those views have continued to change about the roles these minorities take on in the world of music. To fully understand this situation‚ and why people have the views that they do‚ let us take a look at two very significant pieces in history. Swan Lake composed by Tchaikovsky is one of the greatest works for ballet companies worldwide. When it was originally performed for the first
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The Reader Bernhard Schlink Themes War Guilt One of the main ideas in The Reader is German war guilt - guilt felt by both the war-time generation and the post-war generation. The post-war generation‚ to which the author‚ Schlink‚ belongs‚ has struggled to come to terms with the war crimes committed by the previous generation. The novel begins with a sick Michael being comforted by the maternal Hanna. This is an obvious symbol for the idea that the post-war generation needs to confront the deeds
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Hamlet‚ as a ghost bearing terrible news. The ghost tells Hamlet that he was killed by Claudius‚ his brother and Hamlet’s uncle. Then when he was out of the way‚ Claudius seduced the queen. Throughout the passage‚ Shakespeare uses diction and imagery to help readers understand and connect with the ghost and Hamlet’s feelings of “contempt” towards the new King Claudius and Queen Gertrude. The passage begins with the ghost. He tells that everyone was told that he was “stung” by a snake and
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literary devices to portray the corruption of the American dream in The Great Gatsby. He portrays the American dream as a goal to gain wealth and show it off extravagantly to gain social class. Fitzgerald successfully integrates symbolism and imagery into the novel to express his views of the American dream. An integral part of The Great Gatsby was the symbolism Fitzgerald used to get across his view of the corrupt American dream during the 20’s. The "pile of shirts" (Fitzgerald 97) that
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wealth‚ rather than standing for its original ideals of freedom and equality. Fitzgerald brings this nightmarish world of reality to life using imagery‚ diction‚ and symbolism in order to prove to his audience that what was once perceived as an attainable goal‚ is held just out of grasp by the people that did not have to fight to reach it. Fitzgerald uses imagery while referring to Gatsby’s dock to help the reader visualize the sadness and despair that engulfed the five years of Gatsby’s life spent gazing
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2014 Clear Lake Dance Recital I could hear the bustle of people out in the crowd as I was getting ready for the dance recital. As I started to get ready for the first dance‚ someone came in and told us we were going to be starting in a few minutes. We all went and lined up at the foot of the stage because we were one of the first people to go on. “Your next‚” I heard from the people helping back stage. Right then I had to run through all of the steps to the dance in my head to make sure that I had
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The Symbol of Hope In a land of sorrow and hard times there is a Lake Tribe that endures the pain of the land but with all of this pain comes a symbol of hope‚ The Blue-Shelled Tortoise. This symbol of hope is the difference between life and death because The Blue-Shelled tortoise brings the water down from the sky. This tortoise comes once a year out of the lake about 50 miles away for the tribes location. Each year the tribe take 10 men and to search for this tortoise. The chief of the tribe
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the perspective of a daughter completely contradicts over a bug. The daughter looks at the bug in a repellent way‚ the father however‚ looks at the bug in an approving way. In “Gaston” Saroyan uses imagery and symbolism to convey the importance of looking at things in a different way. Saroyan uses imagery throughout the short story “Gaston”‚ to show us the importance of looking at things in a different way. At first the girl in “Gaston” by Saroyan‚ refers to the bug in a bad manner: “He is a bug. He
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Ernest Hemingway used an abundant amount of imagery in his War World I novel‚ A Farewell to Arms. In the five books that the novel is composed of‚ the mind is a witness to the senses of sight‚ touch‚ smell‚ hearing‚ and taste. All of the these senses in a way connects to the themes that run through the novel. We get to view Hemingway’s writing style in a greater depth and almost feel‚ or mentally view World War I and the affects it generates through Lieutenant Henry’s eyes. In Book One of A Farewell
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A cold breeze blew in the night‚ gently brushing past the green grass that grew by a small lake. The clear water shone with a dim silvery light‚ looking like a mirror reflecting the moon and the stars. There were no clouds in the sky‚ so it was easy to see those beautiful dots of light shining brightly in the darkness‚ looking like a black mantle riddled with diamonds. It was a very pleasant night of spring‚ and anyone would find it refreshing to take a breath of fresh air in such conditions. Therefore
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