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- 6631: The History of Greek Theater
- The History of Greek Theater Theater and drama in Ancient Greece took form in about 5th century BCE, with the Sopocles, the great writer of tragedy. In his plays and those of the same genre, heroes and the ideals of life were depicted and glorified. It was believed that man should live for honor and fame, his action was courageous and glorious and his life would climax in a great and noble death. Originally, the hero's recognition was created by selfish behaviors and little thought of service to others. As the Greeks grew toward city-states and colonization, it became the destiny and ambition ...
- 6632: Amadeus: Movie Review
- ... beginning of the movie, Antonio Salieri was an old man, who invites the audiences to listen about his life story and how he tried to defeat God through Mozart. Antonio Salieri desired to be a great composer since a child. He prayed God that he will give Him everything if He will grant him this only wish. His dad was dead after a while. Salieri is content with his talent and ... beginning of the movie, Antonio Salieri was an old man, who invites the audiences to listen about his life story and how he tried to defeat God through Mozart. Antonio Salieri desired to be a great composer since a child. He prayed God that he will give Him everything if He will grant him this only wish. His dad was dead after a while. Salieri is content with his talent and ...
- 6633: Internalizing your Goals: "The Psychology of Winning"
- ... imagination is the most powerful tool your will ever have so practice visualizing your success. If your can envision your self doing what you want over in your mind how can you go wrong. An great example the video offered was, to do anything today you have to visualize it first. Teachers envision what they plan to teach before their classes start. Architects design buildings in their mind two or three ... learned from viewing the video The Psychology of Winning is that self worth and determination are the key components in being successful in any aspect of your future. Not everyone was intended to be any great success, but at least be as successful as you are capable of. You have a choice in life, choose to win. By sam
- 6634: Antigone
- ... that Antigone would be the hero (heroine). As Aristotle described in The Poetics, the tragic hero is one who is noble and because of a character flaw or circumstances beyond their control, ‘fall from a great height.’ Antigone was a noble woman of great moral character, but her strong will and stubbornness ultimately caused her downfall…her death. That would have made Creon, the Kind of Thebes the villain, yet he also seems to fit the mold of the ...
- 6635: Othello Composition: The Character Of Iago
- ... able to improvise whenever something unexpected occurs. When Cassio takes hold of Desdemona’s hand before the arrival of the Moor Othello, Iago says “With as little a web as this I will ensnare as great a fly as Cassio” (Act II, Scene I, line 163). His cunning and craftiness make him a truly dastardly villain indeed. Being as smart as he is, Iago is quick to recognize the advantages of ... in it” (Act V, Scene II, Line 189). When faced with this accusation, Iago simply offers that killing Cassio will aid his cause and Rodreigo falls for it hook, line and sinker! “I have no great devotion to the deed, and yet has giving me satisfying reason.” ( Act V, Scene I, Line 8), says the fool Rodreigo. And with this deed Rodreigo is lead to his death by the hands of ...
- 6636: Analysis of Clockwork Orange
- ... pills people take if they are an alcoholic. If they drink while on this pill, then they are made to feel violently ill. The association between the alcohol and the deathly ill feeling becomes as great as Santa Clause with Christmas. What they did to Alex could be seen as cruel and unusual punishment. I easily understood why it shouldn’t be done to somebody, but we actually do it in ... 90s. If this is true, then the creating minds of the film are telepathic, or extremely intelligent. To predict how our society would be in twenty years is either sad because they were right, or great because we should just ask them how our deviant subculture will be acting in the NEXT twenty years.
- 6637: The Development Of Dance And Theatre In The East Asian Nations
- ... most famous performer of ching-hsi female roles in the 20th century, introduced a number of these highly active military plays into the repertoire. Kun-ch'u dramas told a long and involved story in great detail, often in 40 or 50 consecutive scenes. It became the custom in Peking opera to perform a bill of a number of acts or scenes from several plays, like a Western concert program. Concurrent ... 1964, when Jiang Qing, Mao’s wife, guided the composition of the first modern revolutionary operas, in which contemporary soldiers and workers were the heroes, until 1977, when traditional operas were completely banned. During the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-76), many traditional theatre artists were denounced or imprisoned. Famous modern drama figures such as Wu Han, author of Hai Rui baguan (1960; Hai Jui pa-kuan; Hai Jui dismissed from ...
- 6638: The Nature of Art
- ... orders that became the foundation of Western architecture. The next major phase of Greek art, called the Hellenistic period, was ushered in through the conquests of Philip II of Macedonia and his son Alexander the Great. Alexander vastly expanded his kingdom to include Egypt and the Near East to beyond the Indus River, which is now Pakistan. “While the political integrity of the empire did not survive the death of Alexander ... across Europe and the Mediterranean. Through conquest and bequest, Rome inherited the Hellenistic Greek world and many of its aesthetic precepts, which they took as a basis for their own artistic development. Roman generals hauled great quantities of Greek art back to Rome as booty, wealthy Romans commissioned adaptations of famous Greek sculptures for private collections, and Greek artists migrated to Rome in search of good work. With the collapse of ...
- 6639: Death of a Salesman: Linda
- ... play Linda keeps Willy from facing the truth about himself. Linda also continues to give Willy undeserved compliments, agreeing with him on his looks and ambition. This aids Willy in building himself up into a great man. For example, when Willy plans to see Howard Wagner about getting a job in New York instead of traveling, the reader knows that this is impossible, yet Linda encourages him and falsely joins in ... and Happy is still determined to be the wonderful salesman that his father never became. Even though Linda’s manner of acting didn’t seem wrong to her, it’s obvious that she had a great influence in the downfall of her family.
- 6640: Reflections on Ipi Ntombi
- ... of tradition versus modernization. Act one portrays a very traditional Zulu tribe. While men and women danced, wearing grass skirts, beads, shells, and animal hides, native drums kept the beat alive. The people danced with great emotion, and they took great pride in their dancing, their tribe, and their tribe leader. At the end of Act I, the tribe leader’s son returns dressed in a hat, T-shirt, jeans and boots. He tells his father ...
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