W. S. Gilbert Essays

  • Essay On Musical Theatre

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    How did musical theater develop from reviews, opera to what it is today? Musical theatre originated from something called an Operetta. An Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre. An Opera is a performance which started in the 1590s in Italy. This form of musical theatre includes spoken word too, such as some scenery, acting, costumes and dance. Opera is most commonly performed

  • The Mikado: The Use Of Satire In Modern Society

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    Gilbert and Sullivan firstly used humour to poke fun at higher-class-members of society. Characters of extreme social status often present utterly ridiculous lines like Pooh-Bah stating: “I am, in point of fact, a particularly haughty and exclusive person

  • A Pattern of Visionary Imagery in W. S. Merwin

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    A Pattern of Visionary Imagery in W. S. Merwin After quoting Blake's own words to establish his work as essentially "'Visionary,'" and then defining that term as the "view of the world . . . as it really is when it is seen by human consciousness at its greatest height and intensity" (143), Northrop Frye suggests an important but largely ignored point for criticism in his essay "Blake After Two Centuries" when he observes that works like Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception "seem to show that

  • To The Book By W. W Merwin Poem

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    tone with varying intensity to personify his book and make it a child being released into the world alone. “Go on then In your own time This is as far As I will take you I am leaving your words with you As through they has been yours All the time” (W. S. Merwin) Above is the opening stanza of the poem “To the Book”. This stanza begins to set the overall tone and audience of the poem. The first line of the poem, “go on then”, sets a harsh tone. As if the author or speaker of the poem is commanding

  • Environment Essay: It's Time to Save the Planet

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    cannot glue the ozone layer back together. We cannot paint over the missing trees of the rain forest. We cannot buy a new species of animals. Our actions today have long term consequences. Are we ready to deal with them? "Unchopping a Tree" by W. S. Merwin is a fictional essay that explores in detail how a chopped tree can be reconstructed by man. Its futuristic views challenge the mind like a hopeful dream of redemption. Merwin describes how the pieces of the tree, even the splinters, must

  • The Woman Author: A Comparative Analysis

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    revisited during the second-wave feminist movement by Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar in their psychoanalytic text, “Infection in the Sentence” (1979), which focuses on the “anxiety” associated with the act of writing as a woman. The approach to identifying the complex social constructs applied to women writers differ due to Woolf’s insistence on androgynous writing in order to unify perceived male and female characteristics, whereas Gilbert and Gubar celebrate distinctly feminine literature as a means

  • Edward Degas Research Paper

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    Japanese influence on European artists in the 19th century is revealed in the accommodation of Japanese designs into household objects, decorative designs, the outline of sets, and the numerous influence of different ideas of Japanese origin. Japan began to look outwards after a period of isolation and protectionism, the nation began to trade with the West once more in 1853, with this, Japanese goods soon found their way into Europe. Japanese crafts were well accepted in European countries, particularly

  • Critique of The Pirates of Penzance

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    Critique of The Pirates of Penzance A new and original comic Opera by Messrs. W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, entitled the "Pirates of Penzance, or Love and Duty. It is amazing how two dramatic writers have mastered the ability to amuse the public in such an original manner. This opera had its premiere on December 31, 1879, at the Fifth Avenue Theater in New York with Arthur Sullivan conducting. It opened on April 3, 1880, at the Opera Comique in London and ran for 363 performances. When

  • The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

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    armed resistance of the holocaust began (ushmm.org). The German troops entered to find empty str... ... middle of paper ... ....com/ho/o/48965521.html history.com. “Warsaw Ghetto Uprising” http://www.history.com/topics/warsaw-ghetto-uprising Gilbert, Martin. The Holocaust: a History of the Jews of Europe during the Second World War. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston: New York, 1986. Print. Haaretz.com. “Experience the Warsaw Ghetto” http://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/experience-the-warsaw-ghetto-1

  • Annotated Bibliography On Anatomy And Metabolism

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    Assistant, Laboratory of Dr. Bill Straus, PhD Vassar College | Department of Biology | Poughkeepsie, NY February 2011 – May 2011 PUBLICATIONS 1. Liu, L.Y., Alexa, K., Cortes, M., Schatzman-Bone, S., Kim, A.J., Mukhopadhyay, B., Cinar, R., Kunos, G., North, T.E. & Goessling, W. (2016). Cannabinoid receptor signaling regulates liver development and metabolism. Development, 143:

  • The Woman as Muse and Begetter: Susan Barton’s “anxiety of authorship” in J.M. Coetzee’s Foe

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    In their 1979 work titled The Madwoman in the Attic, Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar discuss the difficulties faced by Victorian women attempting to write in a patriarchal society. Gilbert and Gubar describe the “anxiety of authorship” experienced by female writers who thus believe they are not capable of creating a successful work. J.M. Coetzee’s 1986 novel Foe, follows its protagonist Susan Barton as she experiences such anxiety in early eighteenth century England. Barton’s anxieties as well

  • Parental Mental Illness

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    estimated thirty to fifty percent of adults with mental illness (Grant et al. 2004). Children with parents addicted to alcohol or illicit drugs develop dysfunctional coping behaviors, which can later lead to psychosocial and emotional problems (Fox and Gilbert, 1994). Children with addict parents can suffer from poor interpersonal relationships, poor quality of life, loss of self esteem and extreme stress. Later in life, these individuals are predisposed to develop disorders such as anxiety, depression

  • Essay On Brand Loyalty

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    Journal of Marketing Research (1964): 32-35. 6. Delgado-Ballester, Elena, and José Luis Munuera-Alemán. "Brand trust in the context of consumer loyalty." European Journal of Marketing 35.11/12 (2001): 1238-1258 7. Gommans, Marcel, Krish S. Krishnan, and Katrin B. Scheffold. "From brand loyalty to ...

  • Kiribati Case Study

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    Located at 3.37°S and 168.73°W, Kiribati is one of the largest territories in Micronesia. Kiribati or officially known as the Republic of Kiribati established in 1979 is identified into three groups, the Gilbert Islands, Phoenix Islands, and the Line Islands. There are currently 33 islands in Kiribati, 20 which are inhabited over the 313 square mile territory. Kiribati is known for having a plethora amount of coconut plantations as well as fishing grounds and a satellite telemetry system. The people

  • Mesa AZ

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    With its sheer size, United States has many attractions that one may visit. Whether one is looking for a holiday getaway or just for a long weekend, there is much more to see. The good thing is that attractions are distributed across the whole country. In fact, every city in the United States has its unique attraction. Let us have a look at Mesa Arizona. Mesa, AZ history Mesa tracks its roots back to Spanish Indian and Mormon expeditions in the early American history. The diverse ethnical background

  • Neurofeedback

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    The following paper is an inquiry into my experience with neurofeedback (NFB), through the different problems and questions it raises regarding the old problem of body-mind and object-subject dichotomy, ending in a tentative attempt at applying Gilbert Simondon’s philosophy and notion of the individuation process to the study of the mind and the self, through brain-computer interfaces (BCI) in general and NFB in particular. In a sense, this can be said to fit well with Simondon’s work, where “an

  • The Complexity of Team Work

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    understand the complexity of the teamwork process. A team is a collection of two or more people with either similar or different disciplines dedicated to the pursuit of a specific goal (Gilbert, 2004). Hence, the determinant in the level of participation from team members for a functioning team is a joint commitment (Gilbert, 2004). The successful use of team practice aims to better serve respected stakeholders. In urban planning, the unity and cohesiveness of a finished work signifies professionalism

  • Machiavelli and the Roman Empire

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    representative governments to start replacing, w... ... middle of paper ... ...that he probably was at that time residing under. References Adams, Robert M. Introduction to "Machiavelli the Democrat." From The Prince. ©1992. W. W. Norton & Company. New York. Gilbert, Felix. "Fortune, Necessity, Virtu." From The Prince. Ed. By Robert M. Adams. ©1992. W. W. Norton & Company. New York. Hegel, G.W.F. Reason in History. Translated by Robert S. Hartman. ©1997. Prentice-Hall, Inc.

  • Xbox Live Dehumanization

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    (2017). APA Review Confirms Link Between Playing Violent Video Games and Aggression. [online] Available at: http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2015/08/violent-video-games.aspx [Accessed 20 Oct. 2017]. Fiske, S. T., Gilbert, D. T., Lindzey, G. (2/1/10). Handbook of Social Psychology, Volume Two, 5th Edition. [Bookshelf Online]. Retrieved from https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781118553640/ Willoughby, T., Adachi, P. C., & Good, M. (2012). A longitudinal

  • Cartesian Dualism and Gilbert Ryle

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    This essay will define Cartesian dualism, explain and critically evaluate Gilbert Ryle’s response to Cartesian dualism in his article, “Descartes’ Myth” and support Ryle’s argument on Descartes’ substance dualism. Cartesian dualism is a type of mind-body dualism formulated by the infamous Rene Descartes (1596-1650). Descartes’ dualism is about entities: he states there are two distinct kinds of entities, bodies and minds (1). All objects that exist or can exist belong to one of these categories.