Alvin Ailey Alvin Ailey is a multicultural modern dancer known for his great accomplishments in dance and choreography. He founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and throughout his lifetime created some 79 ballets‚ many of which have appeared in the repertoire of major dance companies. It was on a junior high school class trip to the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo‚ he fell in love with concert dance. He became inspired by performances of the Katherine Dunham Dance Company and classes
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Discuss the following poems‚ Hunting Snake and The Cockroach‚ commenting in particular on the ways in which the poets depict their respective creatures. The poems ‘Hunting Snake’ by Judith Wright and ‘The Cockroach’ by Kevin Halligan are both very metaphorical in their comparisons between creatures and humanity. Both poems are about animals in an undisturbed environment and their subsequent interaction with human beings‚ and a language feature that is common in both poems is an extended metaphor
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Romeo’s use of dramatic irony in Act III‚ Scene I develops conflict and builds Romeo’s character. When Tybalt seeks out Romeo in order to quarrel with him‚ Romeo is unwilling to fight the man who has recently become his relative‚ even though Tybalt is unaware of this relationship. Romeo apprises Tybalt that he loves him “better than [he] canst devise”‚ and says he cherishes the Capulet name‚ but also acknowledges that Tybalt does not know the reason for this love (3.1.64). Tybalt assumes that Romeo
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Sinyah is an ancient city in Uruk existed back in time when death and brutality was a part of everyday life and gods to be obeyed no matter what. Raiding and killing wasn’t viewed as a crime‚ but as a necessity. Galga‚ a farmer who turned into a vicious warrior make his way up to be one of the greatest kings‚ if not the greatest‚ who ruled Uruk. He did not really care about power so much as he cared about deeds. And‚ about what he is leaving behind. Galga believed in the gods‚ even to the point where
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the play are in no way able to comprehend what may lie in the future. Hamlet knows that there is something wrong with the marriage between his mother (the queen) and Claudius (King Hamlet’s brother). The marriage takes place just months after the slaying of King Hamlet. "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark." The characters of the play know that there are powers at work in the kingdom. A power that could be considered supernatural is in control of the actions of the play. Hamlet is visited
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Macbeth‚ persuades him to overcome his scruples. Revealingly‚ she considers her husband ‘to full o’th’ milk of human kindness’ to ruthlessly seize the throne. Her subsequent goading and incitement‚ and his inability to oppose it‚ prompt Macbeth’s slaying of Duncan and his moral decline. After murdering Duncan‚ Macbeth is consumed with guilt and self-hatred - emotions that reflect his complex personality. His over-reaching ambition has evidently set him on a course of action that he is mentally
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Hamlet is also kept popular by questioning the morality behind suicide. Many characters are murdered in the story. Murder is considered immoral in our society‚ but many would say that a majority of the killings were just in their own way. Hamlet slaying King Claudius would be the main one. Some would say Hamlet was just to kill Claudius due to Claudius killing Hamlet’s father‚ King Hamlet. The next most controversial
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Don’t be Racist: Observations of Racism within Southern California In the textbook Sociology A Down-to-Earth Approach‚ James M. Henslin repeats a phrase coined in 1903 by Sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois ‘The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line—the relation of the darker to the lighter races.’ This is phrase that all American should take into deep consideration in regards to how humans treat one another because of the various skin colors there are in today’s society. In
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Oh my Sweat‚ what a treacherous‚ remorseful event that has occurred. I am very sorry. I have slain your cousin Tybalt. I did not mean to be the force that killed your cousin‚ it was from mere impetuous thoughts belonging to me that lead to his slaying. You must be shocked and I don’t blame you as I am too in utter disbelief. I would have never done this in a million lifetimes. Yet this death did have a purpose. Your cousin Tybalt killed my friend Mercutio‚ kinsman of the Prince. As I saw the
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Here‚ we are controlled by them. They consume our minds and thoughts with what society deems as “cool”. Slaying women‚ drinking obsessively‚ and feasting on those who are inferior are all actions provoked by the insane masters. They do not allow ourselves to be free; the very message that Cephalus is trying to tell his members. By escaping from their control
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