The greatest French epic and a landmark of medieval literature‚ The Song of Roland‚ is the earliest existing example of the song of deeds. It created an enormously popular genre in Europe in the middle ages and after. In its celebration of heroic deeds and feudal chivalric ideals‚ The Song of Roland reveals much about the culture of which it is a product‚ is invaluable to historians in its depiction of the evolution of ethics and Christianity‚ and is prized for its literary merit and beauty. Written
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Maybe the past has forced you to settle or made you give up on all hope for the future. Whenever I have thoughts like these‚ I always turn to music. Natasha Bedingfeild’s song‚ “Unwritten”‚ provides not only an uplifting feeling but substantial lyrics that can provide much meaning. This song is one of the most inspiring songs I have ever heard. “I am unwritten Can’t read my mind‚ I’m undefined I’m just beginning The pen’s in my hand‚ ending unplanned Staring at the blank page before you
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The novel Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison tells a story of Milkman’s search of his moral development and his search of his own identity. Macon “Milkman” Dead III was on a road to isolation but evolves from a lost young man to a powerful adult that finally understands himself‚ his morals and his family. Macon is born to a special family where he has to deal with his father being materialistic and a society that is still racist. Throughout the novel‚ Milkman discovers himself ‚ family values‚ overcomes
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Context On the afternoon of August 15‚ 778‚ the rear guard of Charlemagne’s army was massacred at Roncesvals‚ in the mountains between France and Spain. Einhard‚ Charlemagne’s contemporary biographer‚ sets forth the incident as follows in his Life of Charlemagne: While the war with the Saxons was being fought incessantly and almost continuously‚ [Charlemagne] stationed garrisons at suitable places along the frontier and attacked Spain with the largest military force he could muster; he crossed
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Benvolio (Romeo’s cousin and thoughtful friend) About – The play is a tragedy about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. The Montague’s and Capulet’s do not get on at all. Comparison: In both Romeo and Juliet & West Side Story there are two ‘rival’ gangs/families which both hate each other. The main male characters have many things in common. In fact‚ Toni (WWS) and Romeo (R+J) both miss the beginning fight at the beginning of the plays; they both
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Friends (by Park Hyo Shin) Yoseob - With You Forever (by Lee Moon Sae) Jonghyun - Left-Hander (by Panic) Changmin - Nest (by Nam Jin) Yesung - One Man (by Kim Jong Kook) 110618 EPISODE 3: (All songs from Boohwal) Jonghyun - Lonely Night (1997) Changmin - Never Ending Story (2002) Yesung - The More That I love You (1993) Ji Eun - Reminiscence3 (1987) Yoseob - HeeYa (1985) 110625 EPISODE 4: Ji Eun - Dream (by Lee HyunWoo‚1992) G.O. - Love Is A Cold Temptation
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Close look at Bon Marley’s Redemption song “Redemption song” was written and sang by the legendary Bob Marley. He was known as a reggae artist who mostly sang about social and political issues. His songs touched people all around the world. This song particularly‚ could be interpreted in so many ways; quite literally‚ it could be regarded to some people as a song about slavery in the 18th and 19th century. But the way the message in the song is delivered‚ the repetition of some key
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In Sylvia Plath’s "The Arrival of the Bee Box" and T. S. Eliot’s "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" both speakers are burdened by great mental anguish caused by their feeling of insignificance and powerlessness in the world. They both fear and accept the prospect of death‚ while acknowledging life as its opposite. These are the two sides of the human experience. Through an internal monologue‚ Prufrock explores his feeling of uselessness and displacement in society‚ while in "The Arrival of the
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Song of Lawino: Cultural Duality and Universality Song of Lawino by Okot p’Bitek centers on the main narrator Lawino’s plea towards her husband‚ Ocol‚ who shuns his old Acholi background for Westernization. Lawino implores Ocol not to abandon his heritage but rather accept both Acholi and Western cultures; as noted‚ cultural duality serves as the prime theme in Song of Lawino. Through the character of Lawino‚ p’Bitek conveys his message that Acholi and Western cultures could be fused in the era
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movie Cinderella (1950) and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (1997) both consist of songs throughout the movie. “A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes” is sung by Cinderella where she is seen singing to her animal friends to always keep dreaming. It consists of rhymes in the end of almost each line and the words rhyme with each other every other line. There are different types of rhymes used throughout the song. The second and fourth lines end with asleep/keep‚ which are perfect rhymes. The first
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