Both performances‚ “Tu Se Morta” by L’Orfeo and “Dido’s Lament” by Henry Purcell‚ display distinctive qualities of this time period and serve as excellent examples of technique. Both pieces are described as being arias‚ or solo vocals with an orchestral accompaniment. Knowing this‚ one might assume that there would be some similarities in the dynamics of the two pieces. Both works demonstrate sudden changes in dynamic‚ less so in “Dido’s Lament”‚ that is characteristic of the baroque. The timbres
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discrimination‚ the society where Gattaca is based proves otherwise; rejecting both the desires and dreams of un-enhanced individuals known as the in-valids. Anton‚ Vincent’s father‚ becomes instantly ashamed of Vincent’s genetic ‘destiny’‚ in turn giving his name to his next son‚ who is genetically engineered as elite. Seen as being fearful of ‘inferior’ blood‚ Anton refuses to become Vincent’s blood brother‚ putting both his status of elite and ‘blood’ ahead of his ‘blood’ relations. Further‚ when Vincent is
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The film’s title is based on the letters G‚ A‚ T‚ and C‚ which stand for guanine‚ adenine‚ thymine‚ and cytosine‚ the four nucleobases of DNA. Vincent Anton Freeman is the protagonist of Gattaca. He‚ unlike most of his generation‚ was conceived without genetic selection‚ and is therefore at risk for many disorders and has a shortened life expectancy. Vincent dreams of becoming an astronaut‚ but knows his genetic inferiority makes this dream almost unattainable. He therefore does the only thing he
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marked the beginning of mental therapy as we understand it today. At a time when methods reminiscent of medieval superstitions were being viewed with suspicion. His theories bridged the gap between ancient superstitions and modern psychotherapy. Franz Anton Mesmer (1733-1815) was born on the 23rd of May 1733 at the village of Iznang near Switzerland‚ on the German side of Bodensee (Lake Constance). He was originally intended for the church and studied at Jesuit University of Dillingen‚ Bavaria where he
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parents are against friends of their children or against a person their child wants to marry. They see only skin-deep beauty‚ but appearance is deceptive‚ whereas their child knows this person from different sides and can judge him or her fairly. Chekhov‚ one of the Great Russian writes‚ said: “Everything should be beautiful in a person: his face and his clothes‚ his soul and his thoughts”. I completely agree with him and believe that to consider a person beautiful‚ we need to find beauty both physically
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this‚ he reported to have discovered "little animals" which we know today as bacteria and protozoa and was able to prove his findings which opened the way for other scientists to pursue their studies in the same matters. He found much difficulty with Anton van Leeuwenhoek’s simple microscopes although they conducted clearer images than his own microscope which therefore set to making his own compound microscope which prompted the creation and development of newer and improved microscopes. His discoveries
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OLDMAN AND THE SEA Self-check Questions and Answers 1. How many days had Santiago gone without catching fish? He has gone eighty-four days. 2. What do Manolin’s parents call Santiago? Why? They call him ‘Salao’ which means ‘the worst form of unlucky’ as Santiago was like this. 3. How do the other fishermen greet him? Why? They mock him for his fruitless voyages to sea. 4. Which description of Santiago makes the readers question his physical capabilities? The descriptions of his crude
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Chekhov’s short story‚ The Betrothed‚ is about a young woman who leaves home days before her wedding in search for a different life. The life of this heroin represents a larger liberation of women of the nineteenth century. To fully understand the evolution of women within Russian literature‚ it is necessary to compare The Betrothed to literature of the earlier part of the century. Karamzin’s Poor Liza also illustrates the fate of a young woman and if put side by side with The Betrothed‚ will trace
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people lose important things in their lives‚ they generally mourn. An elegy is defined by a poem which mourns the death of a person or laments something lost. Anglo-Saxon poems are often elegies‚ which were written around the late 10th Century. The Seafarer is a poem that has a man who is traveling across the sea‚ but is faced with harsh winter weather. The Wife’s Lament has a woman who has lost her husband and is then tortured by isolation. The Wanderer is about a lone man who is traveling over an ice-cold
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really important people who showed that with enough determination to change the public opinion and spread their thoughts it is possible to affect and influence the society as a whole. Some examples of influential people are Sophie Scholl‚ Karl Marx‚ Anton Drexler and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Sophie Scholl grew up in the western part of Germany and had a pretty carefree childhood. Indeed‚ that changed when Hitler came to power in 1933 and began controlling Germany and laws against the Jews were passed
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