The God of Peace
The Spider spins its web at night
The bird sings in the morning
The snake that gives a fright
Never returns to the scorning
One angel lays the dew
Upon thy ground
The other brings glad tidings
Of great good news around
A mother cow welcomes the new
Baby calf born in the spring
Bowing before God are few
As the innocent kids fashion the fling
But the Psalms say, “Praise God!”
Hear oh you his People
Just as houses are made of sod
Sing about his glory in all the heavens
Praise him in all the Earth
©2010 Jessica Gerlemann
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Francisco Goya vs. Damien Hirst
Jessica Gerlemann Gerlemann 1
Art Appreciation
Jill Foote-Hutton
22 April 2010
Damien Hirst and Francisco Goya Contributed Exemplary Art
Damien Hirst and Fracisco Goya both contributed exemplary art in the time period that was respective to when it was introduced. Each contributed several exhibits of art that were publicized. Introducing their art to the public is the way they succeeded as artists learning what intrigued and interested not only they themselves, but others, who viewed what they were making. They not only became popular because of the work they introduced but they produced work that beautified space of their own home or working environment. Hirst had the pharmaceutical display and frozen images and Goya painted the walls of his own country house before he fell ill. Criticized or not, they were definite for taking a stance, much like the large installation, “Pharmacy,” by Damien Hirst. Four bottles filled with liquid sit on the counter that are filled with symbolization of a large life exhibit. Each represents earth, air, fire and water. (http://www.tate.org.uk/pharmacy/) Francisco Goya was famous for Saturn Devouring One of His Sons from 1820-1822. Fresco, transferred to canvas 57 7/8 ×32 5/8 in. at the Museum del Prado in Madrid Spain. There were a combination of mediums, scales, locations and dates of work that were done by both artists. A variety of bodies of work were produced by each. (Sayer, M. Henry, A World of Art, 6th edition. Oregon State University-Cascades Campus, Prentice Hall, 2010. Print.) Goya was born in Fuendetodos, Spain April 16, 1828. Hirst was born in Bristol, England in 1965. So naturally, Hirst is a little younger than Goya.
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Hirst was well known also for the freeze exhibition. Goya, on the otherhand, was known for his art commissions and painting in the courtroom. Damien introduced the “Freeze” exhibition held in London in 1988. Also, he was well known for a butterfly exhibit made from monochrome canvases inside the exhibit that I marveled at. He called these “In and Out of Love.” Not being a stranger to controversy, tales of his life and work appear in international publications. Known as a heavy drinker who liked frequent parties and a brawl now and then, he still stood as an inspiring artist. Goya born in a village in northern Spain soon moved to Saragossa as a young boy. There his father worked as a Gilder. At 14 Goya began to become a local painter at Jose` Luzan. Hirst, a visual artist, became a pioneer of the group of one of many British Artists of the Young British Artists Association or YBA. Named by Journalists after his inspiration. (http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition/.jsp?entryId=320) Full of fresh new faces, they drew an interest in everything “other than” the traditional art practices. One example of this was the rotting flesh of the dead cow Hirst used in his artwork. It turned out to be a unique phase and era for the YBA. Francisco next went to Italy to continue the study of art. Soon after Goya returned to Saragossa in 1771. Hirst, coming from a working class family, grew up in Leeds, England. After Goya returned in 1771 he began painting frescoes for a cathedral locally. (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/goya/) His work was done in the rococo tradition and literally established Francisco’s artiste` reputation. Damien, in his early years as well, was known around Goldsmiths, a school, as a talented ostentatious student never afraid to speak or exert his opinions especially about art in his work. Goya, in contrast, professionally started painting cartoons for a factory for the royal tapestry in Madrid. By this I mean the personification of the royale`. Francisco painted these from 1775 to 1792. Influenced also by
Gerlemann 3
neoclassicism, the technique started gaining favor over the rococo traditional style. Considered to be the revolutionary Spanish Court painter and etcher, he is best known for his portraits of nobility of modern Spain. His life span ranged from 1736 to 1828 when he died.
As a mere young boy Goya learned to work in the fields, because there was little work for a gilder following his father’s work. Francisco learned to endure physical hardship in a strenuous career. Unlike Goya, Damien, who was born with less of the same hardship that Goya endured had quite a measure of success also. At thirteen, Goya’s father decided to move to Zaragoza because he was able to make more money. Jose, Francisco’s father, sent his son to school. His son eventually became recognized for his artistic talent and eventually his father entered him into the academy of the Jose Luz`an then. There Goya made the acquaintance Martin Zapater who became his correspondent and best friend. Goya first began his career when art of the Spanish court was a stagnant imitation of Italian art. At seventeen his first commission, an altarpiece, showed the apparition of the hot-blooded youth who loved bullfighting and his women. Often involved in street fights, several were killed one night and Goya had to flee for his life. At nineteen when he arrived in Madrid he entered a competition hoping to be admitted to the Royal Academy of San Fernando. Goya went on escapades that forced him to flee. In Parma his second prize painting competition won and he returned to Zaragoza painting frescoes. He fell seriously ill later after marrying Bayeu’s sister, Josefa and in 1775 after moving to Madrid. From 1776 to 1791 he painted forty-five cartoons alone. Gay idealized scenes of country life were painted and then he fell ill. Coming to a point where his pictures were criticized by Bayeu he became embittered and returned to Madrid commissioning to paint
Gerlemann 4
portraits of the royal family. (“Goya Y Lucientes, Francisco Jose`.” Collier’s Encyclopedia. 11th Volume © Crowell-Collier Educational Corporation 1969, pg 278)
In 1998 Hirst became involved in a pop group, Fat Les is the group that recorded two singles. He is interestingly not only an artist. Damien Hirst won the Turner Prize for the third installation of the Pharmacy. His work is exhibited in Britain, Korea, U.S., Australia and countries all over Europe. He has worked on several side projects. Keith Allen is an acquaintance he works on them with. Not only is there Hirst’s Pharmacy, but a Pharmacy restaurant that it has turned into that has just a taste of Damien’s work. He did this with PR legend Mathew Freud until the sale of the restaurant came about. The Montana group then bought it. Damien Hirst Pharmacy can be watched on you tube. The August 1995 exhibit involves a dead cow and bull having sexual intercourse by means of a hydraulic device. Not preserved in formaldehyde this sickening piece was left to rot. Flies about, health officials were afraid that this project might explode because methane gasses might shatter the glass. This caused vomiting to some of the viewers so it likely was not one of his most popular. To Damien, these new, introduced ways were forms of art. To some, this was gross and not the traditional way of thinking. His interest in art beyond the conventional media encompasses paintings, sculptures, video and much more.(http://www.leninimports.com/damien_hirst.html) Damien Hirst was influenced in his art at age 16 by David Sylvester’s interviews with Francis Bacon. (http://www.guardian.co/uk/theguardian/2007/sep/13/greatinterviews1) (My way into art) It was
Gerlemann 5
stated that the interviews changed the “bushy-tailed, bright-eyed artist.” He mentions that he consumed the information much like consuming them “like a bible to a believer.” In the article, “My way into art,” he describes it as one of the first things he used that influenced his art that he didn’t have to get a dictionary just to figure out what it meant. This describes how the not only accurate and technical but precise artist took into account the research and information he connected to his art work. Francis Bacon influenced his early art. Finding his interviews he became interested in invention, accident, violence and abstraction. Not only did Damien try new and innovative ways of art but he really loved glass which is how it became part of many of his exhibits being it is transparent. The Pharmacy became about by the idea of confidence and trust in medicine. His pieces like Substitute Holidays, No Feelings and God are to be a paradox of the Western notion that medicine and chemicals being able to help a person to cheat death. He says, “You can only cure people for so long and then they’re going to die anyway. You can’t arrest decay, but these works suggest you can.”
Goya was responsible for many of the painting series called the “Disasters of War” Series. These were the most brutal of the guerilla war and Peninsular War and shows the truth of the brutality of the war he seen. Hirst was good at showing the truthfulness of death and the life of medicine. Each took drastic measures and Damien even went to non-traditional measures such as the dead cow rotting to draw a point about life and how it is eventually going to die after medicine is used to preserve it as much as possible. Francisco painted much of the brutality of war. Here is where each artist took an interest turn of similarity towards each other.
Damien uses shock as a relevant and formal element of design. Also, he likes to focus on the science of life. Filling his tanks of glass displays with Formaldehyde as a preservative he
Gerlemann 6
also has temporal spot paintings 650×546in. He collected dots from each of the people he had paint them and then displays them. Liking to shock his viewers because it gives him
pleasure as an artist he feels that if he does this, he has done a good job. He uses the cow’s open skull with flies and the fetus and intestines of a pregnant woman. Interestingly he links the pregnant women to the happiness and the horrors of pregnancy and also to his own personal experience of his wife’s pregnancy. This artist uses techniques that awes and makes the audiences mouth drop agape when looking at the patience and value that each of his pieces of work really have. Goya in contrast has art that some considered less full of life because he suffered through the stages and horrors of war. It being what impacted him the most and what he knew best he decided to highlight it. He chose black and whites in his war exhibits of the “Disasters of War Series.” He used a variety of water colors and techniques in the frozen country exhibits full of life and used duller colors for the court and the “Series.” The mouth in Goya’s art, more than anything else, gives off expressions of happiness, sadness, guilt, distress, and leer, gape, gap or grin. Hirst uses organic and representational displays. Also, he uses the painted dots as art for art’s sake and also has some connection to his other artwork in the Pharmacy. The dots represent his pills and each of them have been individually painted by other people. Observing subjectively, the art is intriguing, interesting and is full of vivacity or what you might say to be “life.” For the “Freeze” art exhibit special tanks of Formaldehyde are used in making still images relating to nature and having spatial significance. The dots by Hirst are temporal. Also they are kinetic and moving. Goya’s art seems to be frozen moments and stops in time or snap shots of the “Country Life” in Madrid Spain. There seems to be an emphasis on
the life also of the art then that inspired him in his watercolors. Although, with a rough
Gerlemann 7
background and some hardship, he produced some duller images of life and the way he felt or perceived things for the Spanish court. More than likely, his Country Life Frescoes had the proportionate scale and set the scene of a happy or gay life. There is balance in some of his older frescoes, but horridity and famine, violence and misery in his particular painting in our art book of the god, Saturn, eating his own son.
Presentation in Goya’s work was just as critiqued as Hirst’s work. In contrast though, Damien’s science provides a lot more patience. Hirst’s work is organized for presentation to other’s in a museum whereas Goya worked on several levels on his own, in schools, and then for the Spanish court so there had to have been some dullness or vulgarity in his scenes because of his environment concluding to the war and the courtroom. He also had commissions in which his artwork had a need to be vulgar in order to be fully understood by the viewer. Similarly both delighted in creation and both showed the true nature of some aspects of life in their artwork. Hirst with frozen images might have represented the vivacity of life for Goya it was the country life. Each used different techniques and one was water color while the other might have been temporal or something similar.
Cultural perspectives that probably influence Goya was likely the influence of court decisions, court scenes and his own experiences and learning lessons of those from his personal life. When criticized he was embittered so his artwork must have been the pride in his life. Damien had to have had interest in creation and the passion of love as his butterfly exhibit was called, “In and Out of Love,” which impressed me much. Damien used things that inspired him and narrated truth. Also, his work included jaw-dropping artifacts like the diamond skull with
Gerlemann 8
the teeth being the only thing leftover, “For the Love of God,” as it is called. (http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/famous-artists/damien-hirst.htm) Hirst also uses hues, temperatures and chiaroscuro to the color scale of primary colors of reds, greens, yellows, blues and violets in other shades and hues such as red- and blue- violets. Both use psychological implications to produce a happy mood.
Each artist plays a vital role in the outcome of their work. Damien and Francisco both used themes of art in different ways. One documented the world after becoming deaf after his illness and the other still documents the world today. Goya from experience, witnessed the horrors of war and that is why also not all of his paintings are the happy Country life. Hirst still uses and invents new and innovative ways to document the world around him. Both used their imagination well. Each document the beautiful and sublime. They fit into social commentaries. Each fell well into the category of self-referencing art and universal truths. Goya likely has some evidences of the effects of war and politics in his more dreary pieces of work. The number of works by both artists connect to the outside world and live and shine without conflicting the space of one another by much. In contrast though, Hirst seemed to focus on the positivities of life. Naturally after becoming deaf, Goya focused on some of the politics in his life that changed life around him. This likely was the paintings he painted from his experiences afterwards. The happy scenes of the balanced “country life,” and “In and Out of Love,” compliment one another. The unhappier times for Goya where he connected the negative sides of war and politics were similar to the shark frozen exhibit by Hirst, called, “The Physical Impossibilities of Death.”
Thematic connections for rococo art would include the death of Louis XIV in 1715 in which afterward French life became exceptionally well. Whereas the taste was formed by
Gerlemann 9
societal women with real, covert, political power including Louis XV’s mistress. A French word derived from French rocailled, referring to small stones and shells that decorate interiors of
grottos, the artificial caves were popular in landscape design at the time. (A World of Art the sixth edition ©2010 by Pearson Education Inc. New York. Sayer, Henry) Thematic connections for Hirst would probably be the repetition in rap music where the diamond skull is used in Kanye West’s Video as modern art. Also, a theme of Hirst was to produce images that helped viewers and art appreciators understand the science of life. Goya’s thematic connection to viewers was to show the truth of the beauteous and ugly aspects of life. The historical relevance of the works of art is to display art to beautify and add value to the space around us in our every day environments and to add though much of like the work that is backed publicly by the National Endowment for the Arts. Truly then, Damien Hirst and Francisco Goya contributed awe-inspiring art.
Art Appreciation
Jill Foote-Hutton
22 April 2010
Damien Hirst and Francisco Goya Contributed Exemplary Art
Damien Hirst and Fracisco Goya both contributed exemplary art in the time period that was respective to when it was introduced. Each contributed several exhibits of art that were publicized. Introducing their art to the public is the way they succeeded as artists learning what intrigued and interested not only they themselves, but others, who viewed what they were making. They not only became popular because of the work they introduced but they produced work that beautified space of their own home or working environment. Hirst had the pharmaceutical display and frozen images and Goya painted the walls of his own country house before he fell ill. Criticized or not, they were definite for taking a stance, much like the large installation, “Pharmacy,” by Damien Hirst. Four bottles filled with liquid sit on the counter that are filled with symbolization of a large life exhibit. Each represents earth, air, fire and water. (http://www.tate.org.uk/pharmacy/) Francisco Goya was famous for Saturn Devouring One of His Sons from 1820-1822. Fresco, transferred to canvas 57 7/8 ×32 5/8 in. at the Museum del Prado in Madrid Spain. There were a combination of mediums, scales, locations and dates of work that were done by both artists. A variety of bodies of work were produced by each. (Sayer, M. Henry, A World of Art, 6th edition. Oregon State University-Cascades Campus, Prentice Hall, 2010. Print.) Goya was born in Fuendetodos, Spain April 16, 1828. Hirst was born in Bristol, England in 1965. So naturally, Hirst is a little younger than Goya.
Gerlemann 2
Hirst was well known also for the freeze exhibition. Goya, on the otherhand, was known for his art commissions and painting in the courtroom. Damien introduced the “Freeze” exhibition held in London in 1988. Also, he was well known for a butterfly exhibit made from monochrome canvases inside the exhibit that I marveled at. He called these “In and Out of Love.” Not being a stranger to controversy, tales of his life and work appear in international publications. Known as a heavy drinker who liked frequent parties and a brawl now and then, he still stood as an inspiring artist. Goya born in a village in northern Spain soon moved to Saragossa as a young boy. There his father worked as a Gilder. At 14 Goya began to become a local painter at Jose` Luzan. Hirst, a visual artist, became a pioneer of the group of one of many British Artists of the Young British Artists Association or YBA. Named by Journalists after his inspiration. (http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition/.jsp?entryId=320) Full of fresh new faces, they drew an interest in everything “other than” the traditional art practices. One example of this was the rotting flesh of the dead cow Hirst used in his artwork. It turned out to be a unique phase and era for the YBA. Francisco next went to Italy to continue the study of art. Soon after Goya returned to Saragossa in 1771. Hirst, coming from a working class family, grew up in Leeds, England. After Goya returned in 1771 he began painting frescoes for a cathedral locally. (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/goya/) His work was done in the rococo tradition and literally established Francisco’s artiste` reputation. Damien, in his early years as well, was known around Goldsmiths, a school, as a talented ostentatious student never afraid to speak or exert his opinions especially about art in his work. Goya, in contrast, professionally started painting cartoons for a factory for the royal tapestry in Madrid. By this I mean the personification of the royale`. Francisco painted these from 1775 to 1792. Influenced also by
Gerlemann 3
neoclassicism, the technique started gaining favor over the rococo traditional style. Considered to be the revolutionary Spanish Court painter and etcher, he is best known for his portraits of nobility of modern Spain. His life span ranged from 1736 to 1828 when he died.
As a mere young boy Goya learned to work in the fields, because there was little work for a gilder following his father’s work. Francisco learned to endure physical hardship in a strenuous career. Unlike Goya, Damien, who was born with less of the same hardship that Goya endured had quite a measure of success also. At thirteen, Goya’s father decided to move to Zaragoza because he was able to make more money. Jose, Francisco’s father, sent his son to school. His son eventually became recognized for his artistic talent and eventually his father entered him into the academy of the Jose Luz`an then. There Goya made the acquaintance Martin Zapater who became his correspondent and best friend. Goya first began his career when art of the Spanish court was a stagnant imitation of Italian art. At seventeen his first commission, an altarpiece, showed the apparition of the hot-blooded youth who loved bullfighting and his women. Often involved in street fights, several were killed one night and Goya had to flee for his life. At nineteen when he arrived in Madrid he entered a competition hoping to be admitted to the Royal Academy of San Fernando. Goya went on escapades that forced him to flee. In Parma his second prize painting competition won and he returned to Zaragoza painting frescoes. He fell seriously ill later after marrying Bayeu’s sister, Josefa and in 1775 after moving to Madrid. From 1776 to 1791 he painted forty-five cartoons alone. Gay idealized scenes of country life were painted and then he fell ill. Coming to a point where his pictures were criticized by Bayeu he became embittered and returned to Madrid commissioning to paint
Gerlemann 4
portraits of the royal family. (“Goya Y Lucientes, Francisco Jose`.” Collier’s Encyclopedia. 11th Volume © Crowell-Collier Educational Corporation 1969, pg 278)
In 1998 Hirst became involved in a pop group, Fat Les is the group that recorded two singles. He is interestingly not only an artist. Damien Hirst won the Turner Prize for the third installation of the Pharmacy. His work is exhibited in Britain, Korea, U.S., Australia and countries all over Europe. He has worked on several side projects. Keith Allen is an acquaintance he works on them with. Not only is there Hirst’s Pharmacy, but a Pharmacy restaurant that it has turned into that has just a taste of Damien’s work. He did this with PR legend Mathew Freud until the sale of the restaurant came about. The Montana group then bought it. Damien Hirst Pharmacy can be watched on you tube. The August 1995 exhibit involves a dead cow and bull having sexual intercourse by means of a hydraulic device. Not preserved in formaldehyde this sickening piece was left to rot. Flies about, health officials were afraid that this project might explode because methane gasses might shatter the glass. This caused vomiting to some of the viewers so it likely was not one of his most popular. To Damien, these new, introduced ways were forms of art. To some, this was gross and not the traditional way of thinking. His interest in art beyond the conventional media encompasses paintings, sculptures, video and much more.(http://www.leninimports.com/damien_hirst.html) Damien Hirst was influenced in his art at age 16 by David Sylvester’s interviews with Francis Bacon. (http://www.guardian.co/uk/theguardian/2007/sep/13/greatinterviews1) (My way into art) It was
Gerlemann 5
stated that the interviews changed the “bushy-tailed, bright-eyed artist.” He mentions that he consumed the information much like consuming them “like a bible to a believer.” In the article, “My way into art,” he describes it as one of the first things he used that influenced his art that he didn’t have to get a dictionary just to figure out what it meant. This describes how the not only accurate and technical but precise artist took into account the research and information he connected to his art work. Francis Bacon influenced his early art. Finding his interviews he became interested in invention, accident, violence and abstraction. Not only did Damien try new and innovative ways of art but he really loved glass which is how it became part of many of his exhibits being it is transparent. The Pharmacy became about by the idea of confidence and trust in medicine. His pieces like Substitute Holidays, No Feelings and God are to be a paradox of the Western notion that medicine and chemicals being able to help a person to cheat death. He says, “You can only cure people for so long and then they’re going to die anyway. You can’t arrest decay, but these works suggest you can.”
Goya was responsible for many of the painting series called the “Disasters of War” Series. These were the most brutal of the guerilla war and Peninsular War and shows the truth of the brutality of the war he seen. Hirst was good at showing the truthfulness of death and the life of medicine. Each took drastic measures and Damien even went to non-traditional measures such as the dead cow rotting to draw a point about life and how it is eventually going to die after medicine is used to preserve it as much as possible. Francisco painted much of the brutality of war. Here is where each artist took an interest turn of similarity towards each other.
Damien uses shock as a relevant and formal element of design. Also, he likes to focus on the science of life. Filling his tanks of glass displays with Formaldehyde as a preservative he
Gerlemann 6
also has temporal spot paintings 650×546in. He collected dots from each of the people he had paint them and then displays them. Liking to shock his viewers because it gives him
pleasure as an artist he feels that if he does this, he has done a good job. He uses the cow’s open skull with flies and the fetus and intestines of a pregnant woman. Interestingly he links the pregnant women to the happiness and the horrors of pregnancy and also to his own personal experience of his wife’s pregnancy. This artist uses techniques that awes and makes the audiences mouth drop agape when looking at the patience and value that each of his pieces of work really have. Goya in contrast has art that some considered less full of life because he suffered through the stages and horrors of war. It being what impacted him the most and what he knew best he decided to highlight it. He chose black and whites in his war exhibits of the “Disasters of War Series.” He used a variety of water colors and techniques in the frozen country exhibits full of life and used duller colors for the court and the “Series.” The mouth in Goya’s art, more than anything else, gives off expressions of happiness, sadness, guilt, distress, and leer, gape, gap or grin. Hirst uses organic and representational displays. Also, he uses the painted dots as art for art’s sake and also has some connection to his other artwork in the Pharmacy. The dots represent his pills and each of them have been individually painted by other people. Observing subjectively, the art is intriguing, interesting and is full of vivacity or what you might say to be “life.” For the “Freeze” art exhibit special tanks of Formaldehyde are used in making still images relating to nature and having spatial significance. The dots by Hirst are temporal. Also they are kinetic and moving. Goya’s art seems to be frozen moments and stops in time or snap shots of the “Country Life” in Madrid Spain. There seems to be an emphasis on
the life also of the art then that inspired him in his watercolors. Although, with a rough
Gerlemann 7
background and some hardship, he produced some duller images of life and the way he felt or perceived things for the Spanish court. More than likely, his Country Life Frescoes had the proportionate scale and set the scene of a happy or gay life. There is balance in some of his older frescoes, but horridity and famine, violence and misery in his particular painting in our art book of the god, Saturn, eating his own son.
Presentation in Goya’s work was just as critiqued as Hirst’s work. In contrast though, Damien’s science provides a lot more patience. Hirst’s work is organized for presentation to other’s in a museum whereas Goya worked on several levels on his own, in schools, and then for the Spanish court so there had to have been some dullness or vulgarity in his scenes because of his environment concluding to the war and the courtroom. He also had commissions in which his artwork had a need to be vulgar in order to be fully understood by the viewer. Similarly both delighted in creation and both showed the true nature of some aspects of life in their artwork. Hirst with frozen images might have represented the vivacity of life for Goya it was the country life. Each used different techniques and one was water color while the other might have been temporal or something similar.
Cultural perspectives that probably influence Goya was likely the influence of court decisions, court scenes and his own experiences and learning lessons of those from his personal life. When criticized he was embittered so his artwork must have been the pride in his life. Damien had to have had interest in creation and the passion of love as his butterfly exhibit was called, “In and Out of Love,” which impressed me much. Damien used things that inspired him and narrated truth. Also, his work included jaw-dropping artifacts like the diamond skull with
Gerlemann 8
the teeth being the only thing leftover, “For the Love of God,” as it is called. (http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/famous-artists/damien-hirst.htm) Hirst also uses hues, temperatures and chiaroscuro to the color scale of primary colors of reds, greens, yellows, blues and violets in other shades and hues such as red- and blue- violets. Both use psychological implications to produce a happy mood.
Each artist plays a vital role in the outcome of their work. Damien and Francisco both used themes of art in different ways. One documented the world after becoming deaf after his illness and the other still documents the world today. Goya from experience, witnessed the horrors of war and that is why also not all of his paintings are the happy Country life. Hirst still uses and invents new and innovative ways to document the world around him. Both used their imagination well. Each document the beautiful and sublime. They fit into social commentaries. Each fell well into the category of self-referencing art and universal truths. Goya likely has some evidences of the effects of war and politics in his more dreary pieces of work. The number of works by both artists connect to the outside world and live and shine without conflicting the space of one another by much. In contrast though, Hirst seemed to focus on the positivities of life. Naturally after becoming deaf, Goya focused on some of the politics in his life that changed life around him. This likely was the paintings he painted from his experiences afterwards. The happy scenes of the balanced “country life,” and “In and Out of Love,” compliment one another. The unhappier times for Goya where he connected the negative sides of war and politics were similar to the shark frozen exhibit by Hirst, called, “The Physical Impossibilities of Death.”
Thematic connections for rococo art would include the death of Louis XIV in 1715 in which afterward French life became exceptionally well. Whereas the taste was formed by
Gerlemann 9
societal women with real, covert, political power including Louis XV’s mistress. A French word derived from French rocailled, referring to small stones and shells that decorate interiors of
grottos, the artificial caves were popular in landscape design at the time. (A World of Art the sixth edition ©2010 by Pearson Education Inc. New York. Sayer, Henry) Thematic connections for Hirst would probably be the repetition in rap music where the diamond skull is used in Kanye West’s Video as modern art. Also, a theme of Hirst was to produce images that helped viewers and art appreciators understand the science of life. Goya’s thematic connection to viewers was to show the truth of the beauteous and ugly aspects of life. The historical relevance of the works of art is to display art to beautify and add value to the space around us in our every day environments and to add though much of like the work that is backed publicly by the National Endowment for the Arts. Truly then, Damien Hirst and Francisco Goya contributed awe-inspiring art.
"The Doll House" Drama
Jessica Gerlemann
Professor Harrell
En1333
2 November 2010
The play The Doll House has a very interesting message that applies to our day. Ibsen was the first father of drama to introduce realism of every day’s problems into his play. For example, in this particular play he focused very well on the social inequality of women around 1879-1891. The particular message of the play seemed to be that in a marriage and life nothing is perfect and a lot of things can seem unfair unless you learn from what happens to you and grow from it.
Torvald and Nora are two very different people. One is strict and well disciplined and the other is child-like and elegant. For instance, Nora is young-hearted, has big dreams, and wants to have a wonderful family life but chooses to leave to find out what she still needs to learn from the world. She considers this an obligation she owes to herself. In contrast, Torvald is a lawyer who believes a woman should remember her obligation to her family. He has strict morals that he sticks to and believes Nora should be the same way. Nora likes macaroons but Torvald actually restricts her from them. Although, they both love each other and their children very much, Nora chooses to split off from the family when the situation of difficulty arises.
There is unique symbolism in the Doll House that represents certain outcomes of the plot in the play. The tarantella, tambourine, and letters and the sit-down- discussion all represent certain outcomes that gradually unfold themselves. The tarantella is the dance that Nora prepares herself for and uses to distract her husband from the letter. The tarantella is the symbol of their last happiness together. The tambourine is like the wake-up call for Torvald that not everything is going to be perfect. The letters are the starting page for Torvald and Nora’s first real difficulties. The sit-down-discussion represents Nora’s freedom from being just a doll in a dollhouse and she vows to herself to find true knowledge before returning to her family.
The significance of the title Doll House speaks for itself. It is the fact that Nora is still being talked down to and overprotected that she never learns for herself. Her quote from the play actually says, “When I was little, I was my father’s doll. Now that I’m older I’m your doll and the children are my play dolls. I’ve got to find out for myself and be true to me to truly figure out what the world is like.” This quote is the starting point of Nora’s re-approach to ready herself for marriage life in hope of Torvald changing also.
There is an ironic quote that Ibsen incorporates into the drama of the Helmer’s lives. “It's a sweet little bird, but it gets through a terrible amount of money. You wouldn't believe how much it costs a man when he's got a little song-bird like you!” (Act I) This quote is ironic because even though Torvald thinks that Nora costs a lot. He is unaware of the secret that he costed more though. When Krogstad introduces the secret to Torvald he becomes furious with Nora and says a few harsh things immaturely and Nora decides to leave.
The screen adaptation as well as the play was interesting. I really liked how they showed Nora and Kristine skating in the snow in Norway. For example, they actually show the friendship of Kristine and Nora from the very beginning. They also show the background relationship break-up of Kristine and Krogstad. I also liked how they didn’t just put the whole play inside the Helmer house only indoors because it would have been a lot more boring. In the movie, the scenes actually take Nora outside the house and we get the chance to watch how each of them interacts. The flirtatious scene with Dr. Rank is still there but I also imagined it much differently from the movie. I also noticed that the relationship didn’t just seem slightly immature, it just seemed like it hit end-roads because the difficulties had arisen.
I believe the movie and the play was a very good representation of what the Victorian Age must have been like for women around that time. I agree with Torvald that Nora had obligations to her family, but, I also agree that Nora had the obligation to herself to learn and be on her own for once in her life. The Queen set the example and believed in women sticking to their duty but Ibsen introduced the true reality of the sacrificial role of women sometimes being unfair. It especially seems unfair if your husband is harsh with you for trying your best and making a mistake. I thought that there was slight immaturity on each spouse’s part that resulted in the break-up. I believe Torvald was too harsh and thrusted his opinion on Nora too much. I also believe that Nora needed to learn what the world was really like on her own and so she didn’t have to worry about making mistakes that could affect the lives of her husband and children. Nora needed to be her own person. In the end it was kind of tragic to watch them separate because they really were a cute couple. The thing is though, you can be really mature in a marriage and obstacles and difficulties still arise. That’s why it is so important to be truthful to one another in a marriage.
Professor Harrell
En1333
2 November 2010
The play The Doll House has a very interesting message that applies to our day. Ibsen was the first father of drama to introduce realism of every day’s problems into his play. For example, in this particular play he focused very well on the social inequality of women around 1879-1891. The particular message of the play seemed to be that in a marriage and life nothing is perfect and a lot of things can seem unfair unless you learn from what happens to you and grow from it.
Torvald and Nora are two very different people. One is strict and well disciplined and the other is child-like and elegant. For instance, Nora is young-hearted, has big dreams, and wants to have a wonderful family life but chooses to leave to find out what she still needs to learn from the world. She considers this an obligation she owes to herself. In contrast, Torvald is a lawyer who believes a woman should remember her obligation to her family. He has strict morals that he sticks to and believes Nora should be the same way. Nora likes macaroons but Torvald actually restricts her from them. Although, they both love each other and their children very much, Nora chooses to split off from the family when the situation of difficulty arises.
There is unique symbolism in the Doll House that represents certain outcomes of the plot in the play. The tarantella, tambourine, and letters and the sit-down- discussion all represent certain outcomes that gradually unfold themselves. The tarantella is the dance that Nora prepares herself for and uses to distract her husband from the letter. The tarantella is the symbol of their last happiness together. The tambourine is like the wake-up call for Torvald that not everything is going to be perfect. The letters are the starting page for Torvald and Nora’s first real difficulties. The sit-down-discussion represents Nora’s freedom from being just a doll in a dollhouse and she vows to herself to find true knowledge before returning to her family.
The significance of the title Doll House speaks for itself. It is the fact that Nora is still being talked down to and overprotected that she never learns for herself. Her quote from the play actually says, “When I was little, I was my father’s doll. Now that I’m older I’m your doll and the children are my play dolls. I’ve got to find out for myself and be true to me to truly figure out what the world is like.” This quote is the starting point of Nora’s re-approach to ready herself for marriage life in hope of Torvald changing also.
There is an ironic quote that Ibsen incorporates into the drama of the Helmer’s lives. “It's a sweet little bird, but it gets through a terrible amount of money. You wouldn't believe how much it costs a man when he's got a little song-bird like you!” (Act I) This quote is ironic because even though Torvald thinks that Nora costs a lot. He is unaware of the secret that he costed more though. When Krogstad introduces the secret to Torvald he becomes furious with Nora and says a few harsh things immaturely and Nora decides to leave.
The screen adaptation as well as the play was interesting. I really liked how they showed Nora and Kristine skating in the snow in Norway. For example, they actually show the friendship of Kristine and Nora from the very beginning. They also show the background relationship break-up of Kristine and Krogstad. I also liked how they didn’t just put the whole play inside the Helmer house only indoors because it would have been a lot more boring. In the movie, the scenes actually take Nora outside the house and we get the chance to watch how each of them interacts. The flirtatious scene with Dr. Rank is still there but I also imagined it much differently from the movie. I also noticed that the relationship didn’t just seem slightly immature, it just seemed like it hit end-roads because the difficulties had arisen.
I believe the movie and the play was a very good representation of what the Victorian Age must have been like for women around that time. I agree with Torvald that Nora had obligations to her family, but, I also agree that Nora had the obligation to herself to learn and be on her own for once in her life. The Queen set the example and believed in women sticking to their duty but Ibsen introduced the true reality of the sacrificial role of women sometimes being unfair. It especially seems unfair if your husband is harsh with you for trying your best and making a mistake. I thought that there was slight immaturity on each spouse’s part that resulted in the break-up. I believe Torvald was too harsh and thrusted his opinion on Nora too much. I also believe that Nora needed to learn what the world was really like on her own and so she didn’t have to worry about making mistakes that could affect the lives of her husband and children. Nora needed to be her own person. In the end it was kind of tragic to watch them separate because they really were a cute couple. The thing is though, you can be really mature in a marriage and obstacles and difficulties still arise. That’s why it is so important to be truthful to one another in a marriage.
Poetry Journal
William Butler Yeats
“The Lake Isle of Innisfree”
I could relate closely to the poem “The Lake Isle of Innisfree.” It reminds me of all the times I’ve ever tried to get a suntan down at our lake, relax peacefully or dip my feet into the water. I interpreted it as more of a simple poem even though some people argue that the Industrial Revolution ruined his favorite Lake Isle place where he was going to build his own cabin. At first I didn’t know how to interpret it. I think it has good descriptive and literal language. I don’t think there is a lot of figurative language in this poem because it is pretty literal. Although the book does say that it is more than just the words I disagreed with some of the opinions I found on the internet. I think Yeats as an author when writing this found this spot to be one of his favorite places. As I read more I guess figurative language could be the gray pavements which could represent the suffering and not-so-great parts of life. The poem almost sounds like leisure plans to a get-away that is similar to the summer house that he stayed at of his family’s. I also like how he says peace comes dropping slow. I think he means that having that type of heavenly-like peace is rare. The linnet bird might have been another symbolism for him that reminded him of Ireland or Dublin where William Butler Yeats was originally from.
Emily Dickinson
“I Like to See It Lap the Miles”
I really actually like this poem by Emily Dickinson. I always thought that she was more of an odd poet because of past readings and I guess I use to group her and Edgar Allen Poe together but this poem is particularly interesting. First of all, it reminds me of my downsyndrome brother or friend Regina who is fond of trains. I notice they aren’t the only ones either. Sometimes people take fascination in them and in this poem Emily certainly did. I can also tell she likes horses because she uses horse-like terms to describe the train. Also, taking note, I realize that the train is one of the main transportations other than horses probably around the time of the express mail by horse. Once trains were established it was also the other main mode of transportation. I found this little frozen piece of history as a reminder of how far man has really come with their ingeniousness of transportation. I love horses too so I wondered at first why Emily was talking about horses. Although, I imagine she meant to leave that little piece of establishment behind as a piece of history for her faithful readers. I like how she says prodigious step illustrating the advancement for that early time. I like to see it lap the miles reminds me of the horse and wraps up her title in the end.
Dylan Thomas
“Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”
I found this poem really interesting because I wondered what the fight was against when I first read. Then I realized it is likely he is giving the advice to fight against the light that a person sees when they are about to pass away that is part of the brain’s reaction. I think he understands the perspective of losing a loved one and is telling them to fight for life and maybe stay awake. It reminded me of going into a deep sleep or acoma. I believe his poem can actually have a double meaning and is warning against some type of dangers of maybe going into a night alone.
Carl Sandburg
“Grass”
When I read this poem I found it interesting. It is both figurative and literal. Then I read it again and it reminded me of a historian that covers all of history just as the grass does. I thought the analogy was very interesting. It gave a picture of history in places such as Austerlitz and Waterloo. I think he is meaning to remind us of things like the Holocaust and the massacres of war and what it does to ruin the human race. I especially like when he says “I am the grass” “Let me work.” I also thought of a reporter who covers stories such as this as well.
“The Lake Isle of Innisfree”
I could relate closely to the poem “The Lake Isle of Innisfree.” It reminds me of all the times I’ve ever tried to get a suntan down at our lake, relax peacefully or dip my feet into the water. I interpreted it as more of a simple poem even though some people argue that the Industrial Revolution ruined his favorite Lake Isle place where he was going to build his own cabin. At first I didn’t know how to interpret it. I think it has good descriptive and literal language. I don’t think there is a lot of figurative language in this poem because it is pretty literal. Although the book does say that it is more than just the words I disagreed with some of the opinions I found on the internet. I think Yeats as an author when writing this found this spot to be one of his favorite places. As I read more I guess figurative language could be the gray pavements which could represent the suffering and not-so-great parts of life. The poem almost sounds like leisure plans to a get-away that is similar to the summer house that he stayed at of his family’s. I also like how he says peace comes dropping slow. I think he means that having that type of heavenly-like peace is rare. The linnet bird might have been another symbolism for him that reminded him of Ireland or Dublin where William Butler Yeats was originally from.
Emily Dickinson
“I Like to See It Lap the Miles”
I really actually like this poem by Emily Dickinson. I always thought that she was more of an odd poet because of past readings and I guess I use to group her and Edgar Allen Poe together but this poem is particularly interesting. First of all, it reminds me of my downsyndrome brother or friend Regina who is fond of trains. I notice they aren’t the only ones either. Sometimes people take fascination in them and in this poem Emily certainly did. I can also tell she likes horses because she uses horse-like terms to describe the train. Also, taking note, I realize that the train is one of the main transportations other than horses probably around the time of the express mail by horse. Once trains were established it was also the other main mode of transportation. I found this little frozen piece of history as a reminder of how far man has really come with their ingeniousness of transportation. I love horses too so I wondered at first why Emily was talking about horses. Although, I imagine she meant to leave that little piece of establishment behind as a piece of history for her faithful readers. I like how she says prodigious step illustrating the advancement for that early time. I like to see it lap the miles reminds me of the horse and wraps up her title in the end.
Dylan Thomas
“Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”
I found this poem really interesting because I wondered what the fight was against when I first read. Then I realized it is likely he is giving the advice to fight against the light that a person sees when they are about to pass away that is part of the brain’s reaction. I think he understands the perspective of losing a loved one and is telling them to fight for life and maybe stay awake. It reminded me of going into a deep sleep or acoma. I believe his poem can actually have a double meaning and is warning against some type of dangers of maybe going into a night alone.
Carl Sandburg
“Grass”
When I read this poem I found it interesting. It is both figurative and literal. Then I read it again and it reminded me of a historian that covers all of history just as the grass does. I thought the analogy was very interesting. It gave a picture of history in places such as Austerlitz and Waterloo. I think he is meaning to remind us of things like the Holocaust and the massacres of war and what it does to ruin the human race. I especially like when he says “I am the grass” “Let me work.” I also thought of a reporter who covers stories such as this as well.
"The Dollhouse" Review
Jessica Gerlemann
Barbara Harrell
EN 1333
28 October 2010
Both Spouses Are Slightly Immature in “The Dollhouse” and Gender Roles Along with Parental Obligations Come Into Consideration
“The Dollhouse” is full of situations of difficulty. In each predicament, gender roles come into consideration and how the sacrificial roles of women were different then from what they are now. Parental obligations and surfaces of a situation aren’t always as they seem and people can’t make decisions based on a black and white analysis because usually things are more complex. In “The Dollhouse” Torvald makes a black and white decision not realizing that him and Nora have a more complex situation of difficulty. Both Spouses Are Slightly Immature in “The Dollhouse” and Gender Roles Along with Parental Obligations Come Into Consideration.
Nora felt like she was just a doll in a dollhouse to Torvald. This is where Ibsen brings in realism. Nora actually says, “For that a most wonderful miracle of all would have to happen. We’d both have to change so much that—Oh, Torvald, I ‘ve stopped believing in miracles. That our life together would be a true marriage. Goodbye.” (Act III. Last Scene. 30, pg 953) This quote shows that Nora had enough of sacrificing and decided that she needed to start a life where she could learn about the world on her own and not be spoon-fed everything. Nora was always overprotected from her Dad and her husband which left her wondering what else there was to learn about that she needed to know before she helped raise her own children. She agreed with Torvald when he said she was unfit and in the play; (book) she packs her suitcase and leaves.
Sometimes problems like the situation of realism in the Dollhouse appear in the lives of individuals. In the Divorce Magazine.com in 2005 there were approximately 2,230,000 marriages in the United States. The divorce rate per 1000 people actually was down and was the lowest rate since 1970 of 3.6%. (Magazine) Today gender roles vary in a marriage and both a husband and wife might work or go to school for a career. In the Victorian Age when this play takes place it was actually considered wrong and selfish to forget the duties that a woman had to her husband and children. Most of the time roles of women included caring for the children, house-keeping, and teaching them proper manners. Today, both the mother and father take quite a leading role in the lives of their children and their family. Roles now are mixed and combined so that there isn’t quite as much of a defined atmosphere for the lives of women, men and children. It seems that every family varies now in picking their own roles and do not have a set example of rules that they have to stick to like in the Victorian Age.
Parental obligations come into consideration when Nora decides to leave Torvald. During the Victorian Age the queen set the example of how a family life should be. In this ideal family life the queen included that it was the role of the women who should take care of the children, care for the house and teach them manners. Nora had a nanny to help her and did just so until she decided to leave Torvald. That’s when Torvald says, “But to desert your home, your husband, and your children! And aren’t you concerned about what people will say?” (Act 3. Last Scene. 15-16, 950) This truly shows that Torvald was a strong believer in morals and the way of the Victorian Age. He believed that the Queen was right in setting her example and the duties of a women should be remembered first and foremost. That is taking care of one’s family.
The sacrificial roles of women were clearly defined during the Victorian Age but surprisingly would change quickly. Eventually through Ibsen’s play of realism, another example is set. This example is the fact that women have just as sacred duties that they owe to themselves besides their duties to their husband and children. For instance, the discussion between Torvald and Nora continues and Torvald says, “This is outrageous! You’re just going to walk away from your most sacred duties? “ ( Act III. Last scene. 19-20. 950) Of course Nora replies and says, “I have other duties just as sacred. (Act III. Last scene. 24. 950) Explaining that she had “Duties to herself” as well. (Act III. Last Scene. 26. 950) Nora eventually asks Torvald to sacrifice his honor for her and when he wouldn’t do it she brings out a realistic point that thousands of women have. Then she brings up the question of why Torvald can’t do so.
In order to make a marriage work there has to be enough maturity from both spouses to work through situations of difficulty. There was a lack of sympathy from Torvald and he was too one-sighted for Nora. Nora was immature in her decision-making and made a bad choice by not consulting Torvald before borrowing money. Torvald reminded her all too much of her father. Although Torvald was a very smart lawyer and had very good ethics there was some immaturity when he sought that anybody who made a mistake was unfit and had to take the punishment awaiting them. He lacked a sense of human understanding that things weren’t always perfect even though he was a perfectionist. At first, Nora started out responsibly when she borrowed money when they went to Italy to cure Torvald. Things went tragically wrong though when the mishap happened and Krogstad was going to be fired and tried to blackmail Nora and her family. She couldn’t hardly bear the sight of disappointing Torvald and showed small signs of child-like immaturity. Her personality was young though, which is ok and sometimes good for a marriage. Eventually, Nora leaves afraid of her own fate and deciding she has to become more mature herself. In each predicament gender roles come into consideration and how the sacrificial roles of women were different then from what they are now. Parental obligations and surfaces of a situation aren’t always as they seem and people can’t make decisions based on a black and white analysis because usually things are more complex.
Barbara Harrell
EN 1333
28 October 2010
Both Spouses Are Slightly Immature in “The Dollhouse” and Gender Roles Along with Parental Obligations Come Into Consideration
“The Dollhouse” is full of situations of difficulty. In each predicament, gender roles come into consideration and how the sacrificial roles of women were different then from what they are now. Parental obligations and surfaces of a situation aren’t always as they seem and people can’t make decisions based on a black and white analysis because usually things are more complex. In “The Dollhouse” Torvald makes a black and white decision not realizing that him and Nora have a more complex situation of difficulty. Both Spouses Are Slightly Immature in “The Dollhouse” and Gender Roles Along with Parental Obligations Come Into Consideration.
Nora felt like she was just a doll in a dollhouse to Torvald. This is where Ibsen brings in realism. Nora actually says, “For that a most wonderful miracle of all would have to happen. We’d both have to change so much that—Oh, Torvald, I ‘ve stopped believing in miracles. That our life together would be a true marriage. Goodbye.” (Act III. Last Scene. 30, pg 953) This quote shows that Nora had enough of sacrificing and decided that she needed to start a life where she could learn about the world on her own and not be spoon-fed everything. Nora was always overprotected from her Dad and her husband which left her wondering what else there was to learn about that she needed to know before she helped raise her own children. She agreed with Torvald when he said she was unfit and in the play; (book) she packs her suitcase and leaves.
Sometimes problems like the situation of realism in the Dollhouse appear in the lives of individuals. In the Divorce Magazine.com in 2005 there were approximately 2,230,000 marriages in the United States. The divorce rate per 1000 people actually was down and was the lowest rate since 1970 of 3.6%. (Magazine) Today gender roles vary in a marriage and both a husband and wife might work or go to school for a career. In the Victorian Age when this play takes place it was actually considered wrong and selfish to forget the duties that a woman had to her husband and children. Most of the time roles of women included caring for the children, house-keeping, and teaching them proper manners. Today, both the mother and father take quite a leading role in the lives of their children and their family. Roles now are mixed and combined so that there isn’t quite as much of a defined atmosphere for the lives of women, men and children. It seems that every family varies now in picking their own roles and do not have a set example of rules that they have to stick to like in the Victorian Age.
Parental obligations come into consideration when Nora decides to leave Torvald. During the Victorian Age the queen set the example of how a family life should be. In this ideal family life the queen included that it was the role of the women who should take care of the children, care for the house and teach them manners. Nora had a nanny to help her and did just so until she decided to leave Torvald. That’s when Torvald says, “But to desert your home, your husband, and your children! And aren’t you concerned about what people will say?” (Act 3. Last Scene. 15-16, 950) This truly shows that Torvald was a strong believer in morals and the way of the Victorian Age. He believed that the Queen was right in setting her example and the duties of a women should be remembered first and foremost. That is taking care of one’s family.
The sacrificial roles of women were clearly defined during the Victorian Age but surprisingly would change quickly. Eventually through Ibsen’s play of realism, another example is set. This example is the fact that women have just as sacred duties that they owe to themselves besides their duties to their husband and children. For instance, the discussion between Torvald and Nora continues and Torvald says, “This is outrageous! You’re just going to walk away from your most sacred duties? “ ( Act III. Last scene. 19-20. 950) Of course Nora replies and says, “I have other duties just as sacred. (Act III. Last scene. 24. 950) Explaining that she had “Duties to herself” as well. (Act III. Last Scene. 26. 950) Nora eventually asks Torvald to sacrifice his honor for her and when he wouldn’t do it she brings out a realistic point that thousands of women have. Then she brings up the question of why Torvald can’t do so.
In order to make a marriage work there has to be enough maturity from both spouses to work through situations of difficulty. There was a lack of sympathy from Torvald and he was too one-sighted for Nora. Nora was immature in her decision-making and made a bad choice by not consulting Torvald before borrowing money. Torvald reminded her all too much of her father. Although Torvald was a very smart lawyer and had very good ethics there was some immaturity when he sought that anybody who made a mistake was unfit and had to take the punishment awaiting them. He lacked a sense of human understanding that things weren’t always perfect even though he was a perfectionist. At first, Nora started out responsibly when she borrowed money when they went to Italy to cure Torvald. Things went tragically wrong though when the mishap happened and Krogstad was going to be fired and tried to blackmail Nora and her family. She couldn’t hardly bear the sight of disappointing Torvald and showed small signs of child-like immaturity. Her personality was young though, which is ok and sometimes good for a marriage. Eventually, Nora leaves afraid of her own fate and deciding she has to become more mature herself. In each predicament gender roles come into consideration and how the sacrificial roles of women were different then from what they are now. Parental obligations and surfaces of a situation aren’t always as they seem and people can’t make decisions based on a black and white analysis because usually things are more complex.
"Where Have You Been? Where Are You Going?" Joyce Carol Oates
Jessica Gerlemann
Professor Harrell
En 1333
September 9, 2010
Carol Oates uses Connie to Show the Reality of How Flirting with Danger Can Become Disastrous
In this shocking, eye-appealing story we learn that there are disastrous consequences when innocence of flirtation evolves into danger. Although Connie’s life revolves around her head-in-the-cloud dreams and look-in-the-mirror pretty face; her flirtatious attitude overcomes a slap in the face with reality. Soon we come to realize that being pretty and popular sometimes requires you to pay the price and reap the consequences. In this story Joyce Carol Oates uses irony in the title and wraps it up in the end. Eventually the name Arnold “Friend” is used and it becomes ironic because he is really the opposite. Arnold Friend says, “I’m gonna get you baby,” and that is just the beginning of the foreshadowing of events Oates uses to unravel the plot and message of the story. (Kennedy, X.J., and Dana Gioia. Backpack Literature.1970.Print. )
At first the story starts off describing an average girl’s life, desires and ambitions. Yet, those dreamy days of sitting at home and looking in the mirror illustrated every young girls wonder and admiration of a world of possibilities just waiting to be unveiled. With a life where a mom constantly complains, nagging at her daughter with a jealousy of her youth, Connie still enjoys the leisure of going to the mall. She lives two separate lives from home and in the outside world. When she spends time with a boy named Eddie, she walks past Arnold friend for the first time who wags his finger at her in admiration. Only this time the admiration would get her into trouble. This admiration of a total stranger foreshadows the events to come of what Connie describes as a “forty-year old baby,” showing up on her doorstep practically begging for a ride of a different kind.( Kennedy, X.J., and Dana Gioia. Backpack Literature.1970.Print. ) Naturally Connie doesn’t know what to expect.
Soon the decision to bail out on a BBQ and stay at home listening to Bobby King on the radio becomes an initiation of growing up to fast. Connie is introduced to the not-so-nice world of being seduced by possibly a sexual predator. For example, Arnold Friend shows up at the door sweet-talking her to coax her out of the house. He is very vindictive and even slyly threatens her about her family so that she would be willing to come along for a ride. Eventually, Connie feels herself being pulled toward him. Panicking in her first real situation of initiation of growing up she finds herself distraught.
Professor Harrell
En 1333
September 9, 2010
Carol Oates uses Connie to Show the Reality of How Flirting with Danger Can Become Disastrous
In this shocking, eye-appealing story we learn that there are disastrous consequences when innocence of flirtation evolves into danger. Although Connie’s life revolves around her head-in-the-cloud dreams and look-in-the-mirror pretty face; her flirtatious attitude overcomes a slap in the face with reality. Soon we come to realize that being pretty and popular sometimes requires you to pay the price and reap the consequences. In this story Joyce Carol Oates uses irony in the title and wraps it up in the end. Eventually the name Arnold “Friend” is used and it becomes ironic because he is really the opposite. Arnold Friend says, “I’m gonna get you baby,” and that is just the beginning of the foreshadowing of events Oates uses to unravel the plot and message of the story. (Kennedy, X.J., and Dana Gioia. Backpack Literature.1970.Print. )
At first the story starts off describing an average girl’s life, desires and ambitions. Yet, those dreamy days of sitting at home and looking in the mirror illustrated every young girls wonder and admiration of a world of possibilities just waiting to be unveiled. With a life where a mom constantly complains, nagging at her daughter with a jealousy of her youth, Connie still enjoys the leisure of going to the mall. She lives two separate lives from home and in the outside world. When she spends time with a boy named Eddie, she walks past Arnold friend for the first time who wags his finger at her in admiration. Only this time the admiration would get her into trouble. This admiration of a total stranger foreshadows the events to come of what Connie describes as a “forty-year old baby,” showing up on her doorstep practically begging for a ride of a different kind.( Kennedy, X.J., and Dana Gioia. Backpack Literature.1970.Print. ) Naturally Connie doesn’t know what to expect.
Soon the decision to bail out on a BBQ and stay at home listening to Bobby King on the radio becomes an initiation of growing up to fast. Connie is introduced to the not-so-nice world of being seduced by possibly a sexual predator. For example, Arnold Friend shows up at the door sweet-talking her to coax her out of the house. He is very vindictive and even slyly threatens her about her family so that she would be willing to come along for a ride. Eventually, Connie feels herself being pulled toward him. Panicking in her first real situation of initiation of growing up she finds herself distraught.
"The Damned Human Race"
Jessica Gerlemann
Leigh Kolb
English Comp I
The Dying Fate of Human Kind Disintegrates
“The Damned Human Race” talks about the degrading grudgery of humankind and how we in the end become mammals on the lowest chain because we refuse to do what is right even though knowing knowledgably better. Nothing is more true. Langston Hughes qtd. “Hold fast to dreams because if dreams die, life is like a broken winged bird that cannot fly.” Also, we are compared to an Earl because much of the time humans kill other humans violently and unnecessarily. (Twain 526) Sometimes we are mean, intolerable, violent, unfair, racist and sexist or even indifferent and cold-hearted or lukewarm. These are just a few of the complaints of Twain in his brilliant logical satire.
With a bit of satire and logic, more points are made that since we have the free will to do right and wrong we do not bystandardly make mistakes. We therefore, are not innocent like animals and still do wrong anyhow, which makes us ruthless and inhumane. Considerably, we are the only ones that war against one another. Many times we are like a broken winged bird that cannot fly or extremely the opposite and spirited in the wrong direction. This often becomes true of the human race.
The man that sneers or the man that slays and then changes his clothes and preaches about world peace is a standing example. Hypocritical and sometimes even dangerous homicidal or suicidal becomes the saddest states of an adults life. There is a quote by (Unknown) that states “If your going to live life don’t try to live long because no one escapes.” If this isn’t true then living a life is a lie. For Example, a story covered by Afton Spriggs in North St. Louis covered a man being shot on his porch. “Authorities are looking for the gunman who shot and killed a man who was sitting on a porch in the 8600 block of Riverview. Police have not released the name of the victim. Officers told News 4 that the two men got into an argument and then the victim was shot once in the head and three times in the chest. The 29-year-old victim later died of his injuries.”
There are several domestic disputes for local officials and not much room is left for the adolescents to be the kids or teenagers they are and they are rawly exposed to the world to have to grow up all too soon. Awake! Pg 1-3 identifies 3 challenges for youths. For example, the first challenge is “Increased Isolation.” “Movies, TV shows and magazines have portrayed youths as constantly surrounded by a group of friends who grow with them throughout school years but the cases isn’t always as likely. Researchers Barbara Schneider and David Stevenson, analyzed interviews conducted with thousands of youths in the U.S. Their words were ‘relatively few students consistently had the same best friend or a small group of friends over time.’ Many youths ‘lack a sense of connection and have few close friends with whom they feel comfortable discussing problems or sharing ideas.’”(Pg 1-2) For Instance, the second example brings out the scrutiny of how each children, teens and young adults are “Pressured for Sex.” “Teens and even preteens are under tremendous pressure to experiment with sex. Nathan, a youth who lives in Australia says, ‘Most kids I knew at school began having sex between the ages of 12 and 15.’ A young woman named Binbay who lives in Mexico says that casual sex was very common among youths at her school.” This just comes to show how much the “Moral Sense” has faded according to Mark Twain in his “The Damned Human Race. (pg2-3) Not only is there moral decay, but there is an increase in family disputes. Challenge 3 is “Fractured Families” both shown by observation of the Awake pages 3-4 and the statistics of domestic crisis intervention by local officials on FBI.gov. “Youths in the United States have experienced rapid changes in family structure and a shifting set of values. ‘In the past few decades there have been several major demographic changes that directly affect the lives of teenagers,’ says the book The Ambitious Generation-America’s Teenagers, Motivated but Directionless. ‘The size of the average American family has been decreasing, so adolescents are likely to have fewer siblings.”
Domestic Crisis Intervention is a commonly done process by local officials on families. Introduction of the “Domestic Crisis Intervention Study Guide 2003” explains that much of the world would never have developed without the crisis of conflict and that much of judiciary decision is based on fight or flight. Or in many cases if one threatens or hurts another in a domestic crisis or family dispute. Domestic Violence are those situations I which the battery of a spouse has occurred of was viewed and a person has filed a complaint. Laws have been changed in most states making domestic abuse a crime against the state and no longer requiring a “complaint” by the victim. Domestic violence, like sexual harassment is frequently associated with a spouse abusing another spouse or sibling with the requirement of a complaint of an inside or other outside person.
FBI.gov states the two most wanted terrorists also becoming part of the degrading and fading world scene of the human race. This shows real evidence of our fading and disintegrating scene. World terrorism is just exactly the state where Twain compares us to the earl that unnecessarily and violently kills. The story on this website reveals exactly why these suspects are now the two most wanted. “Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al-Quso is sought for his role in the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen, in which 17 American sailors were killed.” “Husayn Muhammad al-Umari is wanted in connection with the 1982 bombing of Pan Am Flight 830, which resulted in the death of a teenage passenger and injury to 16 others. The flight, bound from Japan to Hawaii, carried 267 people.” (FBI.gov) Truly with assassinators, terrorists, fractured families and broken homes, homicidal and suicidal people the world is a mess but most of all it seems to fit the nature of survival of the fittest which is one concept. The final concept, is that all this worldly torture and devil-some fate can be avoided through divine intervention. Most of all what the world needs is love but through nature shows quite a spine of past violence which if not learning from other’s past mistakes throughout history especially in the concept of warring a lot less damage is done. Yet, we seem to be the most smartest and yet immoral and un-innocent when it comes to being a victim of a fool to our own actions.
Leigh Kolb
English Comp I
The Dying Fate of Human Kind Disintegrates
“The Damned Human Race” talks about the degrading grudgery of humankind and how we in the end become mammals on the lowest chain because we refuse to do what is right even though knowing knowledgably better. Nothing is more true. Langston Hughes qtd. “Hold fast to dreams because if dreams die, life is like a broken winged bird that cannot fly.” Also, we are compared to an Earl because much of the time humans kill other humans violently and unnecessarily. (Twain 526) Sometimes we are mean, intolerable, violent, unfair, racist and sexist or even indifferent and cold-hearted or lukewarm. These are just a few of the complaints of Twain in his brilliant logical satire.
With a bit of satire and logic, more points are made that since we have the free will to do right and wrong we do not bystandardly make mistakes. We therefore, are not innocent like animals and still do wrong anyhow, which makes us ruthless and inhumane. Considerably, we are the only ones that war against one another. Many times we are like a broken winged bird that cannot fly or extremely the opposite and spirited in the wrong direction. This often becomes true of the human race.
The man that sneers or the man that slays and then changes his clothes and preaches about world peace is a standing example. Hypocritical and sometimes even dangerous homicidal or suicidal becomes the saddest states of an adults life. There is a quote by (Unknown) that states “If your going to live life don’t try to live long because no one escapes.” If this isn’t true then living a life is a lie. For Example, a story covered by Afton Spriggs in North St. Louis covered a man being shot on his porch. “Authorities are looking for the gunman who shot and killed a man who was sitting on a porch in the 8600 block of Riverview. Police have not released the name of the victim. Officers told News 4 that the two men got into an argument and then the victim was shot once in the head and three times in the chest. The 29-year-old victim later died of his injuries.”
There are several domestic disputes for local officials and not much room is left for the adolescents to be the kids or teenagers they are and they are rawly exposed to the world to have to grow up all too soon. Awake! Pg 1-3 identifies 3 challenges for youths. For example, the first challenge is “Increased Isolation.” “Movies, TV shows and magazines have portrayed youths as constantly surrounded by a group of friends who grow with them throughout school years but the cases isn’t always as likely. Researchers Barbara Schneider and David Stevenson, analyzed interviews conducted with thousands of youths in the U.S. Their words were ‘relatively few students consistently had the same best friend or a small group of friends over time.’ Many youths ‘lack a sense of connection and have few close friends with whom they feel comfortable discussing problems or sharing ideas.’”(Pg 1-2) For Instance, the second example brings out the scrutiny of how each children, teens and young adults are “Pressured for Sex.” “Teens and even preteens are under tremendous pressure to experiment with sex. Nathan, a youth who lives in Australia says, ‘Most kids I knew at school began having sex between the ages of 12 and 15.’ A young woman named Binbay who lives in Mexico says that casual sex was very common among youths at her school.” This just comes to show how much the “Moral Sense” has faded according to Mark Twain in his “The Damned Human Race. (pg2-3) Not only is there moral decay, but there is an increase in family disputes. Challenge 3 is “Fractured Families” both shown by observation of the Awake pages 3-4 and the statistics of domestic crisis intervention by local officials on FBI.gov. “Youths in the United States have experienced rapid changes in family structure and a shifting set of values. ‘In the past few decades there have been several major demographic changes that directly affect the lives of teenagers,’ says the book The Ambitious Generation-America’s Teenagers, Motivated but Directionless. ‘The size of the average American family has been decreasing, so adolescents are likely to have fewer siblings.”
Domestic Crisis Intervention is a commonly done process by local officials on families. Introduction of the “Domestic Crisis Intervention Study Guide 2003” explains that much of the world would never have developed without the crisis of conflict and that much of judiciary decision is based on fight or flight. Or in many cases if one threatens or hurts another in a domestic crisis or family dispute. Domestic Violence are those situations I which the battery of a spouse has occurred of was viewed and a person has filed a complaint. Laws have been changed in most states making domestic abuse a crime against the state and no longer requiring a “complaint” by the victim. Domestic violence, like sexual harassment is frequently associated with a spouse abusing another spouse or sibling with the requirement of a complaint of an inside or other outside person.
FBI.gov states the two most wanted terrorists also becoming part of the degrading and fading world scene of the human race. This shows real evidence of our fading and disintegrating scene. World terrorism is just exactly the state where Twain compares us to the earl that unnecessarily and violently kills. The story on this website reveals exactly why these suspects are now the two most wanted. “Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al-Quso is sought for his role in the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen, in which 17 American sailors were killed.” “Husayn Muhammad al-Umari is wanted in connection with the 1982 bombing of Pan Am Flight 830, which resulted in the death of a teenage passenger and injury to 16 others. The flight, bound from Japan to Hawaii, carried 267 people.” (FBI.gov) Truly with assassinators, terrorists, fractured families and broken homes, homicidal and suicidal people the world is a mess but most of all it seems to fit the nature of survival of the fittest which is one concept. The final concept, is that all this worldly torture and devil-some fate can be avoided through divine intervention. Most of all what the world needs is love but through nature shows quite a spine of past violence which if not learning from other’s past mistakes throughout history especially in the concept of warring a lot less damage is done. Yet, we seem to be the most smartest and yet immoral and un-innocent when it comes to being a victim of a fool to our own actions.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
John Updike: A&P
The setting of the story is at an A&P grocery store in Massachussetts. A Dad quits the A&P store he works at to take a stand against the treatment of customers that he liked and enjoyed having as he rung up herring. His two parents best friends with the owner of the store,..he rebels and folds up his apron that says his name "Sammy," on it. The A&P store located in Boston, Massachusettes near the carribean. Sammy gets out of the store and looks for Queenie and her two tag alongs who had bought herring for the guys probably back at home but he cannot find them. One girl was chubby wearing a two piece green bathing suit and Queenie wore a pink-beige suit with no straps that the owner complained about.
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