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Examination Of Music History
Number of Words: 1157 / Number of Pages: 5
... part in both the public and private lives of the Greeks. They believed it could deeply affect human behavior. Greek music was built up of a series of distinct modes, each with it's own name. According to the doctrine of ethos, each mode was so powerful that it gave music the ability to influence human actions in a precise way. The Phrygian mode expressed passionate and intimate emotions, where as the Dorian mode produced forceful, rigid feelings.
In later Greek history the doctrine of ethos was widely argued by the most philosophical of men. Plato and Aristotle both had broadly different views on the ...
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Runaways And The Abolition Movement: The Underground Railroad
Number of Words: 1356 / Number of Pages: 5
... and the runaways. Only recently
researchers have discovered the work created by courageous agents such as
David Ruggles, Calvin Fairbank, Josiah Henson, and Erastus Hussey. The
identity of others that also contributed to this effort will never be fully
recognized. Though scholars estimate that Underground Railroad conductors
assisted thousands of refugees, the total number of runaways whom they
aided to freedom will never be known simply because of the movement's
secrecy. Conductors usually did not attempt to record these figures, and
those who did only calculated the number of runaways whom they perso ...
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What Is Meant By The Era Of Good Feelings
Number of Words: 1091 / Number of Pages: 4
... of sectionalism. His cabinet reflects this attitude. Representing the North he appointed John Quincy Adams (a Federalist) as secretary of state. To represent the South he appointed John C. Calhoun as secretary of war. In an attempt to create a government of unification, a major problem is encountered, the issue of slavery. In 1819 the number of slave and free states was equal. Then, Missouri applied to the Union as a slave state. Northern politicians protested Missouri’s admission, because they did not want to break the sectional balance. Southern politicians believed that they needed a ...
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Why Does Theatre Survive
Number of Words: 1290 / Number of Pages: 5
... of ecstasy and empathy for the human experience -- an inspiring event!
Another fact which provides the survival of the art form of theatre lies in the very nature of mankind: its inner voyeuristic drive. The desire to watch other people dealing with their conflicts and fates challenges as well as reinforces values and the morality of society. As human beings we are learning by examples from others and our own experiences. What better place therefore than the theatre to form for ourselves an idea of life and its consequences? An inviting and exciting opportunity to watch believable stories and situat ...
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Real Heroes
Number of Words: 492 / Number of Pages: 2
... be considered as heroes. How about the brave soldiers fight for wealth and land for the King, are they heroes? Absolutely, they are not heroes. They are the puppets of the King.
In the Road Warrior, the result of the battle is the increase of deaths. Max has not put any afford on avoiding the conflict. He is full of anger because he has lost all his family.
The evil side of him stimulates his desire to kill and fight. Besides, the Mohawks in the movie are just troublemakers. They are not scared of getting hurt and being killed, so they are brave. From their appearance, they are strong to. So can they ...
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The Flying Men
Number of Words: 1460 / Number of Pages: 6
... own versions. "Throughout their lives, the brothers experimented
with mechanical things Wilbur would come up with the ideas and Orville
would analyse and implement them." (McMahon 23).
The two brothers opened a shop in 1896 to build and repair bicycles.
The same year, Otto Lilienthal was killed when his glider crashed and the
Wrights began to search the problems of human flight. After reading all
the information they could find in Dayton, Wilbur wrote to the Smithsonian
Instituion to ask for all the information it had on aeronautics. The
brothers showed pure dedication. They read books, ...
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The Salem Witch Trials
Number of Words: 1817 / Number of Pages: 7
... to whether these fits were true in nature, or if the girls were acting. There has also been some discussion as to the possibility that the girls were caught in behavior that they knew they would be punished for, and they chose to make up their ‘illness’ so as not to be punished. When the girls were pressed as to an explanation for their actions, “they identified their tormentors as two…women -- Sarah Osborne, Sarah Goode. They also pointed to (Rev Parris's slave), Tituba (Breslaw 103).
On March 1, 1692, magistrates John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin conducted an examination at the Meeting House. Sarah ...
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Higher Learning
Number of Words: 1384 / Number of Pages: 6
... is the act of running. Malik is portrayed throughout the film as running, signifying a progression from a typical gangbanger to an educated athlete. Conversely, periods throughout the film where Malik is off the track team or not running, Singleton digresses Maliks' education and reverts the character back to a hoodlum. Evidence of this is when Malik is kicked off the track team, and Dr. Phipps informs Malik that his paper is not up to university standards. Another symbol strongly used in the film is the character Deja. Deja's character exemplifies tolerance and innocence lost. She dedicates her ...
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Address At March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom
Number of Words: 598 / Number of Pages: 3
... doesn’t happen.
Also in his speech he says “we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream”. That quote meant that we the people will not give up until all this segregation between races is over with and settled.
Then all throughout the end of his speech he talks about the same thing and that is how we the people will wake up some day and treat each other as if it was there mother, father, sister, brotherIn this speech made by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. he is trying to get many points across. They specifically are on people who treat black p ...
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History Of Greek Theater
Number of Words: 2232 / Number of Pages: 9
... attempted to explain how an
audience could observe tragic events and still have a pleasurable
experience. Aristotle, by searching the works of writers of Greek
tragedy, Aeschulus, Euripides and Sophocles (whose Oedipus Rex he
considered the finest of all Greek tragedies), 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 ...
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