“Varsouiviana” (Polka) song in different aspects of the play to reflect the emotional trauma in Blanche’s life. Williams introduces the Varsouiviana song to associate it with Blanche’s young husband’s death. In scene one‚ the song plays instantly when Stanley asks‚ “You were married once‚ weren’t you?” (28). The Varsouiviana song is the song Blanche and her husband danced to‚ the night he committed suicide. Blanche memory of her young husband was triggered after Stanley’s question. The Polka song serves to highlight
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to keep everything to myself. Dance helped me express my emotions without being questioned. At that moment‚ dance seemed like a dream. Upon arrival‚ the teacher of the day‚ Stepahnie‚ told us she choreographed a dance to Hallelujah‚ by Jeff Buckley. She had been inspired by Mia Michael’s routine on the previous night’s episode of So You Think You Can Dance. Since I had watched the episode‚ I knew the exact song and dance she was talking about. It was a beautiful song and heart-wrenching routine
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forgotten over time. However they should not be forgotten because they have shaped American literature into what it is today. Two of the more important literary movements of the late 18th century to the early 19th century are transcendentalism and romanticism. Transcendentalism was a literary movement in the first half of the 19th century. Transcendentalists were influenced by romanticism‚ especially such aspects of self examination‚ the celebration of individualism‚ and the exploring the beauties
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Me‚ Myself and France By Kelly Ho ‘Those French‚ they have a different word for everything.’ Steve Marti Being an exchange student is an amazing‚ difficult‚ heart-wrenching experience‚ but all worth it in the end. Last year‚ when I was 15‚ I decided that I wanted to do something else‚ I wanted to be something more‚ and I found that Hong Kong just wasn’t doing it for me. And I saw that little poster hanging in my classroom‚ promoting having a year living abroad as an exchange student
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Hawthorne was influenced by both Puritan culture and the Romantic and Transcendentalism movements. Puritans believed that life should be lived with complete conformity to the teachings of the Bible‚ that life is lived only for the glory of God‚ and that moral purity is a constant priority. Puritans wanted to obey God’s will in order to ensure their future happiness in heaven. As a result‚ they did not hold earthly pleasures in high regard‚ such as celebrations or holidays. Romantics‚ however‚ put
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Introduce About Myself‚ My Hobbies – Interests and My Future Plans My name is Long. I am 25 years old. I just got married about 3 months. Now my wife and I are living with my parent‚ my young brother‚ my young sister and my gran in my parent’s house at Tan Binh district. I was born in Ho Chi Minh city‚ but my hometown is Quang Nam‚ because my parents were born in there. I have worked as import & export assistant in 4 years at an Indian company. Regarding my hobbies‚ although I’m 25
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Thoreau has always been considered a highly influential Transcendentalist writer. His views are very clearly expressed in the text Walden. In his work‚ Thoreau conveys an opinion on nature that was not highly upheld in his time or any time before it. His ideals might have even been considered controversial. Thoreau’s view of nature as expressed in Walden‚ although seemingly radical‚ were very progressive for his time‚ hold very much truth‚ and are still extremely influential in today’s society.
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As said by well-known Dark Romantic‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ “we dream in our waking moments‚ and walk in our sleep” (Hawthorne 5). Writer Edgar Allan Poe truly believes the fact that this quote is true. The American Transcendental movement first began as a protest against the general state of culture and society ( “Dark Romanticism”). Some well known Transcendentalists would include extremely intelligent individuals like Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ Henry David Thoreau‚ and many others. The birth of Dark
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In 1836‚ a small group of New Britain authors and erudite people based an abstract and philosophical feeling expected as American Transcendentalism. The blend rejected sorted out henotheism; they believe one ought to build up a hypostatic‚ instinctive association with god and nature. By considering quality‚ one could rise above the remedial humankind and joined with the ’Over-Soul‚’ the precise soul of the framework. Alongside Emerson‚ introspective philosophy impacted the work of writers Henry
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Knollmeyer 1 Samuel Knollmeyer Ms. King American Masterworks 11 February 2015 Transcendentalism in The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter ‚ a story constructed with verbose prose and prolific detail‚ has a level of metacognitive encouragement that delves into the deeper implications of sin and human nature. Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ born in the first half of the 1800’s‚ looks back‚ reflecting on a time that haunts his family name. He was born Nathaniel Hathorne‚ but later changed his name to
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