Sentences with phrase «complex allegory»

Taken together, the reproduction of images in these works becomes a complex allegory for the reproduction of the cultural status quo — in particular the perpetuation of racial, class, and gender hierarchies in American culture.

Dogville has been frequently compared to Thornton Wilder's Our Town, but it reminds me more of the brilliantly complex allegories of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville.

As a result, these are complex allegories of an imagined «Self».

Not exact matches

Complex subjects will always require complex minds and we will have to accept that others may not ever fully understand, making up allegories, parables, metaphors etc. to help themComplex subjects will always require complex minds and we will have to accept that others may not ever fully understand, making up allegories, parables, metaphors etc. to help themcomplex minds and we will have to accept that others may not ever fully understand, making up allegories, parables, metaphors etc. to help them do so.

Frontera is what I like to call a «humanist drama», which is a drama that tackles a polarizing subject head on — this case being illegal immigration — and does it by portraying people on both sides of the issue as honest and complex, instead of as symbols in an allegory.

Von Trier is also working in the realm of complex religious allegory.

The plot may seem simple on the surface, but it's actually subtly complex and absorbing entertainment which speaks volumes, not only about the state of the reform system, but also is an allegory of the tumultuous times regarding self - expression it was made in.

In her embroidered panels, strings have great symbolic sense — this is an allegory of complex relations between objects, people, worlds, and the embroidery itself is a kind of drawing technique for the artist.

Her stunning narrative paintings of fantastic allegory and mythology explore themes surrounding women, sexuality, and complex social and political issues.

Allegory is law practice management software designed to manage complex litigation.