Masquerade Essays

Some people in high school are pretending to be at a big masquerade party. They wear masks pretending to be someone different from who they really are, and convince the people around them to see there mask as their true self. Many of the teenagers in the book Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes wore masks to hide who they really were. The students revealed their true identities and how they felt by writing and performing poetry on Open Mike Fridays in their English class. The main character, Tyrone

A major theme of “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe is revenge and secrecy. Throughout the story Montresor plots and carries out his revenge against Fortunato. During the time the story takes place, protecting your family at any cost was acceptable, so to protect his family he kills Fortunato. The two characters that were introduced are Montresor and Fortunato. As the reader begins to read the story the author makes it very clear that Montresor wants revenge. The author tells us that the

being a masquerade. The golden lining, pearls, complex embroidery, and silver symbolizes the wealth of the Capulet family. Silk, often imported from Asia, would be used to create the the gown to cover the spanish farthingale and corset. The dress is mainly dyed the color pink because the color is associated with ladies and young girls. The mask would complement the gown, so it would have a silver base color, and it’s decorated with golden lining and different jewels. Elizabethan masquerade masks would

describe how Nikki Grimes writes her poems, but the poetry written in her novel Bronx Masquerade. Tyrone Bittings never liked school, his friends were the only thing keeping him there. When his high-school English teacher speaks about the Harlem Renaissance, his class starts to write poetry of their own. We learn more about Tyrone and his classmates that we may have never known before. Bronx Masquerade is, “Ain’t but one big surprise after another.” It tells the heartwarming story of the

Enugu State “Igbo Masquerades” Celebration Sacred Heart Hall is the place the Igbo Masquerades Celebration occurred in Oakland, CA on October 10, 2015; the Nigerian "dancers" are male based there were 20 male artists. The Nigerian dancers and performers accumulated wearing their conventional garments, veils, gems, instruments, and their state hues secured the white stripped walls of the hall. The musicians had African drums, Agogo Bells, Money dance, traditional music, and masks; Agogo Bell which

was acknowledgment the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night”(61). The phrase “thief in the night” refers to an unseen or unexpected act without it being seen. Prince Prospero created the masquerade to try to evade disease. The red death entered the masquerade and killed not only the prince, but everyone. Poe makes this comparison to effectively show the inevitability of death. Prince Prospero’s obsession with avoiding death caused him to seal all entrances from disease

Elizabethan era, but one main difference in the masques and masquerades. There are several differences within this topic but one difference is clothing. Another difference could be music. Masquerades still to this day and during the Elizabethan era were and are a form of entertainment with special clothing and masques worn. Masquerades have been around for ages. Masquerades were used long ago in many plays. Still, to this day, masquerades are used in pageants as well as masques (Williams). Quoted

Edgar Allen Poe uses symbols such as the Red Death, masquerade ball, and even the castellated abbeys in the allegory “The Masque of the Red Death” to teach all readers, no matter their age, ethnicity, or gender, to acknowledge other people’s problems. This story applies to real-life situations, such as the HIV outbreak in the 1980s; it was believed that the disease could only be contracted by homosexual men and drug users, so it seemed unimportant to the sober, straight community, who mainly just

Death is not red but does not avert. With the short about the hidden meaning of the red death during a masquerade ball, held by Prince Prospero, while hiding from the death of the outside. Soon before, the prince through a masquerade party, he was isolated for 5-6 months. Clues were given with the irregular details, never showing that the plague is killing most of his citizens while being barracked. Even though “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allen Poe uses word choice and symbolism to create

Edgar Allan Poe was an American author and editor, who was best known for his works in Gothic literature. Most of Poe’s stories deal with the theme of horror, as was reflected in Poe’s life as it was full of tragedy involving the loss of many of his beloved wives and mothers. The following stories are amongst Poe’s most celebrated stories; The Tell Tale Heart - a short story told by an unreliable narrator who persuades the readers of his sanity, while telling of a murder he committed. The Masque

Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” is a critique of an unequal society with its structured hierarchy of male dominance. The play seems to be a serious social commentary of the time period when it was written. The characters in the play bring four issues of power and control, ignorance and innocence, rebirth and social status. Ibsen created Nora’s character in doll’s house to represent that women of that time period was unaware of their situation in society but in play women were also taught to overcome

James Joyces’ Araby and John Updike’s A&P are two short pieces of literature that follow the storyline of teenage boy and his short-lived crush. The two stories both have separate unique plots, settings, tones, and themes, however, the characterization in the two stories is quite comparable. Although Joyce’s Araby and Updike’s A&P may seem to be completely different, the characterization of both works is very similar in the sense that are both protagonists are dynamic characters, both protagonists

compromised.” James A. Forbes said. People have often stereotyped races and ethnicities because based less on fact than rumor and exaggeration. But, many never think through why they did it; they just did it because the society did it. In the novel Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes, in general, most of the characters prejudged others because of their race. One character in the novel, Raul Ramirez, is particularly bothered by how people expect Puerto Ricans and other Hispanics to be. While Raul and I like

Kate Chopin is the author of a very popular short story called “Desiree’s Baby”. This story takes place in the 1890s, during the time of slavery and has to do with a white woman named Desiree Valmonde, who was abandoned by her parents and adopted by a married couple. It also has to do with a white man named Armand, who is Desiree’s significant other. Being the happily, healthy couple that they are, they decide to have a baby together, and when the baby is born Armand and Desiree were both delighted

Early Greek comedy was strongly contrasted to grandeur and gravity of the tragedy. Aristophanes, the Grand Master of Comedy, used different types of humor in his work, including farce, jokes with sexual connotation, satire and literary parody. Unlike tragedy, the storyline does not originate from traditional mythological heritage or legends, but is the product of the creative imagination of the writer, main topics including political and social satire. Over the centuries comedy was moving away from

The higher a person's ability to empathize, the higher their forgiveness. The novel, “Bronx Masquerade” by Nikki Grimes, demonstrated this through the character, Porscha Johnson. “I’m older now and understand a little about pain, and the crazy things, it drives us to. So, even though this may be overdue- Mom I finally forgive you” ( 161 Grimes). Porsche lost her mother due to an overdose of drugs. Furthermore, she has been bullied in school for 9 months. When she fights back, everyone sees as a monster

"Find where the title is used later in the book, quote it (#); explain its meaning. “Open Mike, Bronx Masquerade”(32). The meaning of Bronx Masquerade is that especially in high school, always be yourself and don’t change for other people. Bronx Masquerade refers to New York where the story takes place and the 18 students that are trying to express who they truly are. Find an example of alliteration, quote it (#); explain its meaning. "That girl in the mirror, daughter of San Juan made of sunshine

Masquerade The Scarlet Letter is a romance written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in 1850, about the puritan society of Boston and the necessity of truth. In the beginning of this book, we see Hester Prynne, a young, Virgin Mary type figure and her baby, being hoisted up on a scaffold to be publicly ridiculed for committing a heinous sin: adultery. As a punishment she must label herself with a bright scarlet letter A. She is being made to face the truth of her sin head on and publicly. However, she does

Walker’s statement on the bottom of page 69 and the top of 70,”what now masquerades as World History is largely fictitious.” raises a serious topic that causes extremely heated debates. Agreeing with the statement, I understand that Walker wants the truth of Africa and its people to be heard and believed. European historians seized and intentionally manipulated history in order to create the idea of them being the founding fathers of the African civilization. When Europeans first began their journeys

The Bronx Masquerade a story by Nikki Grimes, is a realistic fiction novel. This novel talks about a group of 18 high school kids who create a poetry slam, but what they don’t know is how far beneath surface it will take them. Open mike changed all of the students significantly. The students have changed the most throughout the novel were Diondra Jordan and Tyrone Bittings. Diondra Jordan is one of the children in Mr.Ward’s English class who participates in “open mike”. In addition to that, Diondra