Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales
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I love to write. I have a deep love for words and language; a budding philologist (a late bloomer according to my father). I have been fascinated with the construction of sentences and how meaning is derived from the order of words.
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August Wilson's Fences
Fences, a play written by August Wilson, is set in 1957 and opens with Troy Maxson engaged in conversation with his best friend Bono, as they enter the front yard of the Maxson's home. Written in 1985, Wilson uses the symbolism of fences to address the impact of racism on dreams and Troy Maxson's desire to protect his family from the pain he experienced.
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Geeks
The Lions of Ancient Antiquity
LION GATE The approach to Mycenae is substantial and if you were not a friend, it was going to be tough to get in. Mycenae is one of the great citadels of Mycenaean Culture, during the Bronze Age, located on mainland Greece. Mycenae traded throughout the Mediterranean and became quite wealthy and quite powerful between the years of bout 1600 and 1100 BCE. There were several cultures that thrived in this area during the Bronze Age period. One is Cycladic, located on the Cycladic islands. The other is the Minoan Culture, which was on the island of Crete.
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Horror
Do My Eyes Deceive Me?
Rashômon, a Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, has been described as a psychological thriller, not in the same terms as Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, but more along the lines of a who done it. Having played the game Clue and having read many Sherlock Holmes mysteries, I felt well equipped to solve this murder. I came away from this film just as puzzled as the woodcutter. Kurosawa's intent for this movie was to explore the nature of truth and to examine the meaning of justice. According to Tadao Sato, Kurosawa's film is significant because
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Geeks
The Impact of Color, Symbolism & Imagery in Cinematography:. Top Story - June 2022.
Feature Films vary in presentation, duration, and target audience, yet each film uses elements of color, symbolism, and imagery to tell a story, share ideas, and express feelings. The director decides the composition of those elements. The directors of Roma and Wind River make conscious decisions about the use of color, symbolism, and imagery. The lack or use of these components in another way would change the overall meaning of the stories that were told. The symbolic nature of the elements captured in the cinematography of Wind River is punctuated by the vividness and vibrancy of nature as the backdrop to a dark story can be compared to the black and white cinematography of Roma, where life and death are balanced as we watch Cleo experience this balance and her inner struggle to reconcile and find peace in the experience of life.
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Geeks
Re-Defining the American
The sweet summer air of the colonial frontier depicted by James Fenimore Cooper in his novel The Last of the Mohicans is refreshingly delightful and is filled with rich, thoughtful characters. Hawk-eye and Chingachgook do not follow traditional character development pertaining to hunters and Native Americans of other early American literature attempting to capture the wilds of the great frontier. In fact, J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur's "Letters from an American Farmer", depict the American quite differently. Crevecoeur, all too willingly, applied negative attributes to the American living a life in the wild frontier or the Native American. In severe contrast, Cooper brilliantly demonstrates a genuine relationship between the frontiersman, Hawk-eye, and the Mohican chief, Chingachgook. Their dialogue, candid and lively, adds to the strength, warmth, and mutual respect overflowing in this "unlikely" friendship.
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Geeks
Tall Tales of Leaping Fish and Sleeping Dogs
Back in 2019, I took an American Literature course at the local community college. After reading Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" we were assigned to write a brief reflective essay on this work. I found that I struggled to find a beginning to the essay, so I called my father, a retired professor, and asked him:
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Geeks
Prometheus to Cyborg:
The modern human being distinguished by its highly developed brain, capacity for well-articulated speech, and abstract reasoning, seem to have evolved significantly from its origins, advancing by leaps and bounds into a post-humanistic future.
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Futurism
Nathaniel Hawthorne's Custom House and The Scarlet Letter
The Custom House The introduction to The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, also known as "The Custom House", is autobiographical in nature with a great many embellishments. Though not customarily described as creative fiction, there is enough truth in Hawthorne's introduction to give it that tag. Considering the contents of "The Custome House," Hawthorne shares that he may "keep the inmost Me behind its veil," he also concludes that it is in his rights to "be autobiographical without violating either the reader's rights or his own" (6).
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Geeks
Harriet Jacobs
The concept of value and worth is one that presents itself every day as consumers rush to Starbucks to buy a five-dollar blended coffee before work or to purchase that seven-dollar juicy double-double meal at In-N-Out for lunch. The thought of owning another person seldom occurs to the average person, however, the idea of worth or value in employment is ever on the mind of the individual pursuing an education to ensure prestigious employment. In the 21st century the mere thought of slavery appalls us, yet, as American citizens, it is a part of the history of the United States. In her autobiography: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Harriet Jacobs specifies the sum paid for the purchase of her younger brother:
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Humans
Emily Dickinson
Many years ago, when my children were young and my mother-in-law was living with our family, I was experiencing a great deal of distress and would often lament to my mother the hardships that were my unwelcome companions. After one of my rants, my mother sent me an email with a short note and the lines from Emily Dickinson's poem #138 "To fight aloud, is very brave" (1):
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Poets
