Clothing And Body Language As Sources Of

Emotional Expression Essay, Research Paper

Throughout life, clothing and body language are often utilized

as sources of emotional expression. These emotions can also be

portrayed in literaray works and artisitic displays, such as those of

Poe, Baudelaire, Manet, and Warhol. In Poe.s .Man of the Crowd,.

there are several descriptions of different types of people based on

their appearances, but one particular man is focused on by the narrator

due to his unique appearance. Baudelaire.s .The Painter of Modern

Life. emphasizes the emotional expressions of beauty and fashion

expressed in art. Manet is an artist who paints scenes to his liking.

All of his works were done in his studio and set up the way that he

wanted them. He holds a particular focus on men and women and the

relationship between them. The positions and clothing that the men and

women are set up in hold strong emotional implications about their

feelings towards one another and the emotions involved in the social

setting.

The opening of .The Man of the Crowd,. describes the emotions

involved in untold secrets and the deepest of crimes; there are

internal conflicts, struggles, anxieties, and agonous results due to the

horror of the unsolvable crimes. The possibility of these crimes is

introduced through the man of the crowd through his unseemingly

unidentifiable expression The narrator describes his thoughts of this

man as:

There arose confusedly and paradoxically within my mind, the ideas of

vast mental power, of caution, of penuriousness, of avarice, of

coolness, of malice, of blood-thirtstiness, of triumph, of merriment, of

excessive terror, of intense – of supreme despair. I felt singularly

aroused, startled, fascinated. .How wild a history,. I said to myself,

.is written within that bosom!.

Although the narrator had never spoken to this man of the crowd, he was

compelled to follow him based on his expression that had never been

viewed by the narrator. He continued to follow the man of the crowd,

noticing his patterns of following people by the mass and his shambled

cloting and he concluded that he .[was] the type and genious of deep

crime. He refuses to be alone..

Prior to viewing the man of the crowd, the narrator observed

several different types of people, all of which were able to be .read.

through their outward appearances.. The most numerous amount of

individuals were business men. The first type of business men .[had]

brows [that were knit, and their eyes rolled quickly.. They were also

not distracted nor distraught when they were pushed around by men of

their sort. It was concluded by the narrator from these characteristics

that those men were content and .seemed to be thinking only of making

their way through the press.. The second type of business men conveyed

a different type of body language; they were restless, had flushed

faces, and talked and motioned to thesmselves. Their motions would

increase in number in addition to an overdone smile, when they were

jostled and they would bow apologetically to the jostlers. Their

movements indicated to the narrator that they felt alone as a result of

the large crowd surrounding them. These movements sounded to me as

though the business men were insecure in their actions and motioned to

themselves for purposes of reassurement. Their apologetic motions were

for purposes of acceptance of themselves to the rest of the crowd. Both

types of businessmen were concluded to be independent, .decent,. and

men who were responsible for conducting their own business. These men.s

professions were also identified as noblemen, merchants, attorneys,

tradesmen, and stock-jobbers through their actions and body language.

Clerks were other individuals who were able to be recognized

through their outward appearances. The .junior. clerks were .young

gentlemen with tight coats, bright boots, well - oiled hair, and

supercilious lips.. They were also perceived as frequently working at

desks and it was concluded that they .were the cast - off graces of the

gentry.. These men appear to be well groomed and wearing the latest

fashions. They are trying to impress others and the .deskism. described

by the narrator shows that they are hard workers. The supercilious lips

of the clerks places an emphasis upon the clerk.s mouths. This is

important because the clerks use the words from their mouths to sell and

to make an impression upon others. They appear to be aggresive

because of their supercilious lips and their bold clothing. They also

appear to be ambitious due to the appearance of them constantly working

at desks. The .upper clerks. were

"known by their coats and pantaloons of black or brown, made to sit

comfortably, with white cravats and waistcoats, broad solid looking

shoes, and thick ho

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