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Analysis Of Plato The Allegory Cave
1,247 wordsThe moist air of the cave hovers in a homeostatic manner around the mans conditioned skin. He sits, staring at the flat, cold surface of rock in front of him. Nothing that he sees surprises him. He just stares blankly at the recurrent shadows dancing in a dull glow. He is motionlessly caught in a state of a calm, content trance. The cold chains around his neck match the vacancy of life his face. The only expression seen is a small rising in the corners of the mans mouth, producing a strangely co...
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Gave Birth Love Lucy
1,107 wordsTelevision comedienne, actress, producer... these words all describe her. Lucille Desiree Ball was born on August 6, 1911, in the small town of Celeron, just outside of Jamestown, New York. At age 15, Ball enrolled in the John Murray Anderson Drama School in New York City. However, after only twelve months of going there (with Bette Davis as a classmate) the acting coach informed Lucy that she was not talented and should go into a different field, because she'd never make it in acting! She then ...
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Hip Hop Four Stages
556 wordsLast weekend, a couple friends and I took a road trip to Cincinnati. Here we saw many of our favorite bands perform during the evening on Main Street. Having never seen any of the artists play live before, we were all very thrilled to be in Cincinnati on that night. Not only was the music enough, but the atmosphere of a big city and the smell of funnel cakes made it that much better. The people, as well as the weather, couldnt have been any nicer. Putting all of this together, you couldnt have h...
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Tupac Was Arrested Hughes Brothers Role
1,116 words... th a rubber doll to the latest dance craze. Just as things were again beginning to look up for Tupac, he learned that his mother was addicted to crack. "I was on the road with D. U. and called my homies in Marin City just to say wassup, and they told me my moms was buying dope from somebody. It fucked me up. I started blocking her out of my mind, " he says, fingering his gold watch. Neither Tupac nor Afeni will talk much about that period. "After she started smoking dope and all that, " says...
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Years Of Her Life Work Of Literature
834 wordsMaya Angelou is a poet, author, actress, director, historian, educator, playwright, civil rights activist, producer, and a lecturer. She was born on April 4 h 1928 in St. Louis Missouri. She has two brothers and is the oldest of three children. Her parents were Bailey and Vivian Johnson but they did not raise her. Her parents were divorced when she was at the tender age of three. She was raised by her grandmother in segregated Stamps, Arkansas. Her grandmother was called Big Momma. Her father wa...
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Music Ethnography Of Jazz Culture In Charlottesville Virginia
1,319 words... has always represented a social party, and it still is today, although it has become slightly more of an elite club. But, between the atmosphere around the musicians and the audience, they all understand themselves, the music and the community (David Ake). Furthermore the listeners understand whats going on in their communities and they each fit in. As the band starts to play Jeff Decker the saxophone player leads the group of with the main melody and they begin to jam. Most of the forms of ...
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Fall In Love Fairy Tale
1,365 words"I'm not going to tell this story the way it happened. I'm going to tell it the way I remember it. " This is how Finn, Ethan Hawke, introduces the movie based on Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. Great Expectations updates Charles Dickens' novel by setting it in modern times instead of the 1810 s to the 1830 s. It changes the story from rural England and London to the Florida and New York City. The movie follows the romance of two people Finn and Estella (played by, Gwyneth Paltrow) from chil...
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Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams
1,206 words"The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams shows a scene where Amanda (the mother) confronts Tom (her son) who made a grave mistake in match making Laura (his sister) and his best friend, who happens to be engaged. All this events happen within the comfort of the family home, displaying the intense feeling of something ominous just about to happen- the family conflict. This is demonstrated through the failure in the family's ability to communicate and comprehend each other. This creates familia...
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Grand Ole Opry Watched As Mom Called
1,135 wordsAugust 27, 2002 A Childs Promise This Friday night seemed just like any other with Mom and I lounging on the sofa watching the Grand Ole Opry. I could feel the joy that the Opry brought to my mom just by the look in her eyes as she watched, listened, and sometimes sang. Well she hummed more than she sang but that was my mom's way of singing. As we watched her eyes would glow. Sometimes I would see a sparkle. As I watched her I knew what I had to do. I hugged my mom and said "Mother, when I'm all...
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Beauty Pageants Four Year
873 wordsThe contenders have been primped and manicured by their masters and are ready to be placed on display. The subjects with the wealthiest owners attend top-notch obedience schools where they are trained in the art of acting and appearing in a way uncharacteristic to their nature. They are rewarded with special treats when they work hard during training. The skills learned in these unique schools are not useful anywhere else, but in the competitions are judged and often given a champion prize. The ...
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Opened The Door Poor People
1,137 wordsChef This epic tale of love and deception takes us back in time to the year nineteen hundred and eighty seven. Early one morning in London, England, we find ourselves in the kitchen of Chef. This sweet mouthwatering scent of Salisbury steak fills the room. This was to be the finest steak Chef had ever prepared. He planned to enter a contest with this masterpiece, the prize being a cruise to Greenland. To Chef, this was the land of paradise. He would be the only man there to seduce and womanize t...
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Compact Disk Sound Designer
1,050 wordsAddendum to Independent Study in Sound Design and Sound System Component Operation Arnold F. Bilotta III 18 December 2000 This past year (2000) I have been working in the sound booth for The John Lyman Center for the Performing Arts. Here at the John Lyman Center (JLC) we have been going through a time of transition. The former resident technical guru who had taken care of JLC's happenings had retired, leaving the JLC in a semi chaotic state. The dance school season was just about to start which...
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Gilberts Original Script Words Were Added Play
843 wordsThe Pirates of Penzance A new and original comic Opera by Messrs. W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, entitled the Pirates of Penzance, or Love and Duty. It is amazing how two dramatic writers have mastered the ability to amuse the public in such an original manner. This opera had its premiere on December 31, 1879, at the Fifth Avenue Theater in New York with Arthur Sullivan conducting. It opened on April 3, 1880, at the Opera Comique in London and ran for 363 performances. When one thinks of Pir...
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Mighty Dub Katz Beats International Album Norman
800 wordsFatboy Slim With Fatboy Slim albums, the clue is always in the title, and Norman Cooks third outing is no exception. Norman was staying at LAs Chateau Marmont hotel, when the title came to him. As the New Year dawned Norman ventured back into his home studio in Brighton, England to make the most emotional, innovative album of his career. Norman explains the progression by pointing out that The Rockefeller Skank was the first track he recorded for his last album, and Right Here Right Now was the ...
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Mariachi Vargas Mariachi Mariachi Music
694 wordsThe Music Appreciation: Mariachi Mariachi The French named mariachi, but the Coca Indians gave the original name in 1500 s referring to any musician. Mariachi sound is impacted by African influence known as SON. Rhythmic pattern altering between 3 / 4 and 6 / 8. Instruments of Mariachi In a complete Mariachi group today there are as many as 6 to 8 violins, 2 trumpets, and a guitar, which are all standard European instruments. Then there is a high-itched, round-backed guitar called the vihuela, w...
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Words And Phrases Father And Son
567 wordsTim Culhane 2 / 20 / 01 My Papas Waltz Throughout the poem, My Papas Waltz by Theodore Roethke, many techniques are used to show that there are furious conflicts between a father and his son. Roethke uses the word waltz in the title to relate to the beating of the son. I believe that the poem is altogether a negative poem, as described by the words and phrases the author uses. To begin, the author immediately states that the father is a drunk. Roethke says, The whiskey on your breath / Could mak...
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Set The Mood Tango Ballet Celina
346 wordsTangueros in Milonga Boulevard is a tango ballet. The Milonga is a night ballroom with simple furniture, just hundreds of chairs and spare tables all around the floor. The entire ballet takes place in this setting. Here, Mauro and Celina fall in love, Celina says goodbye to the Tango, and Heavens doors open to our star-crossed lovers. The story takes place in the late forties. Celina is considered to be one of the best Tango dancers in Buenos Aires. Mauro leads a normal life and forces her to qu...
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Foreign Countries Private Sectors
243 wordsIt is not an easy task to promote Malaysia to the foreign countries with only a small budget available. However, there is nothing impossible as long as we have the courage to do it. As we all know, Malaysian government as well as private sectors sponsors students to continue their studies to the foreign countries every year. Even though I don t really know the exact number of Malaysian who studied abroad at this present moment, but I do believe there are probably more than 5, 000 of them includi...
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Women And Men Older Boys
1,078 wordsIn Tudor Entertainment Boys Games In the 1500 s children were very imaginative and creative in how they used their spare time. Peasant children did not have the opportunities to go to school, doing the days they had lots of time when they were not doing chores. Many Tudor time children played games common to the ones children play today. They would build their own little river dams and slide down rivers and streams creating their own watersides and pools of water. Dreaming of pirates, treasure i...
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Mr Collins Lady Catherine
1,237 wordsJane Austen was a child of the Enlightenment, an age when reason was valued while many romantic traditions still lingered on in society. [ By the way the romantic period follows the Enlightenment (a reaction) ] As one of the educated and intelligent women emerging from this era, Austen has used the character of Elizabeth Bennet to epitomizes the harmonious balance between reason and emotion in a woman, making her a truly admirable and attractive character. Elizabeth's strength of character is em...
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