Analysis Of Blind Light

The scene setting was disarrayed and cluttered representing chaos in the characters lives. The dim lighting represents the hidden truth; Bright lighting represents truth, openness and clarity. In the darkness our mind can see a different perspective, in the light our minds can see what is real. The sound of crickets and outside noises can be heard throughout the duration of the performance. This represents the loneliness and isolation from the outside or ‘real’ world. Throughout the disappearance of Ruby, Sylvie especially has been isolated inside of their home, away from the rest of the world to escape from her unbearable grief, to a world of

"Although there was evening brightness showing through the windows of the bunkhouse, inside it was dust". This shows that the light tries to get in but never manages to penetrate the darkness. This is important to the themes of the story because workers' hope for a future farm is just like the light while the cruel reality is like the darkness. Their efforts to realize this plan is just like the light trying to penetrate the darkness, but their dream

It would be true to say that our window is the physical screen and the film is the “window on the world”, as Elsaesser puts it (13). Yet we perceive the screen as a portal that brings us into the world of the film.  Given the nature of human perception, the two-dimensional screen becomes a three-dimensional world for viewers in a movie theatre.  This construct is what makes the cinema of the window so powerful with regard concept of the screen as the window and the audience as the people looking through it.  The metaphor has a cumulative richness of meaning that far exceeds the two simple, standalone principles that bring it to life.  The window the cinema provides us is one that can transport people to realm that would not exist or that they would not have access to. While lost within the film, an audience is able to experience a wide range of emotions and connections that result from this entertaining departure, and these emotions often bear no correlation to their emotional reality in everyday life outside the theatre. This same concept applies to Jefferies in Rear Window. His perception is arrested by outside actions that he can observe, but not get involved in.  The courtyard offers mental and emotional escape as he copes with a difficult period in his recovery. Jeffries fascinates himself with events other than what is actually going on in his life, as these events become a vital escape from his immediate physical

In a world where male gaze is a massive factor in the films of the past and still in present, this film has done a very good job to tackle the issues of today. In comparison, the classical film, SInging in the Rain, also plays a

Darkness can be a comfortable place for anyone. Without having to look at yourself or have people see you, one may not feel as judged or insecure. Light is revealing. In a bright room, you can’t hide tears, blemishes, or emotions. Blanche, from A Streetcar Named Desire, knows the pain of light all to well. Blanche flees a failed company and a failed marriage in attempt to find refuge in her sister’s home. Through her whirlwind of emotions, the reader can see Blanche desires youth and beauty above all else, or so the readers think. In reality, she uses darkness to hide the true story of her past. In A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, Williams uses the motif of light to reveal Blanche’s habit of living in a fantasy world until the

The two contrasting themes are used to foreshadow the events that will follow. In the presence of sunlight, Lemon ironically is killed, rather than saved. “Lemon step from the shade into bright sunlight. His face was suddenly brown and shining” (2). Once stepping into the light, Lemon is vulnerable and his cover is blown, leading to his death. Stepping into the light, being symbolic of passing on from life to death, juxtaposes the absence of sunlight, which symbolizes covert protection as well as life. Additionally, when there is no light, Lemon and Rat is playing together, not yet exposed to the realities of war. In the story, the sun represents the realities of war. Hence, upon exposure to the sun, one is abruptly stripped of innocence and youth.

In All Summer In A Day Margot desperately wants to be happy she has not seen the sun in seven years since she moved to Venus and feels homesick. There, it is a constant downpour of rain. Everyone else grows jealous because she saw the sun. The kids teases and bully her for seeing the sun. She wants to be happy and just cannot seem to be happy. ¨Only when they sang about the sun and the summer did her lips move as she watched the drenched windows,¨ even when we try sometimes we get stuck and fall. We can't accomplish everything and it's okay to be stuck.

The novel ‘The Bell Jar’ written by Sylvia Plath and the film “Me Before You” directed by Thea Sharrock both explore the idea of isolation. Both the author and director use various techniques in their texts to position the audience to understand that isolation makes a person withdraw from life and therefore leads to their downfall. Techniques such as symbolism, motif, imagery, simile and visual and literary techniques allow the author and director to deliver the message.

It was not a glance of reflection, but rather indicated a suspension of intelligent thought.” (Chopin)The window from which Louise looks outwards from for much of the story is representative of the freedom and prospects that dangle before her after her husband has died. From the window, Louise observes a blue sky, treetops, and clouds. She hears people and birds singing and smells a coming rainstorm. Everything that she gathers through her senses hints towards happiness and renewal. When she gazes and contemplates towards the sky, she feels the first sense of bliss. Once she fully takes in this array of emotions, she feels that the open window is sustaining her with life itself. The open window provides a clear, unobstructed view towards the distance and Louise’s own bright future, which is now unshackled of the wants and needs of another person. It is, therefore, no coincidence that when Louise turns away from the window and her view, she promptly loses her freedom as well.

In an article in which Paul Bogard,”Let There Be Dark.” He opts to show how light pollution has being taken slowly from every living thing. His intention is to help us bring back the beauty of darkness, as well as to acknowledge the great value that unnoticeable darkness has; He achieves this with effective use of detail.

The author uses light and dark imagery to show how Brave he is trying to be when the world around him is falling apart as shown in the quote “But do not let thy strength and courage fail”. He shows how it's okay to be worried in a frightening space when a lot goes wrong, because everyone has bravery hidden in them and it will come out when needed most. He also shows how facing your fears can be a really good thing sometimes. The act of bravery can really help face fears when all darkness will come over and try to take and haunt you.The author shows how even with bravery will eventually overtake darkness. Light and darkness contrast in the article and sho0w their different ways.

The low-key spotlight highlights Qiuyun’s psychological imbalance. Directed to the female protagonist, the swinging lightings project sharp shadows on the ceiling. The stark contrast between shadow and light depicts Qiu Yun’s sense of uneasiness in a stifling

The ending of Hugues de Montalembert’s memoir, “Invisible”, leaves the reader with a sense of empowerment and control of their own destiny. Although, this is not the theme that Montalembert was portraying at the beginning of the story. At first he talked about all the negative aspects associated with being blind. For example, the author mentioned that when he woke up the next day after becoming blind he felt as if he has transformed into a new person (Montalembert, 4). This shows that he looks at blindness as a disability that changes who he is as a person completely. This disability should only change his vision, and not the aspirations and character of who it affects. In addition, Montalembert said that although he is blind, his brain still creates images which were often times morbid (5). By sharing this occurrence with his readers, the authors enhances the negative traits associated with blindness and shows how he still hasn’t accepted his new self. About half way through the memoir, Montalembert experiences a turning point in his outlook on his blindness when he wonders away from the Lighthouse on his own at

Kurosawa unsettles at the outset with rain and gloom, then employs a series of rapid cuts to draw his viewer into the heart of the moral dilemma. His is a “radical experimentation” with narrative marked by “dislocation and incompleteness” (Goodwin, page 114). Kurosawa himself wrote: “These strange impulses of the human heart would be exposed through the use of an elaborately fashioned play of light and dark” (Akira Kurosawa, Something Like an Autobiography, p 182). It would be a “keynote for the entire film” (Akira Kurosawa, Interviews, edited by Bert Cardullo, p. 176).

From reading The Kind of Light That Shines on Texas the main point of this story is based on an African American boy name Clint, who was forced to deal with his own racism before seeing his African American classmates as fully human in the classroom including his teacher of a predominantly white primary school in Waco, Texas.