Assignment 1 Walter Benjamin in context to ‘The Girandola’ by Joseph Wright In this essay I will be applying Benjamin’s essay ‘Art in the age of mechanical reproduction’ to examin the erosion of aura around an artwork‚ aura can be defined from colours within the painting right down to the smell that surrounds the painting. The artwork that I will be focusing on will be ‘The Girandola’ that was created by Joseph Wright (of Derby) in 1734-1797. This comparison will be done by using my experience of
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Respect and compassion were the most important guiding principles for Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of America‚ and he also was a printer and an inventor. He has struggled throughout his whole life as mentioned in his autobiography‚ but he was also knowledgeable with respect and compassion‚ which made him a man that he was in the past. Ben Franklin grew up in Boston with the characteristic of respect. Respect is very important at any place and at any time‚
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I always wondered why my mother told us we all need to be educated and how important it is in order to survive. She always told us‚ her children‚ how this will benefit our children and our grand children. My mother is a professional nurse. Out of 10 children that my grandmother had‚ only three are educated. The rest decided not to finish school‚ some were lucky to be employed and some are not working at all and they depend on anything that is being donated to them by the family. I never understood
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Benjamin Banneker Excerpt The Declaration of Independence‚ a well-respected document responsible for seceding the United States of America from the oppressive Great Britain‚ had a false allegation written in it: that all men were created equal and endowed with unalienable rights. The only men who proved to be equal in the eyes of society were the property owning white men‚ and slaves‚ after some of them having had helped their American allies achieve freedom‚ were once again subjugated to the
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to change‚ their lack of perseverance still causes a poor outcome next time. Benjamin Franklin is one of the best example of a successful image throughout the history. Although having no eminent family background‚ he had himself work-hard to become a admirable person‚ one of the Founding Fathers of United States. Everyone fairly has 24 hours per day‚ yet he was able to surpass so many people in different realms. Benjamin Franklin had been through innumerable setbacks in his entire life‚ but other
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(Frederick Douglass) In the Narrative of Frederick Douglass there is nothing more true than the statement of “ an educated slave is a dangerous slave”. Throughout this book we find that the main goal of slave masters is to keep their slaves in a state of “mental darkness” to prevent them from them realizing that they are more than slaves; that they are actual humans. We first see this when Frederick is on the Auld family plantation and Mrs. Auld is teaching Frederick how to read‚ because she
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The phrase “true American” does not have a definition‚ although the word “American” does. The definition of American is “belonging to or characteristic of America.” It is hard to relate Benjamin Franklin to this definition of an American‚ but it does apply to many of his characteristics. Franklin’s loyalty to America shows greatly throughout his life in his writings and jobs. Franklin’s many jobs included being an inventor‚ politician‚ author‚ statesman
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Benjamin Britten Benjamin Britten was an English composer‚ conductor and pianist. He was born on November 22‚ 1913 in Suffolk. Britten’s best works were the operas War Requiem which he wrote in 1962 and Peter Grimes which was written in 1945. His most famous orchestral piece was The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra which was also performed in 1945. Britten had a very unusual past but as any other famous composer‚ pianist or conductor‚ Britten started at a very young age. The main theme of
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The author of the novels of The Lord of The Rings‚ J. R. R. Tolkien‚ was a very bright and well educated man who was greatly inspired and fascinated by languages. His interest in languages influenced him to create and incorporate new languages into many pieces of work during his life and help the series feel more complex and intricate. His invented languages played a crucial part in creating this fictional word for his series to take place in. Tolkien began learning languages at a fairly young age
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A.R. Rajaraja Varma (1863-1918)‚ the celebrated poet‚ critic and grammarian is known as Kerala Panini for his lasting contributions to Malayalam literature. He wrote books on grammar and rhetoric which earned him the title of Kerala Panini and eventually prepared the ground for an enlightened renaissance in Malayalam poetry and literary criticism. He is said to have inaugurated a new era in modern Malayalam poetry. Kerala Panineeyam is considered to be an authoritative work on Malayalam grammar.
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