Cosmopolitan

Introduction It is sad to say that the term professional is lacking credibility these days. To be a professional, it goes beyond a ‘referred ' name, an advanced degree or certificate framed and hung on the office wall. Though professionalism encompasses all of these, it is much more defined and tailored. To be a professional it is a calling that does not develop overnight, but through nurturing and development of a specialized character and standards evolves the attributes of a professional. A…

and ballets were performed with Indian theme due to the interest of the society towards the art of Bharatanatyam and it helped improvise and reformulate Bharatanatyam. Each of these late-century projects offers Bharatanatyam an active role in a cosmopolitan urban environment by deploying methods of exchange between epistemologies that circumvent or reverse an orientalist problematic. Due to this, the similarities between these two dances may be the gathering result of the two distinct…

Through several “repeated injuries and usurpations,” relations between colonial America and Imperial Britain in were at an unprecedented low, making an uprising among the discontent American public increasingly unavoidable. This coming revolution was substantial in that it was not merely a rebellion against a powerful government, but a total attack against the old-world ideas of monarchy and social class. Two influential men, both long critical of the English crown, published two of the most…

For the past few months, the sports media has been embroiled in a fight over “stick to sports.” The phrase comes from a common online rebuke directed at sportswriters and pundits and players and coaches and anyone in the world of sports, really, who takes a political stance on anything that doesn’t occur on a field or a court or in a locker room or front office. The dividing line is predictable: Many jocks and traditionalists argue for a separation of church and state; many young fans say that…

Dramatic comedy originated in ancient Greece, and was deemed Old Comedy. It was a way for playwrights to provide their commentary on politics, society, and wars. During the Hellenistic period, comedy was more romantic in tone, and decidedly less satirical and critical. Centuries later, the Catholic church rose to power and took over most dramatic performances, however, they allowed one festival to be run by the lower clergy, the Festival of Fools, that reveled in opposition to authority. In 16th…

Saying goodbye could be one of the hardest experiences in our world. Either to dying friends, parents, family, loved ones, or to our past happiness, or to our future. No one could imagine the hardships some people have to deal with. But in nearly all cases, humanity moves forward, they “center”, and find clarity, peace and serenity. Even if they do, they still miss the instances of pure bliss. Human experience helps us grow and prosper, sometimes it passes on to others, like in The Scarlet…

The quintessence of class conflict exists in the character of Gatsby. Gatsby’s,”background is cosmopolitan, his past a mystery, his temperament that of an opportunist entirely oblivious to the claims of people or the world outside”(Dyson 64). Gatsby started out in the military, and worked his way into Oxford. However, he never allowed himself to be…

Reading Essay I didn’t start to enjoy reading until I was about 8 or 9 when I started going to the school library more and checked out a book called Wait till Helen Comes. It is a mystery novel by Mary Downings about a girl who’s father,stepmother, brother, and stepsister all move into an old church in a small town down in the country. I fell in love with it immediately, I fell in love with mystery novels, especially ones that have sequels because I love the suspense of a good mystery. I was…

He had a sensitive soul and grew up in a less cosmopolitan environment than Erasmus. Luther was living as a Augustinian monk for more than fifteen years, (Wolf, 153). Luther was very smart and that advanced him faster than it would anybody else. He was ordained a priest and then five years later he became…

The globalization of the world, beginning in the late twentieth century and still an ongoing phenomenon today, has brought unprecedented prosperity to the world, enabling those who could afford it new modern conveniences and an enthrallingly cosmopolitan way of life. But the same forces of globalization also deprived once-proud ancient indigenous peoples of their culture, imbuing their children’s minds with imported American values. Globalization, in light of this, deserves not hearty…