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- 1001: The History of Greek Theater
- ... arrived at his definition of tragedy. This explanation has a profound influence for more than twenty centuries on those writing tragedies, most significantly Shakespeare. Aristotle's analysis of tragedy began with a description of the effect such a work had on the audience as a "catharsis" or purging of the emotions. He decided that catharsis was the purging of two specific emotions, pity and fear. The hero has made a mistake ... methods. Menander's The Curmudgeon is the only complete extant play known by him to date, and it served as the basis for the later Latin writers to adapt. Adventure, brilliance, invention, romance and scenic effect, together with delightful lyrics and wisdom, were the gifts of the Greek theater. These conventions strongly affected subsequent plays and playwrights, having put forth influence on theater throughout the centuries. Bibliography Lucas, F.L., Greek ...
- 1002: Ontological And Cosmological A
- ... no end), etc. In short, God is the greatest being and none greater is possible. These characteristics have left people to have faith in the existence of God. When people can not show cause and effect for certain happenings they attribute their cause to God. There must be God to keep order in the world or as some people say to keep the world going in utter disorder. Cosmological Argument The ... whether the intermediate cause be several, or one only. But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infinity, there will be no first efficient cause, neither will there be an ultimate effect, nor any intermediate efficient causes; all of which is plainly false. Therefore it is necessary to admit a first efficient cause, to which everyone gives the name of God. (Pg.314). The third aspect of ...
- 1003: Hermes Carrying The Infant Dionysos
- ... but they are soft and almost created by shadow. In the drapery, the line is sharp and it is obvious where the folds are. On Dionysos’ legs, contour folds are also evident and give the effect that his legs are underneath the drapery, although you cannot see them. Form is the third component. The body of Hermes has very subtle form because of how painterly the line is. Form is only direct in the drapery, which has a three-dimensional effect. As for figural style, Hermes’ body is anatomically correct, proportionate and muscular. The only thing that does not seem proportionate is Hermes’ body as opposed to Dionysos. The texture of this sculpture is smooth except ...
- 1004: The Grapes of Wrath: Movie Review
- ... other places, or the towns folk could have just created a lynch mob, and eventually the people living in the development would leave. I believe that the economic situation of the country has a great effect on the fall, or succession of people like the Joads, but I don't believe government programs will effect them at all. For example, the great depression was a major economical event, and it greatly effected more then just people like the Joads, but programs like the public works administration which employed people for ...
- 1005: Opposition To Aviation Expansi
- ... growth but this is being met with fierce opposition. This paper introduces the opposition coalitions and groups that are surmounting. It takes an in depth look at their number one concern, aircraft noise, and the effect it has on the health of those in the local airport communities. Several health studies are referenced and statistical information is offered throughout. Noise abatement is addressed and future growth figures are offered. Opposition To ... higher than 74 dB. The resulting sleep deprivation would potentially affect over 100,000 to 700,000 people living in the communities surrounding a commercial airport (Walther, 1997). Chronic noise is also having a devastating effect on the academic performance of children in noisy homes and schools. Cornell University researchers have confirmed that children in schools bombarded by frequent aircraft noise don't learn to read as well as children in ...
- 1006: ON THE BEACH
- ... someone else has to suffer. In the novel, On the Beach, Nevil Shute creates an emotional impact on the reader by showing how man misuses his intelligence, how people react to the situation and the effect of the loss of a loved one. Over centuries mankind has beared heavy losses due to the misuse of intelligence. Man has used his sophisticated, superior brain for the production of things like weapons, nuclear ... of his deadly creations. Little did he notice that someday his very own creations could bring about his own death. The most scary part, however, is that these chemical bombs are global killers, i.e. effect of the explosion of a nuclear bomb dropped in one part of the world can gradually spread all over the globe killing every living organism, sometimes even bacteria because of it’s intense radioactive levels ...
- 1007: Japanese Animation
- ... inspirations become animation. Also as a result, Japanese animators have, over the years, developed their own techniques of frame production. For example, Japanese animators use a variety of camera angles. Ed Goodwin illustrates such ciematic effect in his description of Japanese animated television: A Japanese animated TV show...absolutely overflows with tracking-shots, long-view establishing shots, fancy pans, unusual point-of-view ‘camera angles’ and extreme close-ups. In contrast ... and so makes use of a variety of coloring styles in order to fully make use of visual story telling. To the Japanese animator, color is a cinematic tool, and is utilized to achieve creative effect. Finally, the superior quality of Japanese animation production can be witnessed on a quantative basis, to a point, based on the actual number of animation frames used. While American animation uses on average twenty-four ...
- 1008: Heart Of Darkness By Joseph Co
- ... such positive phrases as "to enlighten," for instance, are conventionally opposed to negative ones such as "to be in the dark," the traditional expectations are reversed. In Kurtz's painting, as we have seen, "the effect of the torch light on the face was sinister" (Watt 332). Ian Watt, author of "Impressionism and Symbolism in Heart of Darkness," discusses about the destruction set upon the Congo by Europeans. The destruction set ... painted a painting releasing his knowledge of the horror and what is to come. A painting of a blindfolded woman carrying a lighted torch was discussed in the book. The background was dark, and the effect of the torch light on her face was sinister. The oil painting suggests the blind and stupid ivory company, fraudulently letting people believe that besides the ivory they were taking out of the jungle, they ...
- 1009: Dionysus The Peoples God
- ... He wandered until he met the Rhea, who cured him of his madness and made him the Olympian god he was destined to be. This brief history of the coming of Dionysus has a great effect on how he rules as a god. Dionysus, other than his famed title of God of Wine, was also a go of birth and rejuvenation for all life. One of the major components of the ... fall into a nocturnal trance and stay up all night. It is said that the hallucinogen also took the worshippers minds to a primal state, like an animal. This also incorporates another aspect of the effect that Dionysus had on Classical Greek culture, madness. The last, but not the least, important influence that Dionysus had on Classical Greece was the fear or acceptance of madness. Dionysus' experiences with madness go back ...
- 1010: Comparison Of Perugino And Caravaggio
- ... This extreme differentiation in style resulted in a very different treatment of narrative. Perhaps this drastic stylistic difference between the Renaissance and Baroque in their treatment of form, space, and composition and how these characteristics effect the narrative of a painting cannot be seen more than in comparing Perugino’s Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to St. Peter from the Early Renaissance to Caravaggio’s Conversion of St. Paul ... implies movement and adds emotional interest to the painting, rather than classical understanding.Rather than organizing space in simple planes like Perugino, Caravaggio does not apply planes to his work. Instead, he creates a receding effect in which planes gradually recede in to the distance. Again, this adds interest and mystery to the painting.He creates receding space by an implied vanishing point rather than the one that Perugino gives the ...
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