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    In ‘The Great Gatsby” one such symbol is the green light found at the end of Daisy and Tom’s dock. Gatsby is able to see the light across the bay from his mansion, only when the weather is clear. The light for each character means something to them. For Gatsby himself it is the hope of the American Dream. We are first introduced to the green light early in the book. Nick describes seeing his neighbor stretching out his arms to something he can not reach. Although we have not met Gatsby yet this

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    This light was a very important symbol in this novel. Across the bay from Gatsby’s house there is a bright green light. Gatsby lives on West Egg, and the light is seen on East Egg. This light happens to belong to Daisy, as it is at the end of her dock. Fitzgerald uses this green light to represent Gatsby’s dream. Gatsby’s dream is to be with Daisy. Towards the end of the novel, Gatsby realizes his chance of being with Daisy is gone. “Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance

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    All girls supposedly love the color pink. They adorn themselves with rosy garments and swipe on a fuschia lipstick. However, in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the color pink is used in a different sense. In the end of the book, Gatsby models an uncommonly colored suit, which reveals Gatsby’s class origins that he had trying to conceal. Around the time period of the book, pink was generally accepted as a masculine color. Pink was seen as unshakeable and powerful. It was a more appropriate

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    Her hair is the strings of a harp, bloodied from the constant playing of the beautiful hymns of the gods. Her eyes are green meadows filled with never ending sunlight and clear blue skies. Her cheeks are pillows of soft, pink cotton candy. Her nose is a button; cute, fun to play with, and everyone's favorite. The cat paw sized ears she wears never forget a single sound they hear; they know all; they hear all. The teeth in her mouth are perfectly crafted silver blocks, Her lips are fresh raspberries

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    Lastly, blue represents the presence of Tom and his constant interference of Gatsby and Daisy’s relationship. Tom is often symbolized by water, and it seems that there is always water or Tom himself whenever Daisy and Gatsby are together. Water is blue and Gatsby dies in a pool as he is shot by Wilson. The pool symbolizes Renewal and Transformation. As Gatsby is swimming in his pool for the first time all summer, George Wilson who is thirsty for revenge walks up to the pool and shoots him dead. Gatsby

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    Rosalie Antolini Ms. Cross English 11B 11-20-14 Title Intro Paragraph: Singer Taylor Swift once said, “Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it's on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other end, you've got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration”. Red is an amazing color because there are so many different feelings attached to it. In times of the French Revolution

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    When Gatsby, “stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way,” (Fitzgerald.24) Nick, “distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock.” (Fitzgerald.24) This green light, however, wasn’t at the end of just any dock, it was at the edge of Daisy Buchanan’s, the person who Gatsby hoped to be with in the future. This symbolizes the great distance he will have to go

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    Webbed Woods Analysis

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    title of the piece suggest it is a painting of the woods or a swampy area. The painting was made with oil on canvas and has measurements 36”x48”. The color scheme is analogous as it consists of several colors ranging from brown to yellow, orange, green, blue, white and red and has the colors painted in unorganized strokes of different forms and sizes projecting from different angles of the canvas. It is not really clear what time of the day it is because of the

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    is unknown. The medium used was colored pencil and the size is 8x10 inches. This piece belongs to the contemporary genre, because it was created by an artistic living in the twenty-first century. Alyona dwells with only a few colors such as orange, green, blue, grey, and brown. The mood and tone of this piece is bright, bold, happiness, bliss, and love. The color orange contributes to these emotions. I believe that the author is trying to display her feeling of friendship in this piece. Using the context

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    fascinating and fun. As for the purely traditional elements of the play, they too were top notch. The backdrops for each scene looked extremely realistic and lively, to the point where I was not sure if the backdrops were photorealistic paintings or green screens. As for the other parts of the set, I liked the very realistic look of the offices, living rooms, and other interior set pieces. The set designer allowed them to not only look realistic, but to also move and flow seamlessly into a different

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