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    Benjamin (Edward) Britten born on 22 November 1913 in suffolk an East Anglian county in England where he also died on December 4‚ 1976 he was child prodigy born with great aptitude‚ and developed skill on a musical instrument(piano‚viola) in a early age.After studying at the Royal College of Music in London and working with the composer Frank Bridge‚he grew to be one of the finest and most gifted British composer of the mid-20th century.He was also an exceptional conductor and pianist.He continued

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    Indonesian subtitles then other way around. And while people were convincing me to go and to see the best Indonesian movie ever – ‘The Raid: Redemption” I was trying to convince them to watch and to explain to me best Indonesian movie for me ‘The requiem for Java’. I failed. So‚ I watch a movie alone and decided to investigate more about it for this paper where I will also put my opinion about this movie. I divide a paper into several parts. First part about director‚ second part is about technical

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    consideration‚ he should have identified himself with the dream he wanted to pursue‚ he should have given importance to the talents and gifts of his own‚ and he should have realized that he was not successful as a salesman like Biff was able to in the Requiem. Willy’s dream was to become a successful‚ well liked salesman. Unfortunately‚ he never identified himself with that dream. He just wanted to be like a man he once met‚ and he told Linda about it‚ “His name was Dave Singleman… and he’d drummed merchandise

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    least middle class. Although there were slums in business‚ he still pursued his love of music. Mozart died at the age of 36 in debt. Music: Style of Composition: Operatic. Toward the end of his life‚ he composed a few great operas‚ and a requiem. His requiem was left unfinished‚ and completed by a close friend. His operas General Characteristics: Seemingly composed with ease‚ his compositions are usually graceful and spontaneous. Along with that‚ he demonstrated balance‚ restraint‚ and proportion

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    purpose. Owen Marshall’s writing is no exception. Marshall says he has “always been interested in people who don’t conform” and many of his stories develop this idea. “Requiem in a Townhouse” and “Mr Van Gogh” are both good examples of his stories in which the setting is critical to the understanding of this theme. The main setting in “Requiem in a Townhouse” is the actual townhouse. However‚ before the reader even hears about the townhouse‚ we are told about the “sixteen hundred hectares of hill country”

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    Outline THESIS: Amadeus is a fictionalized account of the relationship between Mozart and Salieri. Mozart is shown as an exceptional musician considered today by some to be the greatest of all geniuses in his field having knocked out compositions for assorted solo instruments‚ opera and symphonic orchestras by the time he was thirty-five years old. Salieri was a talented composer and‚ had Mozart never lived‚ he albums might have been available for sale today. I. The film Amadeus

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    Shostakovich Analysis

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    A Yurodivy‚ or holy fool‚ is a person who purposefully “appears unintelligent and unsophisticated” in order to portray injustices going on around them‚ according to Oxford Dictionary Online. This word comes from Soviet Russia‚ and represents Shostakovich well. When Shostakovich lived‚ he seemed to represent the communist party and everything it stood for. After he died‚ his official obituary in Soviet newspapers showed him as a “faithful son of the Communist Party” (Pravda‚ 1975). However‚ his

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    The American Dream In the past it was possible for a working person to have a decent job‚ buy a home‚ get a car‚ and have their children go to school. The American Dream is a set of national ideals‚ like having a decent job and owning a home‚ basically prosperity‚ that are achieved through personal ability and opportunity. Today people would argue that the American Dream is still alive and feasible‚ however‚ the increasing difficulty to achieve common social goals‚ that are often referred to in

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    ‘Death Of A Salesman’ is mainly told from Willy Loman‚ who’s the main protagonist’s perspective. Loman is a classic example of an anti-hero. Willy does not have courage on a grand scale; he is a small man but has heroic qualities about him – such as being courageous and ambitious. The play ‘Death Of A Salesman’ itself‚ is fairly ambitious because in its simplistic form it is a play about an everyday event – a man with a job but the play as a whole is about finding who you are and to question your

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    excellence is honored over and over. The four poems this essay will investigate are all dramatic monologues that have a historical basis and employ the power and immediacy of direct speech. The poems to be examined will be “The House Slave‚” “Requiem for the Croppies‚” “The Czar’s Last Christmas Letter: A Barn in the Urals” and “A Letter from Phillis Wheatley.” Although each poem exhibits a unique voice and topic‚ the poems share some characteristics‚ particularly the use of history‚ form‚ voice

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