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- 7961: Japanese Aesthetics, Wabi-sabi
- Aesthetics: In the Western world, aesthetics is considered the branch of philosophy that is concerned with concepts of value and beauty as they relate to the arts. Philosophers from Plato until the present time have had rigid ideas about what artists should create and what people should like, but in today's world, aestheticians represent a variety of approaches to the philosophy of art. Aesthetics, in the broadest sense, may be thought of as a worldview, a view that may be markedly different in other cultures. Objects from ... the Momoyama period in the second half of the 16th century, Rikyu established a tea ceremony that reflects a simple and quiet taste, the form that is practiced and taught in Japan and throughout the world today. He also designed a simple, separate building to house the ceremony based on a typical Japanese farmer's rustic hut. Rikyu further formalized the tea ceremony's rules of behavior and identified the ...
- 7962: Les Miserables
- ... man". With this kindness that was given to Valjean, he decided that he will be able to start his life again. In the opening scene Valjean has a soliloquy where he discusses how cruel the world is once branded a criminal. Javert can be considered the protagonist and the big bad giant of the play. Although he is a law abiding officer he has no tolerance for the poor criminal whose ... view about the revolution; Cassette and mariuses leaving each other; Eponine's loss of Marius; Valjean looking forward to the battle; and the Thenardiers dreaming of the riches they will take from the chaos of war. The students have now built their barricade and Marius noticing that Eponine has joined the revolt sends her with a letter to Cossette which is intercepted by Valjean. When Valjean realizes how much the two ...
- 7963: Psychology Comparison
- Psychology comparison The world, today, is exposed to a plethora of information, substantiated or not. Since newspapers and other secondary source material is responsible for relaying information to much of the population it is important to understand and realize ... as an example for other such circumstances. The secondary-source article comes from the August 30, 1998 edition of the New York Times. Written by Amy Harmon, the report is titled ŇResearchers Find Sad Lonely World in Cyberspace.Ó The article goes on to explain that researchers at Carnegie Mellon University completed a study (later identified as the ŇHomenetÓ study) that examines the social and psychological effects of Internet use in ... They carefully monitored for other control variables that could influence these things. Internet usage was automatically monitored watching specifically for the major applications the Internet was used for and finding that e-mail and the World Wide Web consumed most of the participants time. What they found was that greater use of the Internet was associated with declines in family communication as well as declines in the local and distant ...
- 7964: Julius Caesar
- ... and eventually avenged. In the words of Caesar's devoted follower and companion Mark Antony, "His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in him that Nature might stand up and say to the world, 'This was a man!'" This work of William Shakespeare was set around 44 BC in Rome. Julius Caesar had taken control of Rome and many Roman senators feared he would make himself king and make ... Catherine of Aragon, restored the Roman Catholic church and married her cousin, Philip II of Spain. She burned almost 300 Protestants, which made the people hate her and Rome, however, and her marriage led to war with France and the loss of Calais. This proved to be a serious period of political unrest in England, much like Rome was before the reign of Caesar. Then, in November of 1558, Bloody Mary ...
- 7965: Mark Antony
- ... crowd, “Look you here, here is himself/Marred as you see with traitors” (III ii 197-198). The people in the crowd were so moved by his speech that they were willing to go to war against the conspirators. By starting this civil war, Antony again risks his own life to get revenge on the assassins of Caesar. Antony realizes that loyalty is an advantageous quality for a person to possess. He emphasizes this speculation when he does not ... sarcastically calling them “honorable” men. He enrages the people of the crowd by convincing them that Caesar’s assassination was morally wrong and the conspirators are traitors. By his powerful speech, Antony has created civil war in Rome and he has no concern for the welfare of the citizens who will suffer in the strife. Antony again shows his ruthlessness when he condemns his own nephew to death by saying, “ ...
- 7966: Drugs And The Internet
- ... and young adults, and to drive the elders crazy. The twenties had the Charleston, the fifties sported huge neon blue and pink finned automobiles. The sixties invented the hippie craze, and the seventies inspired the world with the magically funkadelic sounds of disco. The eighties were unfortunate enough to grace us with glam rock, big hair, and pastels. Nearly any member of the youth of the nineties surely would say that ... it regularly. Take care of yourself, get some exercise, get some sunshine, get out in nature. Don't have your whole life revolve around just tripping and raving. Pay close attention to yourself and the world around you. Realize that what you see in life really depends on what you are looking for. Without any reason, do something good for yourself, a friend, a stranger and some one you don't ... Smile a lot, laugh out loud. This passage clearly shows a general attitude of warmth and caring for people in general, and urges those who do use illegal drugs to see the beauty of the world for itself. As some drug users take on the attitude that drugs come first in life, all else behind, it seems that the general attitude, at least in the Internet community, is to love ...
- 7967: Shel Silverstein
- ... a fit, They laughed until their jackets split. The laughter spread for miles around To every city, every town, Over mountains, 'cross the sea, From Saint Tropez to Mun San Nee. And soon the whole world rang with laughter, Lasting till forever after, While Cloony stood in the circus tent, With his head drooped low and his shoulders bent. And he said, " THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEANT -- I"M FUNNY JUST BY ACCIDENT." And while the world laughed outside, Cloony the clown sat down and cried. -- A Light in the Attic "No Difference" Small as a peanut, Big as a giant, Were all the same sizes When we turn off the light ... town, Then drank the Mississippi River just to wash it down. And when he'd eaten every state, each puppy, boy and girl He wiped his mouth upon his sleeve and went to eat the world. He ate the Egypt pyramids and every church in Rome, And all the grass in Africa and all the ice in Nome. He ate each hill in green Brazil and then to make things ...
- 7968: Reflections on Ipi Ntombi
- ... modern jazz tunes and native drums; church clothes and suits, and beads, clams, etc. This is the apex of the movie, which when the conflict is resolved. In Act Four, the Zulu tribe is at war. The tribe leader asks his son to help his tribe and fight. His son agrees to fight with the tribe. The war is over, and the son has decided to stay with his tribe in the Zulu village. This is the final action of the play. Ipi Ntombi is about a young man going through his own ... his father and the Zulu village. At first, he walks away from his heritage and background by wanting to have his wedding in the city, instead of the Zulu village, but after the tribe wages war, the young man goes fighting with his tribe, returning to stay and live in his native Zulu traditions.
- 7969: John Donne And Shakespeare
- ... less obvious than the Shakespearean sonnet. Even though he appears to address God, Donne uses violent, aggressive language. For example, he opens the poem with the words “Batter my heart”. One normally connects peace, not war, with God. The first line is written as an imperative, which is interesting, as it is usually accepted that God gives the commands for man to obey. The violent language that is used by Donne ... sonnet is more personal than Shakespeare’s sonnet as it is addressing a feeling that is probably felt only by him. Shakespeare is giving his views on love, a feeling that is known throughout the world. Although Shakespeare’s views of the love sonnet are controversial many people would have been able to relate to them. Donne’s sonnet would have been harder for the fifteenth century audience because few people ...
- 7970: King Lear Earl of Gloucester
- ... of Dover, Lear questions Gloucester's state: No eyes in your head, nor no money in your purse? Your eyes are in a heavy case, your purse in a light, yet you see how this world goes. Gloucester. I see it feelingly. (IV.vi.147-151) Here, Lear cannot relate to Gloucester because his vision is not clear, and he wonders how Gloucester can see without eyes. Although Lear has seen ... by the use of the reoccurring theme, clear vision. While Lear portrays a lack of vision, Gloucester learns that clear vision does not emanate from the eye. Throughout this play, Shakespeare is saying that the world cannot truly be seen with the eye, but with the heart. The physical world that the eye can detect can accordingly hide its evils with physical attributes, so clear vision cannot result from the eye alone. Lear's downfall was a result of his failure to understand that ...
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