real life. Therefore, they believed that people would need the same things in real life such as food, drink, clothes, jewelry, and other things. Also, Egyptians believed that people have the soul. Most of poor Egyptians were probably buried in the desert. The poor people would not have much things to bury with them, so they just wrap the body and their clothes . For the wealthy ancient Egyptians, the people were often buried in tombs that called mastabas. The mastabas was the earliest and simplest tomb structure. It was built of mud-brick, and it has the chamber under the tomb. It contained the person's mummified body which is take the body to washed with natron for drying , and it contained food, jewelery and special objects. These tombs were never built for public viewing. Later then, the Egyptians built pyramids to contain the tombs.
Vallone, Lynne. Notes. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. By Lewis Carroll. New York: The Modern Library Classics, 2002.245-252. Print.
Sometimes a poem can mean little or nothing, yet the stimulus of words alone wins our attention. Some poets can even invent words themselves. Carroll combines two words (portmanteau) into one word to compose those weird sounds and words in the poem. In a unique way the meaningless words combine with recognizable words to create a poem almost comprehensible. The language and sounds allow a reader to reflect back on the concept of how to communicate Carroll's theme of survial of the fittest, and besides the battle between animals, Carroll creates a battle for the reader to understand the language and sounds.
The characters in Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass are more than whimsical ideas brought to life by Lewis Carroll. These characters, ranging from silly to rude, portray the adults in Alice Liddell’s life. The parental figures in Alice’s reality portrayed in Alice in Wonderland are viewed as unintellectual figures through their behaviors and their interactions with one another.