excellent example of both the military and the anarchic senses of the term ’avant-garde’ as it applies to literature‚ particularly theatrical drama. A work of utmost minimalism‚ the play follows the interconnected monologues of three characters in urns‚ two women and one man‚ who describe‚ from their own perspective‚ the unfaithfulness that pervaded their lives and that they must now live out for all eternity after death. Beckett’s play is avant-garde in its use of stage direction and blocking‚ its
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2/15/13 RISC vs. CISC T he simplest way t o examine t he advant ages and disadvant ages of RISC arc hit ec t ure is by c ont rast ing it wit h it ’s predec essor: CISC (Complex Inst ruc t ion Set Comput ers) arc hit ec t ure. Multiply ing Two Numbers in Memory On t he right is a diagram represent ing t he st orage sc heme f or a generic c omput er. T he main memory is divided int o loc at ions numbered f rom (row) 1: (c olumn) 1 t o (row) 6: (c olumn) 4. T he exec ut ion unit is responsible
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In this paper‚ I want to research the reasons behind the building of the statue Zeus of Artemision or Poseidon. A rendition of the almighty Olympian god‚ this statue was found in two pieces at the bottom of the sea in the 1920s. Between the ways that the statue is standing and the way the body is positioned one can assume that the person portrayed in the statue is action ready. In the case of Zeus‚ with his lightning bolts. In this paper‚ I will go into depth about the religious aspects behind the
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there are many virtuous personages. After I read the Book of Odes and the Chronicles of Zuo‚ I found that both the official Zhongshan Fu and the Zichan are outstanding people‚ who help their duck to make a better kingdom. In fact‚ they shared some similar qualities. First‚ Both of Zhongshan Fu and Zichan were loyal. So‚ they could gain the trust form the king‚ and they were entrusted with an important post. In the Song 260 from Book of Odes‚ it says‚ “Obedient to the Son of Heaven‚ Whose glorious
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ISBN 0-300-02740-0. Pinsky‚ Robert (1998). The Sounds of Poetry. Farrar‚ Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0-374-26695-6. Brooks‚ Cleanth (1947). The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry. Harcourt Brace & Company. Finch‚ Annie (2011). A Poet ’s Ear: A Handbook of Meter and Form. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-05066-6. Fry‚ Stephen (2007). The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within. Arrow Books. ISBN 978-0-09-950934-9. Pound‚ Ezra (1951). ABC of Reading. Faber. Iturat‚ Isidro (2010)
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This sarcophagus from the time of Ancient Rome was the final resting place for an officer of the Roman Army‚ but it is anything but modest. It is covered in stories and symbols displaying the power of this dedicated soldier and his beloved Roman Empire. Romans who could afford such magnanimous sarcophagi took the opportunity to get one for them to be buried in order to stand out from the crowd and display their wealth and fame. In Ancient Rome‚ war heroes and generals commissioned striking sarcophagi
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Aristotle lived in Ancient Greece from 384-322 BCE and created a Theory of Tragedy which stated that a tragedy must have six parts to determine its quality: plot‚ characters‚ diction‚ thought‚ spectacle‚ and melody. Aristotle’s Theory of Tragedy is the reason that Greek tragedies lasted around 4-5 hours each. Sophocles was a Greek tragedian and the playwright of the famous tragedy‚ Antigone‚ which astounded the audience due to the dominant woman tragic hero of Antigone. He incorporated the Chorus
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frequently‚ unlike Persia which was a much unified empire. Persia is known to own the title of the largest empire that has ever existed‚ because they were unified it helped them become strong and powerful‚ ergo to the fact of them being a great empire. Grecian city-states weren’t able to maintain unity in their nation because they kept fighting. The city-states had many issues with one another but they had to unite to fight off the Persians because the Persians were double their
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cultured‚ the Romans too desired to achieve this type of wealth. The Romans had a knack for replicating those ideas that would benefit them. Much like the recreation of the Carthaginian warships‚ the Roman recreated various other aspects of the Grecian way of life. A prime example would be that of their government. Just as Greece had discovered the concept of democracy‚ Rome too established and re-established its governing bodies to become democratic in nature. In aspects of religion and Gods
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Chorus dedicates its first ode to man’s victories and its supreme vulnerability: death. The choral ode is divided into four sections: Strophe I‚ Antistrophe I‚ Strophe II‚ Antistrophe II‚ each focusing on either man’s strengths‚ weaknesses‚ accomplishments‚ and consequences his actions yield. In Strophe II‚ the chorus elaborates on the triumphs man has achieved‚ but confesses that man has the inevitable destiny of death. In the five translations of the first choral ode composed by Fitts & Fitzgerald
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