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    making of the blues tradition also had sexual connotations‚ however not as male-dominated. The blues emerged from a black culture and demonstrates the sexualisation and sexuality of this culture. Hamilton (2000‚ 132) opens the article with lyrics to Bessie Smith’s song ‘Empty Bed Blues’‚ a song about sex and the absence of her lover. Towards the end of the 1920s‚ Smith’s song ‘Empty Bed Blues’ was full of sexual innuendos and set the scene for the 1920s and 1930s that released many blues songs with

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    The main influences of Western art music in the 20th century. Early 20th century art music was some of the first music which explored the idea of dissonance; the idea that music does not require any specific harmony among notes. Throughout the history of classical music‚ up until then‚ dissonance was avoided. The strong influence of African tribal music caused much of early 20th century art music to make the listener dance and move. Igor Stravinsky (17th July 1882 – 6th April 1971) was a ground

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    book as an escape from her life with her cruel aunt and cousins (7). Nero and Caligua: Mentioned in connection with John Reed‚ these notorious Roman leaders were known for excessive spending and evil deeds (10). Gulliver’s Travels: Jane requests Bessie to fetch this novel written by Jonathan Swift. The story uses the form of a traveler’s narrative to develop a satire about human nature (20). Guy Fawkes: Jane tells readers that Abbot compared her to Guy Fawkes. As part of the famous “Gunpowder Plot

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    I believe that the things happening around the time of this book being published influenced Fahrenheit 451 like the blacklisting‚ and McCarthyism. These subjects are around the time of the Cold War which was a big time conflict at the time of Fahrenheit 451 being published which was a time of government intervention on civil rights‚ businesses‚ newspapers‚ TV shows‚ and movies‚ and all around censored. Blacklisting is a nice interesting topic that I actually find insightful when comparing blacklisting

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    “St. Louis Blues” from 1922 was composed by William Christopher “W. C.” Handy. It is a blues jazz song. Handy was known as “The Father of the Blues”. The blues is a musical genre whose origin is from the African-American communities. The blues songs were jazz songs‚ rhythm and blues‚ and rock and roll. “St. Louis Blues” remains a fundamental part of jazz musicians’ repertoire. Handy wrote this song mainly inspired by some memories of his life. He remembered hearing a woman walking down the street

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    In the novel Jane Eyre‚ Charlotte Bronte wants the readers to be able to have insight about what it was like growing up as a female during this era. In my analysis of the book‚ I found that the novel did a great job portraying what it is was like for women to grow up in the era that the book takes place in. Women is this period of time were treated with disrespect‚ and were forced to be a typically housemaid and were not allowed to have real jobs. When Jane Eyre was growing up‚ she was often shunned

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    Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born in Newport News‚ Virginia on April 25‚ 1917. Inspiring many with her unparalleled vocals and commercial success‚ Fitzgerald was known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella‚" an American jazz and song vocalist who interpreted much of the Great American Songbook. Ella was the first African-American woman to ever win a Grammy Award‚ winning a total of 13 awards in 1958. Fitzgerald died in California in 1996. Fitzgerald’s career as a musician began early in her life

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    America  that  people  do  not  talk  about? ​ During  1900’s  to  1920  in  America‚  there   have  been  many  troubles  in  which  a  reform  movement  called  Progressivism  is  working  to  try  and  fixing  these  problems.  Accordingly  to  Aunt  Bessie  where  will  you  put  your  million  dollars?  is  the  task  at  hand  in  which  to  use   the  million  dollars  to  the  most  3  needy  causes  for  the  progressive  who  helps  fix  the  problems  and  therefore  I  will  be  giving  $600

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    BAN4109 Managing SMEs ASSESSMENT 1 OUTLINE Assessment (%): Assignment (25%) Module Intended Learning Outcomes This assessment is designed to assess students’ achievement of the following Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs): 1. explain the setting-up‚ marketing and financial considerations in preparing a business plan for SMEs. Guidelines/Requirements   The submission deadline is 7 June 2013‚ 4:00pm. Students are required to submit their work on time. follows: Deadline exceeded by 1 Calendar

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