one of the premier epic poems‚ “The Song of Roland” gives the reader great insight of what life was like‚ specifically the prominent role of religion and social structure‚ during the reign of Charlemagne (768-814). The poem revolves around the battle between Charlemagne’s army against the Muslims in Spain. Purpose of the war was for Charlemagne and his army to “free” the country from the impending Muslim threat. Although we do not know the creator of “The Song of Roland” or the exact date of its
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We have chosen a song entitled ‘Miss Polly had a Dolly’ and our target group is Year Two students. Basically‚ this song tells about Miss Polly‚ a little girl who desperately wants her father to play with her. She makes her doll sick and finally manages to get her father’s attention. This song is selected because it meets the requirement of exposing students with ‘World of Stories’ theme. Therefore‚ as students watch the video clip and sing along the song‚ they will be immersed with the characters
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The song that I chose to analyze is “Changes” by Tupac Shakur. The late Tupac Shakur was an African American rapper who was shot dead years ago. His powerful lyrics have impacted the rap industry to this day‚ because he spoke the truth. His lyrics directly related to his everyday struggles‚ and how being a successful African American is not an easy task to achieve. Rap usually talks about events of everyday life‚ and the song “Changes” talks about racial profiling‚ poverty‚ and how racism affects
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Song Representation of Antigone The song I chose to represent Creon is Pray by Sunny Hill. The song pray fits Creon because in several lines of lyrics fit regret and guilt of what Creon had done. A couple of the lines from the song related to Creon asking for Tiresias help but then not liking the answer‚ for example "Someone told me to pray to dream‚ that it will come true no matter what it is. Tell me everything- look at me and tell me‚ tell me to please stop." Inside Creon knew Tiresias was right
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CHARLEMAGNE IN THE SONG OF ROLAND The textbook displays Charlemagne as an astounding and great military leader but examines a few of his flaws as well. The Song of Roland creates the image of Charlemagne that is an extraordinary‚ legendary leader. They both tell about what great things he accomplished in his life‚ the many wars he won and how his bravery carried him through everything. The Song of Roland praised him in such a legendary way to create the impression of a heroic leader. By doing this
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Toni Morrison begins her 1977 written novel: Song of Solomon in a very non traditional way that was different from most authors. Toni narrated her stories but introducing the incident. Some themes such as oral traditions‚naming‚ and especially flight are introduced in the first six pages and are further developed in a very similar format throughout the book. One of the incredible themes‚oral tradition‚ is used to retell events throughout the book in a consistent manner with the beginning. On the
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(2012‚ November 5) Telephone interview. In the song “Stranger‚” from her mixtape “Sailing Souls‚” Jhene suggests that the main character acts like a stranger in their relationship‚ a familiar feeling she’s had in other relationships. This song explores the idea that a person can think they know someone’s personality really well and then that same person acts differently to cause the relationship to feel unfamiliar. For this reason‚ I believe the song “Stranger” takes you on a journey through the ups
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In the article “The Return of the Protest Song”‚ Tillet writes about the turnback of protest music after their downstrend in 1960s and the redenifition of the kind of music. The coming back is the responsibility of the killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. They use music to say and express their aspiration of Civil Right. In the same time‚ hiphop was seen as a new form of political music‚ and it has an important influence and spread quickly. Before 1960s‚ writers wrote music lyrics base on political
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The son of lawino Literary analysis In the poem Song of Lawino racism reared its ugly head in a rather ridiculous form‚ some people might argue that any form of racism is ridiculous‚ which is very understandable‚ but in this particular situation in my opinion it is worst than the segregation in America throughout the early part of the century 20th century. It’s called self hatred‚ self hatred is a very uncommon form of racism and it can appear in any ethnic group but its black self hatred that
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does that tell us about the culture out of which the poem emerges? The Song of Roland is a heroic epic that depicts the tragic defeat of Roland‚ the courageous leader of Charlemagne’s army. Within the epic Roland is not depicted as a hero in every way. I believe that Roland’s pride eventually becomes the root cause of his failure to himself and to others. It is this pride that Roland carries that sheds light upon the culture out of which the poem emerges. In this culture during the late 700’s‚ pride
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