I would like to present the 20th Century Genius Award to Dr. Maya Angelou. She is a remarkable Renaissance woman who is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature. As a poet‚ educator‚ historian‚ best-selling author‚ actress‚ playwright‚ civil-rights activist‚ producer and director‚ she continues to travel the world‚ spreading her legendary wisdom. Within the rhythm of her poetry and elegance of her prose lies Angelou’s unique power to help readers of every orientation span the
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Greek theater. Woman did not have rights in that time period: she could not participate in government‚ she had no claim to property or belongings‚ etc. Many playwrights wrestled with this issue‚ creating characters such as Clytemnestra‚ Cassandra‚ Medea‚ and Antigone that embodied courage in the midst of a man’s world. Ironically‚ these female heroes would have been played by male hypokrits‚ as women were not allowed to act in the theater. Sophocles hints at the irrationality of the principle that
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Greek Literature GREEK LITERATURE. The great British philosopher-mathematician Alfred North Whitehead once commented that all philosophy is but a footnote to Plato . A similar point can be made regarding Greek literature as a whole. Over a period of more than ten centuries‚ the ancient Greeks created a literature of such brilliance that it has rarely been equaled and never surpassed. In poetry‚ tragedy‚ comedy‚ and history‚ Greek writers created masterpieces that have inspired‚ influenced
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THE DRAWER BOY THE OFFICIAL GRAND THEATRE STUDY GUIDE 471 Richmond St. London‚ ON N6A 3E4 Box Office: 519-672-8800 Online: www.grandtheatre.com The Drawer Boy About the Writer Michael Healey is a Canadian playwright and actor. He was born August 25‚ 1963 in Toronto‚ Ontario and was raised in Brockville‚ Ontario. In 1985‚ Healey graduated from the acting program at Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto. His acting credits include The League of Nathans‚ Reading Hebron‚ Three in the Black‚ Two in
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TERM DEFINITION EXAMPLE Abstract Exists in thought and is not physical or concrete Love or beauty Aesthetic Concerned with beauty or the application of beauty Art Allegory a literary device in which characters or events in a literary‚ visual‚ or musical art form represent or symbolize ideas and concepts All animals are equal but a few are more equal than others. Alliteration the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables
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RUSSIA Natural environment Among Russia’s most important environmental problems: * Water pollution is the most serious concern. Less than half of Russia’s population has access to safe drinking water. While water pollution from industrial sources has diminished because of the decline in manufacturing‚ municipal wastes increasingly threaten key water supply sources‚ and nuclear contamination could leach into key water sources as well. The head of Russia’s environmental protection committee
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the real-life shipwreck of the Sea Venture on the islands of Bermuda. In addition‚ one of Gonzalo ’s speeches is derived from Montaigne ’s essay Of the Canibales‚ and much of Prospero ’s renunciative speech is taken word for word from a speech by Medea in Ovid ’s poem Metamorphoses. The masque in Act 4 may have been a later addition‚ possibly in honour of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V in 1613. The play was first published in the First Folio of 1623. The story draws heavily
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Chapter One Origins and Antiquity: Myths‚ Legends‚ and Epics The geographical origins of Western literature lie in areas as diverse as the Middle East‚ the Mediterranean‚ the central European forests‚ and the northwestern coasts‚ each of which produced a body of oral histories‚ myths‚ and legends‚ many of which were subsequently written down. They have been drawn on by writers since the emergence of a Western literature culture in ancient Greece. Stories have been used as entertainment‚ as origin
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Exam 1 review sheet History 1100 ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS: Prehistory- first civilized people started migrating out of Africa‚ into the Near East‚ Europe and Asia. The migration set the period known as the Stone Age. The Stone Age is where people drastically made a change. They started using tools made out of stone‚ agriculture and domesticated animals. Paleolithic Age (old stone)- 200‚000 b.c.-10‚000 b.c. Neolithic Age (new stone) – 10‚000 b.c.-4‚000 b.c. PALEOLITHIC AGE: Hunter-gatherers-
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References: Europe trilogy After graduation he began work on the very stylized crime drama‚ The Element of Crime (Forbrydelsens element 1984)‚ which won a technical award at the Cannes Film Festival. For television von Trier directed Medea (1988)‚ which won the Jean d ’Arcy prize in France. It was based on a screenplay by Carl Th. Dreyer and starred Udo Kier. — Press Conference for Melancholia‚ Cannes‚ 2011[53][54] Referring to the art of Nazi architect Albert Speer‚ von Trier added:
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