operatic diva such as Callas? To enable us to comment on Maria Callas as an operatic diva‚ it is first necessary to ascertain whether she possess all the stated attributes usually associated with the term. The conductor Sir Charles Mackerras believes there must be an ‘aura’‚ but ‘there also has to be something unusual as well as competent about a diva‚ something compelling about her personality’ (reference). This was certainly true of Maria Meneghini Callas. The opening paragraph of the newspaper
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It takes one to know one. Maria and I are similar in many ways. Maria would not dream of betraying Olivia and knows her intimately. Maria is strong-willed and does what she thinks needs to be done. I contain the same determination and resolve that Maria does. I am loyal to my friends in the same way as Maria‚ and I value the lives of my friends over my own. Maria has an inherent belief in the aristocracy surrounding her. Comparable to Maria’s belief in the authority figures of her time‚ I believe
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Maria Gaetana Agnesi Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1719-1799). Born in Milan‚ she was a gifted scholar. She was a scientist‚ mathematician and later in her life she devoted herself to religious beliefs. She is most famous for the Witch of Agnesi. Her father married 3 times and had 21 children‚ which she was the oldest child. Her first essay was published in Latin when she was only 9 years old. She wrote in defense of higher education for woman. By age 13 she learned and spoke more than 6 languages. In
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People who complain This assignment’s goal was to share our point of view towards something that we don’t like‚ or don’t agree with. A recurring theme in high school‚ more specifically ours‚ is people who complain about nothing at all‚ whether it is students‚ principles‚ supervisors and even teachers. To be clear right off the bat‚ I would like to clearly state my definition of complaining. To me‚ “complaining” is when people who give little to no effort‚ or have no real reason in particular
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MNEMONIC DEVICE Individuals who use mnemonic devices have a greater ability to process information rather than those who do not. Using symbolic and auditory messages can help everyone to signal their memory recall process. Many people do not use mnemonic devices as a memorization tool and those are disadvantaged to the people who do. If everyone started to make an effort to use mnemonic devices‚ people could recall stored information much more efficiently throughout daily life. The first
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In the story “38 People Who Saw Murder Didn’t Called The Police” a women named Katherine Genovese also called Kitty has been brutally murdered in her neighborhood and many people witness this horrific killing but chose not to call the police until it was too late for her life to be saved. But what would’ve happened if someone had acted sooner; Of course to state the obvious kitty will most likely still be alive. The author Martin Gansberg has given the situation on how people chose not to act but
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The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century. They included people from Germanic tribes who migrated to the southern half of the island from continental Europe‚ and their descendants; as well as indigenous Romano-British populations who adopted Anglo-Saxon culture and language. The earliest phase of English literature started with Anglo-Saxon literature of the Angles and Saxons (the ancestors of the English race) much before they occupied Britain. English was the
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PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD Thurday 12/03/09 1. I’m Bob Doughty. 2. And I’m Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about five individuals around the world who are making a difference. They are making the world a better place by helping people in special ways. 1. Our first individual who is making a difference is a refugee from Burma. Thousands of people flee Burma each year to escape poverty‚ oppression and civil war. Many of
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Maximilian Maria Kolbe was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar. He was born January 8‚ 1894 and died August 14‚ 1941. He was beatified by pope Paul the VI October 17‚ 1971‚ and his feast day is August 14. He was canonized by pope John Paul II on October 10‚ 1982. There are many interesting things to know about this saint‚ and I will share a few. Baptized as Raymund Kolbe‚ this saint was a normal child‚ but there is this one exception. One night‚ Our Lady appeared to him in a dream holding a white
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Juliet vs Maria: A Comparison Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is considered to be one of the greatest love stories of all time. It is the tragic tale of two star crossed lovers; Romeo of the house of Montague and Juliet of the house of Capulet. Both houses have an ongoing feud with the other that had yet to be broken‚ until Romeo and Juliet fell desperately in love and were secretly married. Their relationship was doomed when Juliet’s cousin Tybalt and Romeo and his friend Mercutio ended up
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