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Analysis Of Plato The Allegory Cave
1,247 words
The 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
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Television 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 words
Last 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
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... 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
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Maya 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
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... 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
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"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
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"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
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August 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 words
The 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
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Chef 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
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Addendum 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 words
The 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
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Fatboy 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 words
The 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
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Tim 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 words
Tangueros 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 words
It 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
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In 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
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Jane 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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