This eventually becomes too honest and too blunt for the woman and "she turns to those liars, the candles or the moon" for a distorted image of herself in order to not see her ageing in the soft focus. ... But then "she turns to those liars, the candles or to the moon." because she wants to avoid the seeing her aged face, the old woman she has become and the unhappiness that brings. ...
The Arnolfini Portrait is an oil painting on oak panel that measures 32.3 in x 23.62in, currently hanging in the National Gallery, London, painted in 1434 by Jan van Eyck. It is also known as The Arnolfini Wedding, The Arnolfini Marriage, The Arnolfini Double Portrait or the Portrait of Gi...
When I finished reading "The Gilded Six Bits" by Zora Neale Hurston, I felt as if there was hope. Hope in the fact that true love does exist, even in the story of a literary writer. I always do enjoy a good love story, but, Hurston goes beyond the norm. The main characters, Joe and Missie Ma...
When the curtain rises after intermission and the illusions are starting to crumble, the tree is standing in the background of the set with its candles burnt down, all the decorations removed, and the branches looking ragged and decrepit (Hornby 113). ...
