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An American Tragedy: Comparing "The Crucible" And "The Scarlet Letter"

Two American authors, of two distinctly different time periods had one very similar task, to turn a piece of American History into a believable tragedy. Arthur Miller with The Crucible and Nathaniel Hawthorne with The Scarlet Letter. Perhaps one might wonder which author did a better job in ...

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Kurt Cobain

Kurt Donald Cobain was born on February 20,1967 in the town of Aberdeen, Washington. Aberdeen is on the west coast and is about 108 miles southwest of Seattle. Aberdeen is a dreary place with about seven feet of rain a year. Kurt was born to Mrs. Wendy Cobain and to Mr. Donald Cobain. Wendy ...

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Why Do Kids Want To Play The Guitar

Today's Youth: Playing the guitar A recent trend that seems to be prevalent in the youth of our society today is the desire to play an instrument. I am a musician and want to help explain from other's experience as well as my own why playing an instrument is so popular among teens today. My ...

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Beethoven 2

Ludwig van Beethoven was, and remains today, an Olympian figure in the history of classical music. His influence on the last 150 years of music is unequalled; while generaly a member of the Classicist fold, he was in fact the first Romantic, and pre-figured virtually all music that followed the ...

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Neil Young In Halifax

I was getting ready for school one morning when my father said that my cousin Jennifer was on the phone and she wanted to know if I wanted a ticket to the Neil Young concert coming up in Halifax. I said I did and I kind of forgot about it. It was Halloween night and I was listening to an old ...

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The Life And Work Of Anthony Burgess

"Autobiography: Story of one's life, written by oneself."(Halsey 64). Everyone knows what an autobiography is, but not so many people realize that although not all authors write a book that can be called a factual autobiography, many authors frequently allow personal, real life experiences to ...

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New York New Music Ensemble

The began with a bang, literally. This ensemble has been around for twenty-three years and it is considered to be �the raising standard� in contemporary chamber music. On Thursday afternoon, I saw the ensemble perform three pieces: Trio, Nutturno, and Marxville Songbook. These three possess ...

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Psychoanalysis Of Fairytales

Examine one or more fairytales from a psychoanalytic perspective. How valid, in your view, is such an approach when applied to fairytales in general? The psychoanalysts' view of the fairy tale varies greatly between individuals. Tales are, to the general public audience, a mode of entertainment. ...

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Compare And Contrast

Bridging the Generation Gap Between Teens in the �60s and Teens in the �90s Throughout history many generations have been named after something that describes them in every way. The decade from 1960 to 1970 is definitely one of those eras and it became known as the Counter Culture Era (The Hippie ...

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Orson Welles

The term 'genius' was applied to him from the cradle, first by the man who would vie with Orson's father to nurture the talent all agreed resided in the fragile boy.(Leaming, 3) George was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin on May 6, 1915. He was the second son of Richard Head Welles, an inventor, and ...

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Frank Sinatra

Many people in show business are viewed as role models in our society. Many of these people are just regular men and women that are placed high on a pedestal simply because they can sing or act, hence, becoming all the more famous. Although he was famous and popular in the entertainment world ...

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Jim Morrison: The Lizard King

Jim Morrison said once, �A Doors concert is a public meeting called by us for a special dramatic discussion. When we perform, we�re participating in the creation of a world and we celebrate that with the crowd.�(Hopkins, XI). As in the previous the Doors were a great band who performed and ...

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Ludwig Van Beethoven

Beethoven was born in Bonn in Germany, his mother a singer in the service of the Elector of K�ln (Cologne). His father was weak-spirited and drank excessively, but he recognized the boy's talent and was disappointed when the young Beethoven failed to emulate Mozart as a child prodigy. ...

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Lenonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence, just north of Boston, on Sunday, August 25, 1918. Bernstein was named Louis at birth, after his mother’s grandfather, but at the age of sixteen he had it formally changed to Leonard, or Lenny. As a child, Bernstein was sick very often with asthma and ...

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Beatlemania In The 1960s

The Beatles were a mystical happening that many people still don't understand. Phenomenoligists had a ball in 1964 with Beatlemania, a generally harmless form of madness which came from Britain in 1963. The sole cause of Beatlemania is a quartet of young Englishmen known as the Beatles. In the ...

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Edgar Allan Poe 2

Edgar Allan Poe, son of Actress Eliza Poe and Actor David Poe Jr., born 19th of January 1809, was mostly known for his poems and short tales and his literary criticism. He has been given credit for inventing the detective story and his pshycological thrillers have been infuences for many writers ...

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Mexico

, in full United Mexican States (Spanish Estados Unidos Mexicanos), federal republic in North America, bounded on the north by the United States; on the east by the United States, the Gulf of , and the Caribbean Sea; on the south by Belize and Guatemala; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. ...

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The Blues

When was brought to Chicago it became a more powerful, hard-edged type of music, but kept its original form. This consisted of the two basic kinds of traditional blues: the Slow Blues and the Fast Blues. The names do not define the tempo of the two, because both can be played either way. The Slow ...

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John Lennon

is considered to be one of the most influential people in the history of music. He took the initiative to stand up and speak for an entire generation. He sung about freedom, peace and solutions to the world�s problems. Many of the people of this generation lived vicariously through him and his ...

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Massurrealism

Many people are familiar with the form of surrealistic art and/or pop art. With the growing use of technology in the 21st century a new style of art has emerged combing both aspects of these late 20th century designs. It is entitled . Massurrealistic style of art is a movement to introduce a ...

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