Hip-Hop Comparison Quinton Frizell ENGL112 March 13‚ 2011 Nelly Aguilar Growing up in the 1980’s and the 90’s I became a huge fan of Hip-Hop music. My friends and I used to sit around for hours listening to our favorite rappers on the radio and watching the videos on television. We would argue for hours about who was a better lyricist and why. Now as I have grown older and the music I have grown to love and still listen to has changed‚ I find myself asking a very good question. What has
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Anthem For Doomed Youth - Understanding - Sonnet Where and when - France‚ First World War‚ written in a mental institution – October 1917. Place or Characters - sounds loud and sad “what passing-bells for these who die as cattle” “only the monstrous anger of the guns”. Situation - Death in the trenches‚ youth being killed & amongst the war‚ buried without the trappings of a home. Highlighting the youth‚ “not in the hands of boys but in their eyes” “The pallor of girls’ brows shall be their
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The piece that I have chosen is L’Estaque‚ 1885-90‚ by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. This painting is composed of oil on canvas. Viewing the piece‚ I believe that the mood it conveys is peace and serenity. The subject of this piece is a calm enclave in France‚ enhanced with a faint sailboat and relaxed fisherman. This is a landscape painting; therefore‚ the subject is relatively straightforward. L’Estaque conveys a tranquil fragment of life‚ one that has since been lost‚ or forgotten. It was 5:15 P.M
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3 messed up TV plot lines from the 90s (-- removed HTML --) To those of us who grew up with 90s TV‚ it’s something that we look back on fondly. It’s the TV of our childhood. However‚ there are some plot lines from those 90s shows that are just completely messed up. 1. Pacey and Tamara from Dawson’s Creek If you don’t remember this plot line you’ve probably blocked it from your memory because it’s seriously messed up. Tamara Jacobs in Dawson’s Creek was Pacey’s English teacher. She was
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sands of the vast desert. Also‚ when he said that everyone should be afraid of him because of his might as shown by his works‚ now‚ in the time wherein the poem is present‚ no one fears him‚ and worse‚ no one minds him and his memory. This poem and Sonnet 55 talks about one central idea: the mortality or limited time statues or monuments‚ which represented the honor and memory of royalty or important people‚ would exist in this world. In the poem Ozymandias‚ it talks about a king who had his own image
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prescribed sonnets from “Sonnets from the Portuguese” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning show‚ we can see the changes in perspective from the Victorian Era‚ compared to that of the Post-WWI period‚ the roaring 20’s. A comparison of these texts lets us see a change in society’s view on love‚ the role of women in marriage‚ relationships‚ goals and ambitions (hope) and life’s meaning (morality) and also the impact of gender differences on the perspectives conveyed. “SftP” is a series of sonnets written
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’Shall I Compare Thee (sonnet 18)’ Good Morning/ Good Afternoon teacher and my fellow class mates. Today I will be talking to you about ’Shall I Compare Thee’ by William Shakespeare. ’Shall I Compare Thee’ is about love and what two lovers feel for each other and how it is not affected by age. The way that Shakespeare is describing the woman is that she will never grow old and that her beauty will live on forever just like the poem will. ’Shall I Compare Thee’ was published in 1609 but was
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texts ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F.Scott Fitzgerald and ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning explore the ideas of aspirations and identity developing a deeper understanding of the texts. Both texts share these ideas through the characters and the values of idealism and hope‚ and personal voice and identity. Although the two texts are separated in time and context‚ they both reflect the world of the text and composer. ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’ was written during the 19th Century
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the sonnet form‚ through Rossetti’s “A Sonnet” (1881) and Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 52” (1609). Both poets arguably subvert the traditional Petrarchan sonnet genre‚ though in different ways. Rossetti’s “A Sonnet” explores the sonnet as an art form rather than as a means of currency‚ as this was a use of sonnets at the time‚ and how if treated as a commodity‚ the value of a sonnet is diminished. Similarly‚ Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 52” challenges the traditional sonnet genre‚ as he subverts the sonnet structure
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Linking Sonnets From The Portuguese to The Great Gatsby 1. The Theme of Love Sonnet 1. Love enters and transforms our life as totally‚ as unanswerably as Death. Like Death it is a presence we have almost no say in. In Fitzgerald’s novel how does love transform Gatsby? But does it transform Daisy? Does it enter into the loves of Nick or Jordan Baker? Sonnet XIV “If thou must love me‚ let it be for nought Except for love’s sake only. Do not say I love her for her smile – her look – her
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