Chapter One. "The Motive for Metaphor." Frye begins by exploring the relation of language and literature. "What is the relation of English as the mother tongue to English as a literature?" he asks (p. 16)‚ and before he can give an answer‚ he has to explain why people use words. He identifies three different uses of language‚ which he also terms types or levels of language. 1. "The language of consciousness or awareness" is our means of "self-expression‚" our means of responding to the natural
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problems being faced by the people of the world. The cold war has ended and yet the threat to world peace is there. Radio‚ television‚ telephone‚ teleprinters‚ computers‚ satellites‚ supersonic air crafts‚ space-crafts etc. have revolutionized life. Man has landed on the moon. He has sent his research crafts on the Mars and may soon print his footstep there. His achievements in the fields of medicine‚ agriculture‚ education‚ health‚ communication‚ banking etc. have been equally great. Man has conquered
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far the African American culture has come. The progression of the African American culture is indeed one to be proud of. From cotton fields to Harlem‚ “The New Negro Movement”‚ sparked a sense of cultural self-determination‚ with a yearning to strive for economic‚ political equality‚ and civic participation. This was a movement that sparked a wide range of advancements in the African American culture. Leaving footprints of great individuals as well as set a path way for future generations to
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Art From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the general concept of art. For people named Art‚ see Arthur. For other uses‚ see Art (disambiguation). Page semi-protected Clockwise from upper left: a self-portrait from Vincent van Gogh‚ an African Chokwe statue‚ detail from the Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli and a Japanese Shisa lion Art is a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities; this article focuses primarily on the visual arts‚ which
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tend to refer to the various crafts according to the materials used to construct them-clay‚ glass‚ wood‚ fiber‚ and metal-it was once common to think of crafts in terms of function‚ which led to their being known as the "applied arts." Approaching crafts from the point of view of function‚ we can divide them into simple categories: containers‚ shelters and supports. There is no way around the fact that containers‚ shelters‚ and supports must be functional. The applied arts are thus bound by the laws
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is Street Art? Street art is arguably classed as Urban Art and also known as Contemporary Art. This form of Art represents the voice of the lower class in debate with the political class‚ they express themselves with sprays on plaster and endure ’A life spent scribbling in books scrambling over walls and fences‚ scrawling on any available surface’. It is today accepted by designers and artists who also are influenced by these contemporary visualised forms‚ this form of contemporary art has changed
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measures as the Inland Waterways Commission‚ as well as the National Conservation Commission‚ both of which intended to research and draw up long range plans and conservation initiatives. [3] However‚ while some would argue that the conservation movement was an inevitable consequence of the shifting political climate‚ in reality it was a product of a dedicated bottom-up approach to progressivism. The efforts of individuals outside of government raised awareness and gave credibility to the cause
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Samantha Leavy Andrea Estepa 15 November 2015 Paper 2 Despair Leading to Development in the Labor Movement By the end of World War II‚ millions of workers were union members‚ and collective bargaining had captured the industrial economy . The displeasure of manufacturing workers coalesced with New Deal collective bargaining legislature‚ carrying mass production to striking distance. Nelson Lichtenstein claims in‚ “The Union’s Retreat in the Postwar Era”‚ that the number of unionized worked had begun
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neglect or design misses the movement of a ship‚ aircraft‚ or unit with which he is required in the course of duty to move shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.” Elements. (1) That the accused was required in the course of duty to move with a ship‚ aircraft or unit; (2) That the accused knew of the prospective movement of the ship‚ aircraft or unit; (3) That the accused missed the movement of the ship‚ aircraft or unit; and (4) That the accused missed the movement through design or neglect
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‘Art Deco’ was an art movement that flourished through the 1920’s and 1930’s. The decade opened up an extensive variety of original and distinctive styles and still remains to be the foundation of ‘an era so rich and so remote that at times it seems to belong to the unfathomable domain of dreams (Cocteau‚ n.d).’ Art Deco was a necessity at the time‚ due to the economic crisis and war. Society needed pop colour and creative‚ eccentric designs to brighten up the dull life they were living. People needed
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