Irish Music Essays The Harping Tradition Cruit Clairseach Symbol on coins Up to 16th Century An aristocratic art tradition – highly skilled – opposite to peasant class music of jig‚ reels on fiddle‚ flutes‚ etc. Patrons: Catholic and irish speaking employed a harper‚ poet (file)‚ reacaire . Harping was a good‚ stable‚ well paid job. Handed down from father to son. English Rule in Ireland – 16th Century Patrons lost power‚ money‚ land Could no longer afford to employ
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Albee and Twain: Demystifying an American Dream “What Happens to a dream differed? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun / Or fester like a sore- / etc. And then run? / Does it stink like rotten meat? / Or crust with sugar over- / like a syrupy sweet? / Maybe it just sags / like a heavy load / Or does it explode?” -------- Langston Hughes American Dream was a term that first appeared in James Truslow Adams’s The Epic of America‚ where he states The American Dream is "that dream
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because they are loaded with very publicized faults. The flaws of the series range from old-fashioned gender roles to a rather unimaginative plot. Even sometimes including unintentional humor in her work‚ making the series look naive and empty-headed. Edward Cullen‚ Jacob Black‚ and Bella Swan might not be the most artful characters of created‚ but that’s not stopping young teenage girls‚ and some older‚ from reading and obsessing over the series. The Twilight series has had a very successful run‚ in
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that grapple with the legacy of colonial rule. In this sense‚ postcolonial literature may be considered a branch of postmodern literature concerned with the political and cultural independence of peoples formerly subjugated in colonial empires. Edward Said‚ a founding figure in post-colonialism‚ was known best for his book Orientalism (1978). The book has been highly influential in postcolonial studies and presented his influential ideas on Orientalism‚ the Western study of Eastern cultures. Post-colonial
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THE CENTURY OF THE SELF The Century of the Self is a British documentary series in four episodes diffused by BBC four in 2002 and art house cinemas in the US. This documentary was written‚ realized‚ produced and directed by Kevin Adam Curtis‚ an English filmmaker‚ born in 1955. His work is more of a journalistic work than a director work; indeed his works are based on sociology‚ philosophy and political history. Adam Curtis won various awards like Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award at the
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all make a complete difference. These few differences can make you feel whether or not a movie deserves or is lacking credibility to be titled as number one. One movie that truly deserves this title is Blood Diamond. In Blood Diamond the director Edward Zwick was very smart when strategizing how each and every scene would play out in the film. He made thorough decisions on which moves each character should make and how the interactions among them would be in each scene. All of this planning was done
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years old‚ owned a wholesale drapery. His mother and sisters managing the boutique. Pierre Balmain started to study architecture‚ but he was more interested in designing clothes. So Balmain started in 1934 to work for the fashion designer Edward Molyneux. Edward Molyneux was known for his extravagant clothes‚ and a bit over the top style‚ he was one of the greatest couturiers of that time. Balmain worked for Mr. Molyneux for 5 years. In 1939 Balmain worked for Lucien Lelong where he worked side
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ship‚ the Boston Packet. While with the ship’s captain‚ Deane suddenly complained of dizziness and stomach pain. Right away the captain put him to bed. Deane’s condition got worse and four hours later he died. Some say he was murdered by his friend Edward Bancroft but that was not the case. He had committed suicide. Deane was a very depressed man and he had the resources to kill himself. There are many rumors about how Deane died but what some people don’t know is that Deane’s death was self inflicted
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Automat - Edward Hopper (1927) The painting is a realistic painting which depicts a lonely woman glaring into a cup of coffee in an automat‚ with fine clothes and make-up. She is wearing a hat which is being pulled low over her forehead. She seems to be sorrowful and not willing to communicate with other people. It seems that she is carrying a heavy burden. The winter clothes and gloves of the woman imply a cold condition and symbolize a sense of indifference and coolness. Hopper uses many symbols
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History of Vaccines According to the Historical Medical Library of Physicians of Philadelphia‚ the Chinese would scrape scabs from smallpox victims on to healthy open pores of the arm dating back to 1000AD. They believed that exposing a person to a small amount of the disease would help them build up immunity towards it. This was also called inoculation. Such ideas inspired what we now call immunizations or vaccines. The history of vaccines begins with the emergence of incurable diseases including
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