A poster of the Vermeer painting "Girl With a Pearl Earring" hung in her bedroom, as it has done since she was about nineteen and first discovered the painting. ... The "Girl with a Pearl Earring" Painting "Girl with A Pearl Earring". 1665-1666. ... 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' is characteristic of Vermeer's later, more mature style. ... The 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' was most recently restored in 1994. ... The whole process was finished by a last layer of varnish, bringing back the 'Girl with the Pearl Earring' in its full glory. ...

• Word Count: 797
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the book, Girl With a Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier, Griet enters into many new relationships with different women, and in each she learns something, and she grows as a person. ... Now, get that poor girl down there a footwarmer" (110). ... She accuses Griet of stealing her pearl earrings before even checking to see if they are missing. She asks Griet hastily, "Did you steal the key to my jewelry box and take my earring?" ... In this novel, Girl With a Pearl Earring, Griet grows up a lot after she is tested with so many different relationships. ...

• Word Count: 805
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Girl With The Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier, is an eloquent and successful intertwining of fact and fiction. Depicting life in the 1600's with great detail, while at the same time intriguing readers with an eloquent and imaginative explanation of the mysterious painting by Vermeer. ... The main character is a young girl named Greit, and the story follows her as she is forced to mature as she becomes independent. ... In addition, there are six children (with more to come) in the household, including an outspoken six-year-old girl named Cornelia, whose mischievous ways get Greit int...

• Word Count: 1154
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The Eye in Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a pearl earring" An interpretation of Griets ability to see and its use for Vermeer and the story: In the following lines, I will focus on Griets ability to see and show, how her conciousness is highly influenced by her visual experiences. It will be subject of this paper to prove that an imagery of the eye and further visualisations is used throughtout the whole book to express Griets personality. ... ("I always laid vegetables out in a circle, each with its own section like a slice of pie. ... Throughout the whole book, people's eyes...

• Word Count: 1106
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING: Character Analysis Griet: "Strangers would think I was calm Only my mother would note the tightness along my jaw, the widening of my already wide eyes." ... Treated with no respect, on her first day is put into place about her position in the household. ... In regards to Tanneke's proud comment on being a maid since she was 14, Griet quoted "I would not have said such a thing with pride". ... Griet was clearly a good judge of character, realizing from the start of the book how she would have to act towards various characters in order to cope in th...

• Word Count: 860
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The book begins with the unforgettable birth of a baby girl named Usha in a remote Indian village on the eve of monsoon. ... The novel Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier, is based on the girl named Griet in Vermeer's painting. ... She immediately lost all the hope when she realized she has birthed a baby girl. ... With more thought, I realized I have observed countless instances on sexism, although they are not as serious as what the book describes, they are personal. ... In the novel Girl With A Pearl Earring, we see the different roles among the social classes. ...

• Word Count: 1988
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Body piercing was often identified with royalty and portrayed courage and virility. ... Janet Jackson, Keith Flint from Prodigy, Mel B from the Spice Girls and Malcolm Jamahl Warner from the Cosby show all sport pierced tongues. ... At various times in history men wore elaborate earrings; during the Elizabethan era many famous men such as Shakespeare, Sir Walter Raliegh and Francis Drake wore gold rings in their ears. "As the Roman Republic grew more effeminate with wealth and luxury, earrings were more popular among men than women; no less a he-man than Julius Cae...

• Word Count: 5222
• Approx Pages: 21
• Grade Level: High School

Barangay traded with barangay, island with island. ... The peoples of the Philippines exported, among other things, betel nuts, pearls, tortoise shells, etc. ... They were allowed to freely mix with the maharlikas. ... They also wore necklaces, armlets or kalombiga, earrings, rings, and anklets, usually made of gold and precious stones. ... Among the nobility, the groom gave a dowry (bigay-kaya) in the form of gold, slaves, land, or other gifts to the girl's parents. ...

• Word Count: 5518
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School