being the ugliest person in Paris. He is hoisted on a throne and paraded around Paris by the jeering mob. Pierre Gringoire‚ a struggling poet and philosopher‚ tries unsuccessfully to get the crowd to watch his play instead of the parade. Archdeacon Claude Frollo appears and stops the parade and orders Quasimodo back to Notre Dame with him. Looking for something to eat‚ Gringoire admires the graceful beauty of La Esmerelda‚ a gypsy street dancer‚ and decides to follow her home. After rounding a corner
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo and Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand have similar characters. One example of alike characters are Phoebus and Christian. Esmeralda and Roxane‚ are another example. Quasimodo and Cyrano are the final example. Not to mention these two stories have nearly identical plots. They both feature a protagonist whose physical appearance is faulty‚ but have a pure soul‚ and an undying love for a beautiful woman. Also the woman that they love is in love with a physically
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Claude McKay and Langston Hughes were both part of the Harlem Renaissance time period; were they experienced the harsh realities of racism. McKay and Hughes were major figures of that time‚ who would write novels‚ poetry‚ short stories‚ etc. McKay wrote a well-known poem known as‚ “America”; where he expresses‚ positively and negatively‚ his feelings toward America. On the other hand‚ Hughes wrote a poem titled “I‚ Too‚ Sing America”‚ which demonstrates the confidence and the assurance he has in
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Claude Debussy In a quote from June 1885 Debussy wrote of his desire to follow his own way. “ I am sure the Institut would not approve‚ for‚ naturally regards the path which it ordains as the only right one. But there is no help for it! I am too enamored of my freedom‚ too fond of my own ideas.”. From the start of his music studies‚ though clearly talented‚ Debussy was also argumentative and experimental‚ and he challenged the rigid teaching of the academy‚ favoring techniques that at the time
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Fade in: A black and white screen displays a churning globe that settles on Paris France. And the deep and ominous sounding voice of Lou Marcelle begins the journey that is Michael Curtiz’s 1943 film‚ “Casablanca”: “With the coming of the second World War many eyes in imprisoned Europe turned hopefully‚ or desperately‚ to the freedom of the Americas. Lisbon became the great embarkation point‚ but not everyone could get to Lisbon directly‚ and so a tortuous‚ roundabout‚ refugee trail sprang up;
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Here’s Looking at You‚ Kid. Filmed and released in 1942 Casablanca‚ starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman‚ is a romantic drama set during World War II. The movie focuses on a man (Rick Blaine) torn between love and virtue and it is throughout the movie that he struggles to choose between his love for a woman (Ilsa Lund) and helping her and her Czech Resistance leader husband (Victor Lazlo) escape from the Vichy-controlled Moroccan city of Casablanca. Throughout the movie it becomes clear
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An Essay on the Literary Works of Claude McKay Monday‚ January 16‚ 2012 African-American history often teaches of prominent figures that made a significant impact on not only the African-American community‚ but on America as a whole. Not often are we familiar with those leaders who are not mentioned in our textbooks but ironically defined literary movements in our African-American history. Fettus Claudius McKay is that leader. Claude McKay was born in Jamaica in 1899. He was a restless
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"America" by Claude Mckay was a very interesting poem.‚ in my opinion. I wasn’t really getting what it was trying to say at the beginning‚ but after reading over it again and again‚ I started to realize what Mckay was trying to tell the reader. A couple of things that I rather enjoyed about this poem was the rhyme scheme that was used through-out it. I find when poems are written with this kind of rhyming scheme‚ it is a lot easier and more exciting for the reader to read. I also enjoyed the way
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Claude McKay was born in Naime Castle‚ Jamaica and he was the youngest out of his siblings and began writing poetry at the age of 10. Claude Mckay‚ was a Jamaican poet during the Harlem Renaissance and was able to express his feelings through his writing. His poems celebrated Jamaican culture while challenging white authority. He wrote about his life as a black man in both Jamaica and America. McKay published his first books of verse‚” Songs of Jamaica and Constab Ballads in 1912 and used the reward
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Claude Levi-Strauss Known as one of the greatest intellectuals of the twentieth century‚ Claude Levi-Strauss‚ a French anthropologist‚ has a prominent place in the development of the theory of structural anthropology. He is regarded as one of the primary figures on which structuralism thought is based. Levi-Strauss has proven himself to be very influential throughout the United States and various parts of Europe. Claude Levi-Strauss was born in Brussels‚ Belgium on November 28‚ 1908. He
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