This week’s material was light‚ all of it relating to the rise of opera. To help understand the influences that allowed for opera to emerge‚ two late madrigals were presented. Monteverdi’s Cruda Amarilli highlighted how the harmonic language of seconda practica broke existing harmonic rules to express the text. Most of the expression presents itself through dissonances on words such as "amaramente" and "l’aspido‚" all relating to the feelings of discord or distress. The second piece was Caccini’s
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Racism has provoked inequality among Americans for centuries. Although it has been claimed to have dissolved‚ racism is still apparent in the very set up of our nation. It pulls apart the unity of our nation by forming groups that in time will break the equality and freedom given in America. The ideal of racism still exists in today’s society‚ having found new ways to insert itself into our everyday life. As segregation and slavery have faded from American culture it is socially accepted that‚ with
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Personal experience with ISIS and its predecessors I deployed to Iraq as an infantry soldier on July 4‚ 2010. On May 2‚ 2011‚ at Forward Operating Base (FOB) McHenry‚ near Hawijah‚ Iraq‚ we watched President Obama announce on television‚ that Osama Bin Laden was dead. The September 11th attacks were finally avenged. Soon we handed over the base to the Iraqi Army as we made our way back home. Needless to say many of us were dismayed when we later read the news that ISIS had taken over the entire
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The Catholic Church communicates the issue of environmentalism through Laudato Si (2015) "A Prayer For The Earth" and the website catholic climate covenant. Through these two sources they display various examples of how the Catholic Church feels about environmentalism. Laudato Si explains environmental issues including pollution and climate change impacting on the Earth’s environment and the world. These environmental issues are one of the greatest concerns that impacts the world globally as climate
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As any high school junior or senior will tell you‚ the most common question students face is ‘what are your plans for after high school?’ This‚ rather weighted‚ question leaves students more concerned for their future. In the past‚ it has been stressed that only by going to college will a student become successful in the ‘real world.’ However‚ today students are faced with a multitude of choices regarding their future. Nevertheless‚ a college education has the ability to prepare students to be successful
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In a modern American culture‚ where ideas often get lost in translation‚ vocabularies shrink to easily abbreviated “words”‚ and only extremists’ voices are heard on social media‚ it is no wonder we have a misconstrued concept of words. When terms and phrases are misunderstood or misused‚ assumptions are made and unwavering impressions are left. Specifically these are words like racism‚ feminism‚ body confidence‚ preaching‚ and of course‚ sexism. How is it that the word defined as the attitudes or
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II. Synthesis This activity helps me to understand myself better by knowing what people think of me. It aims to foster self-awareness and self-improvement. I found out that my family thinks that I am a responsible person in terms of sense of responsibility. But my brother thinks I’m immature. In terms of duties at home‚ my mother and father understand that I don’t perform my duties because I’m busy with my studies. My sister thinks it too but she justified that I perform when I’m not busy. When
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"Please stop hitting me! You’re hurting me!" Children are bullied because they are different in some way. According to www.verywell.com‚ students may be bullied because of their religion‚ race‚ or a disabilities. Students might become a bully because of something that is happening at their home like abuse‚ they’re are being bullied themselves‚ or they have not learned the common rules of respect. Bullies are worse than bystanders because they lose trust in others‚ they will feel abundant amount
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As a famous songwriter once said‚ “When a woman’s fed up‚ there’s nothing you can do about. It’s like running out of love. No matter what you say‚ it’s too late to talk about it.” Those song lyrics acutely describes Medea’s rage. There was no crime great enough to repay Jason for the hurt and pain he put her through. The character Medea depicts how irrational and extreme a woman can be when she pushed off the edge. Act two opens with what seems to be Medea contemplating: “How did Jason find the
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It should be noted that direct comparision between these immigrants and the native population is impossible‚ mostly due to the different socio-political factors surrounding each population. That is why the study compared different demographics between immigrants and refugees from the same origin. There were five areas of origin for the majority of these refugees: Afghanistan‚ Iraq‚ Iran‚ the Middle East‚ Somalia‚ and former Yugoslavia. Another factor to keep in mind are the inherent biases that
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