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    devastated. Plath was only eight years old when her father died‚ and she was absconded with a large poignant hollowness. It was then that she began writing poetry as an outlet for her feelings. Many of Plath’s poems have been persuaded by experiences from her own life; "Daddy" is no concession. Throughout Sylvia Plath’s poem "Daddy"‚ she uses prevailing images to declare her attitudes toward her late father and also toward her husband. Plath uses various images to describe

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    Berry Gordy Jr. was born in Detroit‚ Michigan on November 28‚ 1929. He was the seventh born out of eight siblings. His parents migrated to Detroit from Georgia during 1922. They were part of a mass exodus of African Americans who left the South in the 20’s and traveled to northern cities in search of better economic futures. During that time jobs were plentiful in the factories‚ mainly the big four automotive plants that like‚ Chrysler‚ Ford‚ Chevrolet‚ and General Motors. <br><br>Berry and Bertha

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    In William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury‚ the writer explores the complicated relationship between members the Compson family‚ an aristocratic Southern family‚ and puts them against the backdrop of post-Civil War America‚ a time when concepts of politics‚ economics‚ and social order were rapidly changing. The novel itself it unique in its prose‚ which relies heavily on the first person stream-of-consciousness narration from its characters‚ but it’s also a story that heavily relies on its setting

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    In his novel‚ The Sound and the Fury‚ Faulkner employs the views of the three Compson sons: Benjy‚ Quentin‚ and Jason‚ as well as a third party view that centralizes around the family’s maid‚ Dilsey‚ in order to depict the slow and drawn out deterioration of their once dignified‚ well-respected family. Faulkner appears to have a specific perception of his characters and their relationships that he would like his readers to develop in reading the novel‚ specifically about Caddy as a central cause

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    What is music? I don’t know I think it’s something that we listen to relax our minds from the harsh realities and troubles which we find in our day-to-day time. When I read the quote from by Huxley‚ I totally agree with his thoughts on music. Music is just a temporary solution to your problem. By forgetting your problem‚ it makes it even worse. Therefore‚ I agree with his point. We live in twenty first century a world that is so busy and fast. Music Industry plays a great role in people’s lives.

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    Three stages in the articulation of a speech sound. Three stages of articulation of the sounds: [b]‚ []‚ [æ]‚ [u:]. Every speech sound pronounced in isolation has three stages of articulation. They are the on-glide‚ or the initial stage‚ the retention stage‚ or the medial stage‚ and the off-glide‚ or the final stage. The on-glide stage or the beginning of a sound‚ is the stage during which the organs of speech move away from a neutral position to take up the position necessary

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    The coming of sound‚ although it was very popular with the audience‚ was not welcomed by everyone. Many saw the technical innovation as a barbaric intrusion to silent cinema. Among those people was Renée Clair‚ a French director of the thirties‚ extremely popular internationally. Like many others‚ he dreaded the arrival of sound however‚ because the public’s demand for talkies was so strong‚ he had no choice but to adapt to modern times. However his use of sound is quite particular and very interesting

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    Wings Of Desire is a 1987 film by the German director Wim Wenders. It original German title is Der Himmel über Berlin‚ which can be translated as The Heavens Over Berlin. Wenders has been a part of the New German Cinema. Prior to cinema‚ he was a professional photographer which probably explains his extreme attention to framing. If one has to categorise Wender’s movies broadly‚ we can probably say that his movies are generally about hope‚ reflection‚ vision and desire. Poignancy abounds in his

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    cinema war films have been created. There have been a countless number of films produced about the Second World War. Certain philosophies have been integrated into the war film as trends have moved into showing the truth about war and not the glorified and exciting action adventures of past decades. Saving Private Ryan (1998)‚ directed by Steven Spielberg has possibly made the most impact out of any war film. Gary Rydstrom created the sound for the film and won an Academy Award for best sound and best

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    The silent film I chose to watch “The Birth of a Nation” is a 1915 American drama‚ directed by D.W Griffith‚ produced by D.W. Griffith and Harry Aitken‚ co-written by D.W Griffith‚ T.F. Dixon J.R. and Frank E. Woods‚ and was based on the novel and play “The Clansman” both by T.F. Dixon J.R. It was originally released on February 8‚ 1915 and was presented in two parts‚ separated by an intermission‚ as it is over three hours long. The film follows the lives of two families in Civil War era America

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