West Indian poetry germinated its seed in the eighteenth century. The art form in the beginnings though vibrant‚ had been nearly impossible to discover. Caribbean poetry was influenced by slavery and the British system having supreme authority over the people of the West Indies. Accustom to the written form‚ there is also an oral element to West Indian poetry. This can be seen in‚ traditional folk songs‚ sankeys‚ calypsos‚ hymns‚ chants‚ and reggae songs. This analysis deals with the work of two
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"Ode to the West Wind‚" Shelley invokes Zephyrus‚ the west wind‚ to free his "dead thoughts" and words‚ "as from an unextinguished hearth / Ashes and sparks" (63‚ 66-67)‚ in order to prophesy a renaissance among humanity‚ "to quicken a new birth" (64). This ode‚ one of a few personal lyrics published with his great verse drama‚ "Prometheus Unbound‚" identifies Shelley with his heroic‚ tormented Titan. By stealing fire from heaven‚ Prometheus enabled humanity to found civilization. In punishment‚
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Following the Civil War‚ many Americans chose to settle west of the Mississippi river and shaped a distinct culture in this region. Generations later‚ this fascinating culture was transformed into the Wild West‚ a romanticized version of the lifestyle‚ to entertain the masses. The romanticized perception of the Wild West differs extensively from the reality of western settlement‚ but in some aspects mirrors the true western lifestyle in the post-Civil War period. Native Americans and cowboys‚ for
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journey in this case may not solely be categorized as physical travel but also as the voyage of soul development. Tripitaka’s pilgrimage is more likely a spiritual journey to enlightenment than a mission to retrieve Buddhist scriptures from the West. Tripitaka in the story bears little resemblance to the historical monk. Historically‚ XuanZang’s travels took him to many kingdoms‚ and his initiative to seek out the rulers of each of them suggests that his pilgrimage had also diplomatic intentions
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United States is commonly referred to as the period of the “wild west”. This title is given in reference to the largely lawless nature of the region that arose after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 which opened the frontier west of the Mississippi river to settlers from the established colonies on the east coast. The media flourished during this time as the rest of the United States became intrigued by the way those in the wild west lived their lives. Newspapers began to print articles and stories
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Beth Cooper Professor Barrett Introduction to Drama West Side Story is an American musical with a book by Arthur Laurents‚ music by Leonard Bernstein‚ and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The musical’s plot is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Set in New York in the mid-1950s‚ the musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks‚ two teenage street gangs of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The members of the Sharks are first-generation
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Culture is something what we all have. It is what makes us different to others and explains why we value the things that we do. Culture can include your religion‚ beliefs‚ customs‚ roles‚ etc. West Indian culture is the one who defines who I am. Although‚ I was born in United States territory most of my family was born on British Caribbean islands. Much of who I am is based on Caribbean culture. My paternal grandfather Herbert Mathurin Sr.‚ was born on the island of Saint Lucia in 1944. His
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Q. Critical Appreciation of Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind. / Bring out the revolutionary zeal of Shelley in the poem Ode to the West Wind. / Critically analyse Shelley’s use of imagery in the poem Ode to the West Wind. A. Ode to the West Wind‚ the single most renowned and anthologized of Shelley’s poem‚ presents him as the visionary idealist and romantic revolutionary who makes a fervent plea to the greatest of natural forces – the west wind – to disseminate his message of reform and change among
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The discourse of “The West versus the rest” has certainly shaped attitudes and‚ hence‚ the realities of colonization and subsequent development of the world outside of Europe. The evidence of this is perhaps most striking in the Americas. We can clearly see the roles played by European’s existing “archive” of information regarding the outside world and the stereotypes that developed‚ post “discovery”‚ of America’s native inhabitants. I should note here that in writing this paper I am doing so
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Amanda Dees U.S History since 1876 Outlaws of the Old West The wild west was one of America ’s most violent times.The American Wild West is a period of history rife with tales of vicious gunfights and battles between lawmen and outlaws. It is the story of exploration and forging a new way of life. Men‚ women and children left their homes in the East and headed West looking for land and riches. While Hollywood has tended to portray this historical era as one of harshness and violence‚ scholars
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