The Lady and the Unicorn Essays

  • Portrait Of A Lady With A Unicorn And Leonardo's Mona Lisa

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    Raphael’s Portrait of a Lady with a Unicorn and Leonardo’s Mona Lisa are both masterpieces in which have many similarities and differences. There is an obvious similarity when viewing both of the paintings side-by-side. In both works there is a female sitter in the middle of the frame, hands crossed and looking off into the distance. Also the landscape of both works are very similar being continuous rolling mountains making where they are sitting quite unknown. The main and obvious difference in

  • The Red Bull Heroism

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    them to happen. Quests may not simply be abandoned…unicorns may go unrescued for a long time, but not forever. The happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story” (251). Prince Lir finally understands what true heroism is, and this does not come easy to him. Even though fairytale stories may have a beginning and an end, a quest in

  • A Shattered Myth in The Glass Menagerie

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    In Tennessee Williams's play The Glass Menagerie, we are introduced to a young lady named Laura. Being shy, to an extreme, Laura lives in a world of her own making. It is a socially limited world where she is safe from all life's painful embarrassments. Laura has wrapped herself in a blanket of protection within the walls of her family's lower middle-class apartment. There in her protected fortress she cares for her collection of glass animals, a collection her mother calls the glass menagerie

  • Symbolism In The Glass Menagerie By Tennessee Williams

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    as possible, he rejects such artistic means as a "photographic likeness." The play is based on the nuances, hints, and is rich with symbols that is created by special design, using the screen, music and lighting. Undoubtedly, symbols are the glass unicorn and blue roses that appear on the screen as a symbol of uniqueness and vulnerability of Laura - the most touchy and unfortunate character in the play. However, the central artistic symbol of the play is Laura’s glass menagerie. According to the author

  • An Analysis of The Thurber Carnival

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    particularly good examples of a writer successfully 'breaking frames' in order to create humor and satire. In this essay I am going to explore the main methods Thurber uses to create humor and satire in the fables "The Shrike and the Chipmunks" and "The Unicorn in the Garden"2. Firstly though, what do I mean by the 'broken frame'? This is a reference to the idea that the violation of our 'frames of reference', and the recognition of the incongruity caused by it, is the basic element of humour. If the

  • The Glass Menagerie Criticism

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    reinforced by the disjunction of the horn from the misfit unicorn which in turn represents her handicap. The fragile Laura is treated throughout the story as though she is breakable. When she attempts to do something, her family members, “come to her rescue” and prohibit her from finishing rather simple tasks. The family's regard for her fragility is shown when Amanda stops her from bringing in the blancmange, “No, sister, no, sister―you be the lady this time and I'll be the darky,” Amanda says, though

  • Audre Lorde Analysis

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    Audre Lorde is a self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” who grew up in Harlem during the 1950s. Having grown up as a Black woman and a lesbian, her identity is largely based on the relationship between her own thoughts and those of outside perspective. Her life and writing were dedicated to addressing various intersecting injustices. Because of her work, she was the recipient of many awards, including New York State poet for 1991 to 1993. During Lorde’s life, she was involved in

  • The Imaginary World: Everyone In The Middle Ages

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    There is still one remaining question. How could the imaginary world be a permanent feature known by everyone in the Middle ages if it was mostly spread for and by the nobles ? Litterature, sculptures, miniature illustrations were made for the nobles, who were the only one that could afford them. Yet, the fantasy world was omnipresent in the mental universe of the population, which contributed to the alleviation of the boarder between the imaginary world and the everyday life. Firstly, these

  • The Glass Menagerie Research Paper

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    favorite piece of her collection is her glass unicorn. Jim remarks that unicorns are extinct and that he must feel lonely, since he is the only one of his kind. The unicorn relates back to Laura, referred to as a cripple by her family, and often alone because of it and her anxiety. However, Jim does not see Laura’s nerves or disability, therefore bringing a sense of normalcy that she was missing. And so, when he accidentally knocks the glass unicorn off the table and breaks the horn off, altering

  • Comparison of Original Blade Runner film and Directors Cut

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    kills the exotic dancer. He says something about shooting a lady in the back, and also says how she reminded him of Rachael. Another difference between the two versions is in the director’s cut, when Deckard is playing, or attempting to play the piano. It’s a little hard for him to play when he’s drunk from drowning his sorrows, and while he is doing this he has a strange dream. The dream starts out in a forest with a beautiful white unicorn running on a path through the trees. The whole dream is in

  • Arthur Boyd Essay

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    Arthur Boyd is a renowned Australian artist, who started to follow in his family’s footsteps and began exploring his artistic abilities from after being conscripted to World War II; until his death in 1999. Boyd worked in a wide range of mediums including paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures and tapestries in ways that are highly inventive. His main influences were Australian landscapes, wartime, aboriginal rights and surrealism. Many of Boyd’s works were drawn from personal experience, symbolising

  • Persuasive Essay On Vegas Swingers

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    If you have searched Vegas swinger clubs for single males to no avail, do not count yourself out just yet. Did you know that you can invite one of our dolls to accompany you to a coveted lifestyle party? Just as in all corners of the country, single men are not widely accepted into the swingers lifestyle in Las Vegas. The reason for this is due to the fact that organizers do not want men attending for the sole purpose of hooking up. Which is somewhat of a double standard since that is what such parties

  • Archibald Prize Essay

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    people that entered this competition. These two artists really express the essential features of this competition by recognising the art of significant Australians. Andrew Lloyd Green Smith’s painting, Eileen Kramer, represents a long shot of an old lady that is thinking. Green smith uses media of oil on linen, which has

  • The House On Mango Street Essay

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    Secure and comforting or strict and oppressive, the idea of home can greatly influence the emotions, dreams, and worldviews of literary characters. Different parts of the home setting can be used symbolically to represent a character’s struggles and even an aspect of a character’s personality. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros are two stories that employ a home setting to achieve their meaning. Laura, a central character in The Glass Menagerie

  • The Glass Menagerie Research Paper

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    man who “fell in love with long distances” rather than with his family (Williams 5). Amanda’s life is dictated by the societal expectations she holds, and she enforces them on her children. She still sees herself as a popular, charming, and beautiful lady living in the South with callers every weekend. Because of the tilted way she views her world, she refuses to accept Laura’s disability and the fact that Tom is not meant to succeed in the warehouse. While Laura and Tom created worlds to escape to

  • Experiment: My Social Experiment

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    the Halloween stuff. So I started putting on random hats, and I watched people’s reactions. Finally, I had my question! How will people react to me dressing up in Halloween costumes? I had my question, now all I needed was an outfit. I bought a unicorn suit pajama and a random witch’s hat, that I didn’t wear. Then my friend and I went to the check out and we waltzed on over to the bathroom so I could change into my new outfit. As soon as I walked out of the bathroom I got weird looks. People were

  • Symbolism in The Glass Menagerie

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    fragile,shy and emotionally crippled girl.In her mind she lives in a world of glass animals and doesn't have a connection to the real world.The managerie of glass also represents the fragile relationships among all the characters.The glass unicorn is most obviously a symbol of Laura-- delicate,sadly different,an anomaly in the modern world.The glass motif recurs throughout the whole play in many other forms.When Laura dropped out of college she constantly visited the zoo,a glass house

  • Stardust: A Creative Postmodern Fairytale

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    18th-century Victorian era. The author mentions Queen Victoria and Charles Dickens from which we can make out the period. The author Neil Gaiman introduce us a tiny village ‘Wall’ in England. The hero Tristran Thorn is the son of Dunstan Thorn a human and Lady Una, who is a magical princess from fairyland Stromhold. The wall with a crack divide England when human lives from magical fairy land where goblin, flying ship, talking animal and tree, evil witches with magical powers can be found. The wall was

  • Homosexuality In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight And Huntress

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    Fantasy literature is often used as a template for authors to showcase their personal views on things like sexuality and race. When it comes to homosexuality in fantastic literature, it has always been present. In early works, however, homosexuality was often masked with innuendos. The texts Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Huntress by Malinda Lo (2011) are two prime examples of fantasy, both past and present, that use homosexuality as a way to further their plot line. It is appropriate to compare

  • Gone in 60 Seconds

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    "Hello ladies! I always was a sucker for a redhead". Angelina Jolie whispers as she slides into a bright red Ferrari and drives it away at record speed. Eleanor. What, you ask? You have to be living in a box if you don't know what Eleanor is. She's the unicorn. As for the rest of us, you know exactly what I'm talking about. Gone in 60 Seconds is an amazing, fast paced, sit on the edge of your seat movie. Is that my opinion? Yes it is, but there are millions of people who agree with me too