Maurice Ravel

chosen to do research on for this project is “Sonatine, No. 2, "Mouvement de Menuet"” by Maurice Ravel. Firstly, Maurice Ravel was born on 1875 and passed away on 1937. He was a French composer, pianist and conductor of classical music whose most well-known works are Bolero and Daphnis et Chloé. Shortly after his birth, his family moved away to Paris, where he received his first piano lessons in 1882. Maurice Ravel faced many failures in his music career before being regarded as one of the…

The Quiet Revolution had a dramatic effect on the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec. Whereas, prior to 1965, the Catholic Church was a dominant cultural and political force Quebec, after 1965 the Catholic Church experienced a dramatic decline in its authority and its role in Quebec society. The people then abandoned the Catholic Church rapidly, and then transferred their allegiance from the Catholic Church to the Quebec state. This created a political vacuum within Quebec, due to the fact that, in…

Inside Out is a film that is about one main character, Riley. The film shows us how from the time of Riley’s birth until eleven years of age, how her emotions change as the older she gets. The first emotion that Riley is born with is Joy. Joy is always happy, and looks to the brighter side of anything negative. Next came sadness. Sadness seems to always look down on everything, or finds the negative in everything. Fear was third to arrive. He gave Riley a sense of caution in times of danger…

A Good Man is Hard to Find in a Cathedral In works of literature, authors who use various forms of literary tools such as characterization, dialogue, and symbolism to help the readers understand the complexities within the stories. From the authors’ perspective, stories that have every detail and plot laid out for the reader will exemplify a poorly written piece of work. In the story “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Conner, the main characters had to…

How to Heal Death is inevitable. Any creature that is born into this world arrives with an expiration date. It could be as soon as they were born or in a hundred years. Death is a sad and an unwanted event, which almost no one knows how to perfectly cope with. There are numerous remedies to numb oneself from the pain but none that is acceptable for you, physically, mentally or emotionally. People seem to face losing a person with an attitude they obtained from their first experience. With that…

Essay #1 Draft: Close Reading Contrary to popular belief, the stereotypical “real man” who never shows emotion does not reflect mature, developed behavior. It is easy to assume that if one does not show emotion, he/she is not present, and that by suppressing those emotions one can make them “go away.” Plato argues in “Republic,” his seminal work that describes his ideal city, that not only is suppressing the emotions of sadness, humor, or passion essential in a perfect society, but that the…

All students are excited for breaks from school, but in Seamus Heaney’s case his break was more of a hard blow than a relaxing time. This lyrical poem addresses the reader directly by reaching their emotions. The poem is about an elder brother who was away at school but had to return home in order to attend the funeral of his younger brother who tragically passed away. The poem is written in first person from the viewpoint of Seamus Heaney himself, he focuses on the reactions of his parents…

Liberal Premier of Quebec in 1960, dispelled “Le Grande Noirceur” that the Union Nationale had previously disseminated in Quebec society and which had left Quebec behind the rest of Canada in education, health, and jobs. The Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis,…

French – English Relations in Canada RenéLévesque was quite fond of using analogies and metaphors to describe political issues. One such example was when he compared the Canadian French-English relations to an unhappy marriage. Honestly, there was no better way of describing the issues between the two and the stages that they went through. Suppose that English Canada was the husband and French Canada was the wife. There were several situations in which the wife was degraded, the husband was…

Phenomenology research is one of the five approaches to qualitative research design. Qualitative research is used to provide insights into the research questions/ problems. Qualitative research starts with an assumption of a particular topic. Once the assumption is research the results of that research is descriptive. Each approach within qualitative research provides a way thinking about conducting qualitative research. Phenomenology approach is a way to examine and understand how the world…