Tikemo Higgins 12:30 Duke Ellington Duke Ellington was born Edward Kennedy Ellington on April 29‚ 1899 in washington D.C. And died may 24‚ 1974 at the age of 74 in new york city. Edward was an american composer‚ pianist‚ and bandleader of orchestras. His career and hard work spanned over 50 years‚ leading his orchestra from 1923 until his timely death. Ellington though widely considered to have been a pivotal figure in the history of jazz‚ he himself embraced the phrase” Beyond Category”
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BILL VIOLA Conceptual framework Artist Raised in Queens in New York He had an English mother and American father He studied at Syracuse university He has a fine arts degree He is a part of the rainforest project “the real is considered to be only what can be touches‚ named‚ observed and recorded. Viola’s installations aim to transcend the material world He has re-contextualised art making of the past through using new technology. His work has the same reaction from the audience but with new
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As humans we experience many emotions‚ love and hate being some of the most intense. Christianity‚ one of the most prevalent religions in our society‚ praises love as one of its virtues. Our society looks at these two terms as having completely opposite meanings due to the way they are used in every day conversations. The popularity of the word love and hate sometimes cloud their true meanings making it hard to truly see their similarities and differences. Love and hate are similar characteristics
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hall of fame. If the candidate’s success measures up to that of existing hall of famers‚ they will be elected to join. Inducting literature into an official canon uses a similar process. Through identifying the similarities between the classic canonical novel Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald and naturalist Kate Chopin’s novella The Awakening‚ one confidently deems the latter author and her work worthy of canonical recognition. Conflicts begin to develop from‚ and
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1. My last Duchess’s Duke begins by bringing up the portrait which he starts reminiscing but they aren’t the most positive thoughts. Memories of the last duchess’s attitude towards other men‚ the Duke had the feeling of being unappreciated by passing on a Victorian name and she did not give the name any respect. I think that all the duchess’s actions made the Duke react by giving the command to “take care of her‚” meaning to get rid of her by death so he can remarry. 2. Ferrara is addressing the
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distinction between comic and tragic drama is that comedies end happily‚ while tragedies do not. To what extent is the ending of Twelfth Night a happy one? Twelfth Night Or What You Will is renowned for being one of Shakespeare’s finest achievements in comedy. The basis of a comedy lies in its characters and plot‚ both of which merge together in a formula to produce an end resolution that can be interpreted as happy‚ and also‚ specifically in the case of Twelfth Night‚ festive. The
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John M. Murry describes Twelfth Night as having a ’silvery undertone of sadness’ - this view is held by other critics alike. Kiernan Ryan states how "the spectre of death haunts the romantic protagonists’ lives and loves from the start." This can be seen right from the beginning of the play with Orsino’s speech. He describes love as a kind of illness which is ’killing’ him in a sense; "The appetite may sicken and so die." This in itself gives the play a melancholy atmosphere right from the start
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Duke Ellington “It don ’t mean a thing if it ain ’t got that swing (do Do a Do ap...) Well it don ’t mean a thing all you got to do is sing” (Sing). Edward Kennedy Ellington‚ American jazz composer‚ orchestrator‚ bandleader‚ and pianist‚ is considered to be the greatest composer in the history of jazz music and one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. He composed over 2000 works and performed numerous concerts during his musical career. A compilation of some of his most popular music
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Duke Energy New Project Background and Analysis As we are all keenly aware‚ the answer to efficient‚ clean‚ profitable power is comparable to searching for the Holy Grail. Strong headwinds face any power utilities efforts to build more carbon based power plants. Nuclear power‚ while clean in a sense‚ faces community shouts of “Not in my backyard.” Duke Energy‚ and several other players in the power industry‚ has embraced the idea of more efficient delivery of its current power production
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‘The Twelfth Day of July’ Task: Explain how Kevin and Sadie change by the end of the novel ‘The Twelfth Day of July’ is a book by Joan Lingard. This book is about the discord between the Catholic and Protestant religions. It centres on the characters of Kevin McCoy‚ who is Catholic‚ and Sadie Jackson‚ who is Protestant and how their friendship develops despite the religious bigotry which affects the country they live in. The Twelfth Day of July is a celebration in Northern Ireland‚ for Protestants
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