...incomprehensible crime. This plot defines the different main characters such as the head detective, the detective’s friend and the material for plots which characterize “The Golden Age” of crime fiction. As readers we all know that we’re playing the same role as the detective’s friend, because we’re asking the same questions as the detective’s friend, in this case, Hastings. This essay will take a closer look at the main characters and how they characterize “The Golden Age.” This paragraph represents the classic roles in a partnership from “The Golden Age” of crime fiction: “Poirot examined the table with what seemed to me quite unnecessary attention.” (Page 50, l. 19 – 20) According to Hastings, Poirot is paying unnecessary attention to the table. Hastings doesn’t think that Poirot’s examination has any relevance for the detection of the case, but Poirot was exactly on the scent of a very important clue. This paragraph testifies the roles between the omniscient detective and the detective’s friend, because Hastings doesn’t discover the importance of the chess table. The author exhibits Hastings as the less intelligent person in the partnership, and thereby he makes Poirot’s brilliant intelligence shine through even more. This partnership is therefore one of the classic characteristics from “The Golden Age.” The story also provides detailed descriptions of the story’s main characters and does it in a way so the reader can relate to the genre; crime fiction. Therefore the...
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...The evolution of pirates from their villainous golden age status to their near legendary standing in eyes today is derived from numerous revisions of the piratical phenotype that have arisen throughout the past three hundred years in both literature and popular culture alike. The development of a love struck pirate, however is unquestionably the most important evolution to the pirate phenotype, undoubtedly responsible for transforming figures who, in their day were regarded as the scum of the earth, to revered legends today. Captain Blood, the 1928 pirate novel by Rafael Sabatini, exhibits this monumental change, in a simple but elegant fashion. Nearly 200 years removed from the golden age of piracy, Sebastian brings us a hero in Captain Blood...
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...Class ARH - 4662 “Velazquez and the Golden Age” Title: “Bukery Venus” (Venus at Her mirror) Dimensions: 4’0” x 5’ 10” (1.22m x 1.77 mm), Year: 1645-1651, Media: Oil paint The Golden Age in Spain has been characterized as an artistic and literary period that extended from the Renaissance to the Baroque. History has recorded it as the period that reached the greatest literary flourishing in Spain thus earning it the title of "The Golden Age." The invaluable developments that followed this esthetic movement triggered a relevant prestige in many Spanish people's lives that felt absorbed and totally part the new movement that was leading the 16th and the 17th centuries in Europe, by combining cultural and economic advances. On the other hand and from a historic and social point of view, it should be mentioned that this period was also marked by the Counter-Reformation of the Catholic Church, along with many religious movements aimed at reaffirming Christian beliefs. From the point of view of culture, art and literature were leading the years of the Golden Age; as a result, the Hispanic letters, along with other writings published during this period have to endure contributions to the Universal Literature. The blooming of the Golden Age brought the glory to Spain in terms of artistic developments, where beautiful and unique writings, such as prose, poetry, and drama plays were taking the leadership up front. Especially the plays became characterized as a concentric and constant diffusion...
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...Author’s Purposes in Depicting Women’s Rights Attaining for Justice Arthur Golden depicts women’s rights in order to understand the important role of respect in one’s life and the right to live freely. The issue on women’s rights is clearly stated in the novel because Golden takes a good interest on the way how the society itself treats poor families and women, differently from the higher ones. A sample event that shows the depiction on women’s right: ‘“…Since moving to New York I’ve learned what the word “geisha” really to most Westerners…”’ (Golden 375) In the novel, the gender exploitation is heavily applied. Women are individuals who are exploited by people, namely the male individuals. They are taken advantage in a sexual aspect. Women also lack freedom and independence in their lives. In addition, women’s needs are not catered and they are not given of any kind of support they needed or deserved. Sayuri once have been treated with great harshness at the geisha house. Memoirs of a Geisha by Golden, Arthur, Golden’s purpose in depicting women’s right is to help women, who are at the same state of Sayuri, in attaining justice. The portrayal of Sayuri’s life leads the researchers to know more about the true life of a Geisha. In the quote above, it is clearly stated how other country treats women differently. The Westerners is one of the best examples that implies the unequal treatment that the geisha’s from Japan gets. This was the author’s purpose for he wants others to...
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...William Prado Professor Solis HST 301 OL 11/19/2014 The Golden Age of Japanese Cinema The Golden age of Japanese cinema started in the mid-1940s and lasted approximately 30 years to the end of the 1960s. It was a period marked by the end of the war that saw the defeat of Japan by America and her allies. The destruction that Japan faced with the twin bombings had left the country shaken to the roots and the young men and women wanted to find something useful to keep them busy. They found the cinema. With the advancement in technology, film directors such as Akira Kurosawa took the center stage with films that tried to teach people about harmony and restoration. Most of the films in the golden age focused on the need to prevent war and bring people together as one unique society through the preaching of peaceful coexistence. This research, therefore, focuses on the Seven Samurai film that was directed by Akira Kurosawa in 1953. Through the film, we hope to understand the concepts of the golden age of Japanese Cinema, as well as its characteristics (Tezuka 47). Seven Samurai is a war film that depicts the struggle that human beings go through in search for freedom and emancipation. It also reveals the post war effects on the society and tries to persuade people to coexist peacefully without causing chaos (Fischer 1-65). The film directed by Akira Kurosawa and produced by Sojiro Motoki, stars Toshiro Mifume, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima and several other individuals who...
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...Our Town by Thornton Wilder overviews the small details of Grover’s Corners, following the daily life of the Gibb’s and Webb’s family, specifically the teenagers George and Emily. Midnight in Paris is similar to Our Town because it follows Gil, the main character, through his time-travel experience back to the 1920’s, the era he claims as golden. The characters Emily and Gil both travel back to a desired time, albeit one is on purpose and the other accidental, and learn the lesson of appreciating the life around them. Emily purposefully decides to travel to the past in her afterlife, to revisit her twelfth birthday. Since she is dead, she is able to view everything in a third person point-of-view. This helps her learns to appreciate the small details in life, the moments which living people usually oversee and regard to as boring or plain. She realizes how important life is, and to savor every moment when she says she misses, “food and coffee. And new-ironed dresses and hot baths … and sleeping and waking up.” She misses these because when dead, these actions and chores do not exist anymore. Although she learns this lesson, she can not use it to change the way she is living her life because she is already dead. Wilder purposefully does this to, teach the readers how important living in the present is, and to regard life as something wonderful and satisfying. Midnight in Paris teaches the same lesson as Our Town through the character Gil, who travels back to...
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...question. It is important to use relevant sociological terminology within the context of you essay. List the key sociological terms that will be appropriate for this essay. Privileged time, social construct, golden age, separateness, toxic childhood, child-centred, march of progress, conflict view, child liberationists, globalisation, information hierarchy | IntroductionSignpost to the question and clearly explain the key concepts /terms of the question | In today’s society, childhood is seen to be socially constructed in that this idea of childhood has been created by society and its institutions rather than being a natural occurrence; it is society’s perception of what childhood is. Sociologists argue that childhood and the position that children have in society is not fixed, and that it differs between times, places, and cultures. However, children all have different experiences of what childhood is to them based on class, gender, and ethnicity so no one would experience childhood in the same way. | Paragraph 1PointThe point must be appropriate in answering the question. | The modern western notion of childhood is that in today’s society, it is accepted that children are very different to adults - it is the ‘golden age’ of childhood. | Explain the point | They are regarded as being both physically and psychologically immature and so they are not competent to run their own lives - their lack of skill, knowledge, and experience means that they need a long period of...
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...Giorgio Vasari (1511-74), painter and architect, born near Florence, and employed by the powerful, Florentine family, the Medici. In 1550 and then in 1568 he wrote a multi-volume book, The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects. Vasari’s art historical narrative, seemingly a record of the lives of certain Renaissance artists, is the account of how art gradually achieved perfection, by building upon the achievements of the past in order to ultimately attain that perfection at the beginning of the 16th century. A process Vasari himself confirms in The Lives when he says, Having very carefully turned all this over in my mind, I have come to the conclusion that it is inherent in the very nature of these arts to progress step by step from modest beginnings, and finally to reach the summit of perfection.” Vasari’s work was the first systematic history of art, and, as such, it represents an important milestone in the history of Renaissance art. It is important to recognize the structure he gave his book, for it is revealing about the kind of historical narrative that he wanted to create. Vasari wrote biographies of individual artists, thereby acknowledging the distinctive achievements of each. He then organized these separate lives into three distinct periods, introduced by prefaces in which he described the common characteristics of their artworks and also placed their work—as he sees it—into a larger narrative about what happens to art over time. Vasari’s...
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...Film Review On Golden Pond On Golden Pond is a wonderful drama from 1981 staring Katherine Hepburn, Jane Fonda and Henry Fonda. It is an IPC film production produced by Bruce Gilbert and directed by Mark Rydell. Both Katherine Hepburn and Henry Fonda received best actress and best actor for their sensational roles in this memorable film. I enjoyed this film because the main characters gave such a propelling performance. Several scenes showed a tender affection between the characters Norman and Ethel that made me truly believe that they had a unique bond that results from a long marriage. The audience also got a unique view of the fears and struggles of this elderly couple. The film depicts Norman played by Henry Fonda turning 80 and the reality of aging, and of Normans inevitable death which he feels is near. Normans wife...
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...------------------------------------------------- Post–World War II economic expansion From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Golden Age of capitalism" redirects here. Other periods this term may refer to are Gilded Age and Belle Époque. In the United States and several other countries, the boom was manifested insuburban development and urban sprawl, aided by automobile ownership. Many Western governments funded large infrastructure projects during this period. Here the redevelopment of Norrmalm and theStockholm Metro, Sweden. The post–World War II economic expansion, also known as the postwar economic boom, the long boom, and the Golden Age of Capitalism, was a period of economic prosperity in the mid-20th century which occurred, following the end of World War II in 1945, and lasted until the early 1970s. It ended with the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1971, the 1973 oil crisis, and the 1973–1974 stock market crash, which led to the 1970s recession. Narrowly defined, the period spanned from 1945 to 1952, with overall growth lasting well until 1971, though there are some debates on dating the period, and booms in individual countries differed, some starting as early as 1945, and overlapping the rise of the East Asian economies into the 1980s or 1990s. During this time there was high worldwide economic growth; Western European and East Asian countries in particular experienced unusually high and sustained growth, together with full employment. Contrary to early...
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...There is a strong connection of love and lust between mythology and human nature in Mandelbaum’s Metamorphoses of Ovid. Ancient civilizations were subject to natural changes and how much they relied on nature. They adored nature to such a degree, to the point that they designed divine beings, who encapsulated the nature itself, to secure it. How about we consider, for instance, the Roman Flora, image for nature, blooms and fruitfulness, the Greek Ceres, likewise called Demeter or the Goddess of Earth who were human reciprocals of the normal components. Metamorphoses of Ovid’s expanded upon the topic to speak of those changed into new entities and, very often, those entities came from the natural world. Emblematic is the anecdote of Daphne e Apollo: fated by Cupid’s love-arrow, sees Daphne, who flees him because she’s been fated by Cupid’s love-repelling arrow and denies his love. Apollo pleads and persists, and Daphne cries out to her father for help. He responds by transforming her into a laurel tree....
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...In the National Gallery ”In the National Gallery” is a short story by Doris Lessing form 2007. The themes in the story are that older are more patient than younger, a person can be attracted by another without showing it, and you must follow the time otherwise it can become ugly. The narrator is first person point of view “She was the boss girl in this group, even if nit officially a head girl or monitor” (page 3, line 43). The narrator has an objective sight, but the narrator reflects and interprets what he sees. Therefore gets the reader a subjective view on the text. Because it is his thoughts we read. “Her eyes focused, on the great brilliant horse, so close, towering there on the golden canvas, on his hind legs.” (page 4, line 102) The French girl did not say anything about the horse; therefore can the narrator not tell what the French girl thinks about the horse. We only get the narrator thoughts therefore the narrator becomes unreliable. Strubbs horse is a symbol of the older man. “But then a man sat down, on the other side of the bench’s arm and he leaned forward, elbows on knees, and locked hard at the horse” (Page 1, Line 19). Before had the horse an important role in the society. Every great leader in history has sat on a horseback, because it was a strong, powerful, and fast. Now we only use the horse as a hobby. When the older man was young he was a strong and marvellous man. He cut pick up a sixteen-year-old girl when he just where twelve years old. ”She...
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...Task 1 1.1 prepare documentation to select and recruit a new member of staff I’m working with Golden Triangle Ltd as a Human Resources Manager. Golden Triangle Ltd is a company-providing restaurant. It is located in Hlaing Township. The company has successful and new Approval of recruitment The recruitment process is started with the approval of recruitment from the authority of the organization. The concern departments of the organization who need new employees send a draft with position description and a document that describe the required skill and education for the post. After approving the draft the authority of city link send it to human resource department of GT group. The recruitment and selection process of city link will not be started until the authority of GT group give the approval of recruitment request of concern department to human resource department. The approval must include the electronic copy of the draft description and advertisement. Recruitment Procedure Analyze the job Job analysis If an employee leaves the College, it is likely that you will want to replace them. However, before getting approval to appoint and advertising the same post, you should take time to consider the role and decide if there are any changes required. Job analysis is the term given to this assessment of a role. Job analysis is a systematic procedure for obtaining detailed and objective information about the post, before it is advertised and filled, giving the opportunity...
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...Part 1 1. Dornic order and Ionic order 2. The metopes, the pedimental sculptures and the frieze 3. Flying buttresses, pointed arch and the ribbed vault. Robert of Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont and Renaud de Cormont. 4. The Cathedral of St. John the Divine`s east end is built in the Romanesque style. The solid granite columns surround the High Altar and ambulatory, the tiled barrel-vault ceilings and the crossing under the dome are Romanesque style. 5. Recurrent cycles with central axis. The God`s golden circle, the Christ`s golden holy circle, the gold circle within a dove in it (the holy spirit), and the monstrance circle. 6. 5 bays 7. Northern Europe. Between 1470-1530 nearly mid-Renaissance. Engraving. Engravers begins to mass-produce devotional art. 8. In Bruegel`s painting, Jesus is barely visible, though he is in the center of the painting. And the virgin Mary is not accompany with Jesus, but sitting near the picture plane. PART II 1. Alberti states that ”the whole of painting” consists of three parts: Circumscription, composition and the reception of light. Raphael conforms circumscription. It`s clear that without any veil or grid, Raphael can`t create such 3-dimensional space on wall. The reception of light and composition are based on a good circumscription. The outline of the picture blends in with the arch. We can`t tell the outlines of most of the figures because they are so subtle. The contours of figures almost formed by shadow...
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...Running Head: CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY Children's Literature in a Pluralistic Society Children's Literature in a Pluralistic Society One benefit to reading and listening to books is they can stretch the attention spans of children. Children’s literature has not always been so extensive and colorful as it is today. At the beginning children’s books read like instruction manuals rather than escapism or a fun educational tool. Even though Children's literature can misconstrue a Childs point of view, Children’s literature is needed to ensure a future because each milestone of children’s literature develops social functions within a pluralistic society. There are five specific key milestones/events/developments of children’s literature that includes social functions within the trends. Puritanism The books from this period were basically “Goodly Godly" books. They were focused on religion and how to obtain passage into heaven. These books did not have rhymes or pictures, but reinforced the way to the Lord and how to remain moral. Even though the books were the same type of books that are known today, they were written specifically for children and teaching. These are the some of the first type of children’s books. The books could be extreme in theme, for example James Janeway's A Token for Children: Being an Exact Account of the Conversion, Holy and Exemplary Lives and Joyful Deaths of Several Young Children (1672) The book consisted of multiple deathbed...
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