The History of Musical Theatre The recently released Les Misérables earned £8.1 million in its opening weekend‚ making it the largest opening weekend for a musical film in history‚ proving that the genre is still alive. But how exactly did this powerful art form originate? And from then on‚ how did it evolve to become the spectacularly vivacious being that it is today? The oldest known forms of music theatre were the ancient Greek plays with music and lyrics‚ as well as music and dance being
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1. Introduction The objective of this project is to scrutinize the film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me through the lens of semiotics. Our group has chosen to approach our analysis through the extraction of narrative models‚ metonyms‚ metaphors‚ the use and also subversion of stereotypes and intertextuality. The film uses these devices to both inject humour and to subvert the notions that society has brought us up to believe in. The methodology employed is the viewing and analysis of the
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Today happened to be a cloudy‚ overcast day with an air temperature of six degrees Celsius and the water a few degrees warmer. The day held the promise of a winter storm approaching well before nightfall. The surf’s rough‚ but nothing a raft of Selkies or seals couldn’t handle. Now the local Selkie clan would meet the three male Leopard seal out in the ocean in their non-humanoid form. The Leopard seal shifters differ vastly from the Selkies. Selkies required their fur pelt to take on their Selkie
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Humanities January‚ 2015 Exalted Beauties: Venus of Willendorf vs. the Barbie Doll The Venus of Willendorf is known for her voluptuous figure‚ and is often regarded as an icon of fertility‚ health‚ and abundance. Barbie is known for her blonde hair‚ big blue eyes‚ and her size zero figure‚ she is often regarded as an iconic representation of beauty (The icon‚ n.d.). These two figures could not look more different yet they do have some things in common. Both are female‚ manmade‚ and both
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psychology is presented more as common knowledge and less as an actual science. In many articles online there is no evidence supporting the facts and statistics presented. For example‚ an article on dailymail.co.uk titled Redheads ’have more sex than blondes or brunettes ’ the author raves about how redheads have more sex with more partners more often‚ its psychology! The article though‚ neglected to provide evidence to such statements. In the end of the article an actual psychologist named Christine
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table‚ every night. The press went overboard. After that‚ I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman - a little ahead of her times. And she didn’t know it.” American model turned actress‚ she was famous for her seductive blonde persona on and off camera from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. Monroe appeared in a few popular movies‚ but remembered as an international sex symbol that died at age 36. Today// I will inform you of her childhood‚ her pathway to fame‚ and ultimately
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downstairs and eats his breakfast. Pondering where his parents could be‚ John gets dressed‚ ready for school. He sprints to his formal‚ spacious‚ neat private school‚ Wisconsin School of Arts‚ and walks to meet his best friend‚ Mike‚ who has dirty blonde hair with beaming brown eyes. John and Mike walk into their school‚ enter their untidy‚ dirty‚ unpleasant classroom‚ and find a seat. All of a sudden‚ Mrs Plummings‚ the Principal of the school‚ who is enormously fat‚ with fiery dark eyes‚ and short
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Motivation Evaluation Axia College of University of Phoenix Henry Murray was active in developing a theory of motivation during the 1930’s‚ 40’s‚ 50’s and 60’s. He believed that a need is a potentiality or readiness to respond in a certain way under certain given circumstances. (Murray‚ et al. 1938‚ p. 124). Murray’s theory assumed that when a person lacks something it drives them and keeps them motivated. Murray’s theory classified needs into two categories:
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The Causes and Effects of Violence Did you know that almost 6 million Jews were estimated killed in the Holocaust? The Holocaust was when men‚ children‚ and women alike were massacred just because of their religion‚ which was Judaism. This is not the first human tragedy that the world has endured this century. Another violent tragedy was when African American’s were being mistreated and persecuted in the United States. This was during the Jim Crow South when black people could not eat at the
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Norwegian Wood Analysis Rory Say “Norwegian Wood” first appeared on The Beatles’ sixth full length album‚ Rubber Soul‚ which was released December 3rd‚ 1965. Not only is the song unique in the context of the album‚ but it is an example of one of The Beatles’ more experimental tracks. Written primarily by John Lennon‚ it was in fact George Harrison’s idea to use a sitar during the recording‚ which is the instrument that makes the song so recognizable‚ and also marks the first time a sitar was
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