HUMANICUS issue 8 / 2013 Naturalist Aesthetics in John Millington Synge’s Riders to the Sea and The Playboy of the Western World Gabriel Sunday Bamgbose Abstract: Efforts have always been made by literary scholars and critics to read the aesthetics of John Millington Synge‟s drama. However‚ little attention has been paid to the naturalistic dimension of Synge‟s plays. This study‚ therefore‚ investigates the naturalist aesthetics in Synge‟s dramaturgy. This is in an attempt to show that individuals‟
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Eagle Plain The poem Eagle Plain is a very interesting poem. Even just reading the title of this poem starts to get your brain moving. This poem talks about the eagle being strictly American. The speaker tells of how the eagle does not know that it is the American eagle. When I read this poem‚ it caused me to think of all the things that people honored‚ and how all of those things don’t even realize that they are honored. This entire poem was about the symbol of America. With the poet using symbolism
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Plain English editing (or re-writing) can cause discomfort‚ because it often reveals hidden weaknesses in the original document. But companies willing to accept the treatment and put in any work necessary will produce a document that shines. By turning existing‚ long-winded and inaccessible text into clear writing‚ plain English can shine an uncomfortably bright light on flaws in the original content that would otherwise remain unnoticed. The reality is that in many businesses‚ a lot of very
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“The Plow That Broke the Plains” is a documentary of the Great Plains region‚ an area of 625‚000 square miles stretching across Texas‚ Kansas‚ Nebraska‚ Montana‚Wyoming‚ Colorado‚ New Mexico Oklahoma and the Dakotas. Written and directed by Pare Lorentz in 1936‚ it starts in the 1880s in the last frontier (the Great Plains)‚ when the territory was an "ocean of grass" perfect for cattle. The video ends in the middle 1930s‚ when farming choices had turned it into a no-man’s-land. People start heading
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significant role in the lives of the Native Americans in the Great Plains region. During this time‚ the US government was trying to restrict residency of Indians in the Plains area as well as trying to avoid the spread of their culture. Technological developments aided the Native Americans in some ways‚ but it ultimately became a negative factor. In addition‚ government actions were astute in how they would mistreat and desolate the Plains Indians. With intention or no intention‚ both technology and government
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How did the Plains Indians solve the problems of living on the Plains? The first three lessons of this unit will lead up to an assessment which will look at your ability to select and combine information from different sources and to structure and organise this information in your work. You will be working in a group and individually to find out about the lives of the Plains Indians. The Great Plains were a hostile environment to live in and as a result the Plains Indians had to solve many
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Nicole Hart HIST 2300- Christopher Trobridge Writing Assignment One October 16‚ 2010 “In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whale ship Essex” In order to understand the ramifications of an event such as the sinking of the Essex one needs too understand the community that produces the crew. Nantucket was an island community much more than the literal sense of word. The islanders of Nantucket saw themselves differently than the rest of the word. They learned the skills of whaling from
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Aral Sea The Aral Sea was once the fourth largest inland sea in the world. About‚ a million years ago from now the northwestern part of Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan were covered by a massive inland sea. This sea was formed when all the waters retreated from a big land; they left a broad plain that contained highly saline soil. Due to the retreating of water many ancient remains were disappeared. The only remnant that remained was a big inland sea which was the Aral Sea. The Aral Sea was an
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The destruction of the Plains Indians’ cultures connected with the technological developments and government actions in the United States. During the period of struggle between Indians and Whites in the late 19th century‚ Indian leaders often traveled east to plead their case before the federal government‚ with few results. The building of the transcontinental railroads and all their branches was an inevitable part of the Industrial Revolution that drove America following the Civil War. The Indians
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Amish "The Plain People" Relgion and Culture Jule England Beth McIlvain Indroduction to Interpersonal Communication 102 August 30‚2013 I done my intercultural Experience Assignment on the Amish‚ considered to others “the plain people”. I met with some of the Amish and I had a very interesting experience. When I met with one of the families in Cross Plains‚ IN‚ I had a list of questions that I was going to ask them. At this time I was when I found out that the Amish do not
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