Alfred Wegener was born in Berlin in 1880. His father was a minister who ran an orphanage‚ Alfred was even brilliant as a young child he took interest in the land textures and topography. He took special interest in Greenland‚ and always walked‚ skated‚ and hiked. This prepared him of what was to come in his future. He studied in Germany and Austria‚ receiving his PhD in astronomy. But no sooner than he got his PhD he dropped astronomy (in desire for a more interesting department) to study meteorology
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many people claim to have knowledge and understanding of. However‚ is it actually a matter to figure out? Many have different interpretations of what true love is and how it is gained‚ felt‚ and shown. Such as in‚ T.S. Eliot’s‚ “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚” a poem about a middle-aged and over privileged man who suffers from social anxiety causing him to constantly pity himself as well as be surprisingly self conscious when about to approach women. In the famous William Shakespeare’s hundreds
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In the short film Despair‚ Alfred Hitchcock’s filming techniques are very evident. Alfred Hitchcock is known for using many different styles of filming which have influenced many directors since the early 1900s. The director of Despair uses Hitchcock’s technique to build tension‚ add action‚ and keep the viewer on the edge of their seat. Despair is a film of Elizabeth Bowen’s "The Demon Lover." The first example in the film is camera is not a camera. Jeffrey Michael Bays says‚ "The camera
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Good morning ‚ . Alfred Bernhard Nobel born on October 21 ‚1833 was a Swedish chemist‚ engineer‚ innovator‚ and armaments manufacturer. Nobel held 350 different patents‚ dynamite being the most famous. Born in Stockholm‚ Alfred Nobel was the fourth son of Immanuel Nobel ‚ and Andriette Nobel . Following various business failures‚ Nobel’s father moved to Saint Petersburg in 1837 and grew successful there as a manufacturer of machine tools and explosives. He invented modern plywood and started work
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I am writing about Alfred Eisenstaedt (December 6‚ 1898 – August 24‚ 1995) who was a German-born American photographer and photojournalist. He is best known for his photograph of the V-J Day celebration and for his candid photographs‚ frequently made using a 35mm Leica camera. Eisenstaedt was born in Dirschau in West Prussia‚ Imperial Germany in 1898. His family moved to Berlin in 1906. Eisenstaedt was fascinated by photography from his youth and began taking pictures at age 14 when he was given
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Alfred Stieglitz The Steerage Noah Browne 4A March 30‚ 2015 1. What are the messages? The messages behind The Steerage are the divide between the upper and lower class‚ the struggle of lower class people living in the steerage‚ over crowding in the steerage‚ and immigration. 2. What choices in composition has the creator made? What has been omitted? The image conveys the architecture of the ship by describing an elaborate counterpoint of line‚ volume‚ and tone. Across the picture’s width is
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I noticed a few of Hitchcock’s editing techniques that made the film stand out than in other films. He uses tracking shots‚ repetition‚ and the use of the color that makes the film __________ which ___________. The camera follows the plot through Scottie’s perspective; thus catching every little detail he does. Toward the beginning of the movie‚ Scottie is shown trailing Madeleine. As he followers her throughout San Francisco‚ he observes every single movement of her and the camera picks it all up
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love worth the heartbreak? This is a question that every person has asked at least once in their life. If you could go back and forget every moment you had with someone so that you wouldn’t feel the pain of losing them‚ would you? The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot explores this question through Prufrock who is on a journey through life and whose anxieties separate him from the rest of society. Prufrock’s fear of judgment debilitates him‚ rendering him unable to create human connections
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After watching Rear Window for a second time I’ve come to realize that not only is Alfred Hitchcock a great director‚ but also a great movie watcher. What I’m trying to say is that he knows exactly what people want to see in certain movies. Voyeurism captures the attention of anyone‚ viewers want to “spy” on the characters without being seen‚ and they want to be in positions that reality doesn’t allow them to be in. Hitchcock knows this feeling all too well‚ making one of the greatest movies of all
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T.S Eliot’s use of adjectives in the opening stanza of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” gives an impression of Prufock’s loneliness‚ desire for love‚ and nervousness that develops throughout the poem. In the opening stanza‚ Prufrock describes the city on his way to a social-lites’ party. In his mind‚ Prufrock imagines himself being in the slums of town and gives a pessimistic description based on how he felt. Prufrock has an interior monologue and refers to himself in the line‚ “Let us go‚ through
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