“It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it”. (Aung San Suu Kyi’s speech on Freedom from Fear) “Power has only one duty --to secure the social welfare of the people” Disraeli Benjamin. However‚ the reality is somewhat different. History has led us to conclusions where those in power dominated over the weaker ones and used their supremacy to carry out immoral actions. Keeping such views
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“Analyse the successes and failures of Stalin’s policies in the 1930’s” Stalin’s policies in the 1930’s were both successful and not so successful for a variety of reasons which will be discussed throughout. In the 1930’s Stalin had to use many different devises in order to keep his dominance in leadership. These changes included Collectivization‚ Industrialisation in the first and second five year plans. Other policies which are discussed are The role of women‚ religion‚ arts and culture and
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ifetime is not enough for music.” These were the words of Sergei Rachmaninoff‚ a Russian composer and pianist who was very influential in the twentieth century. Sergei had a very accurate perception of music and he understood the significance that music has. For some people‚ music is the center of their lives and it is the foundation on how they live. Everybody knows what music is and they all have heard a form of it but most people underestimate the value and power music has in our everyday lives
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Cited: Nichols‚ Bill Engaging Cinema. New York: 2010. Print. Opening sequence of Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola‚ 1979) Web. Odessa Steps sequence from Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein‚ 1925) Web.
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Characteristics of Romantic Period * Rachmaninoff Piano concerto No.2 1stmovement Sergei Rachmaninoff’s piano concerto No.2 is composed in 1900 at the end of the Romantic period emphasizing anti-modernism and representing the older Romantic tradition. The first movement is in sonata-allegro form‚ which is exposition‚ development‚ Recapitulation and Coda‚ preserving and extending the formal structure from the Classical period. The piece is very emotional and expressive‚ containing a lot
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adding anything to it‚ the artistic standards are in the shots themselves. To evoke emotion in Montage‚ they would often spend a minute or two filming shots that would relate to that emotion. Some great uses of this came from Battleship Potemkin where Sergei Eisenstien used montage to create concepts. He used tonal and over-tonal montage and editing. Tonal Montage is used to explain the meaning of each shot and to elicit more emotion than other forms of montage such as metric or rhythmic. Soviet Montage
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terminated. Another factor that helped lay the foundations for the destruction of the Tsar was the industrial development. The person most related to the rapid industrialisation of the world’s biggest country in the 19th century was the Finance Minister‚ Sergei Witte. His aim was to make the Russian economy strong enough to maintain its position as a Great Power and expand the country’s business class‚ which was central to the development of the British and other European economies in the 1890’s. However
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The tensions between Russia and Ukraine at the start of the year have generated renewed analytical interest in Russia’s re-emerging position as a superpower‚ driven chiefly by its actual‚ or potential‚ domination of the global supplies of energy. Along with its role as a swing supplier of oil (enabling it to manipulate the balance of power between OPEC and the industrialised consumers)‚ the episode has highlighted Russia’s position as the pre-eminent supplier of gas. Russia controls a third of global
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opinions. “Yoni knew that if the project was going to have any weight‚ he’d have to get to everyone‚ to the unemployed‚ to the unreligious‚to the arabs and ethiopians‚ and the american expats.” quoted from the story lines 30 and 31. On the other hand Sergei the other character is much less accepting. He doesn’t like people coming into his life‚ he lives far where people tend to not go. “Sergie Goralick doesn’t much like strangers banging on his door. Espacially‚ when those strangers are asking him questions
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major by Fryderyk Chopin‚ Piano Concerto no.2 in F major by Fryderyk Chopin‚ Clarinet Concerto no.1‚ in F by Carl Maria von Weber‚ Caprice no.24 in A minor by Niccolo Paganini‚ Vioiln Concerto no.2 by Henryk Wieniawski‚ Etude-Tableauz Op. 39 no.9 by Sergei Rachmaninov and Piano Converto no.3 in C minor by Ludwig van
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