chose a site highlighting Tin Pan Alley‚ because I found that the content expands the understanding of an interesting musical element touched upon in the section‚ Ragtime and City Blues‚ in our textbook. The site includes interesting facts and illuminating photos that highlight the musical importance in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. It also gives extensive history surrounding the environment that led to the phenomenon of Tin Pan Alley. The first thing I learned is that Tin Pan Alley is not a localized
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As revealed in Rosemarie Tong’s discussion of the Marxist analysis of class in Feminist Thought‚ a group of people slowly becomes a class as they struggle together over time (97). It is not until they reach class-consciousness‚ the collective awareness of this struggle‚ that a group can be seen as constituting a class (97). Women are an interesting group to think about with these ideas in mind. Marxist and socialist feminists have frequently debated whether women constitute a class (97). In order
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their expression in theater” Tenessee Williams The play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof truly reflects its time but more then that it reflects the play write. The play takes place on one of the largest cotton plantations in the Mississippi Delta during the 1950s. It is summer‚ and man is it hot. The play is centered in Brick and Maggie’s bedroom‚ Scruitinizes the family concept‚ the ideal American family . he year of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’s debut‚ 1955‚ was an interesting time for male and female relationships
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Scarecrow’s not that bright‚ let’s face it. In The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman‚ author L. Frank Baum develops his conflict around this major point. He creates this conflict using a simple diction‚ sparse imagery‚ a mocking‚ humorous tone‚ and more or less direct characterization of the Scarecrow as a foolish child. Finally‚ he uses this conflict to argue against the growing upper class‚ which in the early 1900s when The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman was written was growing rapidly and contributing to
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The play Cat On A Hot Tin Roof‚ by Tennessee Williams‚ takes place in the mid 1950’s‚ at Big Daddy’s’ 65th Birthday. Brick and Margaret‚ a married couple‚ have issues‚ which makes them both tense‚ but stresses Brick the most. Since he has a lot on his chest and adds to former troubles he had‚ which has progressively made his life bitter‚ including the life he shares with his family. Not to mention‚ Mae and Gooper‚ another marriage forming part of the family‚ have become more united with them‚ but
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HOI AN OLD TOWN – AN ANCIENT BEAUTY OF VIETNAM 1.Brief Introduction to Hoi An Hoi An is a city on the coast of the South Sea in the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is located in Quang Nam province and is home to approximately 120‚000 inhabitants. Located at the estuary of the Thu Bon river‚ Hoi An was a busy international commercial port in the 16th and 17th centuries. . It is recognized for World Heritage Site in December 1999 by UNESCO. Hoi An is possibly one of the best examples preserved
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Book Review of Gabrielle Roy’s The Tin Flute The Tin Flute. Volume 1. By Gabrielle Roy. Translated by Philip Stratford. Toronto: McClelland and Steward Ltd. 1945. ISBN: 978-0-7710-9388-3. Pp. 400. $21.95 Gabrielle Roy’s 1945 book of fiction titled The Tin Flute follows the lives of the impoverished Lacasse family living in the Saint-Henri district of Montreal during World War II. The novel tells the separate struggles of Rose-Anna and her eldest daughter Florentine Lacasse to survive the poverty
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Results. For our experiment‚ we started with a piece of tin foil that measured 13.5 cm long by 11.5 cm wide. We fashioned that piece of tin foil into a flat-bottomed ship which measured 11 cm long by 8.5 cm wide by 1 cm high. We calculated the volume of our ship to be by multiplying the length by the width by the height which gave us a volume of 85 cm3 We then calculated the predicted number of pennies it would take to sink our ship by taking the volume of our ship and multiplying it by the density
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a fast paced play full of dramatic tension. Discuss how the portrayal of sex/sexuality fuels that tension‚ increasing the dramatic effect. Choose some but not all of the possible examples you might used “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof‚” Written by Tennessee Williams is an excellent play about a troubled family that is dealing with buried acts of deception‚ conflict and tension. Along with these problems comes sexuality and sex‚ a very important aspect of the play which increases
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Cat on a Hot Tin Bed Space is an important element in drama since the stage itself represents a space where action is presented. Plays can differ significantly with regard to how space is presented and how much information about space is offered. The analysis of places and settings in plays can help one get a better feel for characters and their behavior but also for the overall atmosphere. The layout and overall appearance of the set is usually described in stage directions or descriptions
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