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- 18201: Teenage Sex
- Teenagers in the United States are experimenting with sexual activities more and more today than ever before. According to Charles Krauthammer, "Sex oozes from every pore of the culture and there's not a kid in the world who can avoid it." (Meier, 1994, p. 7). Teenagers are surrounded by some sort of sexual connotations all the time. Whether it is television, radio, school, or even the ... year (Meier, 1994, p. 9). In the movies or on television, the actors and actresses make sex look easy, fun and glamorous. It appears to be something everyone is doing. On television shows like "Dawson's Creek", sex is usually the major topic of the entire show. Whether it is guys and girls, guys and guys, girls and girls, or multiple persons of each sex, the sex act itself is a ... 20-year low in the teen pregnancy rate and an impressive decline in the teen birth rate, the United States still has the highest teen pregnancy rate of any industrialized country (Casey Foundation, 1996). That's not saying a whole lot for our nation. In Kids Having Kids: A Robin Hood Foundation Special Report on the Costs of Adolescent Childbearing, researchers note, "During her first 12 years of parenthood, the ...
- 18202: History Of Jazz And Classical Music
- ... actually mastered both. A comparison of classical and Jazz music will yield some interesting results and could also lead to an appreciation of the abilities needed to perform or compose these kinds of music. Let's begin with a look at the histories of the two. The music called classical, found in stores and performed regularly by symphonies around the world, spans a length of time from 1600 up to the ... we find American composers writing this kind of art music. For the sake of convention, we can refer to Western Art Music as Classical music. Jazz is a distinctively American form of music, and it's history occupies a much smaller span of time. Its origins are found in the early 1900s as some dance band leaders in the southern U.S. began playing music that combined ragtime and blues. Early exponents of this dance music were Jelly Roll Martin (a blues player) and Scott Joplin (ragtime). The terms "Jazz" and "Jazz Band" first surfaced in ...
- 18203: Bladerunner
- The Fallen Angel: Analysis of the Final Scenes of Blade Runner. Director Ridley Scott's Postmodern reply to the modern consists of recognizing that the past, since it cannot be destroyed, because it's destruction leads to silence, must be revisited. So memories and emotions are meaningless without immortality. " Like tears in the rain." Director Scott has a chilling story to tell, and there is a complex web of allegory and meaning lurking in the background. The final scene of Blade Runner reveal religious and philosophical parallels and these are Milton's Paradise Lost and humanity itself. God is questioned, mocked and finally destroyed. The use of tightly framed shots, reaction shots, and mise en scene are used to highlite the allegoricall relationship to Christianity. Humanity ...
- 18204: Leda And The Swan
- ... these startling contrasts of vocabulary and imagery, Yeats propels the power and intensity of the poem. Critical Survey of Poetry states that Virtually all commentators dwell upon the power, economy, and impact of the poem s language and imagery, especially in the opening sections, which seem to be concerned predominantly, if not exclusively, with mere description of the scene and events themselves (3716). Yeats fuses the myth and the potent language ... gives us the nearly perfect example of the fusion of mythology and system and intuitive assertion so dramatized in crises as to provide an inexhaustible system in contemplation without loss of intensity (397). The poem s oppositions inherent in the swan and Leda divulge its significance. Yeats incorporates contradictions of beauty and malice to show that beauty can serve as a mask for evil. The swan, though glorious in its physical ... blow: the great wings beating still Above the staggering girl (lines 1-2). Zeus uncompromising force easily entraps young Leda, pushing her into rape. The act is quick and bizarre yet intense and fierce. Leda s thighs are caressed by the dark webs (lines 2-3), a subtle yet disturbing image. This conflicting imagery is potent, and it shows how Zeus transforms himself into a wondrous and violent creature, a ...
- 18205: The Truth May Be Hidden In Reality, But Expressed In Fiction
- ... Truth May Be Hidden In Reality, But Expressed In Fiction OUTLINE THESIS STATEMENT: Charles Dickens drew on personal experiences in Great Expectations. I. Childhood A. Both unloved by mothers 1. Dickens’ mother died 2. Pip’s mother died B. Working Young 1. Dickens’ started working at fifteen years old and became independent 2. Pip became an apprentice for Joe as a young teenager and became independent C. Caretakers drift away 1. Dickens’ father goes to prison 2. Pip’s Aunt Joe gets delirious and then dies D. Bad experiences with women 1. Dickens’ relationships do not last long 2. Pip’s love, Estella, does not like him and looks down on him II. Adulthood A. Fortune 1. Dickens becomes a successful writer 2. Pip becomes a gentleman and gets a benefactor B. Changes 1. Dickens ...
- 18206: Macbeth 9
- ... is present in every tragedy, as a person tries to overcome their flaws and fit the mold of their ideal. William Shakespeare plainly defined a good man in the play "Macbeth". This goal by it s definition is a difficult one for any man to achieve. Prudence and logic, temperance and patients, as well as the vindication of honor are Shakespeare s defining characteristics of a good man. As with any well written tragedy, Macbeth s title character and hero had to fall from his place of greatness to see his faults and begin his agonizing climb back to his previous position. His position, that of a good man, was ...
- 18207: Midsummer Nights Dream Charact
- The story of A Midsummer Night's Dream was that of love. Throughout the play, Shakespeare tried to show that love is unpredictable, unreasonable, and at times is blind. The primary focus in this play was love and its relation to marriage. Shakespeare carefully and skillfully used the presence of a wedding to add to the dramatic action of the play. After all, a wedding was the culmination of lover's vows and the commencement of their marriage. The theme of love was repeatedly used during the play and practically everything that was said and done was related to this concept of love. Shakespeare made all of the different characters intermingle and intertwine causing their lives to crisscross, circle, and even parallel each other's. This was an ingenious display of character manipulation. At first, everything was very confusing, and the characters were faced with many different problems. In the end, however, they were still able to persevere and ...
- 18208: Sir Launcelot
- Sir Launcelot Of all the knights of Arthur's round table, Sir Launcelot is recognized as the greatest that ever lived. In Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, Sir Launcelot has proven himself the most noble and most extraordinary knight of the time of Camelot. Despite his vast acclaim and renowned reputation, certain acts, perhaps in good faith, yet in conflict with the basic political laws of the land, have earned him the second title of traitor. Sir Launcelot was the most respected knight of King Arthur's court as well as the personal favorite of King Arthur's. Everyone agreed that he was the finest knight in Camelot for he was never defeated in any battle. Often, he even took on ...
- 18209: Humanism And The Renaissance
- ... it must be expanded upon to include its origins and historical significance. The ancient Greeks and Romans first developed the idea of humanism as a very simplistic idea- to achieve excellence in life through one's own accomplishments and endeavors. For hundreds of years, this was the primary definition of humanism. That all changed during the fourteenth century. A rebirth in an interest in things classical or ancient Greek and Roman ... well as the Holy Bible. Pico della Mirandola practiced both Renaissance and Classical humanism. He focused on the relation of the human to the divine, seeing in human beings the summit and purpose of God's creation. Renaissance humanists were concerned about defining the human's place in God's plan and the relation of the human to the divine. Pico della Mirandola's Oration on the Dignity of Man epitomizes his humanist rational. In Oration, he cites sources ranging ...
- 18210: Maggie, A Girl From The Street
- The novel, Maggie, A Girl of the Streets, by Stephen Crane, takes place in the slums of New York City during the 1890 s. It is about a girl, Maggie Johnson, who is forced to grow up in a tenement house. She had a brother, Jimmie, an abusive mother, Mary, and a father who died when Maggie was young. When Maggie grew up, she met her boyfriend, Pete. In Maggie s eyes, Pete was a sophisticated young man who impressed Maggie because he treated her better than she had been treated to all of her life. Once Maggie s mother and brother found out that Maggie was sleeping with this man, Mary threw Maggie out into the streets, condemning her to a life of evil. Eventually, Pete decided he no longer wished to ...
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