stop and think about “fate”‚ what it means in reality‚ and the impact it has on their lives. The meaning of fate can be described as an end result that an individual has no control over‚ or that is bound to happen no matter what. In The Red Violin‚ the fate of the violin was to lead each owner to sickness and death‚ and this fate was unstoppable. It is sometimes believed that with fate‚ a higher power is controlling your life and your actions‚ leaving no room for freedom. If the outcome is written out
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The Red Violin presents some interesting ideas about the qualities of an instrument. The varnish on the violin contains the blood of Bussotti’s wife‚ from just after she died. It seemed as if the wife lived on within the violin‚ implying that violins can have personality‚ which can be seen as true. Each violin has different tendencies‚ sound‚ different distances between notes‚ differing amounts of reverberation. This is what makes some violins sound so unique and what makes some valued so much more
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The Red Violin resurfaces in a monastery where it passes into the hands of many children as the years move past. A prodigy child--six-year-old Kasper was among one of those fortunate soles to be able to play The Red Violin. As Kasper played he very quickly became a natural as he impressed everyone. The monks summon Georges‚ a master of the period‚ to groom the child. As the journey continued for Kasper the music continued as well. All along the way the music helped in painting that very vivid picture
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History of the Violin The most beautiful sounding violins in existence today were made in Italy in the early 1700s‚ a period called the golden age of violin making. These instruments‚ especially those made by Antonio Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesù‚ are the most desired instruments by both collectors and performers‚ selling for millions of dollars. Modern day violin-makers have not been able to successfully copy the techniques they used to produce the same quality sound of violins that was
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Itzhak Perlman‚ a disabled violinist‚ had a show in New York and played his violin with only three strings because his strings broke accidently while he was playing on November 18‚ 1995. His show was reported and described in an article Playing a Violin with Three Strings by Jack Riemer. According to the article‚ Itzhak said “you know‚ sometimes it is the artist’s task to find out how much music he can still make with what he has left‚” these words impressed the audiences. The idea that Itzhak wanted
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To emphasise McQueen’s point about the racism‚ he used the idea of recurring motifs to further illustrate his point. The recurring motif of the violin symbolises Solomon’s passion and hobby‚ and of what he should be doing with his life. In the film‚ there is a mid-shot of posh men and women dancing to the music created by the violin that Solomon is playing‚ to symbolise the happiness and joy in the Northern state of America‚ where equality is present as blacks and whites lived in harmony and with
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Chaccone in G Minor “Violin lessons are over. Now it’s time to learn how to play music‚” announced my violin teacher of nine years last January. He told me that I had acquired technical mastery over my instrument‚ now it was time to move beyond being a violinist and learn how to be a musician. The transition he proposed came at a time when I was secretly losing my commitment to music. Like most children‚ it had been my parent’s choice that I should take music lessons‚ not mine. Now that I was
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------------------------------------------------- Book VI Summary Roman‚ remember by your strength to rule . . . To spare the conquered‚ battle down the proud. (See Important Quotations Explained) At last‚ the Trojan fleet arrives on the shores of Italy. The ships drop anchor off the coast of Cumae‚ near modern-day Naples. Following his father’s instructions‚ Aeneas makes for the Temple of Apollo‚ where the Sibyl‚ a priestess‚ meets him. She commands him to make his request. Aeneas prays
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205/305‚ 30th‚ Sept. 2015 Red Sorghum‚ a tale of feminism‚ sexual liberation. Red Sorghum‚ which is Zhang Yimou’s first movies‚ tells a tragic story take place in rural China during 1900s. Red Sorghum‚ as the awards winner movies for the 38th Berlin international film festival‚ indeed have several significances. In example‚ the great portion of color red that is used in the movie has successfully created a visual impact to the audience. Apparently‚ the color red carries significant information
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In the movie The Village it had a bunch of different symbols through out the whole movie but the main one was the color red. In the beginning it showed two girls dancing and sweeping and just having fun while doing both at the same time‚ but one of them suddenly stopped because of what she saw‚ it was a little bush of red berries or maybe a red flower but she and the other girl rushed over there and pulled it out of the ground and buried it then went back to sweeping. The little village that was
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