reason. I also think the reason of why this book had to be read was because we all have to find out the rhyme and reason to our lives at this time in life. I am on to the next step in my life and this step is better known as college. This book‚ The Phantom Tollbooth‚ showed me a great way how to find out what to do with my life. All I need to do to find out is to dig down in my brain deep enough and we all can find a plan if we do the same thing. I think this book also shows that no matter what happens
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Where it all started‚ somewhat. The prequels are my generation. They bring me back to when I was a toddler and that is where the admiration of all Star Wars films germinated. With assumption that everyone has seen The Phantom Menace‚ a synopsis is unnecessarily. The theatrical highlight was Queen Amidala and Queen Amidala’s decoy. The out-of-this-galaxy makeup and robes made it difficult to differentiate one another. In the element of who seemed to trust their own costumed characters the most‚ diplomats
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The Beggar’s Opera Satire‚ an element used throughout the eighteenth century‚ was very popular in literary works. Generally‚ satire is used by the author to poke fun or criticize the faults of the government‚ a certain social class‚ or a certain person or group of people. In John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera‚ the text is layered with many different themes‚ but one theme Gay appears to be frustrated with is the morality of high society and uses satire to reveal the dysfunction of marriage in
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Soap Operas In our life soap operas are very popular. Many people find them enjoyable and realistic‚ but some people don’t think so. There are as much opinions about soap operas as people. I can’t say that soap operas are good or bad. I think that there are some advantages and disadvantages and now I will discuss them. On the one hand‚ soap operas can help us have a good spare time‚ because usually they are very interesting and true-to-life. Another good thing is that soap operas can wake our feelings
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Name: 曹奕玲 Student No: 410116174 the Grand Opera──Faust There’s a strict definition of grand opera. According to my research‚ the theme or event of grand opera usually base on dramatic historical events. That’s the reason why I choose this opera──Faust. The introduction of Faust Faust is a grand opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Micheal Carré from Carré’s play Faust et Marguerite‚ which is loosely based on Goethe’s Faust‚ Part 1. Its first debution
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The Beijing Opera Introduction Modern observers in the West may not understand why‚ but they can certainly recognize when males are used to portray female roles in the Chinese theater. A quote from Act 2 Scene 7 of David Henry Hwang ’s opera‚ “Madam Butterfly‚” provides a useful example of how and why males are used to play female roles. There‚ a male singer who plays female roles in Beijing Opera deceives a French diplomat into thinking he actually is a woman. He explains that males take
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“Carmen”‚ as one of the most famous operas in the world‚ has been performed many times in many different troupes. This 4-act opera represents the highest achievement of the 19th century French opera-comique. After Bizet died‚ “Carmen” finally became the classical performance canonized by the professionals and music fans. George Bizet (1838 – 1875) was a French composer and Pianist of Romantic era‚ whose the most prominent work being “Carmen”. In his young age he went to the Paris Conservatory of
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production of opera “Armide” by Opera Atelier. Marshall Pynkoski as the Director‚ David Fallis as the Conductor‚ Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg as Choreographer‚ Gerard Gauci as Set Designer‚ Dora Rust D’Eye as Costume Designer‚ Bonnie Beecher as Lighting Designer‚ Jennifer Parr as Fight Director‚ Arwen MacDonell as Production Stage Manager‚ and Charles Di Meglio as French Diction Coach. On March 7‚ 2012‚ Mr. Kettle’s band classes had the honor to experience a one-day workshop at the Opera Atelier. I have
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According to R. Wagner opera does not mean so much a musical work‚ as a musical‚ poetical‚ and spectacular work all at once; opera is the work par excellence‚ to the production of which all the arts are necessary (Sutherland‚ 1). " Opera starts not with music but with its literary source (story or plot)‚ whether it be history‚ biography‚ fiction‚ or mythology in the form of poem‚ play‚ drama‚ novel‚ or original libretto"(Knapp 6). Opera is a combination of mangled drama‚ the singers‚ the music
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SOAP OPERA · I. INTRODUCTION 1. Origin/History The soap opera form first developed on American radio in the 1920s‚ and expanded into television starting in the 1940s‚ and is normally shown during the daytime‚ hence the alternative name‚ daytime serial. The first concerted effort to air continuing drama occurred in 1946 with the serial Faraway Hill. The term "soap opera" originated from the fact that when these serial dramas were aired on daytime radio‚ the commercials aired during the shows
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