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Ballet, Sleeping Beauty And Ba
Number of Words: 1065 / Number of Pages: 4
... when ballets were participatory. The performers interacted with the audience(including royalty). When Petipa choreographed Sleeping Beauty, the performers had become separate from the audience where they sat and watched the ballet without participating.
Because of the change in interactions between the audience and performers, the first noticeable difference is the construction of each of the stages. The introduction and conclusion to the performances begins differently in that Sleeping Beauty opens and closes with the large curtain revealing the stage. In Ballet Comique De La Reine, curtains to ...
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Our Hearts Fell To The Ground
Number of Words: 566 / Number of Pages: 3
... show the tragedy the Plains Indian had to endure from the white settlers and their greed for land and prosperity.
From the slaughter of whole tribes, the out break of the unseen killer, and the forced assimilation through the
reservation systems were only a few explanations for why the Indians numbers dwindled in the 1800s. It was not until the middle of the twentieth century that the reality of their suffering showed up in history books. Any writings prior only portrayed the Native American as savages and rebellious people, almost to a romance climax. Unlike the books in the past, ...
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A Separate Peace
Number of Words: 735 / Number of Pages: 3
... Instead, he blames his presence in the tree on Phineas. Finny also has the role of being the leader in their friendship. They sustain the balance of the friendship when Phineas thinks of something to do, and Gene supports him. The problem with this is that Gene only trails Finny so that he would not “lose face with [him].” Gene never speaks up when he has a problem, hereby damaging their lines of communication. Another principal factor that dissolves the bond between them is Gene’s jealousy. Gene is envious of Finny’s athletic and social power. Finny has the ability to talk his way out of any tou ...
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Adventures On The Rapids
Number of Words: 500 / Number of Pages: 2
... The adults went in another. About an hour after we left, we made our first stop; an enormous rock midstream. We sat there for several minutes hopped back into the raft and we were on our way, rushing down the river, nearing towards the end.
As we approached the last of the rapids, our guide asked if we wanted to surf up them. Surfing is basically paddling up a rapid. We practiced for several minutes, because you have to get used to paddling against the current, then you can go up against a rapid. We were prepared, and ready for the last of the excitement in our adventure on the rapids.
Fighting our w ...
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Handmaids Tale Loss Of Identit
Number of Words: 519 / Number of Pages: 2
... more and more each day, the mask becomes her real face.
When revolution occurred in the United States, the narrator was not yet known as Offred. Only after they relinquished her job, family, and past, and she no longer had much of an identity left, did they finally remove her name. With a name comes a person’s identity, and even though everything else has been taken away from them, a person always has the well being of their individuality. However, with the removal of her name and the placement of one such as ‘Offred’, it can cause one to think of themselves as insignificance. T ...
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Like A Winding Sheet
Number of Words: 437 / Number of Pages: 2
... ride home was almost unbearable.
As Johnson’s character develops throughout this short story, some key events push him to his limit and cause him to lose control. First, an incident with his white female boss, his so-called “forelady”, in which she called him a “nigger”. Second, Johnson is standing in line for a cup of coffee. As soon as he is at the coffee urn to receive a cup of coffee the white waitress says, “No more coffee for awhile.” Third, Johnson arrives at home and his wife Mae has the radio turned up extremely loud. She is obnoxiously chewing her gum and accuses Johnson of picking o ...
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Romeo And Juliet, Human Action
Number of Words: 539 / Number of Pages: 2
... to die, if what thou speak’st speak not of remedy" (Act 4, sc i, ll 66-67) is her attitude towards her situation. She then accepts the friar’s solution and decides to take the poison. "Give me, give me! Oh tell me not of fear" (Act 4, sc 1, ll 121) are her words spoken to the friar. Her actions here are to be brave and to rush into the plan. Her actions are more important than the friars in this scene because she has all the control. The friars actions are mostly suggestions and thoughts while her actions are the ones that are physical and are actually put into use.
This scene isn’ ...
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Oliver Twist
Number of Words: 986 / Number of Pages: 4
... Charles Dickens' childhood in a blacking factory (which was overshadowed by the Marshalsea Prison ). While working in the blacking factory, Dickens suffered tremendous humiliation. This humiliation is greatly expressed through Oliver's adventures at the orphanage before he is sent away.
Throughout his lifetime, Dickens appeared to have acquired a fondness for "the bleak, the sordid, and the austere.² (Bloom 231) Most of , for example, takes place in London's lowest slums. The
city is described as a maze which involves a "mystery of darkness,
anonymity, and peril." (Bloom 232) Many of the settings, su ...
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Hamlet - A 1990s Adolescent
Number of Words: 806 / Number of Pages: 3
... cool throughout the play, and Fortinbras who collected
an army to fight for his uncle’s land and honor, Hamlet’s maturity
level for his time is low, especially for being a prince. Today
Hamlet’s age group is more immature than during his own time so
he relates to the youth of the 1990’s better than he does with the
adolescents of his own time.
Sarcasm, and blunt rudeness is often used by Hamlet in order
to offend people that, during his time, he should not have
offended. Hamlet often used the hasty marriage of his mother to
offend Claudius. The first time tha ...
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Critical Essay - Brave New Wor
Number of Words: 646 / Number of Pages: 3
... lack of individuality that is present throughout the society. A reader will enjoy this because individuality is a key aspect of life. People strive to make themselves known for who they are and not for what nation they represent. Society is trying to detract itself from discrimination due to race, gender or any other characteristic. The lack of individuality present in "Brave New World" appeals to the reader's need for individuality and causes them to take interest in the plot of the story.
This story is based on happiness of the people and the way that it is attained is by the absence of love, ...
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