varied according to status but included feasts‚ banquets‚ jousts and tournaments‚ plays‚ fairs‚ games and sports and‚ hunting. the feasts were enormous with a lot of food‚ dancing and entertainment including entertainers like clowns which were call Jesters‚ the jet-stream entertained the court. While everyone else could enjoy the rest of the entertainers including acrobats‚ mummers who were theater people that were doing the plays. There was loud music that was played on the Recorder‚ Cittern‚ Shawn
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old traditional Japanese culture. Geishas are female entertainers‚ they act as hostesses‚ dancers and companions mainly for a particular group of men. Geishas were common in the 18th and 19th centuries‚ originally were all male‚ mainly court jesters to Taikomochi where the geisha culture evolved from‚ in today’s times male geisha is extremely rare. As women started to take over the role they became known as onna geisha meaning “women artists”. It was customary for females to start their geisha
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The Cask of the Amontillado and Story of an hour Though these two short stories may not have obvious similarities at the first glance‚ if one further delves into the story of each one‚ the strategies the authors chose implement become clear. The Cask of the Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe and The Story of an hour by Kate Chopin have numerous similarities‚ both give the reader an eerie feeling throughout the story. The use of Irony is strong in both of the stories as it plays a huge part in conveying
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His directing goal is to make the greed and corruption of the characters urgent. Mayer casts the Duke (Piotr Beczala) as a singer‚ casino runner and leader of a Jazz type group. Rigoletto (Zeljko Lucic)‚ ordinarily a deformed hunchbacked court jester‚ has a less clear role‚ but his social status is concise. While the plot runs on acts of payback‚ Rigoletto believes his downfall is caused by a curse from Monterone‚ usually portrayed by an elderly man‚ here an Arab. Some of the staging seems awkward
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first time for free‚ this distinguish from its competitor which will attract more customer to fly using Jetstar. According to the article‚ beginning of August‚ 2009‚ Jetstar offers interlining for passengers form and to Qantas‚ Jetstar Australia and Jester Pacific. This provide a seamless ticketing offering for airline customers on all the Jetstar Asia’s market. Although‚ Jetstar seem to have many strengths it also have it weaknesses. For example‚ Jetstar Asia has to contend with growth from its existing
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Aaron Grech Mrs. Jester ENGL 1102 October 1‚ 2012 Analysis of “Messy Room” by Shel Silverstein In the poem‚ “Messy Room” Shel Silverstein uses imagery‚ rhyme‚ and repetition in his poem to show the reader the real affects of a messy room. Silverstein in his poem wants us as the reader to feel how messy the room really was. In every line of his poem you can feel the imagery and really see how the room really looked. Silverstein is trying to make the reader feel like that’s how messy a
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artist Giorgio Vasari‚ a near-contemporary‚ told of how Leonardo kept Lisa del Giocondo‚ the young wife of a Florentine silk merchant‚ smiling during her portrait sessions. “While painting her portrait‚ he employed people to play and sing for her‚ and jesters to keep her merry‚ to put an end to the melancholy that painters often succeed in giving to their portraits.” The result‚ Vasari said‚ was “a smile so pleasing that it was more divine than human‚” and he proclaimed that it was a product of superhuman
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wearing a blindfold‚ touch the various elements to determine what feelings are promoted. When handling the cloth‚ do you feel as if you are attending a royal gala or a country picnic? When holding the program‚ are you a guest of the king or the court jester?
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in a position not knowing what she was going to do next. Even though the towns people made her bury her husband earlier then she intended to‚ but they also helped her push to marrying a complete stranger to get her going. It was a very profitable jester and very quite pleasant‚ but no one should have to make a quick decision on the same day as her husband’s funeral. It is very reckless idiotic to do so. Having patients for someone when they are going through a lost is what the town’s people need
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Section A 1. Discuss Rita’s sense of being a half caste in Willy Russell’s play. At first Rita is more of an outcast in both social classes. It is when she decides to go to the Open University that she becomes a half cast. She doesn’t seem to fit in when she attends her literature classes. The way she talks‚ looks and behaves differentiates her from the rest of her classmates. Even though her husband does not approve of her studies and that most students are demeaning towards her‚ she is determined
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