Songs of Silence - LITERATURE NOTES ABOUT CURDELLA FORBES * Born in Claremont‚ Hanover‚ in Jamaica. * Taught at the University of the West Indies from 1990 to 1995. * She is currently a professor of Caribbean Literature at Howard University. CURDELLA FORBES’ NOVELS * Songs of Silence‚ 2003 * Flying with Icarus‚ 2003 * A Permanent Freedom‚ 2008 * From Nation to Diaspora: Samuel Selvon‚ George Lamming And the Cultural Performance of Gender‚ 2005 SUMMARY The book
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The song “Scars to your beautiful” written by Alessia Cara‚ sends out a message to women growing up with societies rigid beauty standards to love them selves. This song gives me a feeling of disgust as it revealed to me how disturbing society’s expectations are‚ targeting vulnerable young women and making them feel as though they are not enough. The lyrics also gives me a sense of sadness in the realization that so many girls are effected by societies expectation and the anxiety it causes. the opening
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write an essay about a song of significance to me‚ I thought to myself‚ “This is going to be an easy grade”. But because of my love for music of all kinds‚ I found that the choice of which song to write about was even harder than I imagined. After a few days of contemplation and battling with what I felt would be most appropriate for my English professor to read‚ I decided to write about a song called “Making Memories of Us” by Keith Urban. I fell in love with this song for its beautiful‚ smooth
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Song Title: Same Love Artist: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft Mary Lambert. Director: Ryan Lewis and Jon Jon Augustavo The songs message is about the issue of gay and lesbian rights and was recorded during the campaign for Washington Referendum which was approved in 2012‚ attempting to legalize same-sex marriage. The song ´Same Love´ was inspired by Mary Lambert’s experiences with love and growing up homosexual in a religious family. Aspect one: Cutting in the videos of protesters protesting for
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popular songs “Make Them Suffer” and “Hammer Smashed Face” hoping to find something likeable about it and I could not. I had preconceived notions regarding the song titles but my mom taught me to never judge a book by its cover‚ so I listened. The first thing that set me off when giving these songs a try was the overwhelming instrumentals (heavy electric guitar and drum use) that made it hard to hear/understand the lyrics. Good instrumentals are important characteristics of a successful song‚ but don’t
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Professor Field History 422 September 3‚ 2013 “Goldfish and Autumn Leaves by Janet Fish” Janet Fish is an important Realist painter born in Boston‚ MA‚ and raised on the island of Bermuda. Her early passions were for sculpture and printmaking‚ interests fostered by an apprenticeship with artist Byllee Lang during her youth‚ and the artistic endeavors of her family. She formally studied these subjects at Smith College‚ and went on to obtain her MFA from Yale University in 1963. While
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half-woman creatures called Sirens who use their wonderful singing voice to lure sailors to jump into the sea and drown. “Siren Song”‚ a poem by Margaret Atwood‚ is a retelling of the classic Greek tale from the Sirens’ perspective. In the poem‚ one of the Sirens complains to the reader about her situation. She is assigned by gods to stay on a secluded island along with two other Sirens‚ with nothing to do but obey her duty of enchanting sailors over and over again. Deprived of liberty to break free
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To begin the story “Two Kinds”‚ the song “My Way” sung by Frank Sinatra‚ would greatly pair with this short story. Not only does the song complement the ideas and themes shown throughout “Two Kinds”‚ but it also enhances them‚ making it clear to the listener what connections are forming between the two pieces of literature. In addition to that‚ the theme of independence is frequently seen in both the song and short story. As a result‚ the song could play anywhere in the scene and still fit perfectly
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have always preferred math and science over English and did not enjoy English 102 very much. Despite my low expectations and preconceived notions of what English 103 would entail‚ I actually enjoyed myself this semester. Specifically‚ the poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot changed my demeanor. I should start with the fact that I am a feminist and anything about equality‚ gender roles‚ or stereotypes intrigues me. This poem’s take on what true masculinity entails entranced me almost
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The poem “Song (Love‚ a child‚ is ever crying)” was written by Lady Mary Wroth in London of 1620. Wroth has made this poem into a comparison of her love to a child throwing a tantrum. Throughout the poem she has made claims for a man natural greed to take from a woman. “Give him more‚ he the more is craving”. During Wroth’s time it was not common for a man to romanticize like a woman normally would. A man during that time had more freedom at the cost of a woman’s social requirement to always be mature
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