Herman Melville’s Billy Budd‚ Melville uses the literary device of foreshadowing to allow the audience to be aware of Billy’s inevitable fate before the characters in the novel‚ thus creating a feeling of suspense within the novel. In chapter one‚ the incident with the Red Whiskers (12) functions as a foreshadowing of Billy’s confrontation with Claggart. This is very similar to what happens later between John Claggart and Billy (58). Melville uses the incident to show that although Billy Budd is a gentle
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Presentational Communication Dr. Whalen Demonstration Speech: Latin Dancing *General Purpose: To Inform *Specific Purpose: To inform others about the culture of Salsa Dancing and the basic steps to this dance. *Central Idea: The main steps in salsa dancing are mainly to have good eye and feet coordination with your partner. Hola amigos‚ como estan todos? How many of you have ever been at a lounge or club in DC‚ heard a song similar to this? Play snippet of music (10 seconds) and wondered
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Despite the fact that the narrator infrequently implies the Bible unequivocally‚ Billy Budd contains numerous certain inferences to the symbolism‚ dialect‚ and stories of the Bible‚ making a managed parallel between Billy’s story and Christ’s Passion‚ the narrative of Christ’s torment and demise on the cross. Like Christ‚ Billy gives up his life as the pure casualty of an unfriendly society. Captain “Starry” Vere’s part in the story parallels that of Pontius Pilate in the Gospels‚ as he is the official
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“Dancing can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music‚ and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs. “ said Mr. Charles Baudelaire. Dance is popular all over the world; it is a way that people express themselves through movement. Over the years‚ dance has evolved into several distinct forms (Central Home). Different styles of dance are distinguished by many things such as shoes‚ music‚ and costumes. Dancing has been around for a plethora
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The period of the 1930s and 1940s is known as the Swing Era. Big bands like Benny Goodman‚ Count Basie‚ Artie Shaw‚ and others became household names and music icons ("Jazz History- Swing"). Swing music was a trendy style of jazz‚ while swing dancing was very popular and performed in many dance halls. As they became more widespread‚ both became a vital part of America. The 1930s brought a style of music that was possibly the most fashionable and accessible in jazz history. Swing music was an extension
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Bibliography: Shiner‚ Larry. "The Invention of Art: A Cultural History". Chicago: University of Chicago Press‚ 2003. ISBN 978-0-226-75342-3 Arthur Danto‚ The Abuse of Beauty: Aesthetics and the Concept of Art Dana Arnold and Margaret Iverson (eds.) Art and Thought. Oxford: Basil Blackwell‚ 2003 Michael Ann Holly
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Cultural identity is a huge part of who we are. Not only does it define our interests‚ it also dictates why and who we interact with. It affects so many things in our life that it can be hard to find anything at all that isn’t affected by it. For me personally‚ the biggest parts of my cultural identity are the food I eat‚ the people I spend my time with‚ and the music I listen to. When I was growing up‚ every christmas I would go to my Grandmother’s house‚ and have a christmas dinner with my Dad’s
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The author proposes introduction of social dancing in Golden Age senior residences in order to prevent or delay the onset of dementia among their residents. For this he cites that according to 21 year old study which states only frequent dancing offers protection against dementia. I find his claim specious and unreliable on many grounds. Firstly‚ the authors claim depends on a study that is statistically unreliable. There is no mention of when the study took place‚ the sample size of the study
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intelligence to other people‚ but women feel free to talk at home because they do not have to fear about creating conflict with others. 2) The author’s main belief in “Sex‚ Lies and Conversation”‚ is that both men and women come from two different cultures and that during a simple a conversation it would seem as if it was “cross-cultural communication”. Tannen states that in a research video‚ she noticed that during conversations between women‚ “their eyes anchored on each other’s faces and they faced
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According to Healey’s (2013) textbook‚ “Race‚ Ethnicity‚ Gender‚ and Class”‚ cultural assimilation is best defined as a process that an individual in a minority group or a minority group undergoes when they begin to take in the culture of the dominant group (pg. 47). Their language and/or culture become similar to other groups‚ causing differences between groups to decrease (pg. 43). This process includes things like‚ having to adopt different values‚ changing the spelling of one’s name‚ and even
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