Rainer Maria Essays

  • Rainer Maria Rilke's Mother And Son

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    Rainer Maria Rilke, author of “From Childhood,” and Alden Nowlan, author of “Mother and Son,” are both understanding of the fact that everyone has a mother—a woman from which each individual in existence was brought onto the earth. Through their literary works of art, their knowledge that the biological tie between mother and child is something that all human beings possess is evident, as well as their understanding that any further relationship past this biological connection is in the hands of

  • Rainer Maria Rilke Der Panther

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    Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Der Panther,” as translated by Stephen Mitchell, reveals the social and cultural issue of holding wild animals captive for human entertainment through his personification of the panther’s suffering. It is evident throughout the poem that the speaker is sympathizing with the panther in the cage at the zoo. The speaker even attributes human-like qualities to the panther, such as deep emotional trauma. Mitchell’s translation of the poem utilizes a series of words that illustrate

  • Analyzing Rainer Maria Rilke's The Panther

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    In the poem “The Panther” by Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke describes a panther in isolation through his repetition and description of certain words and ideas, and melancholy tone. The most prevalent image in the poem are the bars. “His weary glance, from passing by the bars…” is the first instance of this and it appears again as its complementary “rhyme” in the third line. This emphasizes the presence of the bars around the panther, suggesting that the panther is trapped, or feels isolated. Bars

  • Figurative Language In Rainer Maria Rilke's Letter

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    In the letter, “Rilke's letter one”’ Rainer Maria Rilke uses very unique words to convey his point. Rilke uses these word choices to help the reader better understand his point of the letter. Rilke also uses figurative language throughout his letter to help emphasize what he is saying and also help paint a picture for the reader. Rilke uses his word choice to help develop the tone. For example, Rilke uses the word, “earnestly”(Rilke 3), when he was giving advice to the poet. “Earnestly”, means

  • Creon In Oedipus The King

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    1. Oedipus Rex was tragedy play written in 430 B.C.E. by Sophocles then translated by F. Storr. Oedipus the King takes place in Thebes and the Oedipus at the Colonus happens nears Athens. The environment for these characters is in the Heroic Age. This time period the Greek gods have left plant Earth and relocated to Mount Olympus. Now the world is left with heroes like Oedipus. Life for a lot of people was starting to look bleak as the pelage was upon them. Daily life for the people of Thebes were

  • Analyzing Rainer Maria Rilke's Letter One

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    In letters to a young poet, “Letter One” by Rainer Maria Rilke uses specific word choices to create his tone and meaning towards the poet. Rilke tries to help the poet, considering that editors reject his work. He begs the poet to stop asking him and other people for advice. Rilke gives his advice in the form of commands, so the advices that Rilke is willing to give the poet is for him to stop writing poems about love and to stop looking outside of himself for approval and a benefit to his work.

  • The Guerilla Girls Analysis

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    The Women Creating Culture The Guerilla Girls was started in 1984. When an international art exhibit place only 17 women and no one of color out of 200 artists. It unintentionally started the Guerilla Girls. It was said that whoever wasn 't pick of the 200 should consider a new career. Basically, implying that they were no good. It was the right motivation to organize and move forward to make a difference to make a change. The Guerilla Girl wanted to change the general assumption that no woman

  • Analysis Of Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters To A Young Poet

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    In Rainer Maria Rilke 's writing, Letters to a Young Poet “Letter One” Rilke’s word choice keeps his tone steady as he builds on his two central ideas. Rilke, an early 1900’s poet, was asked to give advice to a young poet named, Frank Kappus. Rilke gives his advice through a series of letters. However, Rilke does not believe that criticism should have anything to do with art, so he castigates Kappus for asking for criticism. He focuses on trying to make Kappus realize he must look inside himself

  • The Demon Haunted World Poem Analysis

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    "What do we actually see when we look up at the Moon with the naked eye? We make out a configuration of irregular bright and dark markings - not a close representation of any familiar object. But, almost irresistibly, our eyes connect the markings, emphasizing some, ignoring others. We seek a pattern, and we find one" says Carl Sagan, author of “The Demon Haunted World’. Patterns seem to be everywhere, the repetitive hive built by the tireless honey bees to the sometimes elusive lines in a poem.

  • Tony's Mistake In West Side Story

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    the 2 gangs, Jets and Sharks. Through Tony killing Bernardo, Tony not hearing the full truth, and Tony trying to find Chino, it is clear that Tony is responsible for his death. Tony killed Bernardo, he makes a mistake and Chino finds out saying to Maria “ Now, he could see, she believed him, but there was no time for explanations, no time for anything but to find Tony Wyzek and kill him” (Shulman,134) Tony killing Bernardo was a mistake making Chino go after Tony. If Tony hadn't killed Bernardo, he

  • The True Tragedy Of West Side Story

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    and a Puerto Rican gang known as the Sharks. Tony, previous leader of the Jets, falls in love with a Shark girl named Maria. Riff, leader of the Jets, and Bernardo, leader of the Sharks, plan a large gang fight in an attempt to win control over the city block. During the fight, Bernardo kills Riff and Tony kills Bernardo. At the end, Chino (another shark) kills Tony in front of Maria. The true tragedy of West Side Story is when Tony stabs and kills Bernardo, but the Jets, Sharks, and society all assisted

  • Igor Stravinsky The Rite Of Spring Analysis

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    “The Rite of Spring” was certainly the most controversial piece of orchestral music of its time. The piece, composed by the Russian Composer Igor Stravinsky, included a great deal of uncommon musical elements. But was it really that uncommon? The world-changing ballet, “The Rite of Spring” was so controversial when it debuted in 1913, because it completely contradicted the common rhythmic and harmonic languages of the music at the time. The choreography and costumes were a main part of the reason

  • Examples Of Feminism In Jane Eyre

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    My Summer Project is on the novel Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte. My project initially highlights the problems faced by a women in 19th Century. The issues come in the way of people when the two belongs to different class and status. It also highlights various themes, the writer has used in the novel and also how every theme is being shown with examples. The novel is about love and determination, which can be understood from the view of an orphaned girl, who apart from being a part of all

  • Hatred In Romeo And Juliet

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    The Seeds of Hatred “Nothing in life is promised, except death,” (Kanye West). This was the fate of the star-crossed made from the hatred between the households of Montagues and Capulets. The play is Romeo and Juliet, written by Shakespeare, tells a story of two lovers killed by hatred. Their love is planted in the soil of their kinsmen. This soil is blackened with a plague that doesn’t hesitate to kill and death shall follow. Romeo and Juliet dig deeper into this soil, so no one can see their love

  • Cabaret Analysis

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    On Saturday, November 11, I attended a performance of Cabaret at Dutchess Community College. This musical is set in Berlin, 1931 Germany pre World War I as the Nazis are rising to power. It takes place in a nightclub, the Kit Kat Klub and revolves around an American writer named Cliff Bradshaw and his relationship with an English cabaret performer, Sally Bowles. The cast features six major characters: Sally Bowles, the headlining British singer at the Kit Kat Klub, the Emcee, or the Master of Ceremonies

  • Theme Of Love And Hate In Romeo And Juliet

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    Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet is a classic love story about “two star-crossed lovers” who are battling love and hate between each other and their families. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet are deeply in love, but even with all of this love, there is still a brawling hate between the two families. The Montagues and Capulets are known to be the two families who have had a long lasting feud in the city of Verona, where in this story this “ancient grudge breaks to new mutiny”. Romeo and Juliet

  • Similarities Between Macbeth And Taming Of The Shrew

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    LASALLE College of the Arts presents a modern adapation of William Shakespeare’s double bill. The Taming of the Shrew was directed by Stefanos Rassios and Macbeth was directed by Adam Marple. The Taming of the Shrew featured Level 2 BA (Hons) Musical Theatre students and Macbeth featured Level 2 BA (Hons) Acting students, in collaboration with the students from Diploma in Technical and Production Management. The double bill begun with The Taming of the Shrew where Rassios directed the play with

  • Intertextual Techniques In Letters To Alice

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    In your comparative study of two texts, our understanding of intertextual connections is enhanced by a consideration of each composer’s use of textual form To what extent does this view accord with your comparative study of the prescribed texts? Through intertextual connections, texts continuously provide readers with an enhanced understanding of context and key values that are shaped through the literary form, ultimately expanding upon proceeding works and generating a greater appreciation for

  • Deadly Theatre In Peter Brook's The Empty Space

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    “The Empty Space”, a book written by the director Peter Brook outlines his four theories of theatre each that evokes a different meaning, Deadly, Holy, Rough and Immediate. In his opinion, Deadly Theatre is the most common type of theatre, which fails to modernize, instruct or even entertain. This style concentrates on the act of imitation by mimicking successes from the past and relying on old schemes instead of exploring the deeper meaning from the text (Brook, Peter). However, Shylock, a character

  • Social Stratification System Analysis

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    Before Malaysia is dependence, Malaysia was colonized by Britain in late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. At this duration, Britain had brought up the capitalist ideas to Malaysia (and the change in carte system to class system) and thus, this concept is still running until now. This system is constructed by dividing the society into different social class: the upper class, middle class as well as the lower class. There are 3 dimensions of stratification system which stated by Max Weber. That