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Literary Elements of the Romantic Period 616
According to Douglas Hunt, the Restoration Period, also known as Neoclassical, came about as a reaction against "the unrestrained energy and humanism of the Renaissance," and that during the 18th century, it stressed "the imperfections and limitations of humanity." In addition, the creation of art was "valued for its exaltation of reason and its restraint of emotion and the imagination" (2078). In contrast, the era of Romanticism, roughly from 1795 to 1850 in Europe, began as a reaction against Restoration order and restraint and was enthusiastically followed by the English Romantic poets who embraced "supernatural themes, the wildness of nature, human imagination and self-expression" (Hunt 2078). With these principles in mind, it is obvious that the literary elements of Romanticism differ greatly from those of the Restoration Period, especially in the areas of emotion, nature and the use of Gothicism. Two sp
The Black Churches in America 1768
In the 1960s, the black church was the target of racial injustice (Carter, 1999). In one well-publicized incident in 1963, four young black girls were killed in the fire bombing of the 16th street Baptist Church in Alabama (Morgenthau & Carroll, 1996). However, the burning of black churches failed to raise a brow, as this was commonplace during this era and the burning of churches (both black and white) continues to this day (Booth, 1996). However, black churches still remain very strong, and one of their strengths is that they also involve themselves in political issues. Blacks that attend church, therefore, are much more likely to go out and vote (Torres, 2004). During the lengthy time of slavery, religion was a way for black Americans to escape harsh realities that they faced on a daily basis, and at that time they were not allowed to vote, or to do much of anything else. The church was one of the few places that a black American could feel somewhat empowered, with a sense
A Study Research on Mental Health Disorders 320
Physiological diseases mirror what's wrong with the organic body and is blatantly observable. But psychological or psychiatric illnesses are the unseen strife that permeates the mind and is not all too obvious especially at the onset. One of the common mental afflictions is depression stated simply as feeling sad, lonely, alone, helpless and abandoned. In turn, depression projects in one's social life and makes one a social outcast since how can one deal with others when ther
Germany and the Nazi Fascists 1720
The historian: In the historian's book (Stern), Albert Einstein is presented objectively, factually as a genius in science; as "meticulously simple" in person," a celebrated hero, very progressive person who was "horrified at the beginning of [WWI] (36); who believed war "was a disease" (42); who hated nationalism and militarism (38). And when Einstein left Germany in 1932 and later "denounced" Hitler's regime (48), Einstein's books were burned; Einstein is portrayed as taking an activist role to warn FDR that Germany might have a nuclear weapon; he also feared the U.S. was "somehow following the path of Germany." Stern describes Haber as a Jew-turned-Protestant, as a scientist (inventor of poison gas used in WWI) and a loyal patriot (very much the opposite of Einstein). He believed science had "a special mission" to help the nation (54) and he was "untroubled" (63) by the results of his poison gas development. Haber clearly was willing to advance the cause of "the fatherland" rather
The Story of The Great Novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn 684
According to Russian novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn, "Good literature substitutes for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through." Although this quote can be applied to a vast number of literary works, Bartleby the Scrivener by American author Herman Melville, best-known for his classic novel Moby Dick, contains many "experiences" which the reader may not be familiar with, due to the story being set in New York City on Wall Street during the early 1850's. In order to understand these "experiences," we must use specific literary elements found in Bartleby, such as setting, characterization, dialogue and some interesting metaphors/motifs which Melville inserted into the story to support the often strange plot. First of all, Melville describes the physical setting in which the narrator ("a rather elderly man") earns his living in Wall Street-"My chambers were upstairs at No._____ Wall Street. At one end, they looked upon the white wall of the interior of a spacious skylight shaft, penetrating the
Simeone's Sacred Heart of Jesus 360
Simeone's Sacred Heart of Jesus is a beautiful painting filled with several art techniques that call attention to Jesus' heart. Simeone also makes us understand why the heart of Jesus is scared by using light, movement, and color to represent traits such as power, comfort divinity, joy and purity. Overall, I believe Simeone's work is a grater masterpiece that stirs my emotions and passion. Simeone's use of light is the first thing that catches my attention when I glance at the painting. Around the heart of Jesus is a fiery yello
The Brain Killer 507
The drug commonly known as ecstasy is known as well is 3.4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine. This is a very fancy name for a synthetic drug that is very similar in chemical composition to methamphetamine. Ecstasy is also known by similar names like MDMA, XTC and Beans. Ecstasy exerts its effects by stimulating cells in the brain that produce the neurotransmitter serotonin. The effect on the user is one of excess energy along with a hallucinogenic enhancement of time and perception and an increased sensation of tactile experiences. The effects of this drug make it very popular in the club scene where it makes the music seem louder, the lights seem brighter and changes the entire club experience. The user notes that the drug cases a change in th
Sources of Stress and Therapy to Cope 375
Solution-focused therapy is a problem-based schema of family therapy that can offer an ideal way to help dual-career families cope with some of the inevitable stresses of hectic modern life. Rather than focus on the 'deeper issues,' in the family dynamic, such as relations between the genders or generations, solution-focus approaches are based in therapeutic inquiries that attempt to help couples find practical approaches and solutions to everyday problems. These problems may be as mundane as who does the chores or who is responsible for ferrying around
Family Counseling 320
When considering family assessment, one must consider that all individuals come from unique and diverse backgrounds, including families. A counselor must attain a familiarity with these differences in order to strengthen the counseling relationship between him/her and the client. The assessment part of a counseling session is a critical one; the counselor and client become more aware of each other, build rapport and become respectful of each others beliefs and values (Niet
Shape and Place of Doctrine in Today's World 4444
A religion is a way of life. The more religious one considers oneself, the more that one has made a commitment to become closer to God, and to declare oneself a member of a specific community. Today's churches are the result of centuries of development. Bastions of tradition, most creeds hearken back to an earlier day. Their ways and general beliefs were largely fixed in another time and place, one that was often quite different from the world in which we now live. Christianity is only one of many world religions whose origin goes back to Ancient Times. Indeed, there are faiths still practiced today the origins of which pre-date Christianity by some considerable period of time. The earliest Hindu Scriptures were being recited even as the Pharaohs of Egypt thought themselves the greatest rulers in the world. Judaism, the faith that is most directly ancestral to Christianity, traces its history back nearly as far. Ancient Egypt was the setting of many a Biblical episode. Othe
The Positive Rock Genre 599
Progressive Rock: A genre of rock music that is ambitious in the scope of its design and composition. Progressive rock deploys an eclectic mix of styles such as classical, jazz, and rock melodies. Progressive rock albums often have the performative scope of operatic rather than song-inclusive works. It used to be on rock albums, a single song ended the meaning of what the band was trying to convey-but progressive rock albums often have a theme and an overarching musical narrative. Progressive rock was more popular and influential in the 1960s and 1970s amongst English and Canadian bands, and drew more of its performative attitudes from musicals and opera as well as classical music than country or blues as did American bands of the era. Yes: Progressive-sounding British progressive rock band formed in the late 1960s but most famed for its composition "Owner of a Lonely Heart" in th
The Three Turning Points of World War II 1775
There were many significant turning points in World War II, within which, had they not happened as they did, the outcome of World War itself could, arguably, have been much different1. In particular, many of the key battles fought during World War II; between the Americans and the Japanese; Germany and North Africa; Germany and England; Germany and Russia, or elsewhere, could arguably be considered the three most significant. Some of these would including the Battle of Kursk; the Battle of El Alemain; and the Battle of Moscow2. However, it is my opinion that the three major turning points of World War II, which played the biggest roles in the war's turning out as it did, were: (1) The Battle of Midway; (2) the Battle of Britain, and (3) the Battle of Stalingrad. In this essay, I will analyze these three key battles, and their importance to the outcome of World War II. The first of the three key turning points was the Battle of Midway3. If not for the Battle of Midway,
The Banking of Money 869
Bankers hold more liquid assets than most business firms. Why? As is the case for all businesses, one obvious adverse liquidity outcome for banks is the inability to pay liabilities as they fall due. And, liquidity risk is even broader, including the realization of a market loss as a result of the premature or forced sale of assets to raise liquidity and loss of business opportunity or franchise due to a lack of liquidity.1 But, banks face even more difficult liquidity challenges than do most businesses. Banks protect customers against liquidity problems by taking in money which can be withdrawn on demand or at short notice, and by providing committed loan facilities to corporate customers and overdraft facilities to personal sector customers. By insuring others against liquidity risk, banks become exposed to it themselves because of the mismatch between the term structure of the assets and liabilities on the balance sheets, generally illiquid loans funded by highly liquid deposit
Points About a Crafting Business 767
1. Why does crafting strategy have a strongly entrepreneurial character? Courtney (2) notes that in a rapidly changing environment, this year's indicators are not a good measure of what will happen in the future. Instead, there is a need to develop foresight. This involved looking to the future and spotting potential opportunities and potential threats before they are actually present. This is entrepreneurial in the sense that it involves looking to the future and seeing things before they are actually present. Crafting strategy also involves a new approach to business where the focus is on managing and risk and choosing the best kind of action, while there remains a level of certainty. These aspects of crafting strategy have a strong entrepreneurial character. Finally, crafting strategy requires vision and creativity. It differs from traditional management strategies because there are no certainties. Organizations cannot simply accept the environment as it is and aim to preserve the status quo. Organizations have to accept continual change, expect continual problems and challenges, and be innovative and creative in addre
The Politics of Middle East 1178
The surge of Islamic movements, revolutions and political life in the last fifty years, as well as some of the events of the last ten or fifteen years, culminating with the attack on September 11 and the fight against terrorism, have brought about a legitimate discussion around the causes and effects of political Islam, as well as on the main factors that have influenced it in the last half a century. The first issue that needs to be taken into consideration is the element of extreme cohesion that the Islamic world has: the Qur'an. According to the Islamic world, the Qur'an is the "literal, hence absolutely true, word of God as revealed to the Prophet Mohammed"1. In my opinion, the direct and most important implication, both in terms of internal politics and international relation, is the creation and practice of Islamic law, as one of the three fundamental systems of law (the other two are Anglo-Saxon and the Roman system). In many Islamic countries, like the Islamic Republic o
The Culture of Islam in East Africa 2033
Analysis of writings on East Africa show that religion, culture, and tradition in traditional Africa were very important, but they were also altered over time by the entry of other religions and other cultures, aspects of which became entrenched in Africa, sometimes in altered form and sometimes in a way that altered local customs and beliefs. Islam today is well established in East Africa, as well as some other parts of Africa, and the religion moved into East Africa slowly and largely peacefully, beginning with economic and trade connections between the Muslim world and Africa and eventually leading to some areas in Africa becoming centers of Islamic learning, education, and worship. Trade began when Arab traders sought certain goods from the continent: As well as being an important market-place for the traffic between East and West, Arabia also annually sent a fleet of ships down the east coast of Africa to carry on the trade in ivory, slaves and spices which had originally at
The Importance of the Organizational Training and Development Strategy 906
1. Training in a funeral home should be proactive, rather than reactive. Reactive training is training based on responding to needs as they are identified and as they become urgent. Proactive training refers to training employees before the need becomes urgent. In any service-based industry dealing with the public, proactive training is the better option because it means that employees are prepared when issues arise and that they can deal with problems. For example, it is no use identifying that employees need to know how to manage conflict once the conflict situation arises. It is not like a manufacturing organization where the employee can learn how to complete a task and then return later to fix the problem and complete the task. Once the employee has learned how to fix the problem, the opportunity and the client are no longer available. A funeral home would also especially benefit from a proactive approach to training because it would help ensure that processes ran smoothl
Technological Advances and its Many Ramifications 1010
There are many ramifications to new technological advances, and therefore it seems logical that ending these advances would also have issues and problems that should be addressed. Some technology can be harmful to the environment, and when an enforceable decision is made to halt the development of new technology in order to protect the environment, there are economic, social, and political consequences that must be faced. It is important to look at these and determine what they are, in case a decision such as this is ever made. A decision that is made without all of the facts often does not turn out well, and many people would be affected by a decision to halt the development of new technology, even for a noble reason such as the protection of the environment. From an economic standpoint, halting the development of new technology could be very problematic. Many people work in the technology field, from those that create new ideas to those that take those ideas and turn them into r
Classical and Contemporary Dancing 737
Chapter 5 of Gerald Jonas's Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement illustrates that classical dance, or traditional forms of 'taught' performed dance have some very similar qualities in very different cultural contexts such as Japan and Europe. For example, both classical ballet theater and Japanese Kabuki, a traditional Japanese form of dance theater, are heavily stylized works of dance that are taught to dances as part of a coherent dance tradition of specifically trained dance steps and motions. But although both of these dance forms are essentially highly skilled and stylized crafts that take ages to learn, and come very specific cultural traditions, they were, in their origins, extremely popular amongst the common people. For example, Kabuki, in contrast to the older surviving Japanese art forms such as Noh Theater, was the popular culture of the townspeople and not of the higher social classes. Ballet originated in opera houses that were popular with many different levels of society, and drew their ranks from some of the lower social orders of aristocratic Europe. Thus
World Dance 780
Perhaps dance might not seem, on its surface, to be the easiest thing to describe to a visitor from another planet, who has come to earth to learn about our world's culture partly by studying dance. Earth is, by and large, an intensely verbal society and to overemphasize dance might seem to belie this fact. But dance is also universal, unlike language-therefore the visitor may have chosen wisely in his or her subject choice. In fact, using dance to describe this world's society can be quite powerful, because dance as individual, collective, and performance-based movement is a way to transcend some of the linguistic and cultural barriers that exist between people-and would exist between an individual from an alien world and earthlings In words, perhaps the best definition of dance is any form of movement where the movement is more important than the meaning of the movement. Yes, of course, dances can mean a variety of things. But to take this visitor to a ballet of "Swan Lake," for example, would illustrate that it is not the story of the young woman who has been transformed into a swan that is of primary importance when analyzing the movement-wer
The Influence of Ballet Russe & Nijinsky 662
Chapters 4-7: Today, when the average individual thinks of dance, they quite often think of ballet. But if ballet itself is a cultural stereotype of what 'dance is,' the specific art form of ballet itself has a legion of cultural stereotypes attached to it. Legendary choreographic interpreters past and present have attempted to break such ballet cliches and stereotypes, with different degrees of success. But perhaps the greatest tradition breakers of ballet as an artistic form have come from the dances and dancers of the Ballet Ruse, such as Nijinsky. Some of the stereotypes the Ballet Russe under the leadership of Nijinsky attempted to break were that ballet as a female art, conducted in a series of tightly constrained feminine steps, performed by dancers in highly recognizable dance costumes such as tutus, to conventional (then popular) strains of music. Although some of these stereotypes still dominate the common 'music box' conception of dance and even professional da
Essays on Christianity in the Modern World 5269
Essay One Modern Christians looking back into history may find it hard to comprehend the various atrocities that have been committed in the name of Christianity. While religion has consistently been an excuse for one group to claim superiority over another, nowhere was this more apparent than when the Puritans came to America. While the lens of time reveals the Puritan actions against the native population to be both arrogant and cruel, it is important to remember that the Puritans did not view their actions in the same manner. In contrast, their actions were motivated by their deeply held religious belief that it was their divine mission to come to America and begin a colony where they would be free to practice their religion. Like many modern-day advocates of religious freedom, the Puritans had a narrow view of the term. They did not seek religious freedom for all, but merely the freedom to practice their own religion, which was actually pretty rigid. The Puritans believed
The reasons for people to try marijuana 623
The reasons for people to try marijuana vary as much as the people themselves, due to different types of personalities and characters. For the most part, people choose to use marijuana as a means of fitting in with a certain social group or setting, usually as a result of peer pressure and the inability to make good personal choices. Also, some people may try marijuana out of a sense of curiosity in order to find out for themselves exactly how the body and the mind react when the drug is smoked or sometimes consumed. The smoking of marijuana has increased throughout the world since the 1960's and according to a poll conducted in the late 1970's, approximately 60% of young adults polled in the United States reported some experience with the drug. Other studies have revealed that many of those that use marijuana can be found in virtually every socio-economic and ethnic group. From this information, it is clear that peop
The Effects of Drug Abuse During Pregnancy 635
The effects of drug abuse during pregnancy have long been documented. The use and abuse of these substances have been known to cause diseases for the unborn children, ranging from cocaine addiction to severe birth defects. Physicians have therefore strongly advised pregnant women to refrain from using drugs, especially restricted ones such as marijuana and cocaine. Research has proven that substances like marijuana and cocaine damage short term memory, distorts perceptions, impairs complex motor skills, alters the heart rate, can lead to severe anxiety, and can cause paranoia and lethargy. All these effects present significant problems even to people who are healthy. The risks are compounded for women who are pregnant. Cocaine use is much more dangerous than marijuana, since the former's effects are felt immediately. These effects also disappear quickly. Small amounts of up to 100 mg can give the user a sense of euphoria. While
The Health Problems in Pregnancy Associated with Coccaine 604
This two page paper presents a discussion about the health problems associated with cocaine use and the impact of attitude from legal monitors and social workers on cocaine use during pregnancy. In addition the writer discusses the belief that maternal urinary drug surveillance during pregnancy and mandatory newborn drug testing is a positive tool.
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