Transcendental Phenomenology and Antonioni’s Red Desert This essay applies the ideas associated with transcendental phenomenology to the Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1964 film Il deserto rosso‚ known in English as Red Desert. Aspects of western philosophy can provide a viewer with a greater appreciation of the film and its meanings. After providing a brief overview of the development of phenomenological thinking and of past interpretations of Red Desert‚ this essay will provide an analysis and interpretation
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April 19‚ 2010 Imagery in Robert Frost’s “Desert Places” Robert Frost‚ an American poet of the late 19th century‚ used nature in many of his writings. One of the great examples is the poem “Desert Places” that express feelings of a speaker and the meaning of the entire poem through images of nature. The poem describes two different kinds of desert places and clearly emphasizes the most frightening one. To help readers understand the meaning of “Desert Places”‚ Frost uses variety of images to create
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America ’s Economy during the 1840 ’s through the 1860 ’s The influential factors that contributed to the vigorous economic expansion of America during the 1840 ’s through the 1860 ’s‚ consisted of the Industrial Revolution‚ the Improvements in Transportation‚ and Internal Expansion‚ all played a vital role in helping form the dynamic economy. The nations industry was rapidly growing more efficient‚ better quality products‚ with help of the advances in manufacturing technology. A change from unmarried
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Institute of Chicago. While I was there‚ I saw a painting that I recently researched during our library day. The painting was called “Desert Forms” created by an American artist Hughie Lee-Smith. My initial reaction to viewing the Desert Forms piece was how small the piece was. There are some very big paintings at the institute and the piece I picked was smaller than what I was expecting. I originally chose the “Desert Form” by Hughie Lee-Smith because the painting intrigued me from its unique shapes
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Mediterranean Sea. Without the Nile River and its annual inundation Ancient Egypt would never have come into being. Its fertile valley was renewed every year with rich silt deposits laid down during the flooding. As the agriculture of Egypt revolved around the Nile‚ so did the social life of the ancient Egyptians. During inundation when there was less to do‚ people had more time for recreational activities‚ they played games‚ held sporting tournaments and regularly feasted. When the River Nile receded the
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something extraordinary: The Gobi Desert. Today this geographic land mark takes up an astonishing 1‚000 mi from southwest to the northeast end and 500 miles from north to south. It has many different variations of names from the Chinese‚ sometimes reffered to instead as "Shamo" or as "Hanhai" which translates to endless sea. Today the Gobi desert is home to many different types of wildlife that inhabit its cold climate‚ unlike that of a typical desert. The Gobi Desert is even known for its fossils and
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Out Shine the Other? Star Wars and Star Trek are both highly recognized as the two science fiction teams that battle it out‚ on and off screen with the fans determining which one is best. Constant debates about which one is better or worse then the other. How they have very similar stories‚ or that they are polar opposites. The two franchises have many similarities‚ including the word ‘Star’ in their respective titles‚ while they have similarities Star Trek and Star Wars are vastly different. Both
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Operation Desert Storm: The Rise of Air Defense Operation Desert Storm‚ commonly known as the Gulf War was a prime example of a U.S. allied response leading to their success against Iraq’s attempt to overrun the small country of Kuwait. Kuwait’s new reign of salvation in 1991 introduced a new age of military technology. Both Aerial and ground combat were applied in nearly all battles within Iraq resulting in few American casualties. Desert Storm laid down the foundation for Air Defense operations
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On 3rd August 2009‚ Monday‚ the swine flu death of Riya Sheikh‚ a fourteen year old school student from Pune’s Camp area shocked Pune and the entire country. It was the first case of swine flu death in India. Till now we were casual about swine flu epidemic spreading in Western countries. Even occassional detection of swine flu in India did not panic us. Ria’s death only made us aware that swine flu virus can be contacted locally and is fatal. After her death panic gripped not only Pune but the
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a patient with celiac disease‚ intestinal damage can be caused by the body’s immunological response to gluten. A. The body’s immunological response to gluten can cause intestinal damage in a patient with celiac disease. 41.2 1. The original Star Trek television show‚ which ran from 1966 to 1969‚ had low ratings and was canceled by the network even though it was critically acclaimed. 2. Athena‚ the goddess of wisdom‚ was relied on by the Ancient Greeks to protect the city of Athens‚ wich was named
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