Gray‚ Burns‚ and Blake: The Transitional Poets It was the mid-eighteenth century and poets were tiring of the neoclassical ideals of reason and wit. The Neoclassic poets‚ such as Alexander Pope‚ "prized order‚ clarity‚ economic wording‚ logic‚ refinement‚ and decorum. Theirs was an age of rationalism‚ wit‚ and satire." (Guth 1836) This contrasts greatly with the ideal of Romanticism‚ which was "an artistic revolt against the conventions of the fashionable formal‚ civilised‚ and refined Neoclassicism
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England mining town‚ miners are on strike and the atmosphere is tense. Eleven-year old Billy Elliot‚ whose father and brother are participating in the strike‚ whose mother has died quite some time ago and whose grandmother is not completely aware of what’s going on‚ doesn’t like the brutal boxing lessons at school. Instead‚ he falls for the girls’ ballet lessons. When his folks find out about this unusual love of his‚ Billy is in trouble. Being supported by the ballet teacher‚ Mrs. Wilkinson‚ he keeps on
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Gagné ENG3U1-14 October 17‚ 2014 Billy Elliot: Close Analysis Assignment The “angry dance” scene takes place after Billy’s brother spent the night in jail and Billy missed his audition. The camera angles in this scene are used to in a very interesting way. Everyone starts off in the kitchen where the camera is on all of them and moving around the room every now and then. Tony lifts Billy onto the table and tries to make him dance‚ however‚ Mrs. Wilkinson tells Billy not to. When the argument between
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Billy Elliot Scene Analysis Scene Title and Description - Sound (Diegetic and non-diegetic) Movement 1. Opening titles: The song Cosmic Dancer hand places record by T-rex is heard as boy delicately on is jumping up and down. turntable‚ boy is seen The responder jumping up and down immediately assumes uncontrollably and that music plays an displaying a happy important role in this and carefree boy’s life. disposition. 2. A Disgrace in the Gloves - Setting (lighting and - Camera techniques - Text
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Emerson’s “Poet” First published in 1844‚ Ralph Waldo Emerson released his essay titled “The Poet.” In this essay‚ Emerson provides his thoughts of the ideals of a poet. He was not speaking of any poet‚ instead an American poet. What should their ideals be? What should their role in society be? And how can the American poet distinguish him or herself and think independently from the European influence? Emerson argues that the poet is a “namer” and a “seer”‚ who permeates the secrets of
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Billy Elliot Context: • Margaret Thatcher --- Thatcherism • 1979 – 1990 • Harsh policies – free trade‚ no government intervention in business‚ increase in rate of tax for lower income‚ decrease in rate of tax for higher income • Set in 1984‚ Durran‚ Coalfield mining town in England Film: • Strong family images (still images) vs. strike of miners = rich family life vs. violence (contrast) • Scab = industrial relations talk – people who go to work even when union is on strike • Cultural –
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Billy Budd by Herman Melville fits into both categories of tragedy‚ classic and modern. This story fits into both Aristotle’s and Arthur Miller’s concepts of tragedy. Billy Budd is this story’s tragic hero and its his actions that determine how this story fits into both categories.The classic definition of tragedy is Aristotle’s‚ that the tragic hero must be noble and have a tragic flaw. He must also experience a reversal of fortune and recognize the reason for his downfall
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mining town‚ miners are on strike and the atmosphere is tense. Eleven-year old Billy Elliot‚ whose father and brother are participating in the strike‚ whose mother has died quite some time ago and whose grandmother is not completely aware of what’s going on‚ doesn’t like the brutal boxing lessons at school. Instead‚ he falls for the girls’ ballet lessons. When his father finds out about this unusual love of his‚ Billy is in trouble. Being supported by the ballet teacher‚ Mrs. Wilkinson‚ he keeps
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Taylor English 1101 Dr. Marla J. Fowler 8-5-12 Metaphysical Poets The term metaphysical poets was coined by the poet and critic Samuel Johnson to describe a loose group of British lyric poets of the 17th century‚ whose work was characterized by the inventive use of conceits‚ and by speculation about topics such as love or religion. These poets were not formally affiliated; most of them did not even know or read each other (Wikipedia). Their work is
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By: Daniel Oswalt Billy Sunday For almost a quarter century Billy Sunday was a household name in the United States. Between 1902 when he first made the pages of the New York Times and 1935 when the paper covered his death and memorial service in detail‚ people who knew anything about current events had heard of the former major league baseball player who was preaching sin and salvation to large crowds all over America. Not everyone who knew of the famous evangelist liked him. Plenty of outspoken
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