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    February thirteenth‚ 1976. (141) Addressing the symptomatology of trauma in his book‚ Beyond the Pleasure Principle‚ Freud describes the case of a little boy who‚ traumatized by being abandoned by his mother‚ reenacted the scene of the trauma over and over and over again. So striking was the event for Freud that it forced him to reconsider his original‚ relatively unproblematic idea of the pleasure principle‚ which had indicated that people who experienced traumatic events would avoid them or any

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    The Baroque Era Rebecca Mozingo Mr. Craton Period 8 The Baroque Era was a period for artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear and easily interpreted detail to produce drama‚ tension‚ exuberance and grandeur in sculpture‚ painting‚ architecture‚ literature and dance and music. It started around 1600 in Rome‚ Italy and spread to most of Europe and ended around the 1750’s. The Baroque era was encouraged by the Roman Catholic Church‚ which had decided at the time of the Council of Trent

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    Are Higher Pleasures Unique to Human Beings? John Stuart Mill argues in Utilitarianism that higher pleasures are unique to human beings. Higher pleasures are those pleasures that require some minimum of cognitive capacities to enjoy. More specifically‚ higher pleasures are intellectual pleasures while lower pleasures are sensual pleasures. Mill argues that animals are not capable of experiencing higher pleasures because animals are not aware of their higher facilities; animals lack the conscious

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    The Romantic Era Have you ever heard of the word romance? Love is the 980th most commonly used word in the English language‚ which connects to the word romance‚ so there is a very good likelihood that you have. The real question‚ however‚ is do you really know what romance means? Romance has several different meanings and the Romantic Era encompasses them all. Despite the fact that the Romantic Era was a hundred years‚ the Romantics contributed so many things‚ some of those being romance‚ the

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    The Classical Era In the classical the style of classicism was introduced. Classicism music was a melody with a subordinate harmony to combine to be called homophony. This meant the playing of chords‚ even if they did interrupt the melodic smoothness of a single part. It became a much more prevalent part of music. This made the tonal structure of works more audible. The genres of the Classical Era consisted of symphony‚ opera‚ sonata allegro‚ sentimental style‚ style galant‚ and overture. The symphony

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    Erik Era

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    Progressive Era. You will also enter notes into a table and create a presentation based on your timeline and the notes you took. These tasks will help you understand the importance of the historical context and chronological sequence of these events. __________________________________________________________________________ Directions and Analysis Task 1: Organizing the Progressive Era For this task‚ you will create a timeline to show the chronological sequence of events from the Progressive Era. The Progressive

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    The Elizabethan Era The Elizabethan Era is named after one of the greatest Queens of England - Queen Elizabeth. It was known as the Renaissance age. The Elizabethan era was an important and one of the most fascinating periods. In the history of England many developments‚ inventions and new ideas were introduced during the Elizabethan era. The Elizabethan Era is not only famous for the Virgin Queen but also for the era itself - Great Explorers‚ such as Sir Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh

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    US History Study Guide 11 characteristics of the Progressive Era. 1. Rising power- well educated of the middle class put business men‚ lawyers‚ social workers‚ doctors‚ clergy‚ educators because the core of the progressive era. Primarily urban the rising middle class had the moral training that stressed a Christian duty to help those less fortunate and devote time to reform efforts. 2. Wide variety of reform efforts- problems ranging from political corruption‚ trusts‚ taxation‚ railroad rates

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    political‚ economic‚ and social forces. To better understand the role of police in society‚ one has to know the history of how policing became what it is today. Policing has been categorized into three basic eras‚ which include the Political Era‚ Reform Era‚ and lastly the Community Problem-Solving Era that is the present form of policing. Most all of modern-western democracies are based on Sir Robert Peel’s Metropolitan Police Force‚ which was instituted in 1829. Sir Robert Peel was the founder of

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    My topic is on the dances of the Ragtime era. During this era‚ many dances like the cakewalk‚ foxtrot‚ charleston‚ moonwalk‚ samba‚ waltz‚ tango‚ and etc. all began to rise and became more trendy between the years of 1895 to 1918. This era was known for its unexpected rhythmic dance steps. In addition‚ it became a real entertainment system for many people around the world. Ragtime era was the influential time for early jazz as well. Speaking of early jazz‚ the Charleston‚ cakewalk‚ black bottom

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