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- 2971: The Development Of Dance And Theatre In The East Asian Nations
- ... A southern drama tells a sustained story in colloquial language; flexible verses (ch'u) were set to popular music, making both music and poetry accessible to the ordinary spectator. Professional playwrights belonging to Hang-chous writing societies (shuhui) wrote large numbers of southern dramas for local troupes. Of these, 113 titles and 3 play texts remain, preserved in an imperial collection of the 15th century. Chang Hsieh chuang-yuan (Top Graduate ... or six performers. They would tour the countryside if they had no work in the large cities, thus spreading urban styles of performing arts throughout the vast region of China. Yuan period Scholars turned to writing drama in the Yuan period (1206-1368) when they were removed from their positions in the government by Chinas new Mongol rulers, descendants of Genghis Khan. They developed the earlier northern style of tsa ...
- 2972: Othello
- ... friend" Iago. At first glance, Iago seems to have no motive for the destruction he is causing. However, despite Iago's unquestionable malignancy, the motivation behind his actions lie more in Iago's quest for personal gain, as opposed to just being evil for evil's sake. In order to achieve his personal gain Iago manipulates Rodrigo, Cassio and, most importantly, Othello. Iago's main interest is the destruction of Othello. The reason being that Othello has chosen another man, Cassio, as his second-in-command, preferring him ...
- 2973: Emily Dickinson
- ... with his family. It was about this time that Emily totally secluded herself from the world and started what would be world famous poems throughout the future . She adopted her ideas on poetry from her personal life, her fondness of nature, death, and her dislike of organized religion. War is occasionally pulled into Emily's poems also. Emily seemed truly concerned over happenings in her personal life. So she mainly focused her writings on the loss of her lover. In "I Never Saw A Moor," she describes things that she had never seen or experienced before but she knows what they ...
- 2974: Brave New World 6
- ... it is obvious that, overall, the Savages have more practical abilities, have more, complicated, ideals, and are much more advanced emotionally, which all help the individual to grow. The Savage Reservation provides more opportunities for personal growth than does the Fordian society. Throughout the story, it is shown how the Fordian society is much more advanced technologically than the Savage Reservation. Because the Reservation is not fully equipped with well-developed ... Savage society teaches us that pre-industrial values may have as much to offer us as modern technological society does, and possibly more. The so-called Savage society is far more realistic, and shows stronger personal values than the more superficial Fordian society. Above all, the 'Savages' can express their inner soul far more effectively than their industrial counterparts.
- 2975: An Analysis of "This Boy's Life"
- ... consciousness, the boys came to realize their weaknesses. In an effort to hide their weaknesses, they participated in deviant behavior in order to quench their thirst for power and strength. Tobias Wolff's intentions in writing such a powerful book were to find out how he became the man he is today, and as a healing tool for him to finally let go of the pain he felt as a child ... moments, or anything that might make him look like a bad person. The memoir seems completely honest and straightforward, which is exactly the way he had to write it in order to help heal himself. Writing this book must have brought back a number of painful and humiliating memories, but in doing so he allowed himself to put them to rest once and for all. I'm sure that Tobias Wolff ...
- 2976: Julius Caesar: Conspiracy Theory
- ... republic, but in reality the Roman Senate ruled the country. The people had representation, but they had little power in the government. Each senator was a small ruler, of sorts. They were worried about their personal status. Cassius alludes to this selfish desire to preserve that power when talking to Brutus: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars (destinies), But in ourselves, that we are underlings. Brutus and Caesar ... choice. But, except for maybe in cases of self-defense, is murder ever justified? This case of murder for the greater good is anything but honorable or noble. The American Heritage Dictionary defines honor as "personal integrity maintained without legal or other obligation" (A. H. Dictionary p. 620). There is nothing honorable about stabbing an unarmed and unsuspecting man. Caesar could not defend himself from his attackers and never would have ...
- 2977: Why You Should Purchase A PC
- ... age of computers for a short while now and there are already many people world wide that are computer literate. According to Using Computers: A Gateway to Information World Wide Web Edition, over 250 million Personal Computers (PC's) were in use by 1995, and one out of every three homes had a PC (Shelly, Cashman,& Waggoner, 138). Computers are easy to use when you know how they work and what ... the world, buy airline, sports, and music tickets, and shop for a house or a car. All of this, and more, provides one with a limitless supply of information for research, business, entertainment, or other personal use. Online services such as America Online, Prodigy, or CompuServe make it even easier to access the power of the Internet. The Internet alone is almost reason enough to become computer literate, but there is ...
- 2978: History of Public Schools
- ... schools, but the education available in these institutions was inferior by any standards. Although many laborers were uneducated, factory owners did take notice of the few laborers who were fortunate to learn basic reading and writing skills, as well as basic arithmetic. These workers were able to read instructions and solve basic math problems. Their skills allowed them to perform their duties more efficiently and their knowledge also saved the factory ... public education became a more accepted concept. Massachusetts became the first state to pass laws requiring all children to attend grade schools. They provided funding for free grade schools, in which students studied reading, spelling, writing, arithmetic, and a little geography and history. Following Massachusetts example, many New England states soon followed suit. Free schooling became a trend and by the 1850s, all of the Northern and many of the Southern ...
- 2979: An Analysis of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- An Analysis of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn In Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain simply wrote about a boy and the river. In doings so Twain presents the reader with his personal view of mankind, whether he wants to or not: Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to ... good souls." Before leaving the King and the Duke sell off every worldly possession of the Wilk's estate, as well as the slaves. Racism runs throughout the book. Huck is faced with his own personal conflict with racism. He is faced with the dilemma whether or not to turn Jim in. Huck makes his decision when he says, "I'll go to Hell." (206) Huck decides that saving Jim is ...
- 2980: William Gibson's Neuromancer: Cyberspace
- ... them located around the world. Each board has a theme. These themes range from astronomy to racist neo-nazi crap. A boards theme helps users in their search for a board that will satisfy their personal preference. A third catagory is the Private System. These private systems sometime run bulletin boards privately, not letting the public acess. In these private systems users can perform specialized computer operations, or access to data ... have access to the rooms so multiple users can ask questions. One popular resourse is education. A user can find endless amounts of information either on the internet, on-line services, chat rooms, or even personal computer software. The internet is bigger than any library and it is possible to find any type of information needed.
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