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On February 6th, 2016, Beyoncé dropped her album Lemonade, and with it, the song “Formation.” The incredibly influential music video has many subtle messages dispersed throughout. Beyoncé starts off the video by laying on a New Orleans police car that is sinking in the Hurricane Katrina flood. She understands the racial tension and inequality that is happening in America today. She wants the audience to understand that they can help our country by educating themselves culturally. In Hurricane…

William Blake was a British poet and painter who lived during the French Revolution. The devastating end to it caused Blake to lose faith in the goodness of mankind. This explains why much of the poems in Songs of Experience are about bad experiences rather than good ones. The purpose of the poems in Songs of Innocence and Experience were to show the two opposing states of the human soul. These being that a child with no experiences are innocent and happy, but when they grow and gain new…

one of Shakespear's famous plays, Hamlet rations out his situation by relieving himself in a long soliloquy. In another, Lady Macbeth tries to convince Mac- beth to kill the King by attacking his manhood. Romeo and Juliet are an example of a heroic couplet. Writing at the same time as Shakespear was Miquel Cervantes. He wrote "Donkey Hote". The next great author was John Milton. Milton wrote "Paradise Lost." Then his wife dies and he wrote "Paradise…

This paper discussed three research articles and one professional online resource regarding interventions to increase adolescent breastfeeding, how relationships with maternal grandmothers and professionals affect infant feeding, and reliability of breastfeeding self-efficacy scores for predicting breastfeeding success. Study participants (n=537) consisted of adolescent mothers ranging from 15-19 years old, with one study listing participants as <20 years old. Dennis, Heaman, and Mossman…

I chose to research the word “fair” taken from line 2 of Sonnet 106. I chose this word because I knew there would be some changes in usage and meaning over time. In modern speech, the word “fair” has several meanings. The most common definition used in modern speech is equal, just or reasonable (def. 18b). If something is fair, then all parties are treated equally and nobody is unhappy with the result (def. 18b). Another common modern usage is in grading items. Something that is in fair…

From Shakespeare to South Park, the exaggeration of humorous situations through satire invites the audience first to laugh, then to think. Rallying against everything from the bills on his desk to the wasps in their nest, Ogden Nash’s satirical and witty lampooning of middle American existence thrilled a nation. In my four poems, The Moose, Someone Needs A Vacation, Only A Stranger Could Love, and We Solve ‘Cos We Have To, I attempt to imitate what Anthony Burgess wrote, (in Nashian style…

In the play, Shakespeare creates a complex character in Macbeth that somewhat encourages us to with him. Macbeth’s emotions and reactions are seen to fluctuate throughout the play as he constantly goes through dramatic series of events. In Act 1 Scene 7, Lady Macbeth victimises and attacks as Macbeth, causing him to suffer from manipulation and verbal abuse. In this way, the audience can see that ultimately she is the fundamental root of the following events and Macbeth is solely being loyal to…

of a loved one, this can be seen through the use of solace language in each which is going to be elucidated. Drayton uses the format of a Shakespearian Sonnet in iambic pentameter with an ‘AB’ structure throughout, apart from the closing heroic couplets at the end of the sestet. This synthesises the poem to flow, which is ironic due to the complexity of the poets feelings…

Produce: cause to make something happen or come into existence. Music producers from all around the world are known to guide the process of making an album or a song creatively. This role is crucial to the making of albums, as fans will listen to projects and not realize the miniscule micromanaging necessary to create a specific sound and atmosphere (Dan Connor). They are the directors of the movie known as music (Ek), and they usually never stand in the spotlight. According to Dan Connor, a…

himself as he capitalizes “ You God” but not “i” This contrast is bold and stands out as soon as you see the title. The tone of this poem is sincerely reflective and jovial. The poem is written in 4 stanzas, which consists of three quatrains and a couplet. Cummings is known for his experimental style using poetic form and language. The poem is an expression of the narrative voice of thankfulness for life and nature. It is clear that the voice speaking holds great value in nature “ for everything…