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    Lester Horton Dance Essay

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    From ballet and modern to hip-hop and jazz, today’s dance world is a dizzying array of different qualities, techniques, pedagogies, and artistic intentions. As dancers, we are told that the key to being a successful dancer in today’s world is versatility; yet, a dancer’s entire entity is often molded by the technique in which they primarily train. Therefore, it can be challenging to adapt and learn different styles of dance depending on the isms developed from training in a certain technique.…

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    characters’tragic ending: Lady Macbeth was tricked by her own appearance, Duncan is too trusting of people’s appearance. Macbeth towards to the tragic ending because he uses his appearance to achieve his goal and he is also tricked by his own appearance. The source of Lady Macbeth’ tragedy is she is tricked by her won appearance.The way she acts outside is totally different from her inside. Firstly, after they…

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    In the book of Euripides, three specific characters are included in the plays. The three characters are Medea, Hecuba, and Electra. Starting with Medea, I feel that she is a person that does not care about anything and she also is not afraid to hold anything back and say what’s on her mind just like ways of a man. Medea is a cold blooded killer without showing any hesitation. I have met some people who can relate to Medea’s ways. Now talking about Hecuba, she is sort of like Medea but not as…

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    About Poet: Denise Levertov was born in the United Kingdom 1923 and died in Washington in 1997. Levertov never received a formal education as a kid, therefore, she was taught by her parents about religion and the art of writing. When Levertov was growing up, she was an agnostic (later converted to Christianity in 1984) and many of her poems talk about religion. Due to her writing style, she was considered to be a “Black Mountain” poet. Black Mountain poets were poets in the 1940s and 1950s that…

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    Blanche Dubois Mental

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    In Tennessee William’s play “A Streetcar Named Desire” the character Blanche DuBois’s mental state deteriorates as the story progresses. During the play, several events in Blanche’s past are revealed. These events allow one to understand why Blanche acts the way she does, and why certain events affect her the way that they do. We should feel sorry for her because after analyzing her past and physiological problems she is the victim. Blanche grew up in a middle-class family but she lives her…

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    commotion. Still naked from their first night of union, Joth peaked outside the leather tent flap. “What did we miss?” he remarked. Rinka pulled him back inside. “Can’t the war wait a few more minutes?” she teased. “I like to have you inside me once again.” Joth returned a loving smile and then threw his tunic over his head. “Oh, how I’d like that but I think something really important is happening.” She shook her head and returned the smile. “Oh, go ahead,” she sighed.…

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    Between Two Galaxies

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    Between Two Galaxies The show opens with Marina in her quarters humming a tune while crafting a self-portrait. Some other drawings are hung up; others lay across her desk or in piles on the floor. None of the other portraits are of her, it’s a healthy variety of artistic musings. Her musings are less than inspirational as her life and surroundings are the epitomai of monotony. Marina's humming picks up in volume as she is seen about her day. Marina is in Sick Bay organizing medical…

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    Shakespeare: Macbeth”, Macbeth was more eviler because in Act 2 he helped kill the former King Duncan and his guards. He sent murderers to kill Banquo and his son, Fleance in Act 3. Macbeth was so evil that he sent the same murderers to go kill Macduff’s family in Act 4. First, in the book “No Fear Shakespeare: Macbeth”, Macbeth is way more eviler than Lady Macbeth because it was his idea to kill the former King Duncan. Macbeth was so desperate to become the…

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    prophecy that her husband will be king. She says: “Yet do I fear thy nature. It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way.” This quote means that Lady Macbeth is worried that her husband is too pure to consider murdering King Duncan, so he can become King himself. From this quote it is clear that…

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    In the play Macbeth William Shakespeare showed how guilt affects some of the characters in the play and used several motifs to show the guilt. Some of the characters affected by guilt in the play through the motifs of blood, sleepwalking, and ghosts to show guilt were Macbeth and Lady Macbeth The first person who felt the effect of guilt was Macbeth. After committing the murders Macbeth begins getting haunted by the ghosts of the people he killed. On page 101 the text states “‘Thou canst not…

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