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    A Prose Analysis on Milton’s "Sonnet XIX" John Milton‚ a poet who was completely blind in 1651 wrote "Sonnet XIX" in 1652; this sonnet is his response to his loss of sight. The theme of the sonnet is the loss and regain of primacy of experience. Milton offers his philosophical view on animism and God. Furthermore‚ "Sonnet XIX" explores Milton’s faith and relationship with God. "Sonnet XIX" suggests that man was created to work and not rest. The supportive details‚ structure‚ form‚ and

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    Anna Sokolow (1910-2000) was born in Hartford‚ Connecticut. Likewise‚ she was beginning her training at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Martha Graham and Louis Horst. she was a member of the Graham Dance Company and helped Mr. Horst in his move piece classes in the 1930s. In the meantime‚ she takes up with the WPA move unit and she began her own organization and started choreographing and performing solo shows and gathering works. She is very interested in humanity drove her to make works of dramatic

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    Bildungsroman A bildungsroman (German pronunciation: [ˈbɪldʊŋs.roˌmaːn]; German: "novel of education") is a coming-of-age kind of novel. It arose during the German Enlightenment. In it‚ the author presents the psychological‚ moral and social shaping of the personality of a character‚ usually the protagonist. The term Bildungsroman was coined by Johann Carl Simon Morgenstern.[1] Features The bildungsroman generally takes the following course: The protagonist grows from child to adult. The protagonist

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    The Enlightenment was a crucial point in history that began in Europe during the late 17th century and continued to last a little over one hundred years when people like Francois-Marie Arouet‚ David Hume‚ Jean Jacques Rousseau‚ and John Locke began to question and object to previous norms such as absolute faith in the church and rule of the king. They believed that power should not be held only by one person or entity and that reason rather than religion should become the basis for action. The expansion

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    Laremie Lemmon 03/30/2015 Concert Report I attended The Works of Thomas Root on Tuesday‚ March 24th. It featured the Weber State University wind ensemble and symphonic band as well as the WSU Band Alumni. There were many pieces conducted and created by Thomas Root. Most pieces were still unpublished but they were wonderful nonetheless. He also had pieces that were dedicated to people that he had come to meet throughout his life‚ and a piece was dedicated to his own mother. The first piece that

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    political novel‚ in the sense that it targets a political establishment which is corrupt and racist‚ bullying and philistine‚ but its strangeness left the political movement largely nonplussed. It is a novel of the end of the American dream. It is Candide recast for twentieth-century America‚ the destruction of an innocent by a system he simply cannot comprehend. Lem Pitkin is a simple‚ if not simple-minded‚ boy who is torn apart – literally so‚ he is systematically divested of body parts – teeth‚

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    Identify three notable thinkers or writers during the Enlightenment‚ and briefly identify the significant works/ideas from each of them. From the nation of France out of the European nation I am choosing to write about Guillaume Thomas Raynal‚ Voltaire‚ and Jacques Louis David. All three of these men were around and played some sort of part during the during the Enlightenment. Voltaire who was born as Francois-Marie Arouet in Paris‚ France in 1694 was known for his poetry and plays‚ he also had

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    He was a government satirists and best known for his work‚ Candide. He also looked up to the famous philosopher John Locke. Voltaire admired the free and liberal society in England and despised the religious tolerance that existed in France. This is exemplified in his Treatise on Toleration in which he sarcastically

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    From the beginning of the people’s revolt‚ the French Revolution became one of the most important events to occur in the history of France‚ and around the world. From the day it began‚ the question as to what influenced this political uprising has been pondered by many people. Now before the revolution‚ people were starting to question religion‚ and were leaning more towards science and rationality to explain things. These people pointed out the absurdities of religion‚ and the need for the better

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