Hero or Criminal? Many people consider Robin Hood a hero. He was definitely a hero to the peasants of Nottingham. After all he stole from the rich and gave to the poor. If I were poor he would have been my hero‚ too. But to the rich people of Nottingham he was nothing more than a criminal. I’m sure I wouldn’t think too highly of someone that stole my money. What Robin Hood never took into consideration was that even though the outcome was good the course of action he took wasn’t right. So was he
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bluegrass murder ballad sung by Obray Ramsey. It’s a mix between a narrative and lyrical song as the singer/persona tells a story about his marriage to his wife‚ how she made him feel‚ and how this drove him to murder her. The verses in this song are four lines long and each weak syllable is followed by a strong syllable. That makes this a ballad that uses an iambic meter. More specifically‚ is the first line of each verse has 4 strong syllables‚ then 3‚ 4‚ and 3‚ making this a ballad meter. It’s a
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Egyptian art was mainly made for after life purposes. For example‚ the Egyptians used a very accurate gridding system for many art pieces. On the grid system Egyptian artist created a method called frontalism or twisted perspective which is the head of a person drawn in profile and the body seen from the front. Frontalsim and the grid system were a very important piece in a pharaoh or important leader’s afterlife. In the tomb of Ti there is a painting of Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt which shows
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Claude Debussy was considered one of the most influential Impressionistic composers of his time‚ along with his contemporary Ravel – ironically‚ Debussy himself very much disliked the term ‘impressionism’ and believed that he was simply trying to do “something different”. The piece Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune is based on a poem of a similar name‚ and is also known as a ‘tone poem’ – It tells the story of a faun in a dreamy like state who has encounters with several nymphs. There
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FRIAR TUCK--is one of the best-known members of Robin Hood’s band‚ but like Maid Marian‚ he is not present in the earliest ballads. And both Tuck and Marian only have one major appearance in any Robin Hood ballad‚ although there is a passing reference in a couple of others. LITTLE JOHN--Little John is Robin Hood’s lieutenant‚ his second-in-command. In the early ballads‚ he is nearly as important as his master. WILL SCARLET--is a welcome member of the Merry Men
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example of a typical English ballad tradition. The poem‚ as a result‚ provides the reader with a lengthy narrative. The poem is a part of the Lyrical Ballads published by both Coleridge and William Wordsworth in 1798. This work differs from many others in the collection as it is more ballad than lyric. The phrase "lyrical ballad" was intended to signify the authors ’ intention to combine the two genres: the lyric‚ dedicated to personal experience and emotion and the ballad‚ which includes a storyline
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Humanities and Tradition Stephen A. Brooks HUM/100 November 28‚ 2012 Jennifer Green Humanity is a science in itself: a study of humans adapting and learning toward their lives. In humanity‚ art shown many forms. Among these forms are music‚ drawings‚ dancing‚ and culture. Music has dated back to prehistoric times when it was just making sounds with immediate available objects such as sticks and rocks. This changed through the Egyptian period‚ to mediaeval times‚ to the 19th century‚ and to
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A long time ago in a place called Lydia lived a young spinner and weaver called Arachne. Lydia had a reputation for producing splendid textiles and had some of the finest spinners and weavers in the world. No spinner or weaver was more talented or gifted than Arachne. Arachne was rightly very proud of her work but she was also very arrogant. So remarkable were her works that observers often commented that she must have been trained by Athena‚ the goddess of wisdom and crafts‚ also known for
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example‚ it is ‘’refers to a policy of criminalization‚ whereby the production‚ manufacture‚ growing‚ and possession of drugs are violation of one or more criminal statutes’’ (Faupel‚ Weaver & Corzine‚ pg. 437). In addition‚ prohibition helped send ‘’a symbolic message about virtues valued by most Americans’’ (Faupel‚ Weaver & Corzine‚ pg. 443). Compared to other policies‚ prohibition offers a few advantages that others simply do not have. For starter‚ this particular policy would limit the number of
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Scientist-C‚ DCTSC‚Dharwad. Dr.P.M.Damodara Rao Scientist-C‚ SCTH/CSTRI/Central silk Board‚ Bangalore. Dr.G.S.Nadiger‚ Ex. Director (Laboratories)‚ The Textile Committee‚ Mumbai. This paper reports on various problems and present condition of Powerloom weavers of Betgeri-Gadag. The time series analysis of production‚ SWOT analysis of the cluster and annual transaction of the cluster has been studied in detail. Introduction Gadag is a city in Karnataka state in India. It is the administrative headquarters
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