...Prelude of Lohengrin 2e Planche Henri Fantin Latour was a French artist from the 19th century. He used music as a way to create most of his lithographs. This lithograph is a visual representation of a piece of music by Wagner. The artist uses certain elements of art and principles of composition in order to convey this very deep and wondrous event. The event in question is a beautiful scene in which a saint is surrounded by angels. Several of these angels are playing trumpets and you get the feeling as if they are appearing to him as time passes. The saint cannot believe what is happening before his eyes. He also notices that the main angel, which is the focal point, is holding the Holy Grail. This is any pious man’s dream. To be surrounded by the elect of God as if being blessed by the Almighty himself. This is a very strong way to characterize a piece of music, and it could only be done by putting together a clever set of elements of art. Of course a very important element of art being used here is line. In this work of art there is a strong use of organic line in order to create the forms of the bodies. The use of contour lines is also used to create the shadows and figures within the piece. We also notice the use of organic shapes. When using line the artist creates these organic shapes, such as the bodies of the angels and the saint. Also form is used in the work in the use of the main angel. It is used to describe the depth, width and length...
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...change colour, and look a little uneasy. Sir Percival's suggestion, politely as it was expressed, appeared to her, as it appeared to me, to point very delicately at the hesitation which her manner had betrayed a moment or two since. I hope, Sir Percival, you don't do me the injustice to suppose that I distrust you," she said quickly. "Certainly not, Miss Halcombe. I make my proposal purely as an act of attention to YOU. Will you excuse my obstinacy if I still venture to press it?" He walked to the writing-table as he spoke, drew a chair to it, and opened the paper case. "Let me beg you to write the note," he said, "as a favour to ME. It need not occupy you more than a few minutes. You have only to ask Mrs. Catherick two questions. First, if her daughter was placed in the Asylum with her knowledge and approval. Secondly, if the share I took in the matter was such as to merit the expression of her gratitude towards myself? Mr. Gilmore's mind is at ease on this unpleasant subject, and your mind is at ease—pray set my mind at ease also by writing the note." "You oblige me to grant your request, Sir Percival, when I would much rather refuse it." With those words Miss Halcombe rose from her place and went to the writing-table. Sir Percival thanked her, handed her a pen, and then walked away towards the fireplace. Miss Fairlie's little Italian greyhound was lying on the rug. He held out his hand, and called to the dog good-humouredly. "Come, Nina," he said, "we remember each...
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...Mythological and Archetypal elements are expressed in many ways in The Natural. The characters of Roy Hobbs and Pop Fisher are both based on the mythology of Sir Perceval and the Holy Grail. Filmmakers of The Natural also demonstrated mythological and archetypal elements with most of the shots in the film. The character of Roy Hobbs can be seen as Sir Perceval, one of the Knights of the Round Table. The most obvious example of this is that Sir Perceval was a knight of the Round Table and Roy Hobbs plays for the New York Knights. In the legend of Sir Perceval, he goes on a quest in search of the Holy Grail. Roy Hobbs is on a journey to succeed as a baseball player and the Holy Grail being the pennant. Another example of a mythological element in the film is Roy’s bat, wonder boy, as it represents King Arthurs’s Excalibur. Roy Hobbs’s character also loosely follows the story of The Odyssey. In that story, Odysseus goes on a quest, but is struck down by Calypso and it takes him twenty years to return home. In The Natural Roy goes on a quest to be the best there ever was. He meets a woman named Harriet and is shot by her, it takes him sixteen years to get back in the game. Another character in the film The Natural is Pop Fisher, and he can be related to the Fisher King. The Fisher King was a broken man who guarded the Holy Grail. The only one who could heal the Fisher King was Sir Perceval. In the film, Pop Fisher is the coach of the New York Knights who were a far below average...
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...Percival Lowell is an English astronomer who according to David Grinspoon, embarrassed planetary astronomy (Grinspoon 406). Lowell is regarded in history as an embarrassment because of his theory about canals on Mars and how they might have been a home to intelligent aliens. During that time, it was reasonable to assume Lowell’s theory was preposterous because of the lack of information about Mars. But since the recent discovery of water and our increased knowledge about Mars, Lowell’s argument appears to be a potential source in our search for other worlds. Lowell’s theory about Mars canals should be reviewed and reworked, because it may lead us to the answer behind the search. The idea of canals being on Mars stemmed from an incorrect interpretation by Percival Lowell. The “canals” were first discovered in 1877 by an Italian astronomer,...
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...The Canon's Yeoman's prologue and Tale Canon and Yeoman are two new characters that join the pilgrimage. Just about second nun is about to finish her story; these two men come riding on their horses and join them. The host invites them to join the group and ask them to tell the tale. Yeoman steps in and start telling about Canon, how he trick others. Canon listening to Yeoman quickly ran away and did not come back. Yeoman starts the story with his seven years experience in Alchemy with Canon. He explains how he is discolored working front of fire. Working with Canon has made him broke and he is in large debt now. The Tale is about Alchemist, art of converting base metal into gold. According to narrator Alchemist use trickery rather than their art. “That al this ground on which we been ridyng, Til that we come to Caunterbury toun, He koude al clene turnen up-so-doun, And pave it al of silver and of gold”. Meaning, Canon can pave all the remaining distance to Canterbury with gold and silver. Initially it was unclear to readers, what it meant, yeoman explained how he and Canon used to trick people, Yeoman was confessing the crime, he and Canon commit, by taking people money and giving them false gold. Yeoman introduces us to the priest, who was tricked by them by his own foolishness, thinking metal can be turned in to gold. Yeoman explain by tricks and schemes, Canon gets money from people and taking them in confidence and conning them, taking more money is also part of their act...
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...Because Chaucer included such a wide array of pilgrims in the Prologue of The Canterbury Tales, it is difficult to make a general statement that applies to every single person. It is, however, possible to note a couple of traits that apply to most of the pilgrims, even if there are a few exceptions. First and foremost, it is clear that the vast majority of the religious pilgrims are either corrupt or lack true religious convictions. The Pardoner, for example, takes advantage of poor parish priests through "double talk and tricks," convincing them to buy religious relics of extremely questionable origin. The Monk, similarly, uses his position enrich himself, exchanging religious services for money or gifts. The Monk, the narrator notes, "was an easy man in giving shrift, when sure of getting a substantial gift." With few exceptions (the notes at the end of the chapter notes that the Knight, Parson, and Ploughman are the only exemplary pilgrims), the pilgrims are generally unlikeable and immoral. While the speaker gives long descriptions of many of his fellow pilgrims, he does not spend much time speaking about himself. When he remarks that he is describing the other pilgrims "as they appear to him," he is doing a couple of things. First, he is informing the reader that his observations include personal biases; the descriptions are not absolute truth coming from an omniscient narrator but rather are filtered through the lens of a character in the story. Second, the narrator is...
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...Chaucer is going on a pilgrimage to Canterbury in April with 29 other people. In the “Prologue”, Chaucer introduces and describes all the pilgrims who will go with him to Canterbury. He depicts the characters with their clothing, social status, personality traits, and manners to show the weaknesses and flaws of the clergy members. The seven deadly sins are lust, pride, greed, sloth, envy, wrath, and gluttony. The deadly sins help show the flaws in the pilgrims. In Chaucer’s “Prologue”, he uses clergy pilgrims as the basis for satire of the church during the 14th century. Chaucer questions the corruption of the church based on the description of two clergy members, the Nun and the Friar, which illustrates his disappointment and frustration with...
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...My pilgrim of choice is Madam Eglentine, a prioress described in the general prologue of the Canterbury Tales. I selected this specific character because Chaucer seems to applaud her seemingly genteel and honorable exterior while also foreshadowing the “scandalous” type of background of the nun. I chose to modernize Madam Eglentine in part because I found her character to be timeless; while Chaucer sets the character of the nun to be on a pilgrimage in the early 14th century, many of her characteristics, namely her multiple personas, enable her to be relatable even in the 21st century. I highlighted Madam Eglentine’s facial features and stately manner because I felt like those external features embodied the values of the person she exemplified. Because she is stately, “her mouth very small, and therewith soft and red” (152), Eglentine seems the ideal person to “weep, if only she saw a mouse caught in a trap, if it were dead or bleeding” (144). Since I highlighted her facial features and external characteristics in the image, which I believe would lead many to guess to her inner sensitivity, I only briefly discussed her “caring” nature in the couplets. Because the nun is now modernized, I also found it meanwhile to write the words “Love conquers all” (162) on her blouse instead of on her brooch. This creates a more contemporary look while strongly emphasizing the prioress’s odd fashion statement. The rest of the nun’s look is classic, because even though Eglentine is modernized...
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...The Knight: Pilgrim Analysis In the general prologue of the Canterbury Tales, the Knight is the first of the pilgrims to be described because he is of the highest rank. Therefore, it is only fitting that he goes first. In Chaucer’s work, he “. . . creates his knight in such a historical detail that we can easily explore the specific kind of knight he might have been . . .” (Calabrese 3). Chaucer describes his knight as “. . . a most distinguished man . . .” (Coghill 4). The narrator illustrates the Knight to be a man who “followed chivalry, truth, honor, generousness and courtesy” (4). Furthermore, the Knight presents himself in a polite fashion, never speaking insensitive words about anyone. Through Chaucer’s words and descriptions, it...
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...The author wrote the book Chaucer with purpose. The purpose I found was that all the characters have a twist in what they should be doing as opposed to what they actually do. The characters have a bad reflection on their society. For example the monk should be a holy person, take vows of silence and other things that people would imagine a monk would do. In this story the monk is shown as a person that hunts and kills animals and doesn’t exactly worship like people imagine he would. As well the prioress should be a kind lady that’s very lady like and everyone thinks she’s well mannered but in the story she sleeps around and doesn’t do about anything she’s supposed to. There is also the Parson, he is a very holy person like he is supposed to...
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...oguyguihoi jigijiop jtfuytfrt5 ertyf deree ws 5rgy u The Knight The Knight rides at the front of the procession described in the General Prologue, and his story is the first in the sequence. The Host clearly admires the Knight, as does the narrator. The narrator seems to remember four main qualities of the Knight. The first is the Knight’s love of ideals—“chivalrie” (prowess), “trouthe” (fidelity), “honour” (reputation), “fredom” (generosity), and “curteisie” (refinement) (General Prologue, 45–46). The second is the Knight’s impressive military career. The Knight has fought in the Crusades, wars in which Europeans traveled by sea to non-Christian lands and attempted to convert whole cultures by the force of their swords. By Chaucer’s time, the spirit for conducting these wars was dying out, and they were no longer undertaken as frequently. The Knight has battled the Muslims in Egypt, Spain, and Turkey, and the Russian Orthodox in Lithuania and Russia. He has also fought in formal duels. The third quality the narrator remembers about the Knight is his meek, gentle, manner. And the fourth is his “array,” or dress. The Knight wears a tunic made of coarse cloth, and his coat of mail is rust-stained, because he has recently returned from an expedition. The Knight’s interaction with other characters tells us a few additional facts about him. In the Prologue to the Nun’s...
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...Middle English Essay In the book of Margery Kempe and the general prologue, the audience is given both examples to emulate and also to avoid the journeys undertaken by these pilgrims. In both texts, one can be very jealous of the quest both writers are encountering. On the other hand, the audience believe that they are living in a much warmer, more welcoming society than the hardships portrayed in parts of these texts. Each audience member takes these texts to heart differently. In Margery Kempe’s adventure, she is giving a detailed account of her interactions on her travels to Jerusalem. In contrast, Chaucer in the general prologue, gives us details of many different characters in his quest to the shrine of Thomas a` Becket in Canterbury. In the following paragraphs, different aspects will convey how Margery Kempe and Geoffrey Chaucer make the audience want to emulate or avoid these writers quests. One can easily tell the difference in society is overwhelming comparing to today`s society. In the general prologue it is clearly shown that the society is extremely autocratic. The life of a monk in today`s society is quite different to the life of a monk in medieval times. A monk is meant to be a religious figure in society, however he is conveyed more as a knight in medieval times. This monk is licensed to go outside the monastery at all times “A monk ther was, a fair for the maistre, An outridere, that lovede venerie, Amanlyman, to been an abbot able” (Chaucer,Geoffery 165)...
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...The opening lines of the General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales, with Chaucer’s classically poetic and amorous language, describe the evocation of spring, echoing in the minds of his audience, as if the renewed warmth, sweet sounds and refreshing smells could be perceived by human senses. “When April with his showers sweet The drought of March has pierced unto the root And bathed each vein with such power To generate fresh strength and sire the flower; When Zephyr also has, with his sweet breath, Quickened again, in every wood and heath, The tender shoots and buds, and the young sun Into the Ram one half his course has run, And many little birds make melody That sleep through all the night with open eye (So Nature urges them on to ramp and rage)” The first 11 lines have all the essential elements of the conventional first stanza of a love lyric, indicating the vitality of springtime: April’s sweet showers, budding flowers, burgeoning leaves, the warm Zephyr, the melodious chirps of birds stimulated by the beauty of Nature. The whole imagery triggers narrator’s poetic sensibilities as well as the readers. It is about a sense of relief after the harshness of a long winter and a keen anticipation of all the lovable things that would follow. Besides, Chaucer employs vivid verbs, together with rhythmic phrases like “holt and heath”, “shoots and buds”, “ramp and rage”, which convey a strong sense of masculine energy to further intensify the renewed reproductive...
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...Nun Prioress In the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer describes the character of the Nun Prioress. He does not dislike her and does not think that she is evil, however, he understands that, as a daughter of an aristocrat, she does not belong in the convent among others serving God. Her vanity, misplaced sympathy, and desire to be in love make her unsuitable to be a nun. Chaucer communicates this through criticism by omission, meaning that he purposely avoids commenting on all the details a reader would expect to find in the description of a nun. Chaucer includes details about the Nun Prioress is to prove that he does not think that she is an unpleasant woman. She is “certainly very cheerful, most pleasant, and amiable in bearing” (137-138). She concentrates very hard on appearing well-behaved and proper. She sings and speaks French well and has very excellent table manners. Her features are sweet and she dresses herself very well in a flattering cloak with a rosary made of expensive coral beads and a golden brooch pinned to her. Chaucer also includes that she has “...tender feelings [and is] so charitable and so full of pity] that she weeps at the sight of an injured or dead mouse or if someone hits one of the lap dogs she keeps. The Nun Prioress hopes that by showing she is capable of proper etiquette and appears “to be stately in manner, [that she will] appear worthy of reverence” (140-141). However, she has not been placed in a convent to be admired...
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...At every party there is always that one person who happens to get out of hand. Whether he had too much to drink or is just likes to antagonize others, everyone seems to recognize that particular person and his faults. Well in Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales that role is filled by the Miller. He is rude and disrespectful drunk who aggravates the rest of the pilgrims. Throughout Chaucer’s frame tell narrative, the Miller is never seen in a good light. He invokes crude humor into his tale which distinguishes it from all other tales. The Miller is a multifaceted character in this tale, who begets conflict on the pilgrimage to Canterbury. The Miller’s physical appearance deeply reflects his personality. His fiery red hair is much like his outlandish personality. Much like his hair, he is a very noticeable member of the pilgrimage, but unfortunately for all the wrong reasons. The Miller does not hold back in conversation and speaks his mind to the point of cruelty. He has a brawny physic that parallels to his intense and over-bearing persona. The Miller overwhelms conversations and stories told throughout the pilgrimage. He consistently interrupts others and takes advantage of those not willing to stand up to him. An obscene wart on his nose with red hairs protruding out of it, demonstrates the Miller’s human characteristic of annoyance. His wart was so repugnant that one could not stop staring at it. His personality has connection to this thought by the way that the Miller was so...
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