The Mask

Masks, objects from a contemporary visual culture enabled the exploration of meanings and social functions between the Mexican culture and the Senufo culture. There should be similar social functions of traditional masks such as the usage of traditional masks in funerals, celebrations and ceremonies despite cultural differences. Additionally, there should be some differences in meanings of traditional masks in the aspect of representativeness. Regardless of the categorization and past definitions

civility. Jack’s Mask symbolically represented savagery throughout all parts of the story. In the beginning, it allowed Jack to murder the pig without feeling guilty, towards the middle, it gave him further confidence to maintain and rule, and in the end, it liberated the boys into savagery. First of all, Jack ghosts his morals by painting on a mask. The mask allowed Jack to ignore his connections to civilized society, allowing him to easily kill a pig. The author explains, “The mask was a thing of

My mask portrays the unique features of myself that most may not acknowledge about me when they first meet me. The splitting of my mask represents the two different versions of how I may choose to convey myself to the world. The division of my mask is created by a black felt that contrasts with the yellow and golden half. I chose the color black because it represents the absence of color, it is usually associated with seriousness, authority, and is considered a prestigious color. I included 2 beakers

Mask Many people tend to put on a “mask” to hide their true self. People will act differently to fit in or acquire something. A mask allows for a person to hide their true self and often times helps people deceive others. In the play Macbeth, Lady Macbeth put on a mask to hide her cruel, manipulative, and greedy self. Over the course of the play, Lady Macbeth changes, in the mask the color changes from black to red. This represents Lady Macbeth's change that occurs within her, it starts off dark

One day, my friend and I were gossiping, and as we walked down the hallway, we pointed to every person we layed our eyes on and whispered, "Fake. Fake. Fake. Fake. Fake." I giggled at our secretive insult, but I lost focus for a second. In my head, I imagined a mirror. I saw myself - a girl with a big smile painted across her face. Then, this girl pointed to her own reflection. "Fake." Every day, my eyes scan this stupid place called "high school" - a dark tunnel I never find light at

Humans use to think they the top of the food chains, but they really weren’t and never were.. It just wasn’t noticed till later in time.And, Who is above the humans? Ghouls. Creatures that lives only off human flesh. You would think people would run and hide but they didn’t. Why? Because the ghouls lived among them. The ghouls looked like ordinary humans beings, you could tell no difference at all until late at night in a dark alley..But some ghouls even trained themselves to be able to eat it to

The purpose of the mask is to portray the combined inner psyche of Jekyll and Hyde. There are two distinct halves of the mask: the left side is Jekyll and the right side is Hyde. The far left side of the mask is white, which transitions into a light grey further to the right. The far right side is a dark, blood red. Going towards the middle from the right side, the red becomes lighter. The middle is where these two colors, grey and red, blend together. The red is slightly to the right of the middle

Jack Merridew is nothing short of a devil in disguise. The devilish mask I created represents how corrupt he became throughout the book. Jack, like the devil, wanted to be in power, and went out of his way to get it through darker means, which contributed to his downfall in character. His power-hungry nature created a monster which was bred to kill Ralph and his other companions, even if it weren't by his own hands necessarily. His tribe and followers, like Roger for example, took the lives of Piggy

Masks embody a side of ourselves many do not particularly know they have. Many masks are unrecognizable to the human eye, but come to appear when people are around certain others, for example many would not act the same around a teacher versus a friend. Throughout history masks have been worn even by the most cruel men and women; German Nazis. These soldiers of World War II, all wore an appearance that hides their true identity; a shaved head and a uniform transformed, these people into hostile

Northwest Coast Tribal Masks This paper describes the Sea Bear Transformation Mask, created by Don Svanvik in 2000, and how it reflects Northwest Coast Indian art and culture, specific to the Kwakiutl tribe. A transformation mask is a large mask with hinged shutters that, when open, reveal another mask. Audrey and Alan Bleviss gave this mask to the Montclair Art Museum in 2005. The medium consists of red cedar, cedar bark, copper, pigment, and string. In the Montclair Art Museum, the mask is displayed in