Antonio

A critical review: The Culture Industry The term culture industry, which created by those in power to maintain the status quo in terms of standardization and commodification was first developed by Ardono and Horkheimer based on the economic structure in the western society. It could be comprehended through the operation of cultural hegemony (i.e. how culture industry operates with the consent from the mass by the “dominant fundamental group”) that introduced by Gramsci. The following three…

Despite all of his achievements, Vivaldi is best known for four concertos collectively known as The Four Seasons (Le Quattro Stagiorni). Paul Everett says the following: “For many people, the very name ‘Vivaldi’ is synonymous with The Four Seasons, to the exclusion of all else.” (Everett, xi). Being perhaps the most popular and frequently performed works of Vivaldi, The Four Seasons are a highlight in the history of program music. (Everett, xi) This work, taken from Op. 8, a collection of…

Antonio Cesaro Antonio Cesaro is the ring name of the extremely talented wrestler Claudio Castagnoli. He is globally acclaimed for his signature move: The Neutralizer. His career highlight includes the United States Championship. If he is asked where he is from, you would get to hear the name of the wonderful country called Switzerland. He is open about how proud he feels to be a Swiss superstar. He does not think twice when it comes to remind allies and enemies of his Lucerne hometown.…

Mistero Buffo was first performed October 2, 1969 outside Milan by Dario Fo (Behan 99). Oftentimes, his performances of Mistero Buffo were with his wife, Franca Rame, who stated that Fo began collecting these pieces seven years earlier. However, his revisions of Biblical texts date back to 1953 (Behan 95). Inspired by Marxist theories, he strove “to make audiences become aware that their position in society is a consequence of the privileges and oppression perpetrated at their expense by another…

When Antonio realizes that spring is coming, the theme of his brothers changing and developing new, wild, bad urges is introduced. This is symbolized by spring and tree sap. The theme of the brothers’ life moving on is symbolized by many of the classically spring-like images. One example of this is how the “lime-green of spring came and… Dark buds appeared on branches.” Here, Rudolfo Anaya artfully shows how the color green, which can represent growth and virility, is being used to show that the…

The play M Butterfly, by David Henry Hwang, is an extremely complex piece of literature and a fascinating dissection of the East versus West mentality as well the gender binary. Examining Gallimard’s behavior under these lenses leads to many insights to his motivations and provides reasoning for his rather strange actions. These ideas which permeate the play are all grounded in the fundamental concept of ideology and the interpellation of the “subject” by said ideologies. As well as Althusser’s…

Both Arcangelo and Johann Sebastian Bach were both major baroque composers. Arcangelo Corelli, an Italian composer, and celebrated violinist, was born in Fusignano, Italy on February 17, 1653. He was the fifth child of prosperous landowners, Arcangelo Correli and Santa Raffini. His father died before he was born. There is not much information about his early life, however, his instrumental works established the chamber music style and form of the late baroque era. “At the age of 13, Arcangelo…

Hegemony is obedience that is self-ascribed by a population. It is the willful following, subjugation or domination without resistance. The population views a certain way of acting as the standard and proceeds to engage in such acts without force or coercion against them. An example is religion, where a new devote follower changes the ways they act to be in accordance to the religions standards. This may include increased charity donations, to abstinence from sex or alcohol, to a change in…

become an explorer of the new world to make a name for himself. Coronado initially traveled to New Spain, as Mexico was named by the Spanish, with the viceroy of New Spain, Antonio de Mendoza. The Coronado family was friendly with the Mendoza family because Coronado’s father held political positions under the administration of Antonio de Mendoza’s father in Granada, Spain. While in New Spain, Coronado would go on to go on…

their beliefs, especially when they differ significantly from mine, but it was hard to do this in the small southern town where I was raised. I moved away from Evans in the middle of my freshman year because my dad got a new job in San Antonio, Texas. San Antonio is one of the largest cities in the United States, and with a large population comes tremendous diversity. After I started attending public school in my new city, I encountered several changes. I saw drug transactions almost every…