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prayer or action. The Gloria or greater Doxology is a text that praises God. The gloria or greater doxology is a text that gives praise to God, says the creed of the Trinity, and asks for mercy. In the gloria that we discussed in class the two first phrases "the words of angels announcing Jesus's birth to the shepherds” are biblical. In a simple sense this may be felt as beautful in the intelligible sense because it recites words from the bible. As a monk or someone studying at the church…

There have been many criticisms within the media when it comes to racial equality. In the music video, Beyoncé puts hate on police violence (Hudson). In the music video, she the phrase such as “STOP SHOOTING US” (Hudson). I believe she puts this in order to take a stand about the criticism there is with the cops and shooting people, especially black people, Beyoncé also had an African American boy standing in front of an army of…

When individually speaking about Black Lives Matter phrase are ourselves immediately discussing race or the institutionalized thought that racism is nonexistent. So what is this ideology of Black Lives Matter? Where did it derive from and why is it so significant? Well it did not just fall out the sky. As the saying insinuates for every action there is a reaction and it is not necessarily a negative reaction. “Black Lives Matter” phrase derived from a Facebook post written by Alicia Garza,…

“Bullet” by Hollywood Undead, an American rock-rap band, is a piece of music that leaves the listeners puzzled as to its true meaning is. While the guitar chords can be considered cheerful, the lyrics speak of self harm and ending one’s life, topics that do not fall into the same mood as the guitar. This contrast in the music presents an interesting dynamic to assess and decipher what the music is trying to get across. Not only does the song have an intriguing dynamic, but the official lyric…

is one American self (predominantly male, white, and Anglo-Saxon) within which Americans – from all origins, races, cultures, and backgrounds – "melt". (Wafa A. Alkhadra, ) In the early twentieth century, the playwright Israel Zangwill coined the phrase “melting pot” to describe how immigrants from many different backgrounds came together in the United States. In Zangwill’s highly popular 1908…

Bruce Nauman’s One Hundred Live and Die, 1984, is an intricate piece combining the world of high art and the low art of advertisement using word play. It is a work containing one hundred words, fifty with “live” following them and fifty with “die,” in neon lights that light up individually, in rows, and then all together, creating visual patterns. The word combinations include actions, emotions, and colors. One Hundred Live and Die uses the game of language to leave the meaning of the work open…

for new translators to overlook. For instance, phrases such as “good good study, day day up” can make sense in Chinese, but is not acceptable in the English language (by the way, the phrase “long time no see” is in fact an example of poorly translated Chinese phrases, but it ended up to be so popular that nowadays it is considered acceptable); on the other hand, while English sentences can be theoretically infinitely long through the use of phrases, conjunctive words, semicolons, etc., the…

haunted and belittled generations of African Americans. Ironically, over time, it is now a popular, and casual phrase (along with other variations of the word) of fondness by the very same race who once had to tolerate such agony and despair. Amongst the generation of young people in today’s world, the slur can have a much friendlier context. One question that may arise is, how did this phrase become so popular, or socially acceptable? Most Americans understand that the term, Negro, began as a…

sonnets and plays but today it is Pop Culture that has a profound impact. As society evolves so does language. Language is changing as the way people use it changes and there is a reason we do not talk in Shakespearian English anymore. New words and phrases are constantly being coined while others are dying out. Changes in language have become so rapid that it is extremly difficult to communicate without being up to date with the new terminology that it is neccessary for the modern world. Not…

relaying. Being a woman at the time and considering the topic it was a very hard role to play as the speaker of this topic because most of the time it was a male, but with her use of repetition it gives her a sense of power. She continually repeats the phrase “I am” which gives a vibe of vulnerability but also shows she has experienced exactly what she is fighting to eliminate among society. Overall, her use of repetition enhances the speech and the impact it has on the audience. Later on in the…