Can music contribute to anything worth? Famous music composer‚ Ludwig van Beethoven once rightly quoted “Music is a higher revelation than philosophy”. Indeed‚ music has higher magnitude than just being a mere form of entertainment- it plays a significant role in our society be it politics or religion or even academics. So important is music’s value that it has been recorded throughout history of mankind in numerous ancient writings including the sacred Hindu scripture‚ Veda. Thus it
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Prisoners Freed Chapter: 27 Page: 217 "My island was now peopled‚ and I thought myself very rich in subjects; and it was a merry reflection‚ which I frequently made‚ how like a king I looked. First of all‚ the whole country was my own mere property‚ so that I had an undoubted right of dominion. Secondly‚ my people were perfectly subjected. I was absolute lord and lawgiver‚ they all owed their lives to me‚ and were ready to lay down their lives‚ if there had been occasion of it‚ for me. It was
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How does Ian McEwan tell the story in Chapter 9? Ian McEwan uses a variety of techniques in order to tell the story throughout the novel ‘Enduring Love’. Looking at Chapter 9 in close detail I am going to analyse the ways in which McEwan tells the story with the use of form‚ structure and language. The majority of the novel is told in the first person however chapter 9 has a third person narrative and is in the present tense. McEwan uses Joe’s narratives in order to explain Clarissa’s perspective
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Explain how music can be seen as related to gender. For many years discussions of sexuality were informed by a distinction between ‘sex’ and ‘gender’. The sex of a person was judged to be ‘biologically determined’ and their gender to be ‘culturally and socially constructed’ (Abercrombie‚ Hill and Turner‚ 1988: 103). Gender roles are frequently based around the ideas that women are expected to be more passive and emotional and men more assertive and rational. “The first type of essentialism that
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How Does Fitzgerald Tell The Story In Chapter 8 Of The Great Gatsby? In the beginning of the chapter‚ we are made aware of Nick’s discomfort and anxious attitude regarding Gatsby and what is to become of him‚ suggesting that he should get away for a week‚ but naturally‚ Gatsby refuses. He then goes onto describe the way that he and Daisy had first met and their relationship that had ensued‚ before Gatsby proposes he and Nick use the swimming pool for the first and last time that summer; Nick has
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How does Fitzgerald tell the story in chapter 7? Chapter 7 starts by Gatsby firing all his servants and then shows up at the Buchanan’s house with Nick and Jordan there. They all decide to go into town‚ and hire a suite of the Plaza hotel‚ where there is an intense argument between Gatsby and Tom about Daisy and who she’s in love with. On the journey home Myrtle Wilson gets hit by the motorcar in which Daisy is driving. Prior to the climactic moment of the Plaza suite scene‚ Fitzgerald uses heat
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In the passage “How to Tell a True War Story‚” Tim O’Brien explores the idea that the truth in a war story does not matter; only the emotions that the story is trying to relay matters. In the beginning of the passage O’Brien starts with a story about the death of a soldier‚ Curt Lemon. Lemon was playing around with his best friend‚ Rat Kiley‚ when he stepped on a hidden mine and was blown away. After the death of Lemon O’Brien brings up the idea that in a war story it is nearly impossible to separate
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West Side Story is the modern take on the well-known William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliette‚where Tony and Maria replaced Romeo and Juliette and are involved in New York street gangs. On the harsh streets of the upper west side‚ two gangs battle for control of the turf. The situation becomes complicated when a gang member falls in love with a rival’s sister.Jerome Robbins(Director and choreographer)‚ Arthur Laurents(Author) and Leonard Bernstein(Composer) came together with the idea to write a
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One of the ways in which Fitzgerald tells the story in Chapter 1 is through the characterisation aspect of narrative‚ using symbolism in order to better exenterate character features. One of the ways Fitzgerald uses characterisation is through description of character appearance‚ as seen with the description of Daisy whom wears a white dress. Fitzgerald has perhaps selected the colour white due to the connotations during this era‚ with the colour white indicating wealth and so immediately we are
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How does Hosseini tell the story of the Kite Runner in chapter 1? Khaled Hosseini uses a veritable smorgasbord of literary and narrative techniques to tell the story of ‘The Kite Runner’. From engaging in the use of foreshadowing and symbolism‚ to characterisation and the way he styles his prose. Below is an analysis of how he does so. As mentioned‚ Hosseini’s use of foreshadowing almost encapsulates the chapter. Baba states that “God [should] help us all”‚ anticipating the Taliban’s takeover of
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