Word: symbolisme
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The perpetrators of these "pranks" claim that their actions were intended to be taken in jest. But after the "ha-ha" is over, it is impossible to ignore both the flippancy of their approach to difficult sexual issues, and the symbolism in their jokes. "Mostly, the males felt surprised that...
FROM the start, the confrontation at Wounded Knee, S. Dak., between militant Indians and local, state and federal authorities had all the elements of bad theater. The Indians insisted on outmoded makeup (war paint) and melodramatic lines ("Massacre us or meet our human needs"). The Federal Government brought in outrageous...
THE PROBLEM with the movie is that it belabors Beatrice's misery without explaining it. Hers is the same struggle as Willie Loman's, but Zindel writes as if he were too cool to identify the cultural forces Miller unveiled. Zindel's tottering steps toward social analysis stop at a...
Jay Ohrberg is a California pop-artist cum car stylist who challenges Sewell and Paige on their theory that works of art should be driven. He insists that his cars are to be viewed strictly as pieces of gallery art. Like Paige, Ohrberg believes that the cars's sexual symbolism...
Whitla said that the new system, which uses materials like light bulbs, batteries, and animal skeletons as teaching materials, is designed to teach children "science methodology and basic principles and symbolism of science." "We're teaching more important things," he said.