...Vanessa Zsorey Dr. McCort College Comp 11 December 2015 Sonic Highways A band lasting as long as twenty years in the music industry with their original sound not suffering is a rarity. The Foo Fighters, led by the legendary Dave Grohl, are magnificent rockers who throughout two decades, continue to stay relevant in many ways. Throughout these twenty years they have released nine albums, each of which contained some of the biggest alternative rock hits of all time. Though they may not be riding the radio waves constantly or may only appeal to a shrinking audience, their craft has never once suffered. Their newest album, Sonic Highways, is pure proof that the Foo Fighters continuously try to push themselves out of their comfort zones in order to remain interesting to their fans. Sonic Highways was the most recent project the Foo Fighters have put out and the most creative of the past eight albums. The process to create this album was far more in depth and unique compared to the traditional methods. Typically, when a band decides they want to record, they find the closest studio that is in their price range and is the best quality necessary to fit the project. Mixing the recordings has gotten incredibly easy in recent times, where all that is really necessary is the ProTools program. With Protools, any errors can easily be cleaned and corrected, then moved on to the master CD and sent off to be pressed. A decade ago, recording and mixing were not nearly as simple or cheap...
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...die. Eventually everyone’s father dies. Hamlet is sad and angry at the same time. I think that Hamlet is resentful towards his mother, Gertrude. Hamlet feels that his mother has not mourned his father appropriately, that her mourning was too brief. He is also angry with her and his uncle for getting married. Hamlet feels that the marriage was too soon after the late King’s death. I think Hamlet is also bothered by the fact that Gertrude married her brother-in-law. Hamlet views it as being incestuous. There are more layers added to Hamlet’s mind. The ghost of his father appears to him in the fifth scene of the first act. The ghost tells Hamlet that he was murdered by his own brother. The ghost accuses King Claudius of pouring poison in his ear while he slept in the garden one afternoon. Hamlet is overwhelmed with this revelation. “O, my prophetic soul! My uncle!” (Shakespeare, 1600, p. 928). The ghost tells Hamlet that he must avenge his...
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...Hamlet Throughout one of William Shakespeare’s most celebrated works Hamlet, the main character Hamlet is constantly at odds with himself on matters that perpetually test his allegiance to his father’s legacy, and his will to avenge his father’s brutal death. Various speeches in this play have laid the foundation for the plot of this play. These speeches include Hamlet’s first encounter with his father’s ghost, King Claudius’s confession, and the closing scene in which all the main character have fallen. With the support of various soliloquies and dialogues throughout the play, these three speeches helped to summarize the ultimate message of this work. The first act in Hamlet was composed of many events the aided in the introduction and tone of the play. This act explains in detail to audience, the state of the kingdom, Hamlet’s feelings toward the incestuous marriage of his mother and his uncle, and the true reason behind his father’s death. In scene 5 of act one starting with line 42, king Hamlet’s ghost appears to Hamlet to unveil many truths which include the culprit behind his death. Here king Hamlet reveals that he did not die from a poisonous snake, but that his own brother Claudius committed the murder. King Hamlet then goes on explaining to Hamlet that his death must be avenged not only because killing a family in the act of jealously is wrong, but because king Hamlet didn’t have a chance to repent his sins on earth and now suffers in the flames of purgatory. This...
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...Jake Nevins 3/15/13 English foundations honors 2 Mrs. Muratori Research paper hamlet INTRO Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare where the main character, Hamlet, Thesis: In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet mythological and biblical allusions informs us of Hamlet’s inevitable fall. Throughout the play, Hamlet uses many mythological allusions to show his feelings towards other characters such as Claudius, Gertrude and the old king as well as inform us of his “fall”. After Queen Gertrude is re-married to Claudius, Hamlet shows his feelings when he compares the late King Hamlet to Claudius. Hamlet tells his mother, "So excellent a king, that was to this / Hyperion to a satyr." (Ham. I ii 139-40). This allusion shows Hamlet's high praise for his dead father as well as his extreme hatred for Claudius. Hyperion is the Greek sun god. By comparing his dead father to Hyperion, Hamlet does not just connect his father to a titan, but also the source of light and with that hope and happiness. The sun is what also sustains life. Hamlet is alluding to how his father was a great king, a strong and dynamic leader that cared for his family and strength of Denmark. The sun also symbolizes warmth and glory which are qualities reflected upon his father. A good king, like the sun, is also a keeper of the peace who watches from above. It is evident that Hamlet greatly loved his father and is stunned by how his mother quickly moved on after his death to marry...
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...of Hamlet, the ghost of King Hamlet comes back to the kingdom to tell his son, Hamlet, how he did not suffer a natural death, but rather was sinfully murdered. His death occurred because his own brother and Hamlet’s uncle, Claudius, poured poison down King Hamlet’s ear while he was asleep, so that he could take over the Royal Throne of Denmark. King Hamlet’s ghost then commands Hamlet to fulfill his duty and seek revenge for him by killing Claudius. The ghost reappears later in the play, since Hamlet has still not managed to kill Claudius up to this point, and reminds him to stay focused on fulfilling the commandment he has given him. The ghost claims that he has come back to whet, or sharpen, his request for the death of Claudius, which seems to have been blunted, or dulled, by Hamlet’s actions. Hamlets purpose has been blunted throughout the play in many ways, and he fails to quickly take action for avenging the death of his father. Hamlet is not sure whether he believes the story of King Hamlet’s murder, one of the reasons for Hamlet’s inaction. Hamlet thinks that, “The spirit that [he] have seen may be a and the hath power T’ assume a pleasing shape…” (II. 627-629). Hamlet thinks that an evil spirit may have taken the ghostly form of his late King and father and this causes him to have second thoughts on what this ghost has commanded him to do to Claudius. He thinks that there is a chance that Claudius may not have murdered his father, and that the ghost may just be trying...
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...In Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, the ghost of the late King Hamlet has influenced his son to become obsessed with the idea of death. When young Hamlet is informed of the ghost’s sighting, he is anxious and curious to find out who this ghost is and what news it has to deliver. After the ghost reveals himself as Hamlet’s deceased father, Hamlet’s curiosity increases. The ghost divulges to Hamlet that his brother, Claudius, poisoned him to take his life as well as his throne, which infuriates young Hamlet. After this shocking revelation, Hamlet becomes obsessed with thoughts of death and avenging his father’s murder, which contributes to his insanity. When Hamlet speaks to his father’s ghost, his father insists that Hamlet avenge his death by killing Claudius. The ghost explains to his son that King Claudius has corrupted the nation of Denmark, has robbed him of his own life, and therefore, achieving revenge is crucial. After conversing with the ghost, Hamlet vows to seek vengeance on Claudius. This “seeking” of vengeance very quickly turns into an obsession. Hamlet’s every thought seems to revolve around his plot to kill Claudius, causing friends and family to express concern over his strange behaviors. Rumors begin to travel around Denmark that Hamlet has “gone mad,” while Hamlet claims to only be feigning his insanity. Hamlet’s soliloquy where he contemplates suicide is one example of his obsession with death. Amidst the stresses of planning Claudius’ murder, Hamlet even considers...
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...John Updike’s essay Pigeon Feathers is what I’d call a story that’s filled with descriptive passionate thought. The author’s detail of every scene places the reader in the rise and fall of every setting of the story. For example, Updike presents the setting of the story with specific the details of the furniture, “The blue wing chair that had stood for years in the ghostly, immaculate guest bedroom, gazing through the windows curtained with dotted swiss toward the telephone wires and horse-chestnut trees and opposite houses was here established, importantly in front of the smutty little fire place that supplied, in those first cold April days, their only heat.” I believe this may have been the longest sentence in the essay, but nevertheless, I appreciate Updike’s detail. In John Updike’s essay Pigeon Feathers David is overcome with a personal mission the find out what happens to people after death. I believe that the internal questions verbalized to Rev. Dobson from David were aided by his perceptions of the soul shaped by his findings. His anxiety with the past gives understanding of his growing fear of death; after all, our relationship to the past is largely a relationship with people and things that are now gone. David doesn't even like to dwell on the "gulf of time" in his parents' lives before they had him (p 262). This attitude could have been partially influenced by His father who also had a fear of returning to, what he called, the “dark ages” because of his...
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...Aspens BY EDWARD THOMAS All day and night, save winter, every weather , Above the inn, the smithy, and the shop, The aspens at the cross-roads talk together Of rain, until their last leaves fall from the top. Out of the blacksmith's cavern comes the ringing Of hammer, shoe, and anvil; out of the inn The clink, the hum, the roar, the random singing— The sounds that for these fifty years have been. The whisper of the aspens is not drowned, And over lightless pane and footless road, Empty as sky, with every other sound Not ceasing, calls their ghosts from their abode, A silent smithy, a silent inn, nor fails In the bare moonlight or the thick-furred gloom, In tempest or the night of nightingales, To turn the cross-roads to a ghostly room. And it would be the same were no house near. Over all sorts of weather, men, and times, Aspens must shake their leaves and men may hear But need not listen, more than to my rhymes. Whatever wind blows, while they and I have leaves We cannot other than an aspen be That ceaselessly, unreasonably grieves, Or so men think who like a different tree. Stairway to the Stars BY RON PADGETT "And then there were three whereas before there had been four or two And then there were four or two." Thus spake the King. No one dared ask what it meant. He seemed satisfied by the beauty of the logic that had arrived, the royal hall now lightly radiant as he arose from his throne and the world fell away...
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...Do you need a little excitement and thrill? Perhaps 88 minutes of it, sure to get your adrenaline pumping. Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimensions is the newest in the sequel, that still continues to thrill scary movie watchers. The storyline plays off the previous movies which does make it somewhat generic. A suburban family movie into a new house that has a demonic spirit, the same one that appears in all the previous movies, that reeks havoc on mainly the daughter but the parents as well. This movie includes a intense plotline unlike the previous movies in the series and captivating film quality that's sure to put one in awe. the skill of acting by the cast cannot be forgotten. As watching the movie one could feel the emotion, from the actors, pouring off the screen. The plotline of the movie is what makes it different from the ones before it. The movies before Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimensions, within the series, did not include much, if any, plotline for the audience to follow. The quality of the plotline is where things get rough. the characters and setting is introduced and then it becomes similar to the previous movies. Which is just first person footage of the paranormal activity and a few...
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...Act IV-A: To Kill, That is The Answer Through Hamlet’s soliloquy, the concern of human action reinstates the focus of the play. In scene iv of act 4, Hamlet stumbles upon the Norwegian captain which serves as a reminder that Fortinbras is still present within the play. He is shown as Hamlet’s foil and points out the willingness to take action that Hamlet lacks. In Hamlet’s soliloquy, it is clear that he is both awestruck as well as ashamed of himself when reflecting on the daringness of Prince Fortinbras. Fortinbras not only dedicates his energy and risks his own life, but also risks the lives of thousands of soldiers, in order to claim a small, worthless piece of land. When hearing of this, Hamlet begins to understand that he is over-thinking,...
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...Is the Spirit Bear Real? Have you ever seen something, and when you told people they didn’t believe you? Cole Matthews was in the same situation when he saw a spirit bear. He spotted it on a island and challenged it and due to that, was mauled by it. When he told people they wouldn’t believe him. He was told that Spirit Bears aren’t in his area. Also that it wasn’t real. After the mauling Cole did what you can call ‘took an unexpected change in heart”. Cole Matthews after the mauling had changed in personality and mindset. He also now wanted to see the Spirit Bear more than ever. But Cole didn’t think he needed to prove his sighting of the Spirit Bear when others did not believe him. For him that was different since he used to lie and always feel the need to prove himself. Cole had the evidence to prove his sighting but chose not to, he had collected fur from the Spirit Bear which he threw in a lake. One thing is that Cole wasn’t the only one who saw the bear. After the mauling Edwin an Tlingit elder sent people to the island. They checked the island and those men spotted a white bear on the island. Later on in the story, Peter Driscall came to the island to heal with Cole since Cole committed a crime that would affect Peter for the rest of the life. At his time at the island Peter was told about the Spirit Bear from Cole and he chose not to believe it too. Peter denied or ignored what Cole said about the Spirit Bear being real or mocked him about it. It wasn’t until later...
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...In the movie the Dead Poets Society, Mr.Keating influences Todd Anderson to seize the day and to think for himself. For example, in the beginning of the movie, Todd was very orthodox with anti-transcendentalist views. Todd followed every rule at Vermont boarding school; however, Mr.Keating teaches his students to not go by tradition but by thinking for themselves. In the movie, Mr.Keating was telling the kids to rip out the pages from their textbooks, he mentions, “In my class you will learn to think for yourselves again”. Mr. Keating explains that the students should think for themselves rather than following a scale by J. Evans Pritchard. This is similar to the writings of Henry Thoreau, a transcendentalist writer. Thoreau wrote a piece of art called “Where I Lived and What I Live For”, he explains “For most men, it/ appears to me, are in a strange uncertainty/ about it, whether it is of the devil or of God,/ and have somewhat hastily concluded that it/ is the chief end of man here to ‘glorify God/ and enjoy him together”. This quote explains how most people follow society and what they believe; however, they do not think for themselves. They do not think what the chief end of man is but rather follow society without thinking what to glorify god and enjoy him forever really means. This connects to Todd because Mr.Keating inspired him to not follow tradition and join the Dead Poets Society. By joining the Dead Poets Society, he learned transcendentalist views and grew an appreciation...
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...Hamlet’s ‘To Be or Not to Be’ soliloquy is a very prominent piece in William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet. It is the very basis for the play and a string of words familiar to many different people all over the globe. In the infamous ‘To Be or Not to Be’ soliloquy, Hamlet makes a universal conviction about life and death, though in the end makes a conclusion that individuals who think too much can destroy themselves”by including, the diction, the syntax, and the imagery. The diction in this piece truly shapes and adds character to the meaning of the soliloquy. Words such as “undiscovered country” (Shakespeare 63), “fardels” (Shakespeare 63), “ills” (Shakespeare 63), “suffer” (Shakespeare 63), and “calamity” (Shakespeare 63) make the reader confused which makes the soliloquy even more intense. This proves how hard it can be to make a decision when one doesn’t know what the consequences of the action might be. These words also show how Hamlet is quite rash in his thoughts about death, but he knows he should always think things through. As the soliloquy moves forward, Hamlet starts to use more upbeat words like “nobler” (Shakespeare 64), “fortune” (Shakespeare 64), “dream” (Shakespeare 64), and “love” (Shakespeare 64). This particular word choice shows how Hamlet views death as a wonderful and beautiful thing. A thing which can solve even the most intense problems which life brings upon people. Hamlet refused to let his awful and horrific family members bring him down. The only time...
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...Long ago, before humans were on earth, supernatural beings were constantly acting out to prove their strength. The ones that acted out the most were two brothers named Mountanio and Antonio. Mountanio and Antonio were always fighting with one another in an attempt to prove who was the strongest, so one day Antonio came up with an idea to prove who the strongest brother was. He told Mountanio of a series of events that the gods use to determine their power: a triathlon. He told Mountanio that all they had to do was run across Asia and Europe, swim across the Atlantic Ocean, and then sprint across North America. Mountanio agreed that this was a good test, but he decided that the loser would have to build monuments worldwide in the honor of the victor. Antonio agreed and they took their marks at the starting line in Asia. Antonio was definitely the faster of the two brothers and easily made it to the ocean before Mountanio. Mountanio eventually caught up and quickly dove into the ocean. Being the smarter of the two brothers, and the fastest swimmer, Mountanio knew that he could swim all the way to Mexico in order to cut out some of the running he would have to do. Mountanio made it to Mexico about the same time that Antonio reached Florida. The two brothers sprinted towards the finish line. Even though Antonio was faster, Mountanio, thanks to his head start, managed to reach the coast minutes before Antonio did and was declared the winner. Antonio was furious that Mountanio outsmarted...
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...to stick somewhat of a plan. Carroll writes, “The struggle for coherence and sanity amidst radical uncertainty,” (Carroll 251). The throne of Hamlet’s father was wrongly taken from him, when Claudius murders Hamlet Sr. and quickly married Gertrude. Carroll recognizes that, “Thwarted political ambitions are the least of Hamlet’s concerns” (Carroll 235). Hamlet struggles with his sanity during the play, it seems to be guided by a plan at first, but throughout the course of the play, his perfect plan as well as his sanity, begin to crumble. Carroll believes that throughout the story Hamlet shows real signs of insanity, which is why it takes him so long to finally murder his uncle. Hamlet began to descend into madness the minute his father’s ghost told him that he was murdered. Originally his mental state appears to be...
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