In the article “Literature‚ Imagination and Human Rights‚” Willie Van Peer proposes that through excursions into the literary canon one can evoke their imaginative sense and ultimately escape an encapsulated society‚ through developing a higher ethical awareness. Further he notes the “Edification hypothesis” which articulates that reading literature makes the reader more socially tolerant‚ more perceptive‚ and more politically conscious. In other words‚ he emphasizes the role literature plays in
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of 1881 Vincent Van Gogh asked for his cousin’s hand in marriage and was turned down. He was very insistent on seeing her and took action on this by holding his hand in a flame and holding up the words “Let me see her for as long as I can keep my hand in the flame” (Wikipedia‚ Letter 193 from Vincent to Theo‚ The Hague‚ May 14‚ 1882). In 1885 Vincent’s father died (ArtBook: Van Gogh; A profound and tormented genius—his life in paintings‚ 1998). In December of 1888‚ Vincent Van Gogh had been living
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Name: Ellaine G. De Jesus Section: IV-Sun Elements of Drama Most successful playwrights follow the theories of playwriting and drama that were established over two thousand years ago by a man named Aristotle. In his works the Poetics Aristotle outlined the six elements of drama in his critical analysis of the classical Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex written by the Greek playwright‚ Sophocles‚ in the fifth century B.C. The six elements as they are outlined
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customs is wedding. Every country has its own classic way of wedding but in some countries the traditional wedding is usually the same. America and Saudi Arabia are big countries with unique customs and traditions. The difference between a Saudi wedding and an American wedding is like the difference between moonlight and sunlight. The wedding is an important event for all cultures. American culture and Saudi culture are different in preparation for the wedding‚ ceremony‚ and after the wedding.
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“A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino” Nick Joaquin Act I ”Bitoy Camacho‚ an old friend of the Marasigans‚ pays them a visit one afternoon after many years of absence. He is greeted by the two daughters of Lorenzo Marasigan‚ a famous painter‚ who in his declining years has been living in isolation and abject poverty. Recently‚ he finished his latest and perhaps last major work of art‚ a painting he entitled Portrait of the Artist as Filipino. The sisters Paula and Candida welcome Bitoy. They
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The artwork I made for this self portrait project incorporates two approaches of both collage and drawing. It shows a composition of these massive figures of me. And each of them is making a different gestures. Composition is one of the most powerful elements that contribute to build my piece. This is an asymmetrical composition because it has similar visual weights in two sides. Figures in both two sides are filled with decorate tapes‚ each of them has different pattern. They all come together
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Mr. Mears Mr. Mears is the young Priest who accompanied Kezia on her journey to meet the man she was arranged to marry‚ Mr. Hathaway. Mr. Mears was shy and kept to himself. "She looked at the preacher and saw how young and helpless he looked so far from his native Yorkshire and how ill-clad for this bitter trans-Atlantic weather and she spoke up." Mr. and Mrs. Barclay Kezia was an orphan house keeper to Mr and Mrs Barclay. They were wealthy however‚ they portrayed themselves to be much more
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CULTURAL SELF-PORTRAIT AND REFLECTION By Manuel Chong Filipino-Chinese. That is what I am. The term “Filipino-Chinese” simply refers to a Chinese descent born and bred in the Philippines. Being a third generation Chinese in the Philippines‚ I did not grow up in a culture that is purely Chinese nor is it purely Filipino. The older generation of Filipino-Chinese is trying their best to pass on to the younger ones the traditional Chinese teachings which they acquired and learned from their ancestors
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A Portrait of the Artist As Filipino First Scene Nick Joaquin THE SCENES FIRST SCENE: The sala of Marasigan house in Intramuros. An afternoon towards the beginning of October‚ 1941. THE PEOPLE Candida and Paula Marasigan‚ Cora‚ a news photographer Spinster daughters of Don Lorenzo Susan & Violet‚vaudeville artists Pepang‚ their elder married sister Don Perico‚ a senator Manolo‚ their eldest brother Doña Loleng‚ his wife Bitoy Camacho‚ a friend of the family Patsy
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