Odette And Zipporah: A Comparative Analysis

Eisenbart's vanity reaches culmination when when he “recomposed his features to their best advantage: deep in thought, with one hand placed like Rodin’s Thinker,” mimicking the pose of Rodin's ‘The Thinker’, in itself a work of art. His posing of Rodin’s ‘The Thinker’ is pierced by the mimicry of the titian haired girl, his foil, who “sat grinning at him, her hand bent under her chin in mockery of his own.” When read dominantly, a reader could infer that this imagery signifies the celebration of art and passion over science and logic, since Eisenbart’s character represents the academic, whilst the titian haired girl represents creativity and art, characters that can be considered binary oppositions. The girl was able to take control and trap Eisenbart through the music, capturing him in a moment of creativity and passion. The dominance of the creative power of art and passion over the logical voice of reason is seen when Eisenbart is confronted by the talent of the passionate titian haired girl as she plays the piano, a precocious mozart, and despite his admiration, he undergoes a reversal as he “peered into a trophy which suspended his image upside down” which reflected the hollowness of his vaunted pride. The reason of his reversal is told through the quote “to take his stare with her to the piano, there to change her casual schoolgirl’s for a master’s air.” This metaphor may imply that the young

The Lais of Marie de France is a collection of poems that tell enchanting stories of handsome knights, kings, queens, and romance. Although the lais varied in content; the subject of romantic love is the common theme. Since romantic love is the central theme of the lais it is important to define the term. According to the article, The Social Psychology of Love and Attraction romantic love is defined as, “a love that is supposed to stand the test of time, enduring all hardship. Romantic love emphasizes being in love with a certain individual” (Braxton-Davis 1). In the lais Bisclavret, Equitan, Laustic there is a conflict between love and moral responsibility. Many of the characters experience love and tragedy; yet, Marie de France provides a witty insight into loves immoral issues. In the lais loneliness, greed, excitement, and lust are the motivations for many of the characters reckless actions. Marie de France demonstrates how these characteristics combined with romantic infatuation, passion, and a yearning desire; influences corrupt behavior. This behavior then manifested into character traits such as betrayal, adultery, and cruelty that are revealed throughout the lais.

Heffernan’s paintings express her untamed imagination with majestic fantasy, dream-like subjects, yet she paints with a very classic technique. When I first viewed The Self Portrait as Wunderkabinett, Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel came to mind. Michelangelo illustrates the desire and describes the oneness that humans anticipate with God through salvation. The artists painting technique is traditional, with the sensible and realistic proportions of the human body, the distinguishing lines, the application of shadow, the intricate detail on every object within the painting, and the use of traditional complementary color pairs.

This essay explores the various types of art used in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. The focus is made on the three types of art: the picture of Dorian Gray, the yellow book and the actress. It examines the way Wilde chooses to develop his novel’s characters’ personalities and destinies by asking: what is the role of art

In the Play Cyrano De Bergerac the author contrast the characters against each other to show the theme of inner and outer beauty, and the danger of deception. In play Cyrano, the hero, has all the traits of a Gascon except one. He is not a ladies man, because he believes his large nose makes him undesirable. This self doubt leads to him helping Christian De Neuvillette win Roxanne's love, but it is under false pretense. What Roxanne loves most about Christian is his intellect but, Roxanne only thinks he's smart because of the letters Cyrano wrote.

It has been said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but the protagonist in the play by Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, can’t find the beauty in his distinctive and prominent nose; because overtakes not just his face but his life. Cyrano is so obsessed with his unsightly nose he overcompensates by bragging, showing off, and joking about it. Due to his self-consciousness, he attempts to distract others from his internal suffering caused by his looks, making Cyrano the beautifully tragic hero in this story of love and deception.

On the contrast, Antinous made me feel uncomfortable, upset, and angered because its content contained several naked disproportional women bowing down to a man. Also, I was upset that the artist used so many different elements and techniques to draw attention to the naked women and away from the clothed women in the back of the artwork. Although both of these artworks contain women, one perceives women as subjective, strong powerful heroines who can break free of bondage and lead others to freedom. Meanwhile the other artwork, Antinous, perceives women as sexual objects used for nothing other than bringing pleasure to

In the story of Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, there are people who solely focus on the aesthetics of others instead of the personality or quality of the individual. Though it seems completely innocent, they can only hurt themselves, and the people close to them. Cyrano de Bergerac presents the theme of love as an umbrella to the motifs of precieuse, and platonic love, Rostand conveys the message that judging people on external beauty, and making reality bend to one’s desires can lead to self-harm, and heartbreak.

Often times in literature the body becomes a symbolic part of the story. The body may come to define the character, emphasize a certain motif of the story, or symbolize the author’s or society’s mindset. The representation of the body becomes significant for the story. In the representation of their body in the works of Marie de France’s lais “Lanval” and “Yonec,” the body is represented in opposing views. In “Lanval,” France clearly emphasizes the pure beauty of the body and the power the ideal beauty holds, which Lanval’s Fairy Queen portrays. In France’s “Yonec,” she diverts the reader’s attention from the image of the ideal body and emphasizes a body without a specific form and fluidity between the forms. “Yonec” focuses on a love not

It is for this reason and this reason only, that he does not profess his love to the girl of his dreams. Instead, he lives his whole keeping his love company after she mourns the loss of her husband. Baron de Christian Neuvillette is an attractive who’s biggest flaw is his lack of eloquence. It is for this reason that he does not go for his dream girl, until the humble Cyrano comes along to help him write love poems. The only problem is that the two men both love the same woman: Lady Roxane. But because of Cyrano’s insecurities, he lets Christian have the girl. Even when selfless Christian dies in battle, Cyrano keeps his romantic interest at bay. Although that couldn’t be the end of this classic story could it? Of course, in the end Roxane discovers that she was in love with Cyrano and his poetry all these years. But alas it is too late, because just as Roxane exclaims her love, Cyrano dies. But his death serves a purpose for us readers, had Cyrano not died, Roxane may have not realized who her true love is. Without this discovery, it presents the reader with the idea that appearance is more important than your personality. When Roxane finds out it was truly Cyrano who wrote her poems, she doesn’t care how he looks, and is only intrigued by his charm and romanticism. This ending provoked me to think about my own idea of beauty. Especially being a girl, the outward appearance is usually what is

People should like other people the same way they like a fridge, they like what's in the inside. Edmond Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac is about a swashbuckling poet and musician, who unfortunately has a very large nose. Due to his large nose, he doubts himself and prevents himself from believing he has a chance with his beautiful distant cousin, Roxanne. Roxanne however, loves a man she thinks isn't a fool for his outer beauty named Christian. Rostand masterfully shows the flaws of society that perturbed him.

A further denotation of nobility, in line with fashionable Neo-Platonism is that the beautiful are good, and the ugly, wicked. This is explicit in Miranda's case, both in herself and in the attitudes she expresses:

Renoir uses mirrors and camera angles to represent Christine and Lisette’s flaws of character and the deception in their

Selden, in The House of Mirth, is a character that is part of the Elite class, but that doesn’t allow the constraints of the elites shadow his vision. In her essay, Lara Saltz argues “Selden is able to see “real,” poetic Lily because he possesses both an acute eye for what is materially in front of him (Saltz 1).” She continues on with this thesis, arguing that Selden posses a balance between realism and imagination, that allows him to see the real Lily, during her performance of Sir Joshua Reynold’s pain, Mrs Lloyd. Evidence in the novel showing that Selden can see past the illusions of high life, can be seen in Lily realizing that Selden is detached from the social world, the discussion of love between Lily and Selden and Lily’s final confrontation of Selden and subsequent death. These three pieces of evidence support Saltz’s assertion that Selden can see things for what they really are due to his ability to balance realism and imagination. The first, being Lily’s observation that Selden is detached from the social class.

Such as, Marriage, class discrimination, manners and sincerity. Those themes are presented with the Lady Bracknell’s help. Wilde has created, with Augusta Bracknell, a memorable instrument of his satiric wit, questioning all he sees in Victorian upper-class society. With her power and weakness shown, she, as an upper class lady, connects and presents the themes in the play.