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    Understanding through The arts Leonardo Z. Legaspi. O. P. * Discussion of the type (Non-fiction) Essay – it explains the impression or point of view of the author. Formal Essay – it has a serious and important topic. This essay (Understanding through the arts) is the foreword to a special issue of Unitas‚ a U.S.T. journal dealing with the subject of the search for national identity through the arts. * Explanation or synopsis We are today going through a crucial but exciting

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    Nevertheless‚ I would like to offer an opposing point of view. Although “Othello” is a fictional character‚ his plight is not foreign to amongst African Americans. Personally speaking‚ as an African American woman‚ I have felt the same racial isolation from my white counterparts‚ sometimes overtly and sometimes unconsciously.

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    an understanding of the difference between modernism and the more common word “modern”. The word modern refers to what is new‚ recent‚ and updated. Although modernism does deal with the futuristic and the new‚ it also covers vastly more topics and themes. Modernism reaches into rebellion‚ struggle and harsh realities. From there it stretches into abstraction and a break from idealistic vision. Modernism is only modern in the sense that it comes from the desire of those involved to break away from

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    Isolation‚ a strong and recurring theme‚ in Mrs. Dalloway is manifested throughout the character’s lives‚ specifically in their troubling pasts and their subordinate lives. Clarissa Dalloway‚ the wife of Richard Dalloway and the mother of Elizabeth‚ lives her life as a stereotypical housewife putting up a facade for her family and friends. Similarly Septimus Warren Smith‚ a troubled World War I soldier‚ lives his life being controlled by his memories of the war. Both characters might live surrounded

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    "kafkaesque;" examples of this tag are prominently portrayed in his more popular pieces such as "The Metamorphosis" and "The Judgment.". His work had many themes portrayed but most unmistakably seen is the notion of isolation. Not only was Kafka socially awkward‚ to in addition he was also a depressive person with a difficult childhood. Isolation and alienation are predominantly shown in his life as well as in his writing from The Judgment and "The Metamorphosis." These aspects are

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    Meldy G. Mercado BSA2-4 Reaction Paper about Dekada 70 During the 70Th decade‚ there is inequality between men and women. Men tended to dominate women. They wanted to be followed and not contradicted by anyone when it comes in decision making. For them‚ women are weak and can’t live without them. Men are really annoying because they thought that a woman’s life depends on them. They are full of confidence and egoistic bastard and treated woman like a dog who waited for their master’s instruction

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    “The Rime of Ancient Mariner” was the most powerful romantic poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ a leader of the British Romantic movement‚ was born on October 21‚ 1772. He was a most romantic England poet who wrote his poems in romantism period. This essay will discuss the story which Ancient Mariner told the wedding guest and some of the moral implications through the study of “The Rime of Ancient Mariner’’. The story which the Ancient Mariner told the wedding guest was

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    ASSIGNMENT OF GROUP: C TOPIC: SUMMARY AND CHARACTERS OF MACBETH CONDECTED BY: SIR FARZAND ALI SHAH DEPARTMENT: BS (English) 2013 MEMBERS ARE: NIMRA Khan Roll no: 18 AGHA Kousar Roll no: 16 Shabana Roll no: 27 Sheereen Gull no: 21

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    American Literature: Langston Hughes´"I ‚too"‚ ZORA NEALE HURSTON´s “The Gilded Six Bits” and EDITH WHARTON´s“Roman Fever” Unit 5 :Exercises:Test yourself On Langston Hughes: “I‚Too” a) The artists of the Harlem Renaissance developed a sense of race pride and heritage in their search for newness of theme and form. They looked to a collective primitive past present still in linguistic or musical expressions. Hughes made of straightforwardness and simplicity an aesthetic

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    Isolation of Caffeine from Tea (12A) Introduction When a person drinks tea or coffee‚ it is not pure caffeine. It also has other natural substances. The purpose of this lab was to isolate caffeine from tea leaves. The methylene chloride removed nearly pure caffeine from the basic tea solution. Caffeine is a white‚ crystalline‚ bitter alkaloid‚ C8H10N4O2 ‚ usually derived from coffee or tea. Caffeine is used in medicine chiefly as a nervous system stimulant. Caffeine is used by humans to ward off

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