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    Was Bachata A Dance

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    with beauty and style following after every step and turn. Even when you begin to dance‚ some might say there is no grace in the movements of a beginner‚ but you can not avoid what is being expressed within and out; happiness. In “What is Art?”‚ Leo Tolstoy states his opinion of the matter: “To evoke in oneself a feeling one has experienced‚ and...then by means of movements‚ lines‚ colors‚ sounds or forms expressed in words‚ so that to transmit that feeling-This is the activity of art.” A lot goes

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    Anna Karenina Evaluation

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    In Book 6‚ Tolstoy tries to make use of Anna Karenina’s minor characters to create new themes in the novel. First‚ in the theme of love‚ he pairs up Levin’s brother Sergei with Kitty’s old friend Varenka. Second‚ he uses Veslovsky’s character to show how he affects Levin’s tendencies towards his relationship with Kitty. Veslovsky is perceived in Book 6 as someone who is always trying to ruin the moment for Levin and Kitty. Furthermore‚ we can also see in Book 6 how Tolstoy compares the personal life

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    five English translations of Lev Tolstoy ’s Anna Karenina for my paper. Dole (1886)‚Garnett (1901)‚ Maude (1918)‚ Edmonds (1954) and Pevear and Volokhonsky (2000). My main objective has been to analyse the relationship between earlier and latertranslations. Since modern English language readers are more familiar with Russianlanguage‚ literature and culture as well as with Tolstoy ’s works than the 19th centuryreaders were‚ theoretically speaking‚ translating Tolstoy in 2000 should be easier than itwas

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    History Importance

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    Zola (b) (d) Moralizing Vagabond (b) (d) Oliver Twist Mayor of caster bridge (b) Bhojpuri (d) Marathi Q.7: - The first modern novel in Malayalam is – (a) Sevasadan (b) (c) Indulekha (d) Q.8: - Who is the author of ‘Pamela’? (a) Leo Tolstoy (c) Thomas Hardy Pariksha Guru Rajesekhara (b) (d) Samuel Richardson Charles Dickens Q.9: - In which year was Emile Zola’s ‘Germinal’ published? (a) 1584 (b) 1885 (c) 1886 Q.10:-Who wrote the famous novel ‘Jungle Book’? (a) Rudyard Kipling

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    arts ans aesthetics

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    Art is a powerful medium of communication with the world at large‚ artists hold the power to influence the way people think and live. Art defines our consciousness; therefore‚ it can impart and instruct as well as entertain at the same time. -artists serve the function of being role models in society because of their far reaching influence so it is obligatory on their part that they seek to establish a correlation between a proper ethical conduct and their artistic expression How best to define

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    Modern Day Vegetarianism

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    It is considered essential for self-purification‚ as well as the development of an ethical‚ merciful and compassionate self. In the modern philosophical era‚ Leo Tolstoy an influential Russian writer and philosopher was an advocate of vegetarianism. " By killing man suppresses in himself‚ unnecessarily‚ the highest spiritual capacity-that of sympathy and pity towards living creatures like himself‚ and by violating

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    Tolstoy has never been concerned with rules. Whether it is with the structure of the novel‚ revered thought on established topics‚ or even his own past writing‚ Tolstoy disregards all of them in pursuit of his elusive hero. This constant‚ intense search for truth fills Tolstoy’s works with the uncanny lifelike quality that has immortalized him. But it can also fill them with contradictions and frustratingly radical conclusions. Tolstoy’s attitude towards his female characters is a prime example of

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    not gotten closer to evading mortality (Tolstoy‚ 1886). Nowadays medicine might be better than the medicine that Ivan had . In fact‚ many people still die after long fight with disease . The story helps us understand what individuals go through before or when they are dying‚ According to the author ‚ the primary features of human nature are mortality and pain. Ivan lives a carefree a life that is “most simple and ordinary therefore most terrible (Tolstoy‚ 1886).” Like other people‚ he understands

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    Anna Karenina - Essay

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    nature‚ as well as a reaffirmation of the novelist’s vision of the simple life. Kitty’s rejection of his proposal drives Levin to turn to the land‚ where the beauty of the seasons and the pragmatic work of harvesting absorbs him. At the same time‚ Tolstoy draws a contrast between Levin’s relationship to the land‚ and the story of Anna and her enigmatic and destructive passions. Anna Karenina has everything anyone could ever wish for - beauty‚ wealth‚ social position‚ a husband‚ and an adored son -

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    Chris McCandless abandoned modern world and choose the wild because he believed that he can improve himself through living in the world‚ and finds the true happiness of the life. McCandless abandoned his wealthy family because his complicated relationship with his father‚ and he was ashamed with his father’s adultery. Therefore‚ McCandless believed that human relationship is not a thing that forms happiness‚ and the connection with nature brings joy as well. He also believed the habitual lifestyle

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