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On Ezra Pound’s quote on modernism, he claims that "the modern age wants a literature that reflects an image of itself: "accelerated" and mass produced ("a mould in plaster/Made with no loss of time) as well as superficial. " This means that today’s society wants a literature that resembles itself, fast paced and shallow. Society…

At a postplay discussion following a performance of Russian playwright Edvard Radzinsky’s An Old Actress in the Role of Dostoevsky’s Wife running through Nov. 13 at the Jean Cocteau Repertory in New York a woman in the audience wanted to know why she had never heard of the author. How, she wondered, could she be…

Age of Abstraction To reason that the accent on a design ‘s aesthetic and map should be the exclusive concern of the designer or interior decorator. Function of architecture in society Human interactions in all of its graduated tables from the smallest item to its largest image must be absolutely understood by an designer. An designer…

There is a fine line between love and lust. If love is only a will to possess, it is not love. To love someone is to hold them dear to one’s heart. In The Great Gatsby, the characters, Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan are said to be in love, but in reality, this seems to…

The Exxon Valdez oil spill in the Prince William Sound of Alaska proved to be a disaster on many levels. The coastline, wildlife, and people of the all area were all devastated by the spill. Ten years later, the area is showing remarkable progress. Because of the cleanup efforts and new regulations, the Sound is…

My primary goal for enrolling in music appreciation was to learn about the composers/musicians that have greatly contributed to modern music. Therefore, I decided to analyze a piece of music ?Rhapsody in Blue?, which affected music in 1920’s and still impacting the music world today. George Gershwins, ?Rhapsody in Blues?, first performance was on February…

The History of Baseball CardsBaseball cards have a very broad history. In the beginning, god made man. Then, man produced. . . . . . . . the baseball card. From 1887 to the present, billions of baseball cards have been produced. Some cards are valued at ten cents, while others, are valued at over…

He subsequently fails, evident through his rhetorical question, “Why do I bother working for nothing? “26 The power of these heroes such as Gilgamesh is that they explore absolute truths that are essential in understanding our human experience. This failure enables Gilgamesh to realise the truth that humans cannot have immortality. Parallels may be drawn…

Grace Nichols is a Caribbean poet. She was born in Georgetown in 1950 and grew up in a small village on the Guyanese coast. In 1977 she moved to the United Kingdom as an act of independence and to experience a different type of culture. She wanted to escape the Caribbean”s long history of violence,…

In the novel Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates writes to his son about such serious issues as the American Dream, racism, and white privilege in order to teach him how to survive in the world. He uses words that are complex, but rather inspiring, trying to describe his understanding of the world through…