...beautiful world. Her “glass menagerie” and “Victrola” symbolic of her inability to enter the real world reveal Laura's multifaceted personality and her lack of self-confidence. Not only is her leg frail, but so is her self-esteem. Laura is treated with fragility by her family members who “come to her rescue” and prohibit her from attempting to accomplish anything, provoking audiences to question Amanda’s parenting. Furthermore, the integral music, specifically "The Glass Menagerie" theme, a distant-sounding, delicate melody coupled with the glass menagerie’s shattering, highlights Laura’s fragility when she cries out “as if wounded” creating an emotional emphasis, evoking sympathy within the audience. This play delves into the moral ramifications of specific kinds of escape, provoking audiences to question the repercussions of leaving loved ones. Williams’s examines perceptions of reality through the use of delicate music, serving as a thread of connection and allusion between the narrator and the story, exploring characters’ illusionary worlds and conveying the surface vivacity of life, provoking audiences to question the underlying strain of immutable and inexpressible...
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...one's hand or an object across a surface. Beaming-shine brightly. Amazement-a feeling of great surprise or wonder. Elegant-pleasingly graceful and stylish in appearance or manner. Ministers-a head of a government department. Before we read the “Cinderella “I will discuss the words with the group of students I have. I will have the students perform the words by describing what the word would also mean. I also will have students discuss with their shoulder partners about the vocabulary words and what they mean. At the end, I will assess the student's knowledge on if they understood and remembers the vocabulary words in Cinderella. Material Before the activity • Vocabulary words During lesson • Read the Cinderella • Jeopardy question game activity\ After the lesson • Quick write Implementation Phase Instructional Considerations • The students will discuss with their shoulder partner and as a group about the vocabulary words in the book and what the definitions mean. Then I will have each student in my group discuss what they predict the book will be about. 5...
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...Blade Runner: The Original Theatrical Release vs The Director’s Cut Blade Runner, set in 2020 Los Angeles, is focused on Rick Deckard and his mission to hunt down and kill replicants. Originally these genetically engineered human-like individuals were only meant to live for a limited amount of time, so they returned to Earth in search of a longer life span. This film is ultimately centered around artificial intelligence, personal identity, and skepticism. The filmmakers used brilliant cinematography, production, design, and editing to make Blade Runner a thought provoking film. The cinematography of the film was truly what allowed the director to display how he wanted viewers to comprehend his work without noticing it. Light, specifically, was a major factor in influencing viewer’s moods throughout the film. The strong channels of light and backlighting is reminiscent of black and white movies, and although the film is set in 2020 this makes the film closely resemble a film straight out of the 1940s. The use of shafts of light, unusual camera angles, and high contrast were the factors giving it this effect. High contrast and backlighting gave the film a gloomy mood, and the rain and lightning only added to this. Ultimately, while Decker is on the streets it is clear that the director purposefully made the streets feel overcrowded. The people were packed into the streets, like ants, making them all appear the same. It seemed as if they were all going around in circles, going...
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...The article “Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the internet is doing to our brains”, is an interesting article written by critically acclaimed author Nicholas Carr. Nicholas Carr speaks upon how the internet is losing one's ability to concentrate on large physical texts or regular literature, and trading this ability for quick, to the point, internet articles and information. But this trade off is considering as without the ability to concentrate on literature, ones ability to critically analyze and have deep, thought provoking thoughts on what the person has read is suffered immensely. The main thesis that Nicholas Carr demonstrates throughout the article is “Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy in a Jet Ski.” ( Carr. P.g 1). Nicholas Carr’s thesis explains that before we were all introduced and influenced by the internet, we were able to understand the physical text in front of us. We were able to have deep, critical thoughts that almost felt like an adventure. But now, do to the Internets speed and wealth of information, we don’t seek that adventure anymore. It is about (now) being able to quickly rush the reading and literature without understanding what is presented to us. Nicholas has presented many examples of his thesis being thoroughly shown throughout his essay. An informative example of Carr’s thesis being used successfully is when he quotes Maryanne Wolf, a Developmental Psychologist, in which she explains...
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...people, and make a life-changing speech that could end slavery, would you? Frederick Douglass, a former slave, presented his speech “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” at a celebration of the Declaration of Independance, but took it upon himself to make it known that the Fourth of July was not a day of celebration for him or his people. Douglass utilized pathos, rhetorical questions, and repetition to drive home his argument against slavery and to encourage his audience to also fight for equality between everyone. Pathos is a quality that evokes sadness and pity. Douglass used pathos all throughout his speech to continuously catch the attention of his audience and to give them a surreal realization of the world surrounding them. For example, in lines 60-67, Douglass referred to the slave and to humanity as “bleeding”, “fettered”, and “trampled upon.” He needed to use such thought-provoking words in order to catch the attention of his audience and to maintain that hold throughout the entire speech. Douglass also tried to incorporate his own emotion into his speech....
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...the story about a CIA counterterrorism agent, who truly believes that a recently returned war prisoner was turned by al-Qaeda mastermind while he was in captivity. This Agent will do almost anything, in order to prove that he is a secret Islamic terrorist and not a war hero like everybody believes. It is impossible to imagine a show like this some years ago. This is the most dramatically and psychologically evolved TV show ever seen. It makes audience work, every scene should be watched, scrutinized every line and gesture, and dig out nuggets of insight without obvious clues from the writers and filmmakers. Homeland is the addictive, perfectly timed drama, which benefits from superb performances, parallel events with current news, thought-provoking plots, and accuracy. Here are the main four reasons of why everyone should be watching the show time drama that continues to stand out among its TV contemporaries: The acting is phenomenal: Homeland’s “contains one of the best moments of acting ever seen on TV," says Todd VanDerWerff at The AV Club, when it becomes clear that Carrie (Claire Danes) will be "unable to resist the pull of her old life as a spy, “even as she recognizes that it will destroy her. There's a reason that Homeland won the two biggest acting awards at the Emmys: These are actors who fully embody their characters, and who make the show both compelling and plausible. Claire Danes, was named best actress in a drama, while costar Damian Lewis was named best actor...
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...movement, one of the most notable activists of all was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King dedicated most of his life to the fight for equal rights. He did this through the use of nonviolent direct action. Although his actions were appreciated by many, just as many people were annoyed, offended, and disagreed with his actions. Consequently, King ended up in jail numerous times. However, upon his arrest in Birmingham, Alabama for demonstrating without a permit, King decided to utilize his time in jail to write a letter to certain clergymen who criticized his actions. In this letter, King addresses his thoughts, feelings, actions, and the criticism that he was subjected to by his fellow clergymen. Through the creation of this letter, Martin Luther King Jr. has created an influential and thought provoking piece of literature. While incarcerated, Dr. King had lots of time to collect his thoughts. After thinking about everything that had happened and about all the things that have yet to happen led King to write a letter discussing all of theses things. This letter clearly states King's goal multiple times. He writes, “But more basically, I am in Birmingham because injustice is here (King 1).” He goes on to write, “Like Paul, I must constantly respond to the Macedonian call for help (King 1).” In those two sentences, King reveals his main mission in Birmingham, and this mission was the fight for safety for the public. The true mission of Martin Luther King Jr. and his many supporters was...
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...ARTS 105 Art Appreciation Summer 2016 Session (15-55) May 30 , 2016 – July 23, 2016 Course Description Introduction to the place of visual art in modern society, to the vocabulary used in discussing a work of art, and the studio techniques artists use to produce two and three-dimensional works Prerequisite: None Proctored Exams: None Instructor Information Dr. Patricia Rooney, PhD American Studies-Visual Culture, St. Louis University M.A. Art History, Webster University parooney@cougars.ccis.edu Textbooks Frank, Patrick. Prebles’ Artforms 11th Edition. 2014. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-205-96811-4 Textbooks for the course may be ordered from MBS Direct. You can order * online at http://direct.mbsbooks.com/columbia.htm (be sure to select Online Education rather than your home campus before selecting your class) * by phone at 800-325-3252 For additional information about the bookstore, visit http://www.mbsbooks.com. Course Overview Art Appreciation is an introduction to the principles and concepts used in the study and analysis of the fine arts, in order to achieve a basic understanding of art and artistic concerns. Art Appreciation studies the major cultural achievements and significant artistic works that have shaped Western culture. The approach to this course is to study the arts in an historical context beginning with the earliest artistic expressions of ancient societies...
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...this "entertainment" view of movies. More than ever, the movies industry is dominated by blockbusters and, to many's dismay, sequels to previous blockbusters. According to the website of the Motion Pictures Association of America (MPAA), from 1999 to 2002, the average theatrical cost of an MPAA film rose over 80%. Over this 3-year period, a whopping 25 out of the top 50 highest grossing movies in the American film history were produced, all of which made over 200 million dollars. Among these blockbusters were "Spider-man," "Finding Nemo," and "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace." We all know why "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" exploded at the box office. But why did the other two gross over $340 million each? Because they were thought-provoking? Hardly. "Spider-man" has the tired old theme of damsel-in-distress-as-hero-saves-the-day. "Finding Nemo" finds a rebellious fish wandering off into an adventure as his parent desperately searches for him (can you say underwater Home Alone?). What makes these movies such great sellers is their entertainment value. The high use of Computer Generated Images (CGI) allowed for effects never...
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...self is an inner being that one possesses. For many years philosophers have attempted to find the answer of what exactly is the self and how it relates to the brain and mind. There are two important philosophers I will discuss in this essay; whose ideas and thoughts vary in comparison to what the knowledge of a self is. Descartes and Locke are two philosophers that have many thoughts and concepts to offer towards self, identity, and consciousness. Rene Descartes, commonly known as the “Father of Philosopher” seeks to find if the self exists. In Meditations on First Philosophy, he meditates on various...
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...------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ‘ONCE’ – Morris Gleitzman ------------------------------------------------- Practice essay topic; Hope is critical when dealing with extraordinary circumstances. Discuss in relation to ‘Once’. Plan: STEP 1: Rewrite the topic in your own words _faith is important when dealing with amazing circumstances. Discuss in relation to ‘once’ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ STEP 2: Identify the three key words/ideas and compile a list of synonyms for them Hope faith _________: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Critical important _________: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Extraordinary amazing _________: ____________________________________________________________________________________ STEP 3: Find the specifics Quote Quote Quote Quote Topic sentence – Main idea Topic sentence – Main idea THE TASK You are required to respond to the essay topic in an extended text response essay of five paragraphs. (An introduction, 3 TEEL paragraphs and a conclusion) WRITING AN INTRODUCTION In your opening statement/s you must do two things: 1...
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...This is a qualitative research article without variables. The research design used here is descriptive in regards to the definition given; “the research is designed to describe in detail some process, event, or outcome. Such a design is used when very little is known about the research question or topic.” (Houser, 2015, p.474) This study does so by using twenty-one family caregivers from three educational hospitals composed of three heart wards and two-outpatient clinics. I believe this method was chosen due to the fact that there are not a lot of people out there to compare this study to. There is not a accurate was to have a control because anything can happen to the patient at any give time and it might not be able to be duplicated in a controlled environment. Also, it is hard to be able duplicate the process again because not all patients are the same and not all caregivers are...
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...wisdom,” the tract on which one travels seeking answers to questions of knowledge, existence, moral judgment, and society. One cannot define philosophy in one compact, single minded definition. Philosophy is to broad and thought provoking field of study to seek one concrete definition. Philosophy in my mind is an attempt to understand how we all connect in the universe. Philosophers ask questions that make one go “umm.” Because there are no wrong answers in philosophy. Each answer can provoke question after question and still not present the answer one seeks. Take the question “if a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it do it make a sound?” First thought would be to say yes it does make a sound. But philosophers may argue the question, how do we know it makes a sound, it was not heard. “What is sound?” “Is sound produced only if one can hear it?” “Does falling produce sound or did the tree produce sound?” Philosophical questions are speculative, which give philosophers the road to examine different avenue of study at once. Philosophy tends to overlap other areas of study from physic, art, science, to any other subject that one can name. Any subject can be study philosophically when the right questions are asked. Questions are categorized in different areas of study. Epistemology deals with the questions concerning knowledge; how we know what we know is truth. Metaphysics explores questions of existence, is there a God. Moral philosophy is the study...
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...Reaction: AP Government Immigration 2011. Individual Assignment Questions. Joseph A. Worch SOC 315 APRIL 12, 2011 Shelley Howell University of Phoenix Running head: MEDIA REACTION Introduction The media reaction to immigration problem in the United Sates is as diverse ad the cultures and peoples it impacts. While there does exist some common public and political views there is also facts information which could alter those positions. The media piece, discussed here, found on YouTube under the title AP Gov. Immigration 2011, posted by dmcb324, a variety of media clips providing information from numerous news sources both local and international are given. This paper will use this media format to address the questions on the media reaction toward immigration. What is the historical framework of this issue? The framework presented in this media presentation covers a current and present time frame beginning with the elections of 2010 through the months of 2011. So the information seen and heard is very up-to-date and thereby relevant in today’s societal issues. What is the political context of this issue? The piece presents all sides of the political spectrum. It utilizes news clips and media information from both liberals and conservatives and well as members of the Democratic and Republican parties. This unique combining of views and information provides for a very thought-provoking and unbiased look at some of the issues around immigration...
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...ANNOTATED FEEDBACK (Refer to Assignment for the sections relating to the following comments) 1. 2. Part A: My proposal of what is a modernist artefact. After much research and investigation, the artefact that has been chosen to discuss is a poem by Samuel Beckett. The chosen piece is titled Gnome .It was first written in 1932 and it was published in 1934 by the Dublin Magazine. In this proposal we shall discuss what it means to be deemed a modernist writer and demonstrate how early examples of Becketts work highlighted these features. Shane Brooks 16213591 Part B Why Gnome by Samuel Beckett must be deemed modernist and how it conforms to the modernist characteristics. Background Pre-modernism the world was thought of in a realist fashion, an image in reading in which projects the world in an objective fashion. The ideals of the Western culture were prominent and revered. Through these ideals a somewhat traditional style of what was known and experienced was the norm for many writers, sculptors, poets and architects. Western Culture portrayed that any literature or art had to be constructed in a similar pattern to what was acceptable to be recognised as art. This belief in itself, many argued, led to the decay and fragmentation of artistic freedom and license .This disillusionment created many poets, authors and sculptors to become critics of this established regime. So to be deemed a modernist it showed a purposeful shift away from traditional styles...
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