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Dave Matthews was born outside of Johannesburg, South Africa, on January 9, 1967. As a child he moved around a lot with his family to various parts of the world. And of an early age his mother taught him the evils of racism. When he was ten years old his father died of lung cancer,…

Within any group of people there is always going to be some form of judgment and African American people of the early twentieth century Harlem are no different. Throughout this course students have been immersed into the culture of 1920s Harlem and through this immersion many significant issues have surfaced from the artist of the…

Ridley Scott’s epic “Gladiator” is a movie which, roughly, could be described using one word only: a spectacle. Nevertheless, this “spectacle” is not purely fictitious; it is not serving the sole purpose of entertaining and stirring an audience who may long for a good movie with gorgeous scenery, impressive set design and gripping performance. It…

Despite working in different eras, Mozart and the Beatles were both musical pioneers. They can be compared and contrasted in terms of their creative abilities. Both artists defied conventions in the industry and gained popularity. The Beatles had a rebellious and unique musical style that appealed to audiences of all ages during their time, whereas…

The film Gladiator is famous for Russell Crowe’s Academy award-winning performance as well as its camerawork and cinematography. Director Ridley Scott employs significant formalism in the movie to convey Maximus’ message. Camera angles, such as low-angle or high-angle shots, are frequently used to depict power in various scenes. These types of angles are noticeable throughout…

Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg to a Lutheran family, and spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is grouped with J. S Bach and Beethoven to be one of the ‘three Bs’. Brahms was a virtuoso pianist, and premiered many of his own works – many of the pieces that he composed…

The world of the “exotic” and strangeness is an inherently interesting subject matter among people. Fascinations with the “other” world are depicted in poems, novels, literary descriptions and art as an attempt to understand, romanticise or exploit another culture. The Napoleonic expedition to Egypt from 1798 to 1799 brought forth a heightened interest among artists…

Culture, being a way of life, also involves among many other things, how a society appropriates for itself certain conceptions regarding the distinctions of class, ethnicity, or race. This characterization of culture makes it difficult for a society to immediately integrate ‘changes’ which would involve changing previously established social conceptions. Racism is one such social…

Both the poems “Once upon a Time” by Gabriel Okara and “A Contemplation Upon Flowers” by Henry King express the speakers’ longing for personal growth and spiritual rejuvenation. In “A Contemplation Upon Flowers,” the speaker contemplates his own nature, drawing parallels between the lives of flowers and humans. The speaker admires the flowers’ acceptance of…

Gasland is a documentary that was produced and directed by Josh Fox. It centers around the effects of natural gas drilling on American communities, specifically focusing on the process known as fracking. Fracking involves extracting natural gas by horizontally drilling into deep rock formations. As a resident of Pennsylvania, Josh Fox turned down an offer…