Sunday, 6 March 2016

Analyze the formal elements like line, shape, form, value, texture, space, and color, as well as the historical precedence of The Death of General...

Each of the
formal elements serves its own purpose and place in the piece pictured. To know how to identify
their specific usage, one should first consider what each of these elements is.


Line: A line is an obvious path that one can follow from
point to point. Lines vary in length, width, and direction, and are often used as a means to
identify where the boundaries of one object begin and the boundaries of another end.


Shape and form: These two
elements are used to define the existence of an object in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional
space (respectively). Shape is usually defined by the line and has height and width. Form has
height, width, and depth.

Color: Color comes
from the light that's reflected off objects and is created from hue, intensity, and
value.

Value: Value refers to the brightness of
a color, which is used to suggest the existence of light (or lack thereof).


Texture: Texture is how we perceive an object's quality
through touch. In the case of the painting above, since you...


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Saturday, 5 March 2016

How do the pigs rewrite history in Animal Farm?

I think
that one way the Pigs rewrite history is to ensure that they are always in the position of
power.  This job falls largely to , who is able to spin anything so that the Pigs, and in
particular , is always in the right.  The pigs rewrite history by being able to stretch the
truth so that the animals, unassuming of the ulterior motives, end up believing that which is
said by Squealer and the pigs.  An example of this would be when the Pigs move into the house
and while it might on face value violate a tenet of Animalism, Squealer argues that it is needed
for the Pigs to have space in order to work and do the planning for the farm's benefit.  This is
an example of rewriting history, or Animalism, in order to benefit the pigs while the other
animals fail to either recognize or act on what is being done.  In , Squealer rewrites history
in constructingas an agent of Jones, and thereby opening the door to anyone who agreed with him
as an enemy of the farm.  Snowball was instrumental to the farm's success, but once deemed an
adversary by Napoleon, Squealer embraces the task of rewriting the narrative as Snowball being
an enemy of the farm and ensuring that anyone who supported him is treated to the ultimate
penalty in death.  It is in this scene where theshows how much authority benefits when it is
able to rewrite and construct history in a manner that legitimizes its own
authority.

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What propaganda technique is Napoleon using to get the animals to believe that Snowball is the cause of all of Animal Farms problems?

The
specific propaganda technique thatuses to manipulate the animals into believing thatis a
vengeful enemy of the farm and the cause of all the farm's problems is
scapegoating. Scapegoating is a popular propaganda technique where
people deflect blame from themselves and attribute it to others. Napoleon utilizes scapegoating
by blaming Snowball for the destruction of the windmill instead of taking responsibility for its
collapse and admitting that there were faults in its construction. Anytime the farm experiences
issues or Napoleon makes a catastrophic political mistake, he blames Snowball for it. By using
Snowball as a scapegoat, Napoleon not only shifts the blame from himself but also continues to
paint Snowball as the enemy. The animals are led to believe that Snowball is dedicated to the
fall of , while Napoleon is an honorable, courageous leader. Napoleon also utilizes the
propaganda technique of name-calling by referring to Snowball as a "traitor" and
"criminal." Napoleon's name-calling propaganda allows him to tarnish and ruin
Snowball's reputation, as the other animals begin to perceive him as the ultimate enemy of the
farm.

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What are examples of imagery in the poem "Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou?

Laurine Herzog
is an
umbrella term for a range of specific language techniques, including, most commonly, metaphors,
, and symbolism. The quotations below provide examples of these different techniques. The first
two quotations describe the free bird in the poem, and the second two quotations describe the
caged bird.
"A free bird
leaps
on the back of the wind"

The wind is a recurring motif throughout the poem, and is
used to symbolize the freedom of the free bird. Wind is often used throughout poetry to
symbolize freedomit seems to go where it pleases and it is not bound by barriers or restraints
like the other elements (earth, fire, water) can be.

"The free bird thinks of another
breeze
and the trade winds soft through the sighing
trees"
In this
quotation, we have again the recurring motif of the wind to symbolise freedom, and we also have
the personification of the wind "sighing." The personification (attributing to
something that isn't the characteristics of humans) in this...


Wednesday, 2 March 2016

How is Thornton Wilder's manipulation of time and use of flashback in Our Town effective?

One of the
play's themes is that our lives, which seem long and important and special to us, are mere
blinks of the eye against eternity. As the Stage Manager says, there are the same names on the
tombstones in the cemetery as there are of people living now: no one of us will be around very
long.

Yet, at the same time, the play has another point to make: our lives
might be over in the blink of an eye, but human life is meaningful and important. As the Stage
Manager says,

We all know that something is eternal. And
it ain't houses and it ain't names, and it ain't earth, and it ain't even the stars... everybody
knows in their bones that something is eternal, and that something has to do with human
beings.

What is eternal is the human spirit.


The manipulation of time in the play makes that theme clear. Going from a scene in
which people are vibrantly in the middle of life on earth, pulsing with hopes and dreams and
concerns, to a scene with these same people are dead and in the afterlife packs an intense
emotional punch. It accentuates how brief life is and also causes us to mourn the lives of the
characters that have passed so quickly. It helps reinforce the play's theme that we should try
to appreciate and live the life we are given in the here and now with joy and consciousness, for
there is no going back, even if we try.

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The world is spherical, not flat. Yet nations still compete in a flat world. Discuss.

The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century is
a book by Thomas L. Friedman about globalization.

The issue here is one of
understanding. The world, on a literal level, is spherical. If one takes the actual shape of the
world as a sphere as a metaphor for business, one can understand that business is global.
Businesses can compete...

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Tuesday, 1 March 2016

Describe the relationship between Maggie and Dee in "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker.

Maggie believes
that Dee has not been exposed to any real struggles, and to some extent, she is jealous of her
sister. Maggie is of the opinion that she has sacrificed a lot for her sisters happiness. The
family did not have enough money to send them both to school, and it took the Church's
intervention to enable Dee to pursue an education.

Maggie is also clearly
intimidated by her sister and believes her sister to be cold even towards her.


She wrote me once that no matter where we choose to live, she will
manage to come see us. But she will never bring her friends. Maggie and I thought about this and
Maggie asked me, Mama, when did Dee ever have any friends?


Thus, apart from being sisters and sharing a mother, there is nothing else that defines
their relationship. Although Maggie is intimidated by her sister, she does not hesitate to
demonstrate her displeasure when Dee asks to have the old quilts.

Dee, on the
other hand, looks down upon her sister and believes she is backward. She suggests that Maggie
would not appreciate the quilts and would instead put them to everyday use. Dee feels a sense of
entitlement, which defines her relationship with Maggie.

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