definitions into one identity. This identity‚ or genre of definitions‚ then becomes a set of characteristics that define a specific length of time‚ or an Era. Literature‚ art‚ music‚ and other records from a specific Era are studied to extract these cultural characteristics. It doesn’t take much effort to acknowledge that the societal trends during the Enlightenment period are determined mostly by a sort of ranking according
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Musicians could enhance the meaning and emotions during this period. The music was not so religious based. The music became more upbeat and vivace. It also had a presto tempo‚ which made it fun to dance to. The Passamezzo and Galliard was my favorite piece of music that we had to listen to this week
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May 27‚ 2013 Gay Rights In the mid 1900s‚ during the Civil Rights era‚ the world we live in now was much different‚ as signs on doors told people with a different skin color if they were welcome in their business‚ and life in the U.S. was in a time of segregation. In school we have been taught in our classes of all the discrimination and hate that happened during that time period‚ and I hope that we all can agree that it was wrong. . At the time‚ passing as a white in society made things much
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Prompt: What were the long-term economic‚ social‚ and political effects of Reconstruction? The United States was challenged with many issues after the Civil War like crop lien work contracts‚ segregation‚ and unresolved problems with the seceded states. This period was called Reconstruction. After the Civil War‚ African Americans were free but with no place to live in or to work at‚ they settled with their former ‘masters’. African Americans were technically free‚ but no one wanted to hire a colored
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2014 Antebellum Era Ignorance can be used as a tool to become captive of others. Slavery seems to depend very much on keeping slaves unenlightened. Douglass’s Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglas shows how slave owners carry on slavery‚ by keeping their slaves uneducated and ignorant. During the antebellum Era‚ many believed that being a slaveholder was a natural and correct. Justice and human rights did not exist for those‚ whom were in slavery during the antebellum era. Many of us can
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In the Victorian Era‚ women had an important role. There were different classes of women‚ but they overall had the same role. Women were supposed to center their lives around their children and husbands. Being a woman in Victorian England was a life full of physical and mental abuse along with a denial of progress outside of the home. Women in the Victorian Era were mainly abused. Physical abuse or “wife beating” was socially acceptable during the Victorian times. “Wife beating” was present in all
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Elizabethan Life During the Elizabethan period‚ Europe was going through the Renaissance. Their culture and way of life was emerging from the Middle Ages into their peak of advancements. Also‚ their lives were very different from ours. They listened to different kinds of music and found other ways of enjoyment such as dancing. The food they ate is also very unusual from ours. Their society was broken into classes‚ women were obedient and their children could not get educated. Their culture
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During the Romantic era‚ nationalism proved to be a major influence of the relationship between composers and their music. The political unrest all over Europe provoked many forms of nationalism. The Romantic composers of this era expressed their sense of nationalism in many ways. One way that composers showed this was basing their music on the songs and dances of their people‚ such as Chopin in his mazurkas. Also‚ composers wrote dramatic works based on folklore and symphonic poems or operas
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During the Elizabethan time period‚ the ideal woman was quiet and obedient. A woman who was outspoken and opinionated seemed to be rare and unwanted. The ideal man was envisioned to be masculine‚ ruler of the house‚ and to be overshadowed by women. Shakespeare mentions both of his thoughts of the ideal woman and man in both plays and in sonnet 127. Shakespeare’s writing helped the reader understand and accept the gender roles being changed. “Although Shakespeare reflects and at times supports the
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religions practiced by many. Back then‚ in England‚ there were two main religions: Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. Protestantism was practiced during the Elizabethan Era‚ which was around the time Shakespeare was alive. Created by Martin Luther‚ a German Monk‚ It was also deemed to be the “official” religion by the queen‚ so it was also very influential during that time period. So‚ how did this religion originate? Well‚ the Protestant church “was formed in response to the Catholic Church’s corruption
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