Gustave Moreau

“ The Necklace,” by the Guy de Maupassant, is about an unsatisfied young woman who wants a high class life style that she has. Madame Loisel born in a middle class family and married a little clerk. However, her dreams is more than that life style. She wants to lead her life just like a high class people which is never come true in her whole life. Madame Loisel’s husband tries to give her better life and make her happy but he is not satisfied her. One day Monsieur Loisel manages an invitation card

The Realism movement flourished in the mid-19th Century, beginning after the Revolution of 1848 in France and continuing with the struggle to implement a more democratic system of government. It was an attempt to reject the idealization of reality in art, instead its aim was to ‘give a truthful, objective and impartial representation of the real world, based on meticulous observation of contemporary life’ . One of the leading figures of the movement, Courbet, stunned his audience with his Realist

William Le Baron Jenney also known as “Father of the Skyscraper” was an architect, engineer, writer, lecturer, and a great mentor but more importantly he was part of the “First Chicago School” architects. Jenney is a very influential figure in the Chicago School, he created the high-rise steel frame based off a bird cage and a book which drew his attention to how the cage was holding up under the weight of the book and he was inspired. He designed the first true skyscraper in Chicago and wasn’t

In Madame Bovary, the minor characters represent Emma Bovary’s moral failures and emphasize her inability to obtain satisfaction. Gustave Flaubert connects these characters to Emma to reiterate the uniformity in the state of dissatisfaction with society. Many of these characters parallel Emma’s life, thus foreshadowing the fate of her marriage and life with Charles. The characters’ actions and characterization, in the beginning and the end of the book, foreshadow and emphasize Emma’s state of dissatisfaction

Since 1886, the first thing people saw as they came to America was the statue of liberty and Ellis island. These sights let them know that they had reached the land of freedom and had a chance at the American dream. The iconic symbol of America, the statue of liberty, has stood since 1886, when it was given as a gift to the United States by the French to celebrate the nations one hundredth birth day and as a celebration for the abolishment of slavery in America. It was given as a sign of friendship

Pointillism - The Stone Breakers, c. 1882 Georges-Pierre Seurat. Oil on canvas. Seurat displays his unique style of curating undersized strokes and dabs of contrasting colour next to each other, the viewer is forced to bridge the discrepancy between the colours, creating a new hue. Cubism - Still Life with Musical Instruments,1918 Georges Braque. Oil on canvas. The composition is set into a dark polygon shape, depicting musical instruments, music sheets and other geometrically shaped objects. The

“There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance,” author John C. Maxwell stated in his paper: “Pride: A Leader’s Greatest Problem”. Pride, universally seen as a positive character trait, is commonly defined as: the feeling you respect yourself and deserve respect from others. Characters embodying pride are often the protagonist of the work, the heroes of stories

What do both of the stories “the Necklace” and “The Bet” have in common? Well they are both trying to say that both the characters, the lawyer and Mathilde have to deal with a money problem and have a challenge to deal with the money situation. First of all Mathilde wants to feel pretty and things only white girls will understand. So she gets some stuff that make her feel pretty and that's when the problem starts. Mathilde loses her necklace where she gets a panic attack and starts to

I am still attempting to completely grasp Flaubert’s reasoning for making Emma Bovary so unrelatable and unlikeable. With the unfortunate last portion of her life it might have been reasonable to guess it would be enjoyable for the reader to observe such a horrendous demsie for the unlikable protagonist. However I doubt this because she leaves behind Charles. He is a character the reader feels, at the very least, sympathy for and at the very most can relate to from their own relationships. Because

Throughout life, there are those who struggle to find out who they are and their path for life. However, this same struggle can be seen in a lot of literature. For example, two selections where this internal struggle can be seen is the short story "Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?" and the poem "White Lies". Both "Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?" and "White Lies" are representations of the internal struggle where the character is struggling to find their way. In the short story, "Where Have