My first poem I choose was by Gwendolyn Bennet‚ “To A Dark Girl”. I choose this poem because I came across this poem before this class and found it touching. My first poetic element I see in this poem would be Allegory‚ my reason for this is because‚ Bennett gives a message in this poem without really saying it‚ you kind of have to read it over again and think. “Something of old forgotten queens (line 5). What I got from this is that Bennett is saying that back in time‚ black people were fine
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Peter Gene Hernandez was born October 8‚ 1985‚ known by his stage name Bruno Mars‚ is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Raised in Honolulu‚ Hawaii‚ by a family of musicians‚ Bruno began making music at a young age and performed in various musical venues in his hometown throughout his childhood. He graduated from high school and moved to Los Angeles‚ to pursue a musical career. Mars produced songs for other artists‚ joining production team The Smeezingtons. Mars had an unsuccessful
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Although no one really knows how or when the term flapper came to America‚ the term is said to have come from prewar England. With the onset of World War I‚ the sexual behavior of young women in England spiraled out of control as more and more women began to flock to army camps. There‚ they basically became like wartime prostitutes since they became addicted to engaging in sexual intercourse with soldiers‚ which became known as “khaki fever.” Eventually‚ the flapper was deemed to be a social
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opinion that criticizes the present day status of theater. He goes into extreme detail and theory in four different aspects of theater: Deadly‚ Holy‚ Rough‚ and Immediate. Each of these aspects deals with different attributes of the theater that Peter Brook thinks are lacking in current theater today. While reading this book many emotions filled my conscience. I understood where he was coming from on a lot of his views‚ but for most of the book I just thought the content was pretty pretentious. But with
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be happy or truly creative. They’ll grow up skilled and compliant but without audacity to be great.” A lot of these skills are learned in school plays‚ sleepovers‚ and play dates since during these activities you communicate with other people. Brooks believes understanding people’s points of view‚ having good social skills‚ interacting with other people‚ and working adequately in groups are important factors to achieve success and happiness. “Practicing a piece of music for four hours requires
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Paul‚ Minnesota‚ Herbert Paul Brooks played hockey at the University of Minnesota‚ where he later coached from 1972-1979‚ winning three national titles. Brooks was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990. After playing for the 1964 and 1968 Olympic hockey team and coaching the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” hockey team‚ Herb went on to coach on four different NHL teams and then later coached the French Olympic team in 1998 and team USA in 2003 (imdb.com) “Herb Brooks was behind the bench when
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Theatre of cruelty Introduction The theatre of cruelty is a form of theatre invented by Antonin Artaud‚ a very well known theatre practitioner. The theatre of cruelty is defined as‚ by the dictionary‚ “a type of theatre advocated by Antonin Artaud in Le Théâtre et son double that seeks to communicate to its audience a sense of pain‚ suffering‚ and evil‚ using gesture‚ movement‚ sound‚ and symbolism rather than language”. To break it down even further‚ the theatre of cruelty is one of many
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Drama Essay How theatre is made interesting by the way it is staged is by using a variety of techniques to intrigue viewers and audience members from just a platform stage and some actors to something unique and interesting. Grotowski believed to be interesting it did not need lighting‚ effects‚ costumes‚ makeup‚ props‚ costumes or scenery. This was regarded as poor theatre as funding was barely needed and stuck to its name still today. The minimal use of props meant that the same prop could be
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George Strait‚ also known as the King of Country Music‚ has been singing country music for over thirty years. He has become one of the most popular country music singers ever. He started a long time ago and is still going strong today. George Strait was born on May 18th‚ 1952 in Poteet‚ Texas. He lived on a cattle ranch near Pearsall‚ Texas. When he was only a child‚ his mother left with his sister and left Strait and his brother with her husband. When Strait was a teenager‚ he began
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INTRODUCTION I. (Attention Grabber) George Strait emerged in the early 80’s and is still winning awards to this day. Just last week he won album of the year and single of the year. II. (Central Idea)It’s unbelievable how many years this man can keep making number one hit albums and songs over a course of three generations. George has had 50 number one hits while his albums consistently go platinum and gold. He hasn’t changed the sound of his music since the beginning of his career‚ which seems
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