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- 3781: Comparing A Streetcar Named De
- A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menageries were written by Tennessee William in the late Thirties, where the depression made countless of people struggled in poverty. Both of the plays used the typical American family during the Thirties as the background setting. There were many similarities between the plays: including characters and events. Did ... them from one another. At the same time he projects a clear image into our mind that we all must have desires in order to survive in our society, but if the desires are too great, or out of control, then they will eventually destroy us.
- 3782: 1929 Stock Market Crash
- ... control the stock market. These kinds of statements encouraged investors to believe that the market would continue to be strong, which could be one of the causes of the crash. (1929…) The Crash and The Depression After the crash, production fell nearly 50% from the business cycle peak in August 1929 to March 1933. Meanwhile, the overall price level of stocks dropped by about 1/3. Many people blamed the crash for the economic collapse. Some people held responsible, fairly or not, were President Hoover, brokers, bankers, and businesspersons. The cause of the depression cannot be linked to one individual or even a group of people. It is also unlikely that the crash of the market would have been large enough to lead the US economy into the depression by itself and to sustain the downward spiral in business activity. (1929…) Why People Invested in the Stock Market During 1929, people invested in the stock market for five major reasons. The first was ...
- 3783: History Of Music
- ... be known as the Baroque Period, Johann Sebastian Bach was working as a musical director at St. Thomas’s Choir School in Leipzig where, apart from his brief visit to the court of Frederick the Great of Prussia in 1747, he remained there until his death. Bach was considered a master of contrapuntal technique, and his music characterises the Baroque polyphonic style. His volume of work includes over 200 church cantatas, six concertos, four orchestral suites and many other major compositions. His keyboard music for clavier and for organ is of great importance and includes the collection of 48 preludes and fugues known as The Well-Tempered Clavier, the Goldberg Variations, and the French and English Suites. These were subsequently considered the fundamental necessary “lessons” for playing ... the world around them. Unlike Classicism, which was based on order and established guidelines for the creation of architecture, literature, painting and music, Romanticism was a more emotionally and sentimentally driven movement. This had a great influence on political doctrines and ideology. The Romantic era appreciated human diversity and considered looking at life from a new perspective. It was the combination of modern science and classicism that gave birth to ...
- 3784: Daddy
- ... went through the most suffering in World War II. Millions fell victim to an attempt of ethnic cleansing ordered by Hitler. However Plath believed her suffering from the loss of her father was just as great as what many Jewish people went through. In the poem the persona uses several similes, a common technique of Plath, in the seventh stanza. An engine, an engine Chuffing me off like a Jew. A Jew to Dachau, Auschwitz, Belsen. I began to talk like a Jew. I think I may well be a Jew. The similes within this stanza position the reader to see the great degree of suffering the speaker went through, as it is compared to the torment and anguish millions went through during World War II and in turn, sympathy is drawn from the reader as everyone deserves ... could peak at happiness and then plummet to sadness in a short period of time. Daddy is indeed a negative poem, one of many dark poems Plath has written. Never the less there is a great amount of power within the poem, a power from which Plath's feelings of her father have been expressed and one that condemns the patriarchal society. From her use of vivid imagery, metaphors, similes ...
- 3785: Images Of Light And Darkness I
- ... of English say that the greatest writers are those who can “hook” their readers. Those who can propel a story forward. Divide and contrast. Divide and contrast, they say. Friction produced by opposing forces creates great drama. Shakespeare is a great dramatist. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare opens with a prologue that basically outlines the entire play. After finishing line fourteen, the reader isn’t required to continue reading because he/she knows the outcome. Shakespeare ... interest in dancing. Mercutio, his witty friend, continually prods him until Romeo begins what becomes a playful and witty exchange of words. Although Romeo claims that he is still suffering over the loss of his great love, we begin to see a “lighter” side of his nature. However, before the scene ends, Romeo tells Mercutio about his “bad dream,” and says that he is filled with premonitions of something about ...
- 3786: Anne Hutchinson
- ... be a radical religious movement. Since this alleged religious movement was led by a woman, it was quickly dealt with by the Puritan fathers as a real threat. Whatever her motives, she was clearly a great leader in the cause of religious toleration in America and the advancement of women in society. Although Anne Hutchinson is historically documented to have been banished as a religious dissenter, the real motive for her ... oppression in his evaluation of the situation: "Here members of the Church have suffered whippings for having a whim of their own." (As quoted in D. Crawford, p. 88.) It clearly took a woman of great courage like Anne Hutchinson to stand up for her principles amidst controversy and threats. It must be said, however, that the Puritans believed they had a covenant with God to establish a holy colony, an ... were the Antinomians, followers of Anne Hutchinson, who suspected their chaplain of being under a " Covenant of works," whereas their doctrine was one should live under a "Covenant of grace." This is one of the great reasons why they were banished. It was the very life of the colony that they should have conformity... Therefore this religious doctrine was working rebellion and sedition, and endangering the very existence of the ...
- 3787: Confucianism, Daoism And Legal
- ... the presence of a supernatural entity but do not provide a clear explanation on it. Both thought systems consider it mostly as a mystery that the human mind cannot fully comprehend or alter. Confucius put great importance in conducting numerous rituals for various occasions. He found it to be an essential part for the well being of the society. He said, "when superiors love ritual, the people are easy to direct ... be very minimal, Legalism asked for a strict code of law and an emphatic enforcement of it. "Former ages did not all have the same teachings. Which past will you use as a model? The great kings did not repeat each other. Which rituals will you follow?" (Ebrey 33B). Before the advent of Legalism, judgements were made as the need arose and lacked a set pattern. Rulers searched the past for ... the law. Unlike the other philosophies, Legalism put the emphasis on the rule rather than the ruler. Morality and benevolence were crucial factors for a successful state, according to Confucianism and Daoism. They also placed great importance for rituals and other traditions. Many practices were continued throughout generations. Legalism believed that such aspects should have no role in the government. According to them, a strong rule with a strict hand ...
- 3788: Incorporation Of The American
- Incorporation of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby In the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author incorporates the aspect of the American Dream to develop the story. The American Dream’s goals embody the story to show how one can attempt to put effort ... little bit later George Wilson by accident thinks that Gatsby was the one who killed his wife and decides to kill him. Gatsby’s dream effects the other characters behavior and the story directly. The Great Gatsby incorporates the American Dream in the story through the characters. The dreams of each of the characters are different but one thing never changes. It is that they all desire something in life, ...
- 3789: Israfel By Poe, An Analysis
- ... I feel is unfortunate, considering that the aforementioned are in most cases the equal to "The Raven." Scholars have bestowed upon Edgar Allan Poe, the mantle of "horror writer" a crown which does him a great injustice considering the great variety of works that he wrote and the passion which drove him during his writing. It is this passion that is evident in "Israfel." The Poem itself draws heavily on Arabian and Oriental literature, subjects ... would have liked to think this, that he was Israfel the angel, baring his soul to the creatures of earth, human and all,exalting himself as the best poet of all the other angels, so great that they must set down their own attempts of singing and poetry and listen to his. Poe saying to Emerson, Thoreau, and the like, " Listen to me! Look upon the truth of the human ...
- 3790: The Martian Chronicles (isolat
- Humans are tiny particles of dust in a great ocean of time and space. But have you ever thought about how insignificant humans really are, in such a vast and bounteous universe? Just the thought of it can make an individual feel completely isolated ... had was based on their arrival in Mars which was a notable scientific advancement that made them realize that they're not the only living beings on the planet and that they are not as great as they thought they were. The immoral character members of the Second Expedition shows the reader that humans cannot face their isolation, so in turn they try to ignore it. This is shown by the ... crystal windows and blowing the tops off of fragile towers. The Captain caught Parkhill and knocked his teeth out." (p. 72). Captain Wilder respected what Spender taught him and looked at the Martians as a great race. He knew that Parkhill was only destroying the Martian city because he was subconsciously jealous of the Martians and felt insignificant compared to their advanced civilization. Therefore, the author uses wise characters to ...
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