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The Celtic Voice In Walter Scotts Waverley
1,128 wordsThe Celtic Voice in Walter Scott's 'Waverley' One aspect of this novel which may not have received its due attention is Scott's emphasis on the strength and vitality of traditional Scottish culture, especially folk poetry and music. The presence of such an element is hardly surprising, in as much as Scott's first important literary work was an edition of Scottish folk ballads ('Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border', 1803). The Celtic cultural aspect of 'Waverley' is scarcely mentioned by the author...
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The Righteous Reign How King Asoka Institutionalized Buddhism
1,377 wordsHow King Asoka Institutionalized Buddhism Buddhism and Jainism in Ancient and Medieval India Dhamma sadhu, kim cu dhamme ti? Apasinave, back kane, daya, dane, same, scale. -- Dhamma is good, but what constitutes Dhamma? (It includes) little evil, much good, kindness, generosity, truthfulness and purity. In the third century BC there lived a king described by the historian H. G. Wells as a ruler who stood out amidst the tens of thousands of names of monarchs that crowd the columns of history... a...
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Lonely Woman Family Members Love
550 words. All her life Emily tried to escape from change. Even the posting of the new mailbox was unacceptable for her. She acted as though nothing around her had changed her entire life. Even though death and loss affected her, she seemed to try to avoid thinking about it. Emily is unable to balance her traditions in modern times. But, the roots of her tragedy lay in the fact, that neither can the people who surround her in the town. In the story, Faulkner presents us with a sad tale of a lonely woman,...
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Colonial Era South Carolina
644 wordsThe Golden Christmas The book The Golden Christmas by South Carolinas eminent dramatist, critic, poet, historian and accomplished novelist, William Gilmore Simms (1806 - 1870) was originally published in 1852. Besides being a low country lifes romantic tale of lovers from two different races i. e. the French and the English, the book also alludes to and unveils much of the hidden prejudices innately possessed and practiced by the people of these nations against each other. The feelings of prejud...
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Papua New Guinea Indigenous Population
1,666 words... in the Duke of York group. Central to Tolai culture is the Tumbuan society, personified by a large tapa mask with circular eyes painted on the front topped by a black and white feather. This sacred Tolai Tumbuan masks arrive for a boy's initiation ceremony Traditional Malangan house display showing their masks, friezes, and sculptures. The man in front wearing a blue lava-lava is the "Rate" or ceremonial leader for this clan culture. A man wearing tapa cloth mask represents an important fema...
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Goods And Services Customs And Traditions
1,682 wordsThe USA in the years 1820 to 1850 had the choice of facing which way to develop its economic system. It could pursue either one of the 4 basic types of economies currently present in the world. In the following essay I am going to speak about different economic opportunities as well as try to answer the basic question of economic system (what to produce? How to produce? Who will produce and consume? ) Please take a look at the economic systems the USA could adopt in the mid XIX century. TRADITIO...
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Customs And Traditions Age Groups
2,089 wordsCulture is a term, which is usually used to refer to a society or group, where most, or even all people live and think in the same ways. In 1871 Tylor also wrote a still widely quoted definition of culture, describing it as that complex whole that includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of a society (Microsoft Encarta). Children are brought up with certain values, principles and attitudes, which they keep most of thei...
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Cultural Studies Third World
2,494 wordsFrantz Fanon Frantz Fanon was born in 1925, to a middle-class family in the French colony of Martinique. He moved out of Martinique and volunteered to fight with the Free French in World War II. He later started writing political essays and plays that remain controversial even today. Fanon's biography can be looked through two different prisms, despite the fact that Frantz Fanon is among the 20 th century's greatest theoreticians on philosophy of liberation emanating from the Third World. Psychi...
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Republic Of Gilead Handmaids Tale
1,122 wordsWhen Sir Thomas Moore first used the term utopia to describe an imaginary island, little did he know it would turn into a literary genre. The term comes from two Greek terms, eu-topos, meaning the good place and uo-topos, meaning no place. In The Handmaids Tale, Margaret Atwood wishes to give a portrayal of a future dystopia, ridiculing the utopian customs. Wishing to turn the utopian dream into a nightmare, authors with Atwood's similar ideas, have focused on the negative aspects in longing for...
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Quot Quot Langston Hughes
607 wordsExcerpts From James Weldon Johnsons Preface To Excerpts From James Weldon Johnsons Preface To The 1931 Edition Of The Book Of American Negro Poetry The statement made in the original preface regarding the limitations of Negro dialect as a poetic medium has, it may be said, come to be regarded as more or less canonical. It is as sound today as when it was written ten years ago; and its implications are more apparent. It calls for no modifications, but it can well be amplified here. The passing of...
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Corruption Of The American Dream Repeat The Past
1,108 wordsGatsby's Corruptive Nature The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a portrayal of the withering of the American Dream. The American Dream promises prosperity and self-fulfillment as rewards for hard work and self-reliance. A product of the frontier and the west, the American Dream challenges people to have dreams and strive to make them real. Historically, the Dream represents the image of believing in the goodness of nature. However, the American Dream can be interpreted in differen...
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Greek Religion Greek Mythology
1,881 wordsGreek Mythology and Religion Mythology is the study and interpretation of myth and the body of myths of a particular culture. Myth is a complex cultural phenomenon that can be approached from a number of viewpoints. In general, myth is a narrative that describes and portrays in symbolic language the origin of the basic elements and assumptions of a culture. Mythic narrative relates, for example, how the world began, how humans and animals were created, and how certain customs, gestures, or forms...
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Greek Religion Ancient Greeks
1,869 wordsMythology is the study and interpretation of myth and the body of myths of a particular culture. Myth is a complex cultural phenomenon that can be approached from a number of viewpoints. In general, myth is a narrative that describes and portrays in symbolic language the origin of the basic elements and assumptions of a culture. Mythic narrative relates, for example, how the world began, how humans and animals were created, and how certain customs, gestures, or forms of human activities originat...
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Corpus Christi Hispanic Whites
985 wordsHispanic Heritage Month When Europeans first came to the Americas more than five hundred years ago, there were 60 to 75 million indigenous peoples already inhabiting what we now call Latin America. Most of these Native Americans that were already here came from Asia around forty thousand years ago. They crossed the Bering Straight and fanned out through North, Central, and South America. The dispersion of their geography led to many distinct languages, cultures and civilizations. Two major Empir...
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Inelegance Of My Words Scots And Saxons History
855 wordsHistory Of The Britons (Historia Brittonum) by Nennius Translated by J. A. Giles November, 1999 [Etext # 1972 ] Nennius, the lowly minister and servant of the servants of God, by the grace of God, disciple of St. Elbotus, to all the followers of truth sender health. Or Elvod, bishop of Bangor, A. D. 755, who first adopted in the Cambrian church the new cycle for regulating Easter. Be it known to your charity, that being dull in intellect and rude of speech, I have presumed to deliver these thing...
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Type Of Stress Holiday Season
515 wordsThe holidays! Theyre supposed to be a time of warmth, happiness and excitement. For many people, they are. Although for some, the season can be a paradox. Joyous feelings, family and religious traditions can be overshadowed by stress, fatigue and gloom the blues. In addition to all of the gifts, goodies, decorations and events, the holiday season can be filled with many pressures. The holiday blues, as the name implies, tend to be temporary and seasonal. Factors that commonly contribute to the h...
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Read And Write Iliad And The Odyssey
1,079 wordsHomeric Poems: Oral or Written Tradition Homer. A name synonymous with Greek literature and poetry. Some call him the most famous and greatest poet of the Greek society. Known for his masterpieces of western literature the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homers poems have been passed down through generations and studied by many. But how did the translations, if they are, infact, the true Homeric poems, get to where they are today? Dating as far back as 1120 B. c. , the poems may have gone through a drama...
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People Didn T Riley And Nicholson Indiana
802 wordsNicholson Indiana History The Boys Nicholson and Riley are two of the most celebrated Indiana writers in history. Their portrayal of the culture is outstanding considering they each didn t completed high school. Their writings came from the heart of Indiana. They are both considered true sons of Central Indiana. In the essays they both had different views of Indiana, but both were leaning on the same premise of homey, beautiful and comfortable. Riley and Nicholson brought a real feel to the imag...
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Greco Roman Catholic Doctrine
1,115 words&# 9; Dante Alighieri reveals his theology, beliefs, and ideals in his work Divine Comedy. Specifically, in Purgatorio, Dante expresses his view of the importance of love, a view that is not completely homogenous with Catholic doctrine. That view is that through divine grace, all Christians can acquire eternal happiness and immortal love from God regardless of how wicked they lived life, as long as they are repentant. Another aspect of Purgatorio exists in Dantes immersion in the ancient, heroic...
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End Of Chapter Father Unoka
1,500 wordsThat year the harvest was sad, like a funeral, and many farmers wept as they dug up the miserable and rotting yams. One man tied his cloth to a tree branch and hanged himself. Okonkwo remembered that tragic year with a cold shiver throughout the rest of his life. It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair. He knew that he was a fierce fighter, but that year had been enough to break the heart of a lion. Since I survived that year, he always ...
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