with the Orient – decadence‚ sensuality‚ indolence‚ femininity‚ and brutality (in her death). These qualities are not part of Western culture as Balzac says‚ “it is only in the Orient that the human race presents a magnificent feature”. Paquita’s lifestyle and appearance exhibits all the qualities that the Western male desires in the Eastern female. Balzac touches on the Western culture versus Eastern and claims that Parisians can only attain one of two desires - those are “gold or pleasure”‚ but they
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Parallel Worlds and the End of the World “The voice of the light remains ever so faint; images quiet as ancient constellations float across the dome of my dawning mind. They are indistinct fragments that never merge into a sensate picture. There would be a landscape I have not seen before‚ unfamiliar melodic echoes‚ whisperings in a chaos of tongues” (Murakami 183). There’s no escaping the apocalypse. For all of us‚ there will be some “end of the world” experience‚ whether or not we live
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define Europe as its contrasting image‚ idea‚ personality‚ experience’. The publication of Edward W. Said’s text Orientalism‚ developed the connotations and denotations of ‘the scholarly discipline called Orientalism’1 to accurately explain the Western World’s fabricated cultural notions. These perceptions assisted in the falsification of the Orient‚ and more specifically of the Middle East. These assumptions allowed Orientalism to become generated through a definitive distinction constructed between
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“The feminine and weak Orient awaits the dominance of the West; it is a defenseless and unintelligent whole that exists for‚ and in terms of‚ its Western counterpart. The importance of such a construction is that it creates a single subject matter where non existed‚ a compilation of previously unspoken notions of the Other” (pg. 2). Said’s implication of Latent Orientalism goes hand in hand with the content and obvious relationship between Butterfly and Pinkerton in Puccini’s “Love Duet”. In
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ESSAYS • Deception- who‚ how‚ why? what happens as a result of the deception? o Importance of being Earnest (Oscar Wilde) → Mr. John/Jack Worthing pretends to have a brother named Earnest that he has to go visit in the city. When he is in the city‚ he pretends to be his brother Earnest. Mr. Algernon Moncreif lives in the city and pretends to have a friend named Bunburry that he has to visit whenever he wants to escape a social engagement. He goes to visit John Worthing in the country and
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comes from the Orient. It makes no difference. You have seen her before: the short substantial legs buckle under the weight of the ghost child she carried centuries ago like a bundle of rags who now turns in front of your windshield‚ transformed in Western clothes. The grown woman stops impatiently and self-consciously to motion Hurry to her mother. Seeping into your side view mirror like a black mushroom blooming in a bowl of water‚ the stooped gnome figure wades through the river of cars hauling
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Herodotus: The Father of History Many students today propose the question‚ "why do we study history‚ what does it have to do with us?" This question is not a new idea; in fact‚ the Greeks didn’t concern themselves with true scientific history until after 500 B.C. Up until this point the Greeks focused mainly on myths and legends that explained how to please their many gods. It wasn’t until the time of Herodotus that any emphasis was placed on recording a true account of the past. In Herodotus’ writings
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Beatriz Domingues Professor Buckley TRDA 2191W 05 February 2013 Research Paper Abstract The objective of this research paper is to analyze Marius Petipa’s work‚ La Bayadere‚ through the Historical lens of Orientalism. This choice stems from my personal interest in how historical and economical development affected a culture’s perspective of another. La Bayadere is set in India however it is evident that the movements and images performed in this ballet piece are not based on ethnographic knowledge
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comes from the the Orient. It makes no difference. You have seen her before the short substantial legs buckle under the weight of the child she carried centuries ago like a buundle of rags who now turns in fronmt of your windshield‚ transformed in western clothes The grown woman stops impatientaly and self-consciously to motion Hurry to her mother. The title when i read the title it thought it was going to be about someone who makes a journey fun or worth while. Summary the poem is mainly
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Rich World‚ Poor World Samantha Valentine Dr. Rochelle Steward-Withers 131121 18 September 2012 Word count: 2275 Debt is made when one party owes party money (Oxfam‚ 2005). Just like people‚ governments of both developed and developing nations borrow money in order to function well and to maintain their economies (George‚ 1994). Debt is the economic mode that promotes economic activity in the global market (Lomborg‚ 2004). The acquisition of debt comes through loans‚ grants and aid
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