The Idea Of Masking

In the online dictionary, masks are described as being “a covering for all or part of the face, worn to conceal one’s identity”. Andrew Lloyd Webber utilizes masks in The Phantom of the Opera, in such a way that really captivates the viewers and helps to highlight and hide certain aspects. Not only does he use the mask to shield the Phantom’s deformation, he also shows what kind of person the Phantom is with and without the mask, including his behaviour, and actions towards others.

Masks have held countless uses and meanings throughout history. Masks have been used in plays, like those of Shakespeare, traditional dances, social gatherings, even as a form of casual or corporal punishment. Although masks have several different uses in different cultural situations, the meaning of the masks is generally the same. Masks are used to conceal an appearance and assume the identity of another. Metaphorically, masks can be used to hide feelings, to protect oneself, and to block out the outside world. Many of these examples are shown in Art Speigelman 's Maus.

Determined to find exactly what altered masks can do to an identity, an experiment involving 18 female college students and a clinical trainee was conducted. Gergen’s intentions were to “find the factors of an individual’s choice

Gender roles often have disastrous consequences for people who struggle to fill their assigned stereotype. Last Wednesday, Carnegie Mellon had a special showing of a new film, The Mask You Live In, that focuses on how society’s narrow definition of masculinity can cause more harm than good.

When given the thought, one makes the comparison that masks are used to describe our

If you just read Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask” from a literary perspective, you will see a story about people wearing a smiling lying mask. From a symbolic point of view “We Wear the Mask” is much more than just a people wearing a mask. This poem symbolizes world problems that existed during the nineteenth century and problems that still exist today, such as racism against the African American community. It represents the pain and the struggles that they had to face during that era, and how they smiled through all the hard times. This poem could also represent people with depression. Spiritual Guidance is used in the end of the essay as well.

Then in 1987, I was encouraged by my good friend, Greg Albrecht, to write a

The 2015 documentary The Mask You Live In which is written, produced, and directed by Jennifer Lynn Newson, sheds a light on the state of masculinity in our American society. The film which is not yet rated, stars different people, from various racial and socioeconomic backgrounds. These individuals are called upon to share their stories and experiences with what it means to be a man. In company with these real stories, the film also features various interviews with experts in neuroscience, psychology, sociology, sports, education, and media as a way to provide empirical evidence of the film’s point of view on the state of masculinity in the United States. Newsom stated in an interview with Variety Magazine that she drew inspiration to make this documentary after she became pregnant with her son. The film aims to educate parents about how to raise their boys, and targets young men who feel like their feelings are invalidated by society.

to believe the mask wearing is anything other than a burden, a dark shadow in a supposedly free society.

What is a mask? Merriam Webster defines it as “a cover… for the face used for disguise” (Merriam Webster). The idea of hiding imperfections and unpleasant aspects of our personality behind the guise of a mask is displayed blatantly in Jack’s character as he attempts to play off as strong and courageous with a painted face. “Jack planned his new face. He made one cheek and one eye-socket white, then he rubbed red over the other half of his face and slashed a black bar of charcoal across from his right ear to left jaw” (Golding 63).

Which is also the role the play in Dunbar’s poem. The mask is a way to represent the ways in which people hide and lie about what they are actually feeling underneath. Dunbar is also trying to inform us that masks are a way of self-preservation. The speaker of this poem seems to be very laid back and calm while discussing this, he seems to be at peace or have accepted that this is the way in which things are. It is also never clearly stated if the speaker is male or female, it is just assumed that the speaker is a “he”, this leaves it open to a universal voice, so that it is not specifically limited to any one individual or group of individuals feeling this way.

A mask is something that people wear to hide negative or positive emotion. Whether it's emotions that people don't show they still have some kind of intention in them that they don't want to let out or another side of them. The time that Jack and his hunters put it on was when they were hunting pigs, the mask was hiding their true identity of what they were really becoming. In this situation every time Jack and the other boys painted their faces the mask was like a prevention of them feeling bad about doing what they

Masks and identity are a huge part of The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman. They’re used in many different cases and in different situations to conceal the character's true identity to provide protection or to help characters relate to others. Masks are also used to take away identity in a way that's harmful. Ones identity is a very important part of who they are and the loss of identity can cause a lot of personal destruction. One instance shows a positive outcome of the masks when Vladek wears a pig mask to hide the fact that he is jewish so he can talk to the polish man on the train to get home safely. This is an example of how the masks are used to provide protection and conceal one's true identity.

Based on the quiz my two styles under stress are masking and controlling. Masking means that I tend to cover my true feelings about a situation. This comes from sarcasm, sugarcoating, and couching whenever I am in an awkward situation. Controlling means that I try to make everyone think the same way as me. This all includes cutting others off, overstating facts, speaking in absolutes, changing subjects, and using directive questions in order to control the conversation. The dialogue skills that fits me the best is "Explore Others' Path", which means I am a listener and pay attention to others wants and needs. This exercise has helped me understand that it is always best to listen to others and make sure that they also get their point across.

In the play Ola Nā Iwi, by Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl, the importance of bones to Hawaiians was revealed through a riveting journey where bones were stolen from a museum. The story then followed the bones where they were smuggled into Hawaii, switched between multiple people, and almost taken by Pua, before finally ending at a resting place. Throughout the story, characters used masks and deception to hide anything from their ethnicity to their true intentions. Kneubuhl showed how masking can be good and bad and used masking to give commentary on events in Hawaii through the use of the characters Erik, Kawehi and Pua.