It was perhaps one of the oddest moments of her life. Anna angled her head around her sister as they both stared at the once glowing indigo doors, now dull and lifeless. The princess remembered seeing the castle filled with the breath of life, alive and brimming with splendors for the eye to see; but it seemed that with the absence of its master, it was like the very lungs of the castle had the wind knocked out of them. It was lifeless and sad, yet still captivating all the same. However, Anna found it odd for the reason that both her and Elsa were standing on one side of a door.
Granted, no one really stood behind this door, but Anna still counted it as an odd moment.
Elsa paused when they reach the top of the staircase. Anna sensed that her sister was slightly distressed. The Queen relented a brief story of what occurred when they captured her while on the sleigh ride up the mountain. Neither of them really wished to continue on the subject, for it brought up a certain distasteful prince and the near death of the Queen. To be frank, the castle before them held many haunting memories.
Why did I bring her here? Elsa wondered.
The Queen did not outstretch her hands like Anna expected, instead the doors opened by themselves and Elsa entered her icy domain. Anna was hesitant to follow, but did so anyway.
“Oh,” Elsa's voice sounded crestfallen and her shoulders drooped upon the sight.
Scattered all over the floor, lay pieces of the gorgeous fountain that once sat in the middle of the room. The Queen had a haunting suspicion that the Duke of Weselton's henchmen would wreak havoc on her castle while she was unconscious. Not much of the solid fixtures were damaged, but for what they could deface was tarnished and broken. Elsa asce...
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...e was at a loss of words. An amber glow danced across Elsa's dress, dazzling Anna as she sat up to take in the full view. She was used to seeing Elsa with a blue look, not as in sad but rather there was always a cool feel to Elsa's exterior; however, Anna found that the warm and golden appearance fitted her sister's just as well.
“Oh, Elsa,” Anna repeated. “You should wear that dress more often.”
“But Anna,” the Queen began, “I wear this dress all the time or at least different variations of it.”
“Well, you need take more walks in the sun then. The fresh air will do you some good and maybe you could gain a bit of color.”
Then Anna smirked and Elsa did too, glancing at her sister out of the corner of her eye. They sat there together, watching as the sun set in the sky. And Anna no longer considered it an odd moment rather one she would treasure for years to come.
The story of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII, has been elusive to historians since her death in 1536 at the hands of her husband. This, in part, can be attributed to the destruction of almost everything she touched soon after her execution. On orders of the king, the castles that were once her home had all memory stripped of her. Portraits were destroyed, letters disappeared, their symbol of the H and A intertwined had the A ripped away. The remnants of her time on the throne are pieces of history that were overlooked in the workers haste to strip the castles in preparation for Jane Seymour to become queen. There are few hints left of what really happened during Anne’s life and how important she was during her reign which has created the widespread infatuation with Anne and who she really was. Why is Anne’s life of such interest to us then? The reasons are many and include the desire to know her role in the English reformation, being the first queen of England to ever be executed, and the impact it had on her daughter and the later Queen Elizabeth I.
But first let me tell of the rooms in which it was held. These were seven—an imperial suite. In many palaces, however, such suites form a long and straight vista, while the folding doors slide back nearly to the walls on either hand, so that the view of the whole extent is scarcely impeded. Here the case was very different, as might have been expected from the duke’s love of the bizarre. The apartments were so irregularly disposed that the vision embraced but little more than one at a time. There was a sharp turn at every twenty or thirty yards, and at each turn a novel effect. To the right and left, in the middle of each wall, a tall and narrow Gothic window looked out upon a closed corridor which pursued the windings of the suite. These windows were of stained glass whose colour varied in accordance with the prevailing hue of the decorations of the chamber into which it opened. That at the eastern extremity was hung, for example in blue—and vividly blue were its windows. The second chamber was purple in its ornaments and tapestries, and here the panes were purple. The third was green throughout, and so were the casements. The fourth was furnished and lighted with orange—the fifth with white—the sixth with violet. The seventh apartment was closely shrouded in black velvet tapestries that hung all over the ceiling and down the walls, falling in heavy folds upon a carpet of the same material and hue. But in this chamber only, the
Her bedroom was closed but with an “open window” (463), with a roomy armchair she sank into. As she is looking out the window she sees “the tops of trees,” “new spring life,” “breath of rain was in the air,” and she could hear a peddler below in the street, calling to customers, and “patches of blue sky showing” (463). The author depicts in the previous sentence that when she uses “breath of rain was in the air,” rain is more like a cleansing so she could be feeling a sign of relief but can’t recognize it. She sat with her head on the cushion “quite motionless,” except when a sob came in her throat and “shook her,” like a child “continuously sobbing” (463) in its dreams. The author uses imagery in the previous
At the beginning of the story Arlene and her daughter, Champ, are at K-Mart. Arlene is looking for makeup and hair dye that will go with a dress that she is borrowing. This is where Viramontes first uses the phrase “it sounds right”. Now think, will this color go good with Pancha’s blue dress? – Pancha is Arlene’s comadre. Since Arlene has a special date tonight, she lent Arlene her royal blue dress that she deeps in a plastic bag at the end of her closet. The dress is made of chiffon, with satin-like material underlining, so that when Arlene first tried it on and strutted about, it crinkled sounds of elegance. The dress fits too tight. Her plump arms squeeze through, her hips breathe in and hold their breath, the seams do all they can to keep the body contained. But Arlene doesn’t care as long as it sounds right. (1-526 ) Here is a woman who tries on a dress that makes her feel young and beautiful. And, takes her back in my opinion to a time that outer beauty came naturally.
had gained a different status in Eva's mind. It became the precious object of memories, where private conversations and dreams were once revealed. Eva gazed with nostalgia at a faded color portrait of the smiling faces of the two sisters.
The heavy door seemed like a prison door that was meant to keep inmates inside. The Nurse on the other hand who was attending the visitor’s desk was dressed in a white uniform. She was as cold in her reception, similar to the day that was cold outside. Marian does not tell the nurse her true intentions of being there except that she was a campfire girl wanting to visit some old lady. When asked by the nurse in a manly voice “Acquainted with any of our residents?” (122), Marian nervously pushing her hair behind and stammers “With any old ladies? No – but – that is, any of them will do”. (122) showing that the both of them were really not concerned about the
The story starts off with Elsa putting away Mrs. Montjoy's pots and pans in her cupboard, but she is not placing them where they need to go. Mrs. Montjoy comments, "And the colander on that hook there." (Page 1) As if Elsa isn't upset enough, Mrs. Montjoy doesn't even care about what Elsa is trying to say to her what so ever because Mrs. Montjoy doesn't have any interest in her life. At this point you understand that Mrs. Montjoy only wants her around to take care of what needs to be taken care of that's her job and nothing else. The story takes you back to how Elsa came about living with Mrs. Montjoy. It was all set up between an old friend of Elsa's mother's and Mrs. Montjoy for Elsa to take the summer job for her and be her maid. Now Elsa is taken to the Island where Mrs. Montjoy and her family live. They are traveling on a boat which Mrs. Montjoy thinks scares Elsa, but really doesn't. At this point Elsa is confused on why Mrs. Montjoy would think it is such a big deal if she really was scared, since Elsa is all right with showing fear because it's something normal to her unlike Mrs. Montjoy.
Before she opened the door, she asked, “Who is it?” But no one answered. A few seconds later there was another knock. Janine flung open the door, “What the...”
Frozen is a masterpiece about two sisters who suffer a broken relationship. Frozen premiered on 27 November 2013, and melted the hearts of its audience. Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, Frozen displays a relationship between two sisters which is strained due to a secret that should not be revealed. The eldest sister Elsa (Idina Menzel), discovers her powers to freeze anything that is touched. Anna (Kristen Bell) is trying to remain in the public eye, while Elsa wants to shield her powers from everyone, including her own sister. Elsa then flees from Arendelle, after causing a scene at a ball after being coronated. Anna then goes on a quest to find Elsa and bring her back to Arendelle to unfreeze the land. Frozen is a spectacular film due to its incredible storyline, popular music, and the amount of humor.
But in the time of Marie Antoinette, this was rather sensical. To serve the queen was a very high honor, and the task would only fall unto the individual with the highest ranking.The movie does a highly accurate representation of this, after the queen waking up, is to be put into a different gown to wear after sleeping. Her nightgown is taken off, and about to put a different one on, a new woman, of higher rank, enters the room. The woman currently about to put Marie into her new gown, of lower rank, steps back from Marie, to greet the new woman, and hand the gown to the higher rank woman to dress Marie. This change happens several times, as women of higher and higher rank continue to enter. Leaving Marie shivering, naked, as the new gown is passed around the room to different women. Finally the Marie gets the gown, after many different swaps, leaving her to say “ This is ridiculous”. That scene showed that the rituals were very important to the current system, even if the queen herself thought them to be unreasonable and unnecessary.
Anna plays the role of the classic submissive female married to David's classic chauvinist male. "Wanting to remain attractive to her husband, Anna attempts to conform to the eroticized and commodified images of women promulgated in the mass culture" (Bouson 44). Although the novel is set during the 1970"s, the decade of one of the great feminist movements in our history, Anna remains a woman who maintains herself for her husbands benefit. In a critical scene in the novel, the narrator sees Anna applying makeup. When she (the narrator) tells her that it is unnecessary where they are Anna says "He doesn't like to see me without it," and then quickly adds, "He doesn't know I wear it" (41).
The Main Street station, is the curtains to a large production as if the Magic Kingdom was a theater. As I wander beneath the archway, I notice that above the arch is a plaque that reads: “Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy”. As I continue to stroll through the passage on the way to Main Street, there are posters of “upcoming attractions” that line the walls on both sides. I then step into Main Street U.S.A. and begin to hear the Victorian style orchestra playing over the speakers. I notice some Disney pals in Town Square greeting guests as if they were old friends. Then I begin to travel further down the street, and the smell of the caramel apples, chocolate chip cookies, and other sweets walk out of the open doors of the bakery and into the street. At the end of this turn of the century town, sits the one hundred eightyninefoottall, Cinderella Castle. This moment is a pivotal moment in any Disney vacation, because the castle is well known to millions. I get
maid for the Queen of France. But a man comes beside her and D’Artagnan is