In “The Photograph”, Enrique Amorim, writes about the tale regarding Madame Dupont, a woman who wants to show her mother that she is doing well in life. As a result, Madame Dupont decides that the best way to represent the life that her mother hoped that Madame had was by hiring a photographer to take her picture. She tells the photographer, “I want a portrait to send to my mother. It must give the impression that it was taken in a real house. My own house” (202). The wording in this quote alone, gives a sense of loneliness as she uses the word “impression”. Thus, it can be inferred that Madame Dupont does not possess adequate living quarters that would allow her mother to feel at ease. The photographer appears to be familiar with this type
She starts by bringing a pessimistic view to photographs of nature, by describing what may or may not lie just outside the boundaries of the picture. Mockingly she leads the reader to assume that there are no real nature photos left in the world, but rather only digitaly enhanced photos of nature wit...
Imagery within a book adds an extra layer of detail for the reader so that they may receive insight into what is happening in the book. This quote is very important to the journey part of the book due to its insight into the event that helped Enrique to make it through the long journey on the train. The imagery of dozens of people rushing out to help travelers like Enrique by throwing bundles to the travelers as they pass through the city is very powerful. This imagery is representative of the kindness that some people have for the travelers. Without the kindness of others, and their willingness to help, Enrique and many other travelers may not have been able to make it all the way to the United States. These generous people provide the travelers with a greater chance of success by giving the travelers food and other necessities that keeps them alive.
Rodrigo Villagomez, in the essay, “The Designer Player,” has an opposite view of steroids in professional sports as Peter F. Martin in the essay, “Destroyed.” He argues that the status of athletes is to be entertainers; therefore, they should use steroids. “Baseball is a multibillion-dollar entertainment industry” (Villagomez 586). Baseball is not just America’s pastime, it is more than that. Players are under pressure to be their best. To achieve their goals, they try out steroids. “Because of this pressure, more professional baseball players are turning to performance-enhancing drugs, specifically steroids, to aid them in their quest for greatness” (Villagomez 587). Athletes play a sport to win even if it means winning by using steroids.
Contextual Theory: This painting depicts a portrait of life during the late 1800’s. The women’s clothing and hair style represent that era. Gorgeous landscape and a leisurely moment are captured by the artist in this work of
In the story Blur by the author Steven James, is a suspense filled mystery focused on a single goal of the main characters with unexpected twists and turns. This book gives you a large point of view on the way life is looked at by each of these unique set of characters created by James. It changed my view on how precious one life is and how easily it can be taken away from you.
The painting depicts a mother and her four children, who are all leaning on her as she looks down solemnly, her tired, despondent expression suggests she felt trapped in her roles as being a mother and a wife. The woman and her children are clearly the focal point of the artwork as the bright colours used to paint them stand out impeccably against the dull, lifeless colours of the background. This painting appears to be centred around the ideology that women are home-keepers, whose main role is to satisfy and assist her husband while simultaneously minding the children and keeping the home tidy and ready for his return. The social consequences of this artwork could have been that the woman could have been berated for not taking pleasure out of being a mother and raising her children, as a woman should. She could have been made redundant as her husband may have felt as though she is no longer useful if she couldn’t adequately adhere to her roles as a mother and a
In the short story “An Adventure in Paris” by Guy De Maupassant an unnamed woman seeks for adventure, love, and excitement. An unnamed narrator starts to explain the inner nature and curiosity of a woman. The story transitions to the point of view of an unnamed lawyer’s wife which allows us to see her deepest desire to travel to Paris and be part of the lavishing life she has seen in the magazines. To escape her regular routine she makes a plan to go to Paris; however, her family members are only middle class and cannot help her fulfill her desire to live the life of a celebrity, fame, and fashion. Just when her trip seems to be monotonous she comes across the chance to live the life of an extravagant person. This chance happens when she meets Jean Varin, a wealthy author, in a store wanting to purchase a Japanese figurine. When Varin decides that the figurine is too expensive the lawyer’s wife steps up to buy the figurine which causes Varin to notice her. She flirtatiously invites herself into Varin’s daily activities which intrigue Varin. As the day closes she invites herself to Varin’s house and has an affair with Varin; however, she doesn’t feel she is satisfied because of his many needs. She anxiously waits till morning to come so that she can leave which only confuses Varin. When Varin asks her why she is leaving after all they have been through she states that she wanted to know what depravity felt like; however, it was not what she expected. The central idea of the story is about a woman’s psychological desire for romance, adventure, and an opulent lifestyle that leads to curiosity and the immoral act of adultery.
Aristotle once claimed that, “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” Artists, such as Louise-Elizabeth Vigée Le Brun and Mary Cassatt, captured not only the way things physically appeared on the outside, but also the emotions that were transpiring on the inside. A part no always visible to the viewer. While both artists, Le Brun and Cassatt, worked within the perimeters of their artistic cultures --the 18th century in which female artists were excluded and the 19th century, in which women were artistically limited-- they were able to capture the loving relationship between mother and child, but in works such as Marie Antoinette and Her Children and Mother Nursing her Child 1898,
In this work, the colors and shapes come together to form the depiction of a woman in a chair gazing out at the landscape beyond a window. This subject matter relates to Picasso’s infamous relationship with women and may serve as a depiction of one of the many women he was linked with. The painting depicts the woman with a dual omniscient and introspective vision. Picasso develops this dichotomy through the depiction of a wayward eye gazing out the window and a larger ubiquitous eye glaring directly at the viewers. In constructing such a contrast, the painter is able to convey the personality...
The now infamously famous portrait by Picasso was not appreciated by anyone at the time except by Picasso himself. Alice describes Gertrude Stein’s home; at 27 rue de Fleurus, of two stories with a pavilion and four bedrooms. In the year 1914, Stein added a hallway to the pavilion where guest either rang the doorbell of the pavilion or knocked on the door of the hallway, but Alice was allowed to do both. On Saturday evenings at Gertrude Stein’s home, everyone was invited to dinner cooked by Helene and everyone who was invited went to Stein’s dinner, Alice included. Helene was one of the best maids of that day and made it a requirement of all cooks to be able to cook the perfect soufflé. To Helene, she respected every guest of Gertrude Stein’s except for those who were French. If the guest were French then Helene would prepare a less demanding meal for the guest. By the year 1913, Helene resigned from her job with Gertrude Stein at the request of her husband. Life after leaving Gertrude Steins rue de Fleurus home was never as
In many twentieth century photographs, women were portrayed in a domestic and simple way. In Riis’s photograph, Scene on the Roof of the Mott Street Barracks , a woman was
Adèle Ratignolle uses art to beautify her home. Madame Ratignolle represents the ideal mother-woman (Bloom 119). Her chief concerns and interests are for her husband and children. She was society’s model of a woman’s role. Madame Ratignolle’s purpose for playing the pia...
If I were the prison librarian and was asked to recommend good books for the cell mates, I would recommend “The Beach Club” by Elin Hilderbrand. In this novel, Mack the hotel manager needs to decide whether or not he should stay at the beach club or return home to his farm. Being married is Maribel one goal in life, so by pushing for her boyfriend to propose, she starts falling for another man. Love, the hotel receptionist is determined to arrive home this summer pregnant. Vance, the hotel bellman is filled with the urge to seek revenge on Mack for stealing his job 12 years ago. While Bill the owner of the hotel is fighting off a heart problem that could potentially kill him. Cecily Bill's daughter is faced with a choice whether or not she
In "This is a Photograph of Me," inspite of the easy assurances of the speaker that we will see her picture, it is clear as the poem develops and the speaker reveals her true identity as a dead person that the clarity she seems to promise never emerges. The challenges in establishing a sense of identity are portrayed in the speaker's description of what the viewer will see as they look at the photo to begin with:
Women desire to become beautiful and powerful, even if they don’t say it in words. And the Photographer plays with that concept and creates that desire, that you can become that person you see in the photograph. And live that lifestyle. Photographers use techniques from the cinema/cinematic, to create the desire of viewers/Buyer/Consumers. The cinematic techniques made it possible the way people lived and the...