Stranded Ship on East Hampton Beach Essay

The lines on the ocean made by the waves seem to point to the ships direction as if guiding your eyes to where you’re supposed to be looking at. Also the lines on the mountains seem to be pointing to the

My initial reaction to this painting is that of melancholy. The dark colors used in the majority of the painting depress my mood, and it creates an eerie atmosphere. Moreover, the colors completely hide the ship out at sea. I had to really focus on the ship in order to distinguish from the overbearing darkness surrounding it. When I see the ship, I initially think of despair. I feel suspense; the inevitably of being caught in a storm of destruction is looming, and there is not anything that I can do to possibly slow it down. The distant bright sky offers a slight amount of hope; however, I soon realize that the bright sky is not

I chose to study and analyze J.M.W. Turner’s Slave Ship for this project and found it to be very interesting. Immediately while looking at the piece you get a strong sense of emotion and drama that is being portrayed. There is a lot of depth and warmth in the colors that are used and wide swift brush strokes to create the images. The first image that caught my eye was of waves crashing on the left side of the painting. The white tips of the waves are very noticeable against the softer shades of the ocean. Behind the waves is a ship which is the next part of the painting that drew my attention. The ship seems to be caught in the rough waves of the sea and barely able to keep afloat. There is a glimmer of light from the sun peeking through

The birds appear to be very small when compared to the fish and the leg. I believe that The Slave Ship opposes vantage points to communicate to the viewer both sympathy and judgment. The composition of this work differs from other Romantic landscapes which show nature in all its beauty and serenity.

Unknown as what might be ahead all four men embrace the hearty sea at full force working hard to break through the endless waves. The correspondent and the oiler rowed together as the cook bailed out water and the captain laid in the bow of the boat injured but able to give orders. All four men working fiercely, but questioning their fate as they embrace the open ocean in a dinghy described to be as big as a bathtub. “The mind of the master of a vessel is rooted deep in the timbers of her, though he command for a day or a decade; and this caption had on him the stern impression of a scene in the grays of dawn of seven turned faces, and later a stump of a topmast with a white ball on it, that slashed to a fro at the waves, went low and lower, and down.” This expression told from the narrative portrays the caption who is “the mind of the master of the vessel” to be hopeless which has everyone in the dinghy questioning their survival.

“Woman on a beach,” by Anne Michaels, encompasses a variety of literary devices associated with imagery and symbolism. The quotation begins with a personification “light choosing white sails”, which applies human trait to the light. This is a figurative meaning which is used as a metaphor. These two traits contrast because it is comparing the color of the underside bellies of seagulls, and how it can be seen from the beach to the sails. Furthermore, “The beach glows grainy under the sun’s copper pressure, air the color of tangerines”, uses literal imagery to describe the color of the beach sand’s, and the sun kissed glow.

In "The Open Boat," Crane writes of the "EXPERIENCE OF FOUR MEN FROM THE SUNK STEAMER COMMODORE" (743). Having escaped the sunken ship, the four men--the cook, the correspondent, the oiler, and the captain--are now in a dinghy sailing obstinately in the midst of a seething ocean for the coast of Florida. From the beginning of the story till the end, one can admire these honest men, who confront such a dangerous environment.

This painting had some characteristics of The Great Wave such as its rough sea but was colored with black and hints of light blue and white to show the crashing waves. The crashing waves helped show the movement of the sea that can turn at any moment. In Thomas Moran’s painting the skies are a cloudy, harsh, gray that seems to show the nature of scene how there is no mercy in the sea, however in this painting if you look to the center of this painting you will see a clearing in the clouds with a hint of blue peaceful sky. The separation of the clouds could be a symbolism of peace in any trouble that is out there. Another outstanding element I noticed was the Koi Fish pond in the garden. A Koi Fish resembles strength, power, and advancement. So I believe that the Koi Pond was used to show the power the Phillips family had during the oil

The narrator begins this story stating, “None of them knew the color of the sky” (338). He refers to the cook, the correspondent, the captain, and the oiler, the main characters. This quote means that all of them are focused on fighting for survival, paying all of their attention to the waves. They fight against the waves, trying to stay alive. However, the author states, “A singular disadvantage of the sea lies in the fact that after successfully surmounting one wave you discover that there is another behind it just as important and just as nervously anxious to do something effective in the way of swamping boats” (339). The waves are a symbol of the uncaring nature; it does not matter how hard the protagonists try to fight against the waves because nature continues its course; the waves continue to flow. However, the characters are determined to stay alive. They continue to face this external conflict that is nature, even when they realize that nature is

The two boats in the print, depict a relationship between the wave and the men as if their destiny were to be seized by the power of the sea. (Khan Academy)

The first section of “The Seafarer” discuss the speaker’s feelings about his life and fate. He feels “alone” (16) at sea and full of “sorrow” (3). He tells of his “desolation” (26) plus emphasizes on the “ice cold” (15) weather. The seafarer is dedicated to his life at sea. He considers that his life at sea is his providence. He feels compelled to stay on his path. The speaker has chosen to see where his journey takes him and to continue to live in the moment. He in spite of the weather he refuses to give up on the adventures and thrills of the sea. He speaks of “frost” (33), “icy

It’s easy to tell that the ocean is a mysterious and isolating place from all of the tragic tales we hear from sailors both real and fictional. Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and an anonymous author’s “The Seafarer” are quite similar in that they both revolve around said tragic tales told by sailors. However, there seem to be more commonalities between their themes, tones, and messages rather than their seaward-bound settings. But before we can discuss these similar settings and deeper themes, we have to tackle their origins.

The use of “black jade” not only allows the reader to see the rough surface of the rocks the fish is passing over, but also helps the reader visualize the dark green qualities of the water. Descriptions of motion in sea life continue from the first to the second stanza, “Of the crow-blue mussel-shells, one keeps adjusting the ash-heaps;

The natural elements that form this space, air and water, play an important role in determining the outcome of the story. Indeed, at some point of the story “there was nothing round the ship but the howl of the wind, the tumult of the sea”. The first trouble encountered on the voyage is “the famous October gale”. This strong wind repeatedly blows and destabilizes the ship that resists it. It represents a persisting unbeatable force of nature. Another important natural element is that of water. Travelling by a ship, water is an essential element to the space and a facilitator of movement. In this story, water turned into a threatening force that invades the space of the ship, reversing its function of crossing the sea without being attained by water. Water, this essential element of survival, turns into threat to the survival of Marlow and the whole ship. The sea is fighting to put down the ship that Marlow considers the only way to cross “the sea that gives nothing” and reach the East. The narrator, thus, acknowledges that the sea is not a welcoming space but can rather betray those who trust

As one walks around the first-floor gallery and gazes at this work by Murakami which spans two walls – wrapping from one wall, through the corner, to the next wall – one will see images of anime, skulls, fish, boats, geishas and more. The entire stretch of the nearly eighty-two-foot long canvas seems to be awash in the enormous waves of a tsunami. These waves and the rest of the characters on the canvas are composed of a selection of radiant acrylics, which fill the rendered pictures on the canvas with a psychedelic palette of colors. Within each wave, various historical references can found. Most notably, a color pattern alluding to Katsushika Kokusai’s famous painting, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, is used to fill in several strips of waves that