In the reactionary words of John Updike upon reading, “Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed!)” he claimed that this was Frank O’Hara at his “silliest, and most emptiest.” However, it is easily debatable to state exactly how Frank O’Hara was able to create a well-developed world and sense of character in his brief poem about seemingly nothing. Through the sum of its parts Frank O’Hara is able to create a rich sense of being that comments on a world outside of his poem. When the individual parts are taken
Social Criticism in the Hollywood Melodramas of the Fifties In the early 1950s the films of Douglas Sirk led the way in defining the emerging genre of the Hollywood melodrama. "Melodrama" strictly means the combination of music (melos) and drama, but the term is used to refer to the "popular romances that depicted a virtuous individual (usually a woman) or couple (usually lovers) victimized by repressive and inequitable social circumstances" (Schatz 222). Sirk's films were commercially successful
social work, but she has never been a victim, and her opinions make for a worse argument. Example in Argument format: It happened to Elizabeth Barret Browning and to Bessie Smith, to name only a couple notables It happened to a president’s son, and to Lana Turner’s daughter Incest is not something that happens to “those people over there” the ones across town who don’t wash very often. It happens to all strata of society, at all economic levels, and in all ethnic groups. This argument is bias towards
his poem, he cleverly shows the collapse of a woman whose husband was stabbed to death. The poem is generally very sorrowful and negative, still very demanding and convincing. It starts in a pessimistic mood, “LANA TURNER HAS COLLAPSED!” and ends in an optimistic mood by saying “oh Lana Turner we love you get up” (O’ Hara 706-707). This shows that even with all the bad that has happened to her, she must move on and continue with her life with the people that are there for her. Detailed and elaborate
The Vindico is a novel about 5 teenagers named James, Lana, Hayden, Emily, and Sam. They get kidnapped by the League of Villains and are brought to the Vindico Mansion. Torturer, Rono, Avaria, Leni, and Silver each select a teenager to train based on their similarities in personality and ability. The kids train to become the villain’s protégés and their future generation. Baron, the mastermind villain, states that there will be severe consequences imposed if they try to escape the estate. He also
Fires of Jubilee, is a well written recollection of the slave insurrection led by Nathaniel Turner. It portrays the events leading towards the civil war and the shattered myth of contented slaves in the South. The book is divided into four parts: This Infernal Spirit of Slavery, Go Sound the Jubilee, Judgment Day, and Legacy. The story takes place in Southampton County, Virginia where little Nat Turner is introduced. Nat led a normal childhood for the most part, supervised by his beloved grandmother
expression for emotion, whereas line is the expression of rationality. Their style was painterly rather than linear; colour offered a freedom that line denied. Among the Romanticists who had a strong influence on Impressionism were Joseph Mallord William Turner and Eugéne Delacroix. In Turner’s works, colour took precedence over the realistic portrayal of form; Delacroix led the way for the Impressionists to use unmixed hues. The transition between Romanticism and Impressionism was provided by a small group
Abstract Wild by Jack Turner Jack Turner's The Abstract Wild is a complex argument that discusses many issues and ultimately defends the wild in all of its forms. He opens the novel with a narrative story about a time when he explored the Maze in Utah and stumbled across ancient pictographs. Turner tells this story to describe what a truly wild and unmediated experience is. The ideas of the aura, magic, and wildness that places contain is introduced in this story. Turner had a spiritual connection
Similarities between the music of Debussy and the painting of Turner The music of Claude Debussy and the painting of J.M.W. Turner are, in most people's minds, two entirely different things. However, each man was considered the founder of impressionism in his own artform. Impressionism was a movement in late 19th century European art, which was a reflection of the realizations in physics about the properties of light. Turner's atmospheric paintings and Debussy's tone poems, although different forms
Nat Turner's Confessions and Frederick Douglass' The Heroic Slave The names of Nat Turner and Frederick Douglass are remembered because of the fame that they earned as black Americans during pre-Civil War slave period. However, their names color the pages of history books for widely different reasons: Nat Turner led one of the greatest slave revolts in almost 150 years of slavery, while Frederick Douglass obtained his freedom and education, going on to become a renowned speaker, author, and public
they had to do. They protested in several different ways whether it be attacking the slave owner, wounding themselves, or simply “ accidentally” breaking tool needed to perform their everyday duties. (Doc 115) A slave named Nat Turner led one of the most famous revolts. Turner, a slave preacher, led an armed group of African-Americans on a killing spree from house to house in Southampton County, Virginia. They killed sixty white men, women, and children before being overcome by federal troops. Turner’s
Comparative Essay on JD Rockefeller and Ted Turner “Yet among men there are some endowed with vision, an insight more penetrating and more sustained. To their liberated spirit the world unfolds a farther prospect.” These words were spoken by Carleton Noyes to his class as they were analyzing The Harvard Classics (collection of poetry). This phrase means to reflect the driving genius behind such philanthropist entrepreneurs as John D. Rockefeller and Ted Turner. Both of these ‘supermen’ have displayed
couldn't be an admiral when he knew in his heart it was all a lie. Before she left he gave her a kiss. It was the first and last he'd shared with her. James shot the rope leading to Elizabeth's ship was when he was stabbed by a deranged Bootstrap Bill Turner. As he felt the life leaving his body Davy Jones offered a deal to serve him, or die then. He replied to the sea-devil by stabbing him with the cutlass, a sign of his honor. Rejecting evil he entered into rest with his soul clean.
of "personal truth," we must proceed... Perhaps the most famous of all progressive historians is Frederick Jackson Turner. His most famous argument is not devoted strictly to the American Revolution, but instead to the effects of the American frontier. In a sentence, his argument is that the frontier was the chief determinant in American history. This is not to say that Turner did not write about the war; he did, in his seminal work, "The Frontier in American History," there are discussions of
Crevecour, Turner believed that American character was not simply a product of English character transported to America, but rather another idea altogether (Faragher 63). He expressed this opinion the best when he said, “In the crucible of the frontier the immigrants were Americanized, liberated, and fused into a mixed race, English in neither nationality nor characteristics” (Faragher 64). How exactly did American character form and what defines it? Turner answered this question with the Turner thesis
Jubilee, by Stephen B. Oates, tells an account of Nat Turner’s rebellion. Beginning with Nat’s early life and finally ending with the legacy his execution left the world, Oates paints a historical rending of those fateful days. The Confessions of Nat Turner by Thomas R. Gray and approved by Nat himself is among Oates’ chief sources. Oates is known as a reputable historian through his other works, and has strong credentials however, in the case of The Fires of Jubilee there are some limitations. It
Influences and Motivation in the Work of Grayson Perry Grayson Perry was born in Chelmsford in 1960. He is a Turner Prize-winning artist who specialises mainly in ceramic vases and tapestries which are highly decorated with bright colours and markings. (Perry, 2016) Perry’s early family life was difficult, and he was just 7 years old when his parents split up. Perry has always described his father’s departure as having the single biggest impact on him throughout his life. (Jones, 2006) Perry
difference in the world I wanted to bridge gaps between races, gender, generalizations and stereotypes. . If single-handedly saving the world did not work out, I could be a rock star like Carol King, Stevie Nicks, or my personal favorite, Tina Turner. But teaching? Nope. Not for me. After graduation, the only job I could find to keep a roof over my head was, teaching! I went to work in January after a beloved teacher found it necessary to retire mid-year. I was teaching high school history
Wedding Reception Speech – Best Man Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, I’m sure you’ll all agree it’s been a fantastic day so far, but unfortunately for every silver lining there’s a cloud, and I’m yours. For those of you that haven’t bought me a drink yet, I’m Simon and I’ve been sentenced to being Randy’s best man today. It’s said that, being asked to be best man is one of the greatest honours you can be given, on the other hand it’s also one of the most terrible things you can do to
transcends all political, social, cultural and geographical differences. While ritual itself has many forms, one of the most regnant aspect is that of the Rite of Passage. This paper will examine rites of passage as defined by the anthropologist Victor Turner through examples of two modern Canadian rituals; the graduation from high school and the completion of undergraduate studies. From the sequences of the rites of passage to the modern examples of such, Canadian culture has proven itself to be full