The Significance Of Color In Death's Beside The Railway Line

Friedrich’s choice of color provides a solemn mood, close to desolation, as the man standing close to the shore ponders. This choice of color shows an

Death can be thought of as a very violent being and people often associate it with maliciousness. The animated coloring plays to a reader’s familiarity of certain colors and what they represent to create a more vehement image. In the chapter titled “Beside the Railway Line”, Death states that something is blinding white when Liesel’s brother dies. It could possibly be comparing the white snow with the cold of death. There is also repeated mention of the colors of Rudy’s hair and Hans’ eyes. Rudy’s hair is described as being “lemon yellow”. Humanity mostly affiliates the color yellow with happiness, memory, communication, youthfulness and carelessness. But in The Book Thief it is twisted into a grim style. In the novel, Rudy is very happy and he cherishes his youth. When he dies, Liesel remembers the kiss he kept asking for and the mean things she would say to him and it causes great pain for her. Death almost always explains the way a person is when it comes for them. He says that Hans’ silver eyes were open and that Hans’ came peacefully. Silver is often correlated with love and peace. Only because Liesel loved Hans so much, is that why the silver of his eyes are so very important. Death gives a tranquil atmosphere to the violence it concocts. Readers become comfortable with Death the idea of it and frequently miss the gesture of violence.

In the story “The Masque of the Red Death”, Poe expresses the theme that death is inescapable or inevitable. He expresses this theme through rhetorical devices such as symbolism and allegory. For example, Prince Prospero’s chambers were allegorical because of the rooms’ arrangement which was from east to west. The east represents the beginning of life, while the west represents the end of life. The Darkroom, which was at the end of the hall, symbolized death. It was the room that the guests didn’t want to go in and eventually was the place that they were killed by the Black Death. Another example of symbolism is the clock which as a symbol of the time-lapse of life as a human being. It was in this apartment, also, that there stood against the western wall a gigantic clock of ebony...and when the minute-hand made the circuit of the face, and the hour was to be stricken, there came from the brazen lungs of the clock a sound which was clear and loud and deep and exceedingly musical, but of so peculiar a note and emphasis that, at each lapse of an hour the musicians of the orchestra were constrained to pause, momentarily (Poe 374). This sentence expresses how compelling the clock is and how it attracts the attention of the masqueraders. The author also uses imagery to build suspense upon the reader. An example would be how the author describes the Red Death. His vesture was dabbled in blood-and his broad brow, with all the features of the face, was besprinkled with the scarlet horror (Poe 378). This describes the dreadful

Death also used the colors of the spectrum to describe his job as a “soul gatherer” and the connection with people. Death says “A color will be perched on my shoulder and I will gently carry you away” (Zusak, 4). This explains what Death does when he collects souls. He uses the colors to recollect on events, trauma and his own personal feelings. In discussing the colors, this emphasizes the act of describing the difficult experience of WWII in which returns to the fact that Death is made to resemble a human.

I deliberately seek out the colors to keep my mind off them but now and then I witness the ones who are left behind, crumbling among the jigsaw puzzle of realization, despair, and surprise. They have punctured hearts. They have beaten lungs.” (Zusak 5) He watches the leftover humans and pities them. He is almost human. He feels, he sympathizes, and has a soul himself. “ Usually my curiosity leads to the dreaded witnessing of some kind of human outcry, but on this occasion, I have to say that it although it broke my heart, I was, and still am, glad I was there.” (Zusak 533) At this point of the story, the bombings have come and gone. Liesel Meminger’s family and friends have died and she is alone. Death watches her and is said to have had a broken heart. He is broken hearted for Liesel, because she has lost everything.

The color white is used throughout The Book Thief to symbolize death, innocence, and sadness. Early in the novel Death uses white to describe death, “White is without question a color, and personally, I don’t think you want to argue with me” (Zusak 6), Death says that “you” do not want to argue with him because he determines how long that “you” will live. White is also associated with death because the color white symbolizes peacefulness when people die, they are peaceful and innocent (Morton). Later in the book Death associates white with innocence, “The sky was white but deteriorating fast” (Zusak 470), Zusak said this because the sky looked harmless when it was white then later in the novel when the sky turns back to brown and red (Morton). Hans was sad when the war was starting in Germany because he knew that there were going to be a significant amount of casualties. When the

To reveal the aspects of the characters in this story, Irving uses color imagery. When Irving wants to express that Tom is a very greedy man and his avarice is much greater than his religious belief ,he uses the image of Tom's green spectacles.And by using the detail: When the devil took Tom away and he left his Bible destroyed, Irving can show that Tom is really greedy and obsessed with wealth. And to shows how Tom hates his wife, Irving uses the detail: Tom was extremely grateful when his wife's gone.To conclude, Irving is really successful in using color imagery to reveal aspects of his characters, the aspects of a human form that devils can

In the beginning of the short story, as Brother reflects on Doodle’s life, the author uses personification and foreshadowing to create a mood of remorse. As he gazes out of the window into his backyard, Brother states that “the graveyard flowers were blooming. ...speaking softly the names of our dead” (Hurst 1). The flowers provide flashbacks of the past, and foreshadow a loss of life. The loneliness felt by Brother causes readers to consider how they would feel if their loved one was gone. As Brother observes the seasons, it is noted that “summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born” (Hurst 1). The personifications of the seasons as stages in the cycle of life and death creates an unsure and uncertain mood. The shift between seasons creates an idea of change and uncertainty of events to come. Hurst creates a mood of remorse through

Black is often connected with death and despair, white is often connected to life, freedom and innocence. As Doctor Death is looking over Michael for sickness, Michael describes doctor death as, “He was cold, dry, pale as death. Wings would never grow at his back” this suggests that wings are connected to freedom and life, Doctor Death has no sign of living or happiness he wears black which is a symbolism of death and despair it is also a symbol of being trapped or restricted. In contrast, in the final pages of the novel, Skellig leaves behind 3 white feathers. The feathers are a symbolism of hope, life and new beginnings, these are also a symbolism of how skellig has changed, earlier on he was often associated with the colour black however now he is connected with the colour white, and he is no longer a symbolism of death, but now

To me the three mix of colours automatically point out more death, however the set of it is more described, with the colour white and black, as it gives off a dull, grave and quiet atmosphere. This is supported even more with the use of no dialogue; seen as a critical communicator amongst each of the characters. To me the Director’s purpose was to show the strangeness between each character, as each of them seemed as though none of them personally knew one another. This links back to the film the Dark knight, in the beginning during the bank robbery, as each criminal kills off the other for the higher reward, soon enough the Joker appears just as the priest, both seen as the vulture letting others do their dirty work. The feel of strangeness is also related to the text Montana 1948, as the aftermath result of Frank’s death. “The cemetery they made a point of standing on opposite side of the grave from us. Even I understood the symbolism: Frank’s death was an unbridgeable gulf between us” the author’s purpose was to portray the symbolism, of the indifferent perception of deceit, as Julian had hard reasons to believe Wes had done this too his brother through jealousy, whereas Wes’s perception, was to always obey to the law, a moral that he could not

The book The Scarlet Ibis is about a little boy named Doodle who is physically weak and his older Brother is ashamed of that. Throughout the story Doodles older Brother pushes him to his limits to teach how to walk, run, and swim so that he will be ready for school the following year. But one day Doodles Brother pushes him a little too far, causing him to die. In the book “The Scarlet Ibis” symbolism is used to indicate at the death of Doodle specifically the color red, the changes in weather, and the death of nature around them. For example, when they described things as red or bleeding that implied that something bad was going to happen. You also know something bad is about to happen when the weather

Poe’s use of symbolism is very evident throughout the story of “The Masque of the Red Death”. Much has been made about the meaning of the rooms that fill Prince Prospero’s lavish getaway. One such critique, Brett Zimmerman writes, “It is difficult to believe that a symbolist such as Poe would refuse to assign significance to the hues in a tale otherwise loaded with symbolic and allegorical suggestiveness” (Zimmerman 60). Many agree that the seven rooms represent the seven stages of human existence. The first, blue, signifying the beginnings of life. Keeping in mind Poe’s Neo-Platonism and Transcendentalism stance, the significance of blue is taken a step further. Not only does blue symbolize the beginning of life, but the idea of immortality is apparent when considering these ideas. “Perhaps ‘The Masque of the Red Death’ then, is not quite the bleak existential vision we have long thought it to be”, expounds Zimmerman (Zimmerman 70). Poe’s use of each color is significant to the seven stages

One of the most important motifs of Zuask’s book was Death’s observations of colors. “A single hour can consist of thousands of different colors” (Zuask 4). Death uses colors as a distraction, to let it forget for even the slightest second that it is taking the soul of a once actually living thing. “It takes the edge off the

The Death of General Wolfe demonstrates the use of a plethora of techniques to highlight an important moment in history. West uses linear perspective by blurring background activity, using primary hues such as blue, yellow and red in the direct areas of General Wolfe to form directional forces which creates a vantage point, emphasizing General Wolfe’s death in the midst of a major military battle between the British and the French. Held above him is a flag which overlaps with the darkened sky, portraying storm clouds in the upper right half of the painting. West uses a tinted blue for a heavier, warm color in the upper left sides of the painting, therefore, unifying its background. Evocative feelings create the facial expressions of the

It was displayed early on with Liesel’s younger brother dying it also is shown throughout the entire film at times like war and bombs It’s something that none of the characters could escape from as it’s narrated by death. Quote by the narrator “I guess I should introduce myself properly, but then again you’ll meet me soon enough not before your time, of course I make it a policy to avoid the living” which obviously means that he is going to be showing death in the film. Liesel’s younger brother dies and a lot more other character he also states that he avoids the living which he did in the film by people dying. They used a voice over technique in the beginning when the narrator (death) was talking the film technique was used so the audience can understand it easier and also the feelings and thoughts of the narrator. Death was also shown when Liesel’s younger brother died. They used film techniques by having close ups of Liesel’s younger brother to show detail and also loud sound effects to draw the audience in. The next scene went straight to the burial of her brother which showed loud sound effects leading up to the burial which was to shift the mood and get the audience to have a sense of worry or fear and draw them in. These film techniques were used to entertain, communicate meaning and to produce a particular emotion to an