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Corpus Christi Mass Culture
4,480 wordsRoland Barthess essay on " The World of Wrestling" draws analogically on the ancient theatre to contextualize wrestling as a cultural myth where the grandiloquence of the ancient is preserved and the spectacle of excess is displayed. Barthess critique which is above all a rewriting of what was to understand what is is useful here insofar as it may be applied back to theatre as another open-air spectacle. But in this case, not the theatre of the ancients, but the Middle English pageant ...
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1,314 wordsElitist theory holds that the majority of political power is held by a relatively small and wealthy group of people, which share similar principles and interests. Most members of this group are born into affluent families. The majority of top leaders in the United States come from this privileged group. The power elite utilizes a variety of resources to dictate public policy. These individuals tend to hold top management positions within big corporations. These corporations are used as a powerfu...
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Francis Scott Key Zelda Sayre
3,057 wordsThe Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby was the crowning achievement of Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1896. He received his education by attending St. Paul Academy, the Newman School, and Princeton University. In 1923 he married Zelda Sayre and they divided their time among New York, Paris, the Rivera, and Rome, becoming a part of the American expatriate circle, which included Ernest Hemingway and Thomas Wolfe. After his achievement with his novel The Great Gatsby...
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