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Falls In Love Entered The Service
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Italian poet, remembered primarily for his ORLANDO
FURIOSO, published in its final version in 1532.
Ariosto's work was the most celebrated narrative
poem of the Italian high Renaissance, and the
first example of modern poetry to provoke
widespread critical controversy. Ariosto was born
in Reggio Emilia, as the son of Count Niccol
Ariosto. At the age of then his family moved to
Ferrara, where he studied law from 1489 to 1494.
There he also started to study Latin and Greek
language and literature....
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Post Industrial Society A Brave New World
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Post Industrial Society: A Brave New World? Aldous
Huxley was born on July 26, 1894 in Surrey,
England. He was born to a very scholarly family,
most notably his grandfather T. H. Huxley, a
well-known biologist and foremost advocate for
Darwin's evolutionary theory. Aldous upbringing
was shaped by many diverse influences, from his
brother Julian, a notable biologist, to his
mothers uncle Matthew Arnold, a well-known English
poet and literary critic. This mix of disciplines
led to Huxley's eclecti...
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Form Of Dancing Swan Lake Ballet
567 words
Oct. 17 th 1999 The history of Dance is said to
reflect the changes in the way people relate to
their bodies, see the world, and experience the
cycles of life. Cave paintings from 30, 000 - 10,
000 B. C. were found in Spain and France. These
paintings contained drawings of figures with vivid
movements. During the Ancient world dance was in
civilizations of Rome, Greece, and Egypt. Through
the Middle Ages the Christen Church's attitude
toward Dance was two sided. One side rejected
dance, they bel...
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Mozart Composed G Minor
903 words
Probably the greatest genius in Western musical
history, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in
Salzburg, Austria, Jan. 27, 1756, the son of
Leopold Mozart and his wife, Anna Maria Part.
Leopold was a successful composer, violinist and
assistant concertmaster at the Salzburg court.
Wolfgang began composing minuets at the age of 5
and symphonies at 9. When he was 6, he and his
older sister, Maria Anna, performed a series of
concerts to Europe's courts and major cities. Both
children played the keybo...
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Romeo And Juliet Committed Suicide
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In the play Romeo and Juliet and the musical Wet
Side Story, the two pairs of lovers were part
responsible for their tragic fates. First, Romeos
and Juliets families were enemies. In comparison,
Tony and Maria of West Side Story were practically
apart of gangs that were enemies as well. Second,
both couples knew they shouldnt have been together
especially if they had to hide it. Third, Romeo
and Juliet gave up hope when they committed
suicide. Last, the couples knew their situations
would be dan...
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Late 19 Th Century Theory Of Natural Selection
817 words
Written in 1899, Frank Norris novel, Mc Teague
serves as a view of societal factions of his time
period. Norris illustrates the stratification of
society in this San Francisco community by using
the concept of Social Darwinism. He gives detailed
accounts of the inner workings of society along
with the emotions of the time. Through his
characters, Norris shows the separation of classes
and the greed that grew abundantly during the late
19 th century. He also gives a grim picture of
survival in hi...
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Luv Jane Xox Luv Jane Xox Dear Hailey
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... to Janes room? H: The mess it was in, shes
normally neat and tidy. DF: Was the window open
last night? H: Yes, but only slightly. DF: Did you
notice any thing missing? H: Some of my
paracetamol was missing; I thought Jane had
borrowed it for a headache. Detective Flint: Do
you have any alcohol in your house? H: Yes, why?
Detective Flint and I exchanged glances. DF: Can
you go home and check to see if any is missing,
ring us later that will be all thanks. Jane and I
became best friends but Ha...
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Charles Scribner Sons York Charles Scribner
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Edison Decades before Thomas Edison's work began
on moving pictures, people were making crude hand
drawn motion pictures, much like how animated
cartoons are drawn. Eventually photographers began
to experiment with taking a series of pictures of
a subject in motion, and then showing them back in
sequence. British photographer Edward Muybridge
was a pioneer in this process. He had 700 cameras
set up in sequence, to photograph a trotting
horse. This major undertaking yielded just 60
seconds of mot...
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Ups And Downs One Of The Greatest
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The Desert Fox General Erwin Rommel, The Desert
Fox, Field Marshall, Hero, Traitor, Enemy, Father,
Husband, Instructor. Though he held many titles in
his life and was thought of in many different
lights, he was and shall be remembered as, a true
soldier, a man who men followed fearlessly and
enemies dreaded facing. A soldier who remembered
and adhered to the chivalrous side of war. A man
who was committed to Germany and her people to the
end. During peacetime or war, he was always a
soldier, the...
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Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre
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Charlotte Bronte Charlotte Bronte English
Charlotte Bronte was born in Thornton in the West
Riding of Yorkshire on April 21, 1816, the third
child of Patrick Bronte and Maria Branwell Bronte.
The major event of her young life was the death of
her mother in 1821, which created a lot of chaos.
Jane Eyre was published in 1847; it was a success,
but was followed up by a tragedy. In September
1848, her brother Branwell died, probably due to
heavy drinking; this was closely followed by the
death of he...
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Sir Toby Sir Andrew
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The Truth About Foolishness In Shakespeare's
Twelfth The Truth About Foolishness In
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. The Truth About
Foolishness in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
William Shakespeare used a unique device to
explain how foolishness is an unavoidable part of
everyday life. He employed many specific examples
of foolishness in his comedy play titled Twelfth
Night. Each of the characters he created were all
foolish in one way or another. Not only do the
characters entertain the audience, bu...
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Piano Concertos Chamber Music
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Weber, Carl Maria von (1786 1826) Carl Maria von
Weber, a cousin of Mozart's wife Constant, was
trained as a musician from his childhood, the son
of a versatile musician who had founded his own
travelling theatre company. He made a favourable
impression as a pianist and then as a music
director, notably in the opera-houses of Prague
and Dresden. Here he introduced various reforms
and was a pioneer of the craft of conducting
without the use of violin or keyboard instrument.
As a composer he won a...
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West Side Story Romeo And Juliet
431 words
WEST SIDE STORY IS DIFFERENT FROM ROMEO AND JULIET
IN MANY WAYS Laurence's West Side story is an
apparition of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. West
Side Story and Romeo and Juliet differ in many
ways. Romeo and Juliet is set in Verona in about
1594. West Side Story takes in New York City in
1957. Tony is the modern character of Romeo and
Maria is the modern character of Juliet. In the
two tragedies the major conflict is two opposing
families, or gangs, do not agree of the
relationship of their c...
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Sun Also Rises Jake And Brett
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Of Ernest Hemingway's Ernest Hemingway Of all of
the writers of the 20 th century, none has had a
more profound impact on American culture than
Ernest Hemingway. As western society rose from the
ashes of World War I, Hemingway came to the
realization that the western Judeo-Christian
morals and values had failed to bring about any
area of peace and prosperity. Instead, these
values had led western society in to war after
war, bringing about unquantifiable pain and
destruction. In response, Heming...
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Art New York Van Gogh
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Expressionism art movement in relation to Film In
this essay, I will be looking at the art movement
of expressionist style in relation to the
development of German expressionism film. I will
also be looking at how drawings and paintings have
been bought to life within the use of film. The
expressionist movement began mainly around Dresden
in Germany before the First World War I. This was
the same year the organization group Die Bruce
(The Bridge) was formed. The artists Fritz Bell,
Erich Hockey,...
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Maria Anna Great Deal
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Joseph Haydn was without a doubt one of the
greatest composers of his day. He was loved very
much as both a man and a musician, and unlike many
other composers when he died in 1809. he was one
of the most celebrated composers in the world.
Haydn once said, Young people can see from my
example that something can still come from
nothing, but what I am is the result of dire
necessity. And it was very true. The story of
Haydn was a classic story of rags to riches. His
father, Mathias Haydn (1699 - 1...
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Mc Teague Animal Imagery
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English 4 / 15 / 96 Mc TEAGUE Mc Teague, a novel
written at the turn of the century by Frank
Norris, is a classic example of naturalist
writing. This novel is written with the harsh
realities that were this time period. There are
many themes that occur in naturalism. Some of them
that appear in this novel are greed, lust, strife,
as well as Darwinism and animal imagery. All of
these themes help Norris describe with vivid
detail his tragic account of human degradation.
One of the forces that driv...
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Iii Iv Twelfth Night
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Shakespearean Twelfth Night Tris Warkentin
Shakespearean Comedy Twelfth Night, question 3 12
/ 17 / 99 Shakespeare? s Twelfth Night has many
different characterizations for the many different
characters in the play; Orsino and Olivia
represent the Renaissance and the dangers facing
it, Viola represents the overindulgence of the
Renaissance and the Puritan minimalism represented
by Malvolio, the madman. While the other
characters represent constant images throughout
the play, Malvolio changes. He...
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Anna Maria Napoleon Bonaparte
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The portrait. A single person immortalized forever
on canvas. At first glance, you only see the
subject. With a more analytical eye, though, you
not only see the image but you begin to hear the
voice of the painter and of his time. This is what
I hope to do, to feel and understand the mind of
the painter Ingres when he painted Louis-Francois
Bertin and Reynolds when he painted General John
Burgoyne. In the portrait of Bertin, Ingres has
captured on canvas a man who has never been
pampered in his...
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Anna Maria Napoleon Bonaparte
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The portrait. A single person immortalized forever
on canvas. At first glance, you only see the
subject. With a more analytical eye, though, you
not only see the image but you begin to hear the
voice of the painter and of his time. This is what
I hope to do, to feel and understand the mind of
the painter Ingres when he painted Louis-Francois
Bertin and Reynolds when he painted General John
Burgoyne. In the portrait of Bertin, Ingres has
captured on canvas a man who has never been
pampered in his...
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