TOK ESSAY “Art is a lie that brings us nearer to the truth” (Pablo Picasso) There are different ways for art to portray elements of truth and lies; but what Picasso was mostly referring to with his quote was that art might be a representation of the truth however lies to the human eye in terms of perception. The word art is somehow “controversial‚ especially in contemporary philosophy” because it relies on different AOK’s and WOK’s. The main area of art focused to support Picasso’s quote
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Victorian Age The beginning of the Victorian Period is dated sometimes as 1832 (the passage of the first Reform Bill) and sometimes as 1837 (the accession of Queen Victoria). It extends to the death of Victoria in 1901. But when we refer the history book of W. J. Long and literary terms of M. H. Abraham‚ we find that the period between 1850 -1900 is regarded as the Victorian Period‚ which is also known as the Age of Compromise and the Age of Peace and Prosperity. When Victoria came on the
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Worth A Thousand Words FLAMES TO DUSTWORD BUFFET NOTESA MOUTHFUL OF WORDSLIVING THOUSANDS OF LIVESmore... Panitikan: An Essay On Philippine Literature Philippine Literature started as a chant from tribes/ tribal chanting until the present time where in colonial days‚ the voices of the Filipinos against the Spaniards is voiced out through their native languages and through English (in verse and in prose). Development: riddles/ chanting/Through Voices/sound to written works such as verse
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Poetry and the World of Langston Hughes Langston Hughes enchanted the world as he threw the truth of the pain that the Negro society had endured into most of his works. He attempted to make it clear that society in America was still undeniably racist. For example‚ Conrad Kent Rivers declared‚ "Oh if muse would let me travel through Harlem with you as the guide‚ I too‚ could sing of black America" (Rampersad 297). From his creativity and passion for the subject matter‚ he has been described as
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The American health system in the beginning of the 1900’s took a dramatic change on how food was to be handled‚ to prevent diseases and keep freshness. It a lot has helped change and eliminate diseases. Some conditions are different though‚ what some food is made with‚ and any unchecked places of service. Fast food going from conspiracy to not so much of a crazy thought. And then people put some food‚ not where it’s supposed to be. To a new generation of animals. Horses used for war‚ sport‚ work
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Define inspiration: Go back to XIV century when poets had to look at naked women with snow-white skin‚ dark blue eyes and burning red curls to produce poems‚ more captivating than the sunrise. Go back to when writers were considered drunk heads‚ with nothing to lose and nothing to gain. The only solace they had was to dress their scars in words‚ convey rage in a paragraph and hide the grief behind the pages. Go back and see that inspiration cannot be defined. Inspiration is a fragile thing. It
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How have the composers of the poems you will be discussing constructed their representations of women? Compare and contrast the themes and values represented in your two chosen poems. The representation of women have changed throughout the course of history. The Ruined Maid composed by Thomas Hardy and I Am Man-made by Susan Wicks both incorporate similar values of the submissive nature of women‚ yet do not fail to integrate two very different values of female sexuality and male dominance‚ respectively
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In Edwin Arlington Robinson’s poem “Richard Cory” and T.R. Hummer’s poem “Glass Ceiling‚” both poets share the common theme of people shielding themselves from reality for social reasons. In everyday life‚ there are people who want to fit in‚ regardless of the people they hurt. Fitting in is really important for some people‚ even though it does not matter for most‚ sometimes people do the opposite and try to standout. However‚ this is common in everyday life‚ and is a popular subject among teens
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the public cried out in shock for the incident [Last Name] 2 was the first of it kind in which a mainly civilian population was the victim of a deliberate bombing. Before the incident occurred the Spanish government‚ in January 1937‚ commissioned Pablo Picasso to create a mural depicting their building but after the bombing Picasso opted rather to illustrate the scene of the devastated city with his initial sketches taking place in May 1937 about a month prior to the completion of the final piece
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given the ominous title of "the Perterloo Massacre." 2) The Industrial Revolution begins in England‚ though the Continent will experience it some decades later. Urbanization intensifies-along with urban poverty and class dissatisfaction. In the 1830’s‚ Thomas Carlyle will write that "the Cash Nexus" has already replaced the feudal‚ hierarchical ties that once kept British society together. Writing at "ground zero" of this titanic change in human affairs‚ Romantic poets like Blake and Wordsworth respond
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