of fatigue‚ only allowing him a clouded view of his coach’s face; enough to reveal his displeasure. “17 seconds. Slower than last week and definitely not good enough.” The coach marched out of the pool complex‚ abandoning him to contemplate those words that echoed off the walls of the deserted building. His hands trembled and his eyes glistened as he hauled his gaunt body from the pool. His mind continually regurgitated that one phrase. Not good enough. He sluggishly trudged to the changing rooms
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Today‚ we would like to celebrate a highly influential baroque German composer that has transcended centuries with his distinctive musical compositions. It has been claimed that Johann Sebastian Bach’s style truly pioneered and set a foundation for other German Composers such as Beethoven‚ Mendelssohn‚ Brahms and Mahler. Bach was born in 1685‚ in fact his birthday befittingly was this past Tuesday. But what exactly makes him so highly regarded? There are two reasons. First‚ during his lifetime
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Sebastian Kurz is an Austrian politician‚ affiliated with the Austrian People’s Party and is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs and Integration. His inauguration in 2013‚ at the age of 27‚ renders him the youngest Minister of Foreign Affairs and Integration throughout the world and in the history of the European Union to date (BBC News‚ 2013). Kurz arrived on the political scene in 2003‚ when he became a member of the Austrian People’s Party’s youth organisation. Additionally‚ he functioned
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Chapter One A General Introduction to Folk Customs 1. Folk customs: a definition Folk customs‚ or folk ways‚ comprise the part of cultural life that people of a country or nation have created‚ practiced and transmitted in their endeavors to satisfy their needs at various stages of their history and society. Deep-rooted in the cultural life of a community‚ folk customs are passed down from generation to generation in a temporal dimension and spread from one place to another in a spatial dimension
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Folk Dance The term folk dance describes dances that share some or all of the following attributes: * They are dances performed at social functions by people with little or no professional training‚ often to traditional music or music based on traditional music. * They are not designed for public performance or the stage‚ although traditional folkdances may be later arranged and set for stage performances. * Their execution is dominated by an inherited tradition rather than by innovation
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“Folk Hero” H.M. Tolcher How are gender stereotypes explored? SUPPORTING TECHNIQUE QUOTE EFFECT & LINK TO GENDER STEREOTYPES Imagery/simile “The senior gathered in clumps‚ pale faces turning inwards each mirroring the other’s shock‚ small whirlpools of silence in the noisy ocean of the great quadrangle.” Shows how the seniors (assuming they are boys) are grieving the loss of M’Gill. The simile evokes a sound imagery of how the quadrangle is “noisy” however; the grieving students are silently in
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Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach‚ Germany as the youngest child of a church organist father‚ Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645-1695)‚ and a mother‚ Maria Elisabeth Lammerhirt (1644-1694) and into a great musical family‚ stretching back seven generations. Bach’s family was devoutly Lutheran. Bach learned violin and music theory from his father and organ from Johann Christoph Bach (1671-1721). In 1692‚ when Bach was seven years old‚ he attended Lateinschule in Eisenach and studied religion‚ Latin
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friends. He also had an alter ego by the name of Kristen. c. Education: Clark graduated from high school and then went on to attend a top culinary school. He was a gifted chess player within in school years. d. Occupational: Clark’s occupation consisted of him being a chef‚ a ice sculptor‚ going to the Olympics‚ and he also worked in the bagel shop. Clark had a hard time keeping jobs and was fired from majority‚ if not all of them. Clark joined the navy for a short period of time until he was
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In the Folk Museum The concept of belonging The Museum A museum is a place of past. A folk museum celebrates the lives and lifestyle of a bygone era. This particular ‘folk museum’ is displaying the culture and life of the early Australians. The persona feels disconnected from the experience – the almost deathly scene betrays his‚ and others‚ lack of interest. Through the use of imagery‚ the poet sets a cold‚ stale‚ dark and a silent place and this highlights the persona’s feeling of not belonging
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In the folk museum A darkness in the rooms - sinister connotations Betrays the absence of voices‚ - personification Departing from steps And veranda rails – Hyphen marks a break to the extended metaphor of Autumn On to a street that leads around Autumn Which stands at the door Dressed in yellow and brown. Personification/metaphor I look at words – connotes disconnection‚ diction “look” not “read” That describe machinery‚ clothes‚ transport‚ - accumulation‚ shows little interest
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