COMMENTARY Free Speech in the Digital World under Threat? Kirsty Hughes We are at a moment where the digital world can go either way – it can become a space of genuine free expression‚ one enjoyed by ever larger numbers of people or it can become a controlled and monitored space. Like any battle for free speech and fundamental rights‚ governments and other major players – in this case big web companies and internet service providers – must be held to account and challenged to defend our rights
Free Freedom of speech Democracy Human rights
Lend Me a Tenor is a comedy written by Ken Ludwig‚ which follows Max‚ an assistant to the producer‚ who is convinced to impersonate international opera star Tito Merelli in order to save the show when Tito is found dead. However‚ everything is not as it seems‚ and chaos soon ensues as the characters have various exchanges with both the real Tito‚ who turns out to be alive‚ and Max. This play was first produced at the London Globe Theatre in London in 1986 and made its way to Broadway three years
Premium Opera Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Drama
Sylvia Plath 1-Poppies in October The poem is a remarkable play of life and death‚ said and unsaid‚ hope and hopelessness. The poem is about an unusual time and its impact on the poetess‚ wherein she tells her agony and pain through the metaphor of nature. The poem brings before us a personal touch of the poetess’ life. October is the beginning of winter when flowers withered away and trees are leafless. It is the coming up of a long and cold winter and is not a season of blooming and blossoming
Premium Human
Choose one of the following essay topics and write a well-developed essay (no less than two typed pages‚ double-spaced in 12 pt. standard font such as Roman Times or Georgia). This essay is due the first day of school. 1. Describe Winston’s character as it relates to his attitude toward the Party. In what ways might his fatalistic streak contribute to his ultimate downfall? Cite examples from the text to prove your opinions. 2. How does technology affect the Party’s ability to control its citizens
Premium Nineteen Eighty-Four
Point of View and Symbolism in “Sonny’s Blues” The story “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin makes excellent use of multiple literary elements. Namely‚ I think the writer utilizes symbolism and the nuances of point of view to give the story a deeper connotation that could not be said plainly. The meat of the story is about an unnamed older brother’s relationship and differences with his younger brother‚ Sonny. Sonny’s aspiration to become a jazz pianist leads him in an opposite direction than his
Premium Sociology Culture Black people
RIGIN OF THE PHILIPPINES It is believed that before the end of the Ice Age‚ about 70‚000‚000 years ago‚ our country was connected to the mainland of Asia by long strips of land. These strips of land served as land bridges. It was said that people in the mainland could travel by land to the Philippines without crossing the sea. After the Ice Age‚ high tide occurred. Large blocks of ice melted. It was during this high tide that the land bridges submerged in water. The Philippines was then separated
Premium East Timor Asia Philippines
Defining Character: Solitude as a Litmus Test in “Mariana” and “Porphyria’s Lover” Victorian poets Robert Browning and Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson frequently structure their poetry as a dramatic monologue to gain insight into the mind and motivations of their characters‚ with the solitude that accompanies such dramatic monologues becoming a central focus of the work. Tennyson’s poem “Mariana” and Browning’s poem “Porphyria’s Lover” explore the relationship between solitude and individuality‚ in particular
Premium Robert Browning Dramatic monologue Porphyria's Lover
Winner of the Audience and Best film award at the Sundance Film Festival Best film Best Supporting Actress Best Supporting Actor‚ Best Director at the German Film Festival‚ Bambi Award among many other. Run Lola Run is set against the grungy urban scene scape of Berlin with an intensive bass driven techno soundtrack composed by writer and director Tom Tykwer. Run Lola Run is pounding with kinetic energy and a case of Red Bull‚ like a marathon inside a rave inside a fusion reactor. This moving
Premium Run Lola Run Film English-language films
The Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea have been a key site of anthropological study for over a century. Trobrianders were first made famous by Bronislaw Malinowski in the early twentieth century‚ and were studied further by anthropologists such as Annette Weiner. Katherine Lepani’s ethnography‚ Islands of Love‚ Islands of Risk: Culture and HIV in the Trobriands‚ provides a modern analysis of HIV in the cultural context of the Trobriand Islands. Lepani sought to display HIV in the Trobriands as
Premium Anthropology Ethnography
Tomo Sencer-mura UCLR 100 Kerkering 9‚ Oct 2013 Comparing Repetition In The Poetic Forms Of The Sestina & The Villanelle While both the villanelle and sestina employ repetition of words and have similar characteristics‚ the villanelle is a much more poetically structured form which tends to heighten its emotional tones in a lyric manner. In contrast‚ the sestina allows for more flexibility in its structure‚ and this can‚ for instance‚ result in an easier possibility to create narrative
Premium Poetry