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- 2921: Johann Bach
- ... his son-in-law only days before his death. Bach was that rare composer whose genius cannot be summed up, even approximated, by any known means. He was the supreme master of counterpoint, fugue, vocal writing, melody, chamber composition, solo instrument repertoire...the list is endless. His Passions are arguably the greatest compositions ever created for choral ensemble and orchestra. His solo works (for violin, and cello) are of such beauty and perfection of form that their secrets have never been divulged fully, not even by the greatest virtuosi on those instruments. His writing for keyboard - the Goldberg Variations and The Well-Tempered Clavier, among others - reveal an unsurpassed ability to combine intricate musical structure with pure spiritual force; in fact, most leading musicians point to the mastery of ...
- 2922: Wolf's "The Child By Tiger" and Bowen's "Tears, Idle Tears": The Innocence Of The Child
- Wolf's "The Child By Tiger" and Bowen's "Tears, Idle Tears": The Innocence Of The Child Many writers have found writing about the human psyche very interesting. The story, "The Child by Tiger", by Thomas Wolf, is about an African American servant who initially seems to be very skilful and moral but who turns out to ... Bowen understand that the innocence of their young characters add a perspective that only young children could bring. In conclusion, the two stories, "The Child By Tiger" and "Tears, Idle Tears", both use many different writing techniques to develop their themes. By using these techniques the authors are allowed to create main characters that can fully emphasise the point that they are trying to get across to the reader. Thomas Wolfe ...
- 2923: Ray Bradbury
- ... Dracula', .....and 'King Kong'." His family only stayed in Tuscan for a year, but Bradbury feels: "It was one of the greatest years of my life because I was acting and singing in operettas and writing, my first short stories." In 1934 his family moved to Los Angeles, where Bradbury has remained. He attended Los Angeles High School, where he wrote and took part in many dramatic productions. His literary tastes were broadened to include Thomas Wolfe and Ernest Hemingway when he took a creative writing course. In 1938 Los Angeles High School yearbook, the following prediction appeared beneath his picture: Likes to write stories Admired as a thespian Headed for literary distinction After graduation Bradbury sold newspapers until he saved ...
- 2924: Crime and Punishment: Is There or is There Not Such a Thing as Crime?
- ... raised by our parents and environment to learn that murder [infanticide] is ethically evil. So, using this knowledge we automati¬ cally process this information as wrong! That is why it is difficult to extrapolate in writing on the subject of why particular acts are defined as ‘criminal'. Murder and especially infanticide is low-down dirty wrong, as seen by the majority of this Earth's population. There may be exceptions to ... it was just the views of the time. Most of the Americans in this era thought of these views as acceptable, although a handful questioned the integrity of these acts with literature and propaganda. The writing of Beloved constituted sort of a memorial memorandum to these acts unjustly committed on the African-American people. These people were repressed and they definitely felt this was a crime. It was not until the ...
- 2925: John F. Kennedy
- ... committed a crime, and Kennedy was too rational and reasonable a man to remain indiferent to the extremism known as Mcarthyism. Kennedy often was a thorn in McCarthy's side obstructing many of McCarthy's personal choices for various offices and by serving on certain committies of which McCarthy was chairman, such as the Government Operations Committee (Sorensen 46). Kennedy's political philosophy revoloved around the idea that one could not allow the pressures of party responisbility to cloud ones personal responsibility. Meaning after all was said and done that the decision falls upon yourself to make the choice regardless of what your party platform was. Of course the platfrom had significant merit, nevertheless it still ...
- 2926: Techniques Of William Shakespe
- Writing Style The English language, as we know it in the modern world has changed dramatically since the dawn of the Elizabethan era. Shakespeare and many other writer's of his time looked towards the English ... a certain word or phrase but witch a deliberate shift in its meaning. Shakespeare enjoyed using metaphor and puns to express his views in different perspectives. Imagery: The precision of Shakespeare's imagery gives his writing its unique style. For example,in Macbeth, horrified by his murder of King Duncan, Macbeth looks at his bloodstained hands and says: "What hands are here? Ha! They pluck out mine eyes! Will all great ...
- 2927: English Phonetic Interference
- ... language of their new home. Almost all people claim to read in their second language more proficiently than they speak1, however, emigres who attend high school and college in a foreign country often find themselves writing more often in their second language than in their first. After time, the second language becomes the default language of writing for these emigres and the spelling in their native language deteriorates2. As the second language becomes more frequently relied on than the first, several aspects of the second language will affect the first, which is ...
- 2928: Stanley And Livingstone And Th
- ... up to the rest of the world and unraveled the mystery of the Dark Continent. BIBLIOGRAPHY Primary Sources Stanley, Henry. How I Found Livingstone. New York: Charles Scribner's Son, 1913. Stanley tells about his personal experience in find Livingstone. He gives detailed information about the search. Stanley, Henry. In Darkest Africa Volume 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Son, 1891. Stanley provides us with his personal view of his explorations in Africa. He tells about the things he observed and the way he feels. Stanley, Henry. In Darkest Africa Volume 2. New York: Charles Scribner's Son, 1891. Stanley provides more ...
- 2929: Cognitive Artifacts & Windows 95
- ... do list. The wizard takes a complex task and breaks it into discrete pieces by asking questions and responding to those questions based on the answers. Using Norman's theories on system view and the personal view of artifacts, we see that the system views the wizard as an enhancement. For example, we wanted to set up the Internet explorer, you click on the icon answer the wizard's questions and ... configuring the task yourself. The wizard performs all the functions on its little to-do list without having the user worrying about whether he/she remembered to include all the commands. On the side of personal views the user may see the wizard as a new task to learn but in general it is simpler than having to configure the application yourself and making an error, that could cause disaster to ...
- 2930: Tennessee William's A Streetcar Named Desire
- ... Dakin Williams. Cornelius was a traveling and was was out of town for a majority of Tennesse’s childhood. When he was home, he was very unsupportive of his son’s creative interests, especially his writing. He would even call Tennessee “Miss Nancy” to poke fun at his son’s desire to write instead of play sports like the stereotypical boy should. Tennessee was able to receive support from his mother ... had a nervous breakdown and had to quit his job in order to recuperate. In 1938, he attended the University of Iowa and was awarded a Bachelor of the Arts degree, after which he began writing as a career. His major works, some of which were turned into films and many performed on Broadway, include “A Glass Menagerie”(1943), “A Streetcar Named Desire”(1947), “The Rose Tattoo”(1951), “Cat on a ...
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