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- 2801: Kabuki
- ... earliest days when it was a series of dances performed by women, the most important part of a whole program for the onnagata star would be the centerpiece dance. Yoshizawa Ayame changed this with his great acting skill. In plays such as "Keisei Asamadake" he used his skills to actually create how an onnagata acted, becoming the standard that all other onnagata copied and strove for. Ayame's popularity was so great the books that ranked actors had to create new categories at the top of the list just for him. Through Ayame's efforts, onnagata began to receive stronger roles in plays while retaining their claim ... of the 17th century is referred to as the Genroku period and was a time of renaissance in the culture of Japanese townspeople. As the main form of theatrical entertainment for commoners, there was a great flowering of creativity in Kabuki. It was during this period that the stylization that would form the base of Kabuki was created. The Genroku period was also the time when most of the conventions ...
- 2802: The Theme of Isolation in Various Literature
- ... alone on the frozen tundra, where he begins his mission to live among the howling wolf packs and study their ways of life. He learned something of their language and how they conveyed "news" over great distances. He found out the meaning behind the Eskimo saying, "the wolf keeps the caribou strong." Mowat observed strong family ties among wolves and he finished his long assignment by having great compassion for them. And he concluded with the realization that the wolf in fact is very different from the wolf of a legend. When the book was published there was no more than 1200 wolves ... his assignment the "Lupine Project" we learn about Mowat's interest and love of the study of living animals in their own habitat. Once assigned to this futile and desolate tundra his task flourishes with great resolution and interest. Because of extreme isolation, with very little room for distraction, Mowat communicates new discoveries of the Canis lupus and through time he reveals that wolves are fellow creatures and have a ...
- 2803: Shiga Naoya - At Kinosaki
- ... Kinosaki" is considered to be a fine example of Shiga Naoya's famous style of writing, and an exemplary model of the "I novel" (shi-shosetsu ) . It is also a work often used as a great example of a novel written in a movement coined as the "Naturalism" movement; which describes writers attempting to take scientific methods of observation and turn it into literature. Shiga Naoya is reported to have said ... lonely and unhappy". After this second death we can see another change in the narrator's frame of mind. The narrator realizes that death does not simply equal 'quietness', but that there is often a great suffering before dying that comes with one's instinct to survive and avoid death - "It was terrible to think that this suffering lay before the quiet I was after". He skillfully draws a parallel between ... the direct and sincere expression of this confusion is the key point in this 'closeness' between the reader and the narrator. It is no wonder that Shiga Naoya is considered by many to be a great stylist and the god of literature. Notes Bibliography "AT KINOSAKI" Quotes from the original Japanese text taken from the version printed in: Shigetomo, Ki "Shiga Naoya Kenkyuu" Ryuukan Sousho,1979 pgs.57~87 TRANSLATIONS ...
- 2804: Native American Genocide
- ... in the media used to be of savages, of John Wayne leading the U.S. Cavalry against the Indians. Today the stereotype has shifted to noble savage, which portrays Indians as part of a once-great but now-dying culture; a culture that could talk to the trees and the animals and that protected nature. But sadly, a losing culture, which has not kept up with our dynamic times. We see ... the late 18th to the late 19th centuries, the United States made 370 formal treaties with Indian nations, following the same procedure of congressional and presidential approval that was followed for treaties with France or Great Britain. The fact that all of these Indian treaties were violated resulted from our feeling that we could get away with such violations. Our quest for only self is destroying others and it is seemingly pulling apart this great nation at the seems. There are hundreds of millions of indigenous people all over the world who continue to live on their ancestral lands, and who experience varying degrees of domination by invading colonial ...
- 2805: Carol Causs
- Carl Gauss was a man who is known for making a great deal breakthroughs in the wide variety of his work in both mathematics and physics. He is responsible for immeasurable contributions to the fields of number theory, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, magnetism, astronomy, and optics, as ... primitive telegraph device. However, this was just an enjoyable hobby of Gauss's. He was more interested in the task of setting up a world wide net of magnetic observation points. This vocation produced a great deal of concrete results. The Magnetischer Verein and its journal were conceived, and the atlas of geomagnetism was published. From 1850 onwards Gauss's work was that of nearly all practical nature. He disputed over ... by other mathematicians. Although he was not awarded the credit for these particular discoveries, he found his reward with the pursuit of such research, and finding the truth for its own sake. He is a great man and his achievements will not be forgotten.
- 2806: The Creation of The Universe, The Earth, and Human Beings
- ... They no longer worshipped him and many forgot him altogether. The people thought that they could live well without respecting the earth-god. Terra the earth-god became very displeased and so he created a great and terrible monster to deal with the people. The monster was named Dragga and he was a violent and terrifying beast. He swept down upon the earth with great fury and devoured as many people as his immense belly could hold. Those that he could not eat he grabbed with his enormous claws and snapped in half. The people were horrified and called out to Terra to have mercy and save them. Terra heard their cries and had pity for them so he created a great earth warrior named Hercles to slay the beast. Hercles had superhuman strength and possessed a sharp, double-edged sword. He travelled many miles to find Dragga and when he found the monster he immediately ...
- 2807: Ophelia: The Tragedy Of Love
- ... 1, Ophelia's burial occurs. During this, Laertes speaks to the Priest: LAER: What ceremony else? DOC: Her obsequies have been as far enlarged As we have warranty. Her death was doubtful, And but that great command o'ersways the order, She should in ground unsanctified been lodged Til the last trumpet. For charitable prayers, Shards, flints, and pebbles, should be thrown on Her. Yet here she is allowed her virgin ... occurred in Shakespeare's life. His girlfriend at the time fell into a river and drowned. Ophelia's character could represent a lost love of Shakespeare's, one for which he intended us to feel great sympathy. Such a connection would explain why Ophelia, although not the central character, is still a figure of great tragedy.
- 2808: Somersby
- ... share many similarities. The Crucible and Sommersby both shared many similarities in characters and their decisions. Some of the characters are almost identical in both stories. This may have been so because of the way great writers and great producers think, or maybe it is just that both of these great literary pieces of work depict what conscience tells one to do.
- 2809: Theocracy and Guilt and Punishment in The Scarlet Letter
- ... appears in a theocracy. The concept is also seen in the when Reverend Wilson wanted to take Pearl away from Hester so that she can be raised to conform with Puritan ideals. This is a great example to how the theocracy dominates every part of life even the raising of children, and how the theocracy has the power to do anything it wishes in order to accomplish what it thinks is ... the town again, the guilt that he felt for his sin returned. He thought that he had sold his soul in the forest because he had for a moment forgotten his sin. This shows the great strength that the theocracy has over the minds of the people, and how it influences their thinking. The theme of guilt and punishment is an important component to theocratic domination. It is the tool of ... at Hesters letter. This serves to torture and remind Hester of the sin she carries on her chest. Dimmesdale is another character that fell victim to the theme of guilt and punishment. He feels great guilt for his sins. This guilt is shown in the scene in the governors mansion. Hester asks Dimmesdale to defend her right to raise Pearl. In reaction he turns pale and places his ...
- 2810: Ansel Adams' Moon and Half Dome
- Ansel Adams' Moon and Half Dome Ansel Adams is one of the greatest photographers of the twentieth-century. Moon and Half Dome is one of his many great works. Taken in 1960 in Yosemite National Park, California it is a very involving photograph. In Moon and Half Dome, Adams tries to induce a feeling of awe at nature's immense power and beauty ... feeling that Half Dome is massive is the size of the moon in relation to the rock. Although it is actually small in the Earth's sky, the moon always has the influence of being great, and anything that dwarfs it can become ominous. The black and white of the photograph also assists in giving the viewer the impression that Half Dome is enormous. The darkness of the sky draws the ... the changing level of detail throughout the photograph, and the massive size of Half Dome, are combined, Half Domes natural appearance becomes exaggerated, making it appear so intricate as to make it seem like a great puzzle put together the brightest mind on earth, and giving Half Dome its own sort of raw, powerful, beauty. Moon and Half Dome bears testament to Ansel Adams' genius and skill.
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