dawned on the physician that the physiological benefits of their chanting, slowing down their breathing and lowering their blood pressure, were the cause of the monks tiredness. His solution was restoring their habit of chants. The effects were dramatic. Within six months, the monks were back to their old vigorous and healthy…
The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines music as "the art of combining vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion" (Concise Oxford Dictionary 1992). However, the music genres known as Noise music and Musique concrète, for instance, challenge these ideas about what constitutes music's essential attributes by using sounds not widely considered as musical, like randomly produced electronic distortion, feedback, static, cacophony, and…
The women who influenced the French Revolution ultimately defined feminism and defied the patriarchal society that surrounded them. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, feminism is “the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes” and “organized activity on behalf of women 's rights and interests” (“Feminism”). Men of the French Revolution, however, disagreed with the sentiments of the feminist; Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote, “A woman that is an aesthete, is a…
idea of death in the poem. Death is normally seen as a peaceful end to life experienced on earth, yet here the death is brusque. The irregularity and brusque tone of the poem present “a bare skeleton of emotion that hasn’t yet been decorated with dramatic imagery” (Peter). An example of what Mr. Peter is saying is shown in the first and second stanzas. Dickinson…
There are certain times of crisis that occur in every country and in every society and when the United Kingdom was struck by an economic crisis during the 1970s, it resulted in a dramatic change in thinking and way of life of a large group of youths, living during that time. In order to understand this issue thoroughly, we need to look on the most important aspects that triggered these changes in society of the United Kingdom in 1970s, most importantly, we need to revise the economic situation…
Hamilton has captivated audiences perhaps like no musical before and with a staggering amount of immigrants entering the United States each year, it’s especially relevant. Hamilton was an illegitimate child, the product of wedlock (Alexander Hamilton Lyrics and Annotations), never receiving a formal education in his birthplace of St. Kitts and Nevis and likely to have been privately…
Chapter-1 Performer’s rights: new dimension of copyright laws INTRODUCTION Performer’s rights with respect to cinematographic films have always been an area of dispute, this is because the producer is considered as the owner of such work and he can exploit the work for his economic advantage. A cinematographic film consists of a different rights associated to it and producer is considered as the holder of the bundle of rights only because he takes the initiative, like in a company’s case a…
Commercialization and marketing have shown to play an important role in the mass media and companies. First of all, chapter seven of Media in Society discusses how economics has connections with the mass media and businesses through various approaches. Subsequently, commercialization has affected the release of new products with product placement and advertising, and marketing has also influenced children and the younger generation. Video games also have shown to be an excellent source of…
Vale 6 , and the song chosen is symbolic and appropriate. Scorsese chooses this song because in the lyrics Jerry Vale says “But smile and pretend to be gay”, “ It’s too late for running”, and “ pretend you don’t see her”. All of these tie into the movie Goodfella’s because in Henry’s situation he always goes along with what Jimmie and Tommy, but his facial expressions show dismay. Also the lyrics say it’s “too late for running” which exemplifies Henry’s thought process on the murder of the…
DANTE ALIGHIERI, A divided and divisive figure © Elizabeth Greenwood DANTE ALIGHIERI, a divided and divisive figure, by Elizabeth Greenwood FICTION by…