Yula Dos Santos Costa CINE 540 Prof. Persona In the film Persona, Ingmar Bergman reflects on the consequences of cinematic practice by constructing images from the experiences established between the two women, Alma and Elisabeth. Although nothing is real, everything “seems” to be, and the representation of the human being in fiction allows the characters to approach to themselves. In the film, Bergman experiences the place of creation as an opportunity for life at the moment it can be lived. Bergman moves away from belief in something absolute, and suppresses what is continuous through cinematic language. Thus, the questions it poses intersects and changes as they are stated. The artistic practice allows the observation of the characters …show more content…
Elisabeth's system creates the illusion of not lying anymore because she remains in silence. She isolates herself from the world, but continues to exist. She is obliged to the consciousness of herself, which is not for her to cease her thinking and to cease to be what she is. The refusal to masquerade, to unfold, to have only an appearance betrays her as a being, for it creates an expression of herself that does not belong to her, and that makes Elisabeth renounce herself. Chion mentions that “a character does not have to stop talking to be mute. For this muteness to be felt there only needs to be the suggestion (or explicit knowledge) that the person is hiding a secret” (CHION, pg 362). Vogler's conscious decision to submit to silence, not wanting to perform the various social roles assigned to her, forms expectations about the conduct to follow, where it is necessary to comply with the rules based on the assigned values. It’s this urgency to drastically break up with everything, entangled in images particularly linked to the human sacrifice and standardization, that Vogler fails to yield to the pressure of others, closing up cathartically in her silence. The events and the frozen relationship between the two women make us think of Elisabeth, and the almost complete loss of her personality. It is the silence of the soul that leaves
Tragic events can leave scars but they should not be allowed to define how someone lives their life. After being assaulted, Melinda decides not to talk about it and bottles up her pain, hoping to forget it. “It is easier not to say, shut your trap, button your lip, can it” (Anderson 9). In this quote, Melinda is forthright about her belief in silence. This statement defines Melinda’s behavior for most of the novel.The quote shows that Melinda does have voice she just does not want to use it outside of her own head. While Melinda recognizes that her isolation is harmful, she takes steps to reconnect to others and get help. Speaking up can get you somewhere in life.”Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, or being hated, don’t give way to hating, and yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise” (Kipling lines 6-8). This quote means things will happen to you, people talk, and you are going to lose friends, however, you cannot let this affect you. For the theme of finding one’s voice, the texts might be showing how speaking up and pushing through the awful names people call you can help you be more confident and competent. Finally, characterization is another tool Anderson and Kipling use to develop the theme of finding one’s voice and identity.
Many of these artists' works contain subtle hints to the author's opinion on the subject. By analyzing their central compositional effects, the viewer can obtain a greater appreciation and understanding for the art.
Ingmar Bergman believes that film comes from combing backgrounds from theatre and novels (Baldo, 1987). By Ingmar having experience in theatre it helped his career to grow as a filmmaker
...tion, we can try new forms of creating art, while questioning and expanding the very nature of collaboration itself.
Silence plays an immense role in this society. The females must keep quiet of the past mistakes someone before them had made, of their true identity, and of the way they were treated. Kingston's aunt made many mistakes which resulted to her death. The first sentence of the memoir starts with, “‘You must not tell anyone, what I am about to tell
Through what we have studied of the artist, we know that he sees various things in his
"Explain how artists have reflected aspects of their personal world in their Art Making” (Art Making Practice)
“I think of it now as a kind of mask, not an animated mask that expresses the essence of an inner truth, but a mask that falls like dead weight over the human face...” (Griffin 349). This quote directs our attention to how Griffon feels about the “mask” and begins to allow us to look at secrets from another perspective. A “Mask”, in Griffon’s example, is a barrier of secrets and lies concealing the truth of a person. Griffin talks about Heinrich Himmler and the secrets that he hides within himself. Throughout his childhood Himmler’s life was hidden, overshadowed by a mask or barrier formed by his upbringing and culture, his perspective of himself was skewed as he takes who he is and puts it deep away within himself. Hiding in fear and guilt- he told no one until the voice he heard from his father became the one he used on himself- chastising him until his being was at war with itself. Griffon discusses how Heinrich causes an emotional build up that results in the loss of his own emotions or a “void”, because of his secrets that have formed a barrier between him and the outside world, as a result of his upbringing and ideals. Griffon relates with him on an almost emotional level- or rather the lack thereof. “But at this moment in his life Heinrich is facing a void. I remember a similar void, when a long and intimate
This instantly tells the readers that she is being emotionally suffocated by her mother. She is being suffocated since she is no longer able to speak about the story of her aunt. The bad company the protagonist hold is believing everything her mother is telling her. If she would have asked the questions to her mother then maybe she will have closure to the story. “My aunt- haunts me- her ghost drawn to me because now, after fifty years of neglect, I alone devote pages of paper to her, though not origamied into houses and clothes” (Kingston 1515). This quote shows she is not able to overcome this obstacle because her aunt still haunts her. This is important to the theme of silence and voice, because the story shows the readers how only so much can be
... turning some who can be seen as a blank canvas into someone new. In both ways, Evelyn and Henry Higgins are the artists to their work. Though they might not treat the people they are working with as a human, in the grander idea they have made them better. Adam finally comes to terms with his true personality, while Evelyn exposes what society believes are the norms for a person’s appearance. While, with Eliza, she leaves the life of being a beggar and becoming a duchess, showing how through hard work a person can change, and it becomes hard to return to one’s prior self. Both instances show art playing a large role in shaping their lives. From learning about life through art, people then strive to be on the same level as the art the see, trying to live a grander lifestyle. Showing that to a certain extent art can influence life more than life can influence art.
The painting achieves unity by use of proximity, creating a relationship between the elements by placing figures engaged in various activities closely
Mr. Berger states in his essay, “The reciprocal nature of vision is more fundamental than that of a spoken dialogue. And often dialogue is an attempt to verbalize this- an attempt to explain how, either metaphorically or literally, “you see things” (120). This statement is a use of the rhetorical strategy, ethos, which is what Mr. Berger uses to gain influence and trust with the academic audience that he is intending to instill new knowledge in. This is a strong use of ethos that leads into how art is viewed so
Joseph Urgo reads the novel in terms of Edna learning to narrate her own story. He maintains that by the end of the novel she has discovered that her story is "unacceptable in her culture" (23) and in order to get along in that culture she must be silent. Edna rejects this muting of her voice and would, Urgo maintains, rather "extinguish her life than edit her tale" (23). To save herself from an ending others would write or an ending that would compromise what she has fought to obtain, she has to write her own end and remove herself from the tale. As she swims out, the voices of her children come to pull at her like little "antagonists," and there are others on shore who would also hold her down: Robert, Adele, Arobin, and Leonce. Edna finds a way to elude them all, and narrates in her suicide the conclusion to her tale. In this type of reading, her suicide can be understood in terms of societal pressure. What is the result of silencing a person's voice? Urgo maintains, on a symbolic level...
In times, we often see things, but we don't really capture what is beyond it. In some cases, there are people who are artistic and are prone to see what other's cannot visualize. Every individual has a talent which can be expressed and processed differently. Something you see can mean entirely divergent things to someone else;for example, some may see thing's that may seem simple, but in the eyes of an artist, it can be perceived with a whole new definition, dimension, and a potentially new discovery. As a photographer, my view of the world, can be skewed towards looking at everyday objects as potential art, but it wasn't always like that.
“In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. Moreover, unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.” This quote by Ernst Fischer, a German composer, means that truth in art exposes the parts of society, and of life, that no one wants to see. In order for art to change society, it must first reflect the fears and failures of its people. The artist can change how people think of themselves and the world by using less conventional methods of creating art. The artist, in doing this, introduces new ideas of human placement in time and space, new frontiers of thought, that are furthered by the disciplines of science and philosophy. The artist works to introduces unique- and sometimes offensive- ideas so that society will be exposed to new ways of thinking and understanding the world. The artist does this through experimentation with color, style, and form. Therefore, the purpose of the artist should be to challenge how individuals perceive themselves and the offensive aspects of society reflected in art to bring about innovations in the greater society.