Brief Summary: Entertainment In The 1840s

Entertainment in the twentieth century is everyone sitting down in front of the television to

The Roaring Twenties of America, which was from 1920-1929, saw a great social and economic prosperity. People were happy, and were celebrating the victory of World War 1. The gasoline price was lowered, right to vote for women was granted, and America was climbing towards a great success. In 1929, Herbert Hoover became the president of the United States of America, and he said, “ Given a chance to go forward with the policies of the last eight years, we shall soon with the help of God be in sight of the day when poverty will be banished from this nation”(Roark, Pg. 703). After few months of his inauguration, his words contradicted, the Roaring Twenties halted. During the Roaring Twenties, the stock market prices increased steeply. The rapid

     Our society craves an escape from life.  When our tedious jobs bog us down, we escape into a hobby.  When the responsibilities of school tire us, we escape in a vacation.  When world affairs take a frightening turn of events, we escape in a good movie or absorbing book.  There are countless distractions available to lighten our heavy minds and ease our anxieties.  But it was not always as easy as it is today.  What if distractions such as these were available only to a leisured class?  What if the average person did not have the means to escape, even in small ways?  This was the dilemma in late Victorian England.  The people who needed and craved escape the

The Roaring Twenties started in North America and spread to Europe as the effects of World War I diminished. In Europe, the years following the First World War (1919-1923) were marked by a deep recession. Europe spent these years in rebuilding and coming to terms with the vast human cost of the conflict. Unlike in the aftermath of World War II, the United States did little to try to rebuild Europe. Instead, it took an increasingly isolationist stance (Answers, 2006).

Place yourself in the roaring twenties. A decade of jazz and gin, of invention and discovery, and of conformism and materialism. The American man believed America could be going in no other direction but forward, with the advent of radio and television broadcasting, various household appliances, and important medicines like Penicillin and Insulin, among others. Renowned author, Aldous Huxley, lived during this roaring age and saw something different. He feared for America’s future. Although he had trouble admitting and determining this fear, many traces of this fear can be found in Brave New World, his utopian novel depicting the foreseeable future. blah blah blah

Literature has played a large role in the way we perceive the world and it can affect the way in which we think about things. Edgar Allan Poe along with Mark Twain are two of the most influential authors that our world has ever seen. Their descriptiveness and diction has had a huge impact on their readers for centuries. Poe’s gothic style of writing was very enthralling and suspenseful; it left you wanting to know what was going to happen next. Whereas, Mark Twain was a very humorous author that intended to amuse all that read. The descriptiveness that was incorporated by these world-renown authors is tremendous.

Ever took a step back and looked at today’s generations and wondered why times have changed so drastically? Nearly twenty years ago, nobody would have ever thought that the world would be the way it is today. Back in the nineteenth century, children would spend most of their days playing outside, getting sweaty, and making memories. Majority of these children were required to do household chores and work for what they wanted. Also, spending adequate periods of time with parents and siblings was a part of the daily routines. Most families in the nineteenth century would gather together every night at the dining room table to eat and have discussions about their activates that took place that day. In conjunction with having to spend family time with your relatives, most families consisted of one mother and one father under the same roof. Where as in the twenty-first century, a great deal of households end up becoming broken and leading to divorce.

The government set up a path that all males and females would take to work towards a pure Aryan society. The roles of the genders were shaped in a way that would train males to become valiant warriors for the state, prepared for war. Females, on the other hand, were expected to become mothers, and produce as many racially pure, Aryan children as possible. The coordination of the arts in German was also quite impactful. Hitler detested many of the cultural and art norms that had become the style of the nineteen-twenties. Much of the arts would be exploited and used as tools of propaganda. Works were expected to glorify German culture and invoke healthy Volk emotions. The themes were often centered on militarism, German might, and hard work.

One of the first visions of the Symphonic Orchestra can be seen in Claudio Monteverdi’s opera Orfeo (1607). Monteverdi was the first known composer to score his opera for particular instruments. Monteverdi’s Orfeo called for: fifteen viols of different sizes, two violins, four flutes (two large and two medium), two oboes, two cornets, four trumpets, five trombones, a harp, two harpsichords, and three small organs. While the instrumentation of Monteverdi’s ‘orchestra’ is different than the modern symphonic orchestra, Monteverdi’s idea of organization was manipulated and transformed in centuries

C)The idea of leisure activities has changed greatly over the past years. During the nineteenth century many people sought out amusement parks, plays, sports, of other live entertainment, although now, in the twenty-first century, our idea of a good time may be a concert, shopping with friends, playing video games, or watching TV till our eyes hurt. With more free time building up, people are allowed to try new leisure activities and have more time to pursue the fun, thrilling, or relaxing things in life.

Edgar Allan Poe contributed a lot to american literature. Poe has written more than 100 pieces of literature and the most notable achievement is the creation of the modern detective story. This creation led to many iconic detective stories such as the Sherlock Holmes series. Other than writing mystery stories, Poe also wrote about horror, many of Poe’s stories are dark. Poe “was one of the first critics to focus primarily on the effect of style and structure” (poets.org). Many writers use the techniques revealed by Poe to create effective stories. Other than writing, Poe

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In the past, people created their own entertainment without the use of technology. All what people did was work, come back home, and work more or write. They did not have electricity to provide light, instead they used candles. When they gathered around at a feast or banquet people told stories to each other ,they also sang to each other. Some people even read for fun. People watched people die for fun too. Today we rely on technology for our entertainment; we wait for the ‘next big thing’. “Technology has become the great equalizer of the entertainment industry”, Chris Jordan once wrote. Entertainment in the 1500s was extremely different compared to today’s entertainment. The different types of social classes had their own type of fun too. The most popular entertainment was mostly sports, theaters and dancing during the 1500s.

Entertainment holds the attention and interest of an audience; it gives pleasure and delight, it lets people forget about any problems in their lives. Entertainment was specifically designed for the purpose of keeping an audience's attention. Long ago people started with: art, music, wall paintings, and stories. Entertainment has been around for far too long to hold the capacity to ruin such a concept as a society. It at times may portray itself as necessities for life .People thrive upon the happiness and laughter caused by an amusing situation, and this entertainment fulfills such desire for people. Entertainment does not possess the capability to destroy society; in order for humanity to grow, relax and experience, individuals need to

One day evening, I was all alone in my home, since everyone was out for their work. The surrounding was almost prepared to give me a sense of loneliness. But I was not; I was in front of my television and enjoying a dancing performance. I think that gave me the real sense of entertainment. As per my opinion, I think entertainment is any event, thing or a situation that brings an audience, a pleasure and delight. In the ancient world, there were very few needs and wants for a community. But with the miracle of time, those few needs and wants rapidly increased among humans, therefor human lifestyle has become complicated. As a result, the needs of being entertained have become much more important. People spend a considerable amount of their time and money to entertain them.