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Pan’s Labyrinth and Heroic Ofelia The hero is one of the most commonly seen archetypes throughout literature and film. While there are many different types of heroes, there are particular characteristics that identify a character as a hero. These characteristics are largely not in regards to who the hero is: personality traits, beliefs, or values – rather, these attributes concern the hero’s journey and the actions the hero takes while on that journey. In Guillermo Del Toro’s film, Pan’s Labyrinth

Many authorities on dance, consider it a living art form while only there for a fleeting moment, it is always moving and forever changing. Just as a sculptor creates his piece with his own hands and may make another that might look very similar, they are truly different. That is how dance is. The dance piece cannot be performed exactly the same, it may be close, but there will be small instances that may be different from earlier performances. This is especially true of the performers. No two

Exploring the Ruin of Man in Rappaccini's Daughter   Who will redeem man from his evil tendencies and his fallen state?  Nathaniel Hawthorne in "Rappaccini's Daughter" delves into the nature of man and reveals that the evil imaginations and machinations of man may eventually lead to his ruin. "Rappaccini's Daughter" is a story set in the mid-nineteenth century in Padua, Italy, a country well known for its romantic stories and history. This period in time was marked by various scientific

Clytie and Bacchante and Infant Faun William Henry Rinehart was an American sculptor who was born in 1874. He is known for his classical style and working with material such as marble. Rinehart piece Clytie is of the beautiful mythology water nymph, who gracefully stands while holding a sunflower. Frederick William MacMonnies is also an American sculptor born in 1863 who was also a painter and a portraitist. MacMonnies piece Bacchante and Infant Faun is of a bacchante teasing an infant with grapes

This paper will discuss and compare A Faun Teased by Children sculpture, of the Italian Baroque style, and the Little Fourteen Year Old Dancer of the French impressionist style. These two sculptures give us a clear insight and allows us to peer in on the moment that is taking place. The active movement, strong diagonals and dramatic facial expressions of the figures in A Faun Teased by Children tells the on looker a vivid detailed story of the actions that are taking place and what role each figure

The Faun is somewhat of a less obvious monster, he shifts between two very different sides of his personality, being both good and evil. While the Faun embraces Ofelia and shows her kindness, he commands obedience and lashes out when obedience is not given. In this sense, there are parallels that can be drawn between the Faun and Captain Vidal; the main parallel being their demand for obedience. For example, when the Faun finds out about Ofelia’s accident in the Pale Man’s cave, the Faun is not

nymphs move more delicately than the faun, but he restrains his harsher movements when around the last nymph who dances with him. She also changes her guarded movement to suit more to his of reaching towards her by revealing herself at times rather than having her arms crossed over herself. These very staccato movements add to the femininity of the entire piece showing the nymphs as being timid in their decision as to whether to trust the faun. It also shows the faun as being careful not to scare them

a fairytale that took place during the Spanish Civil war. This movie was a good example of a fairytale for many different reasons. One reason why “Pan’s Labyrinth” is a good example of a fairy tale is because of the use of the fairytale characters: faun, fairy, and evil human eating monster. In a fairytale is usually has unexpected monsters or creatures and this movie has a bunch of mythical creatures. Another example of how “Pan’s Labyrinth” is a good example of a fairytale is because of the way

The Trumpet Shall Sound by George Frideric Handel and Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun by Claude Debussy are both different but very well done pieces of music. The Trumpet Shall Sound was composed in 1741 and is known to many people as the “trumpet aria” or oratorio because in the piece there is a main trumpet with a singer. However in Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, there is no singing or voices present as it is an all-instrumental piece that was written in 1894. With the time period difference

meets a fairy, which leads her to the center of the Labyrinth where she finds the faun, a mystical looking creature that requests Ofelia’s help. The faun tells Ofelia she’s a princess, but that she must prove herself by completing 3 tasks; if she fails she will never be able to prove she’s the true princess and never see her real father again.