Robert Arneson’s Portrait of George portrays George Moscone, a former mayor of San Francisco in the late 1970s. The portrait is actually a bust, that sits on a column covered with graffiti and phrases in reflection to Moscone’s life and may have been deemed unusual due to its overly casual appearance in bright colors and irreverent nature. This contrasts with Moscone’s professional career and reputation in politics and was not successful as political art as it was taken down for being seen as inappropriate and unrefined. Though Arneson’s intentions may have meant well, the controversy lied in the lack of nobility of the appearance of the bust. An honoring of a person in form of art is usually seen as more noble and serious in appearance as
According to the Declaration of Independence, King George III was responsible for the American rebellion against the British Empire. The colonists listed 27 abuses committed by the king in the document. These repeated maltreatments established a tyrannical government in North America, which eventually led to the colonist’s revolt. The first 12 abuses established King George III’s authority as despotic instead of allowing a representative government for the colonists. For example: abuses 8 and 9 explains how King George III would further tighten his control through the judiciary.
Rhetorical precis: The Great Gatsby Ch. 1 Scott F. Fitzgerald, an American author, in chapter one of his novel “The Great Gatsby” (published in 1925), claims that the rich Americans are using prestigiousness, wealth, and power to allude their unsightly truth. By using the Buchanans as an example, a wealthy, powerful, and socially solid old family, Fitzgerald reveals dishonesty of Daisy and Jordan, worst of all, a racist, dishonest, and adulterer Tom Buchanan. Fitzgerald's purpose is to discourage the practice of formulating a conclusion based on the superficial appearance in order to make his readers reconsider their views of America. He builds an intimate relationship with his audience of readers who are interested in his novels.
The novella blatantly criticized the general public for romanticizing the war. When the narrator is on leave and goes to the performance in London, he is uncomfortable with the heroic way in which war is portrayed. The narrator thinks that “people should not be sitting laughing at jokes about plum and apple jam when boys are out dying in France.”. These people who sleep comfortably at night well fed, warm, and clean do not have the right to find comedy in war. Afterwards, when Gladys questions why the narrator would want to visit a place notorious for criminals instead of enjoying the attractions that London has to offer, he replies that he is a criminal since he has murdered someone.
It reflects Henry James irony towards George Odger. Henry James is scornful towards George Odger’s humbleness by saying that George Odger is a useful human being. “It was
The type of character that John Henry is, he is a protagonist because he can be a symbol. A symbol of strength to the African Americans. John Henry also represents the human will and spirit, which a machine may defeat but can never duplicate. Some of the character traits that John Henry had were strength and endurance. He was hard working and he stood up for his fellow workers.
The Real Courage Meaning James Baldwin was a famous African author. Atticus’ courage had the connection of courage to James Baldwin’s “Letter to my Nephew”. The connection on “Letter to my Nephew” and Atticus’ courage that they want their children to understand the courage in the real world. They want their child to have the courage instead being scared. James Baldwin was an African-American author, who was born in Harlem, New York.
In the passage “George Odger’s Funeral”, by Henry James, published in Lippincott’s Magazine July 1877, James sees the funeral as a “grotesque” view on a “magnificent” day. It was the mourning of George Odger, a humble man who intended to fight to help the common itinerant people of England if he were to in a place in government. James was not fond of a poor man running in the elections; he saw it as an insult and disgusting. Henry James’ diction portrays his loathsome feelings towards the event taking place.
George Washington, the first president of the United States of America, was an amazing leader that many looked up to. Though Washington was a president people thought he had properties of much more, such as a king. In the Poem “Beowulf” and the play “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare the properties of a good king are stated to be, “ Justice, verity, temperance, stableness, bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness, devotion, patience, courage, fortitude…” (Macbeth. 4.3.91-94).
Henry V is a play that is rooted in war which displays the battle between France and England. The play is centred around King Henry V and the tactics he uses to succeed in overthrowing or winning the war against France. King Henry V uses persuasion to try to convince the French and the Britain’s that he is atoning for the sin his father had committed. The posters above would be used to discuss the ways in which the theme of Leadership, War and Appearance versus Reality pervades or is prominent in the play.
What degeneration lurks in Victorian England beneath stiff and well-bred English etiquette is echoed further in seminal texts Dracula and The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Hyde. The culture of heightened formality and etiquette in England, and specifically London is presented in a comical light in contemporary times, but during the fin de’ siecle was normative in social contexts. This binding social formality existed not only to present class, and wealth but rather to compulsively hide a degenerate being, almost intrinsic in the Victorian psyche with the societal deconstruction of religious and spiritual values, evident in Stevenson's text. Furthermore, with extensive discourse on the question of religion in this paradigm shift come a stifled parallel warp of such ideals with to epitomise the ultimate
James I, born June 19, 1566, was the King of England, Great Britain, and was Scotland 's short-lived king. James was known to be a controversial ruler and was hated by Parliament. He thought he had the “divine right” to rule England and the rest of its territories. Divine right means to have been given power by God, himself. James I was first born the king of Scotland but James I became king of England after Queen Elizabeth died.
Beryl Bainbridge's novel Master George, is a historical piece set in the mid-1800’s. The novel depicts the life of surgeon and amateur photographer George Hardy. Like several of her novels master Georgie is a historical fiction and thus takes place during the Crimean War. The Crimean War was the conflict between the Russians, British, French, and the Ottoman Turks over the Middle East, specifically in the Crimean Peninsula. During this war Britain and France sided with the Turks to keep the Russians at bay.
In Henry James’s “Lilippincott’s Magazine”, the protagonist happens to be passing by the funeral of a shoemaker, the tones despicable and solemn come to the mind; taking place on the streets of Piccadilly, England, when the people or the “shabbier English types” as the protagonist refers to them, give Mr. George Odger a funeral to remember him, nonetheless he protagonist describes Mr. Odger as a “radical agitator”, this idea comes from his “perverse desire” to be part of the Parliament, which only accepts burgesses. In addition, the words “shabbier”, and “perverse” reflect the protagonist’s feelings towards the multitude upon him. Nevertheless, despite the protagonist view of Mr. Odger, and the common society, he feels admiration for Mr.
Gentillesse, the the capacity for a being to act compassionately and graciously, was seen as a characteristic of the noble class (Brown 175). In fact, gentillesse was a concept based on both “wealth and social distinction” as well as “character and behavior,” and these two parts were thought to be almost impossible to separate (Carruthers 286). Being an aristocrat was, therefore, a necessary condition for gentillesse; those at the cusp of nobility were not thought to have this characteristic as they were not at the top of the social hierarchy. Yet, the Franklin, a member of the landowning class but not a noble, explores the presumed relationship between the attribute and the high-class. In the “Franklin’s Tale,” the Franklin constructs parallel
