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High Noon
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1052

.... the one that leaves at twelve noon. He resolutely answers her, "I've got to stay." Kane, the anti-hero, is counting on getting special deputies sworn in to assist him. Everything hinges on midday. The suspense builds and the tension mounts as the clock ticks ever closer to the inevitable fate of . The passing of the time symbolizes the idea of mortality, which is a form of expressionism. Even the judge who sentenced Miller and who is a mirror of society's morals is not willing to take a risk at all by remaining in town. The judge is rationalizing his departure by recalling .....


New York New Music Ensemble
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 851

.... The final movement concentrates more on the pitch transformation. Structurally, this format would be a recapitulation, but the use of pitch transforms it into something new. To emphasize the pitch fluctuation, three different kinds of flutes were played. Because of the pitch variation in this piece, there were many melodies to follow. In a way, the music sounded like sound effects to a horror flick. For example, the tone color of the piece would be nice and calm then all of a sudden the percussion would contribute a crashing sound and disturb the quiet. .....


The Tribulations Of Sharecrop Farmers
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 680

.... list (Walker pg. 46). Travelers were also able to notice that in the 1930's that doors and windows of farmers homes were rarely screened(Jones 55). The shoddy houses that they lived in could not be helped, but it did not improve there defenses against disease. Being so open to disease by the housing, it was no surprise that various illnesses struck the south with a vengeance. Housing was not the only way that farmers opened themselves up to disease, sharecroppers were often deprived of adequate food and clothing(Walker 92). The insufficient food among families of far .....


Neoclassicism
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 388

.... of the drama and sentimental comedy. Many of the primary beliefs of in fact have reappeared in the twentieth century. In the Neoclassic era hierarchy system was prevalent and prominent. We come to know about this from the story "Tartuffe" where Orgon displays his higher authority over Dorine. Such a system is still existent in most parts of the world but in a subtler manner for example the Caste system that exists in countries like India which were prominent earlier but are being eradicated from society. The class system still exists today but in the minds of people due to .....


Classification Music
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 702

.... Everyone says hello to the person who's dancing next to them. It's a place where you can meet people and not get judged right off the bat. It's an easy going show that kids can go to and stay out of trouble. Many of the kids there are "sXe - straightedge" That means that the person is against drinking smoking and drugs. That's why parents aprrove that that kind of music. It's happy music that does not alarm them. Then there the music that parents wish their child did not listen to, like punk. Punk is a loud and heavy music that they wish their child didn't listen to because .....


Farmers' Discontent In The 1800s
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1405

.... and the demonetization of silver as threats to their way of life, though in many cases their complaints were not valid. The growth of the railroad was one of the most significant elements in American economic growth. However, in many ways, the railroads hurt small shippers and farmers. Extreme competition between rail companies necessitated some way to win business. To do this, many railroads offered rebates and drawbacks to larger shippers who used their rails. However, this practice hurt smaller shippers, including farmers, for often times railroad companies would .....


Declaration Of Independence: Abstractions In Power
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1259

.... similar meanings. In 1470 the word power meant to have strength and the ability to do something, "With all thair strang *poweir" (OED 2536) Nearly three hundred years later in 1785 the word power carried the same meaning of control, strength, and force, "power to produce an effect, supposes power not to produce it; otherwise it is not power but necessity" (OED 2536). This definition explains how the power government or social institutions rests in their ability to command people, rocks, colonies to do something they otherwise would not do. To make the people pay taxes. T .....


The Turbulent Sixties
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1633

.... aided the struggle to protest against and attempt to end the war. The most popular song to be considered an anthem against the war efforts was called "Blowin' in the Wind," written by Bob Dylan in 1962 while he was living in New York. The song is centered around racism and militarism, two main focal points which were principal in many early sixties protest songs (Pichaske 58). Dylan used conventional symbols to blatantly state his point; a white dove representing peace, flying cannon balls describing war and violence, and roads and seas symbolizing the hardships and .....



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