The devastation of WWII brought terrible destruction to all nations involved‚ but especially brought hardship to Italy. Fortunately‚ hardship is a great inspiration‚ and the war bred many great artistic pieces. Among them was The Bicycle Thieves (1948‚ Vittorio De Sica)‚ which took one man’s trouble in finding his lost bike as a mere slice of the greater tragedies which were occurring everyday in Rome due to the wrecked economy. The picture broke many traditions of film to date‚ but in a somewhat
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The lottery ticket: An Analysis The Author Anton Chekhov was a Russian short-story writer‚ playwright and physician‚ considered to be one of the greatest short-story writers in the history of world literature. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov practised as a doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife"‚ he once said‚ "and literature is my mistress." Chekhov renounced
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Book 1: The Anger of Achilles Main Characters: Achilles‚ Agamemnon‚ Briseis‚ Chryseis‚ Apollo‚ Thetis‚ Zeus‚ Hera‚ Hephaestus Themes: Gods intervention/free will Importance of mortal women Goddesses as wives/mothers Plot: Chryseis and Briseis were slaves of the Trojans which the Greeks won in battle. They were given to Agamemnon and Achilles. Chryseis’ father‚ Chryses goes to the Achaean camp to beg for his daughter back. When Agamemnon refuses‚ Chryses prays to Apollo brings a plague
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Serialism is a musical composing method which was initiated by Arnold Schoenberg and adopted and developed by his students in Second Viennese School such as Edward Steuermann‚ Erwin Stein‚ Ernst Krenek‚ René Leibowitz‚ and especially Alban Berg and Anton Webern‚ and other composers of 20th century including Igor Stravinsky‚ John Cage‚ Olivier Messiaen‚ Stockhausen‚ etc. According to Gerald Abraham‚ there are two rules of twelve-tone serialism introduced by Schoenberg in 1920s: the order of each tone
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the psalm is appropriate for a funeral or memorial service – though it was probably never intended for that purpose when it was composed. >>> This confession of trust which permeates this entire psalm is common to psalms of lament; it is the turning point of the lament‚ where the complaint leads into a confession of trust. Usually‚ that confession of trust is marked by a “but.” “But you‚ O Yahweh…” It is a confession of trust even in the midst of
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The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov is very much a play about the past. However‚ it is more specifically about breaking free from the past through change and acceptance. The consistent theme of memory in terms of both forgetting and remembering are evident throughout the play. The quote at the end of the play where Firs is forgotten and the cherry orchard is cut down is an important symbol of the past dying away and the characters moving on. Firs ends the play and he represents the past in both
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Title: Poetry Introduction: Sometimes‚ the emotion found its thought‚ and the thought found its words‚.that is poetry‚ and that is our topic for today. Body: Poetry-it is the language of the imagination. -is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning sound‚and rhythmic language choices so as to evoke an emotional response. -a term applied to the many forms in w/c human beings have given rhythmic expression to their most imaginative and intense perceptions of the world
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Romantic poems of Samuel Coleridge‚ Percy Shelley‚ Robert Burns‚ William Wordsworth and John Keats. Just like the Romantic period became a time when many lower class people remained poor and unimproved‚ “Work Without Hope” by Samuel Coleridge and “A Lament” by Percy Shelley both emphasize the hopeless attitude of a typical nineteenth century man‚ relating to Victor Frankenstein’s own pessimistic approach to his life. Coleridge describes in “Work Without Hope” a man locked in a state of “winter” and
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Comparison of two stories of the same name A story of two lovers in an affair is never a simple thing to understand. Anton Chekhov original and Joyce Carol Oates’s updated version of “The Lady with the Pet Dog” tells the story of two unhappy individuals trying to find love in a long lasting affair. Both versions of the story are similar in plot‚ but the different point of view allows readers to view the conflicts and emotions that each character faces‚ instead of just getting one side of the
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Gattaca is Andrew Niccol‚ the three main characters are Vincent Freeman (naturally made)‚ Jerome E. Marrow (agent) and Anton Freeman. The movie’s about how two brothers live entirely different lives because of the way they are born. Vincent the 1st born is naturally made which he was born with a heart condition‚ and the doctors said he wouldn’t live past the age 30. The 2nd born‚ Anton‚ was genetically made which means he was made to be “perfect” with that he was able to work as an agent (a higher job)
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