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    MAKING OUR SOCIETY A MUCH BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN THROUGH THE MOVIE AND MUSIC MEDIUM. The realities of this life go far beyond what we can see with our eyes‚ hear with our ears‚ smell with our noses‚ taste with our tongues and feel with our hands. The real issues of life go far beyond the frontiers of what we can contact with our five physical senses. Through time‚ the movie as well as music medium has been doing a great job entertaining‚ exciting‚ enlightening‚ educating and enriching people;

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    career highlights include his annual Follies‚ with the slogan “Glorifying the American Girl‚” along with the musicals Sally (1920) and Show Boat (1927). His start with production was making Eugene Sandow the star of his father’s exhibit for the World’s Fair (Kenrick). The Ziegfeld Follies ran for a total of twenty-three years. There were four more productions after his death in 1932 (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica). He stopped the showing of the Follies during 1927‚ however‚ he resumed production

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    to utilize the correct expressions‚ which wouldn’t have any negative words or connotations drawn in within it. There were numerous differences and discussions over the use of the word folly in New Belgium Brewing’s tagline (Ferrell& Hartline‚ 2014). For the reason of its definition‚ I too would question whether folly would be the best match seeing as NBB is known for producing high quality and superb beers. Although‚ after discussion and interpretation‚ I believe

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    BACON AS A MORALIST: Bacon is certainly a moralist and he appears in that role in his essays. His essays abound in moral percepts. He lays down valuable guidelines for human conduct. He urges human beings to follow the right path in every field of life--- political‚ social‚ domestic‚ etc. The essay‚ Of Truth‚ is frankly didactic. The object of the writer is to instill into the minds of the readers a love of truth. A man’s mind‚ says he‚ should “turn upon the poles of truth.” All the reasoning

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    The dramatic presentations of ancient Greece developed out of religious rites performed to honor gods or to mark the coming of spring. Playwrights such as Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ and Euripides composed plays to be performed and judged at competitions held during the yearly Dionysian festivals. Those plays were chosen by a selection board and evaluated by a panel of judges. To compete in the contest‚ Greek playwrights had to submit three tragedies‚ which could be either based on a common theme or unrelated

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    Use MLA formatting‚ no footnotes are needed‚ include a Works Cited. -The poem is on the 5th page -This document only contains the first 4 pages‚ the actual essay is longer Rudyard Kipling gave much to English literature and wrote poetry‚ short stories‚ and novels.1 He was born in Bombay‚ India on December 30‚ 1865‚ and at the age of five‚ Kipling began to live in England for educational purposes. Being educated in Britain‚ Kipling was almost certainly influenced by Britain’s imperialistic views

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    Satire is defined as a literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony‚ derision‚ or wit. Voltaire‚ George Orwell and Charles Dickens used satire to provide a humorous perspective to the social‚ political and ideological views of their times. Candide by Voltaire‚ Animal Farm by George Orwell‚ and Hard Times by Charles Dickens are very successful in using satire to show the flaws of each era ’s current views. Voltaire‚ Orwell‚ and Dickens use different forms of satire to make

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    disapproved of their attitudes toward classical authors and the time period but even then that opposition sometimes served to define their characters and reinforce their eloquence. Bruni and Petrarch revere certain authors for their eloquence‚ and wisdom while condemn others for their ignorance. Because of their ideas of what defines a well-expressed and articulate author and what defines and unapprised one‚ their views of classical authors often equal each other and at other times rival each other

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    Darkness” is a tale of passage and discovery‚ not only into the heart of Africa‚ but into the heart of our human mind. Written by Joseph Conrad‚ this novel follows Marlow’s expedition into the unknown depths of the Congo in search of Kurtz and his adored wisdom. Conrad links Marlow’s physical journey to a psychological quest of discovery into evil and darkness inside each one of us. Through the impassable landscape‚ the language barrier between the colonists and the natives‚ and embodiment of Kurtz this

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    and evil‚ and wanted to explore those contradictions. Further‚ it is important to note that Fielding was not advocating or defending any of the immoral behaviors of his characters‚ but merely presenting their actions as steps on the road to greater wisdom. Indeed‚ each of the major characters already mentioned undergoes a learning process‚ and redemption is offered to anyone who seeks it. Molly Seagrim is a passionate and lusty young woman. She bewitches Tom into his first sexual experiences and attempts

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