Ballads

touched a needle and went to a long sleep and the prince kissed her and she is a woke up so technically she did not do anything but just sleep for 100 years. Mulan is based on a true story but is actually it is an ancient Chinese poem titled the Ballad of Mulan, because it is a legend, it is unknown when Mulan may have lived although she was believed to have lived during the Northern Wei dynasty which lasted from 386CE to 534CE. The historic aspects of the films that are not accurate is,…

different stories: there’s the sea during a storm, telling of sunken ships and roaring wind; the winter sea, with its tales of loneliness and forgotten shells; the sea on a summer day of America’s East Coast, where you can almost hear the old rock ballads playing from a car's stereo. And then the underwater shots, which, I’ll admit, are my forte. As expected, people start getting excited and asking questions.
“How did you get so close to the dolphins?”
“Weren’t you scared of the red lionfish?”…

Polynesian Legends are sometimes based on some of historical fact and have had their people or events embellished over the tellings and retellings.Because folklore has the capability to teach and to preserve the thoughts, feelings, and beliefs of a people, suggestions are offered for using folklore to deepen children's understanding of Polynesian culture. Maori nature fables, along with error/punishment stories involving the woman or man on the moon, represent the instructive function. Tales and…

assignments each: TIEDIED paragraphs which centered around certain aspects of the story (particularly the theme); journal entries about a list of topics Mr. Smith assigned (the novel was written in diary form); different types of poems, such as free verse, ballads, senryus, and African praise poems; and drawings related to the story. The drawings seemed irrelevant to me; after all, I thought, this was world literature class and not visual art class. Afterwards, I began outlining my essay and…

his soul but rather was in distress for not being able to get a ride at a place where he was at crossroads. As one listens to Woody Guthrie song ‘Dustbowl Blues’, one aspect that can come about is the low note of the song that gives the song a folky ballad appeal. Alike to Robert Johnson, the song has the country like sound. However, what is distinct is the guitar play. Woody Guthrie unlike Johnson incorporates the continuous guitar play in this song. Because the song does not involve reaching…

The Power of Music When Robert E. Lee said, “I don’t believe we can have an army without music,” he highlighted one of the most important aspects in the civil war: music. In the 1850’s, American musical instruments and patriotic songs were becoming common among Americans. Developments in society, such as the printing press and the railroads, allowed for the spread of music to accelerate. However, it was not until the early 1860’s, featuring the start of the civil war, for music to gain true…

Fidel Castro, many Haitians took refuge there, as Castro gave anti-Duvalier his support. The Dominican also interfered with Haiti’s affairs for fear Cuba would attack through Haiti. During the presidential election of 1961, Duvalier altered with the ballads, assuring his re-election. New York Times said, “Latin America has witnessed many fraudulent (fake) elections … but none will have been more outrageous than the one which has just taken place in Haiti.” (François Duvalier Biography). Three…

The genius of the ingenious New York city-based jazz trio The Bad Plus can be heard again on their twelfth studio album entitled “It’s Hard”, a collection of covers that originally inhabited the pop, rock, country, jazz, and electronic music universes. Its concept contrasts with the last year’s mandatory album, “The Bad Plus Joshua Redman”, whose tracks were composed by the members of the quartet. The album opens with “Maps”, an original song by the American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs,…

Album Review One For my first album review I decided to use the album Help! by The Beatles. I chose this because everybody has heard of the Beatles and this class has increased my interest in older rock music. I was embarrassed by the little I knew about great bands of rock history. I used this assignment as an excuse to force myself to really dive in to The Beatles. The Beatles started in England around the late 50’s as a band that played in taverns and bars to make ends meet. In the early…

Poems are all different, but also all the same in their own ways, showing how even through time, people can write about similar themes. For example ”O Captain! My Captain!” and “The Seven Ages of Man” have many similarities. They both talk about a stage that one can go through in life, use iambic pentameter, and are both a big metaphor. They also have differences like the rhyme-scheme, the different stages, and the big metaphor. Both “O Captain! My Captain” and “The Seven Ages of Man” talk about…