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Symbols can be; images, signs, colors, sounds, shapes, anything. It is like how blue can stand for sadness, and how the sun can stand for happiness. Symbolism is an object or an idea that has a representation beyond the literal meaning of the object. The functions of symbols are to add meaning to the text and underline some subtle point the author is making, also to give the reader a clue about the mood of the story and what will happen. The symbols Lorraine Hansberry used in A Raisin in the Sun

and words these artists have so carefully crafted have been targeted as the cause for violent acts, especially by young people. For example, Columbine shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold idolized German industrial bands such as Rammstein and KMFDM, as well as American shock rocker, Marilyn Manson. The public has been quick to blame these musicians for violence in the United States. People are calling for government regulations in the form of

One of the most well-known examples is that of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold’s preference for industrial/metal artists such as Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein, KMFDM, and Marilyn Manson. Harris and Klebold were the two American high school students who committed the Columbine High School massacre which killed 13 people, injured 24 and ended in both Harris and Klebold’s suicides. In the wake of the shooting, Marilyn

When most people hear the name Marilyn Manson they think of a deranged guy devoted to demonic ways of music. In fact, people tend to forget that Marilyn Manson is just a stage name. Marilyn Manson was born Brian Hugh Warner on January 5th, 1969. Knowing who Brian is today you would’ve never thought that he had a pretty normal childhood. Normal not in the sense that he had a regular civilian life, but by having two loving parents and a great education. The beginning of Brian’s life would have you

Industry of Hip Hop Where did hip hop originate and who were its founder? Like any style of music, hip hop has roots in other forms, and its evolution was shaped by many different artists, but there’s a case to be made that it came to life precisely on this day, August 11, 1973, in the west Bronx, New York City. Clive Campbell—better known to history as DJ Kool Herc, founding father of hip hop. Born and raised to the age of 10 in Kingston, Jamaica, DJ Kool Herc began spinning records at parties

The Columbine shooting on April 20, 1999 took place in Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado and was described as one of the worst mass shootings in the U.S history and the deadliest incident of school violence. The perpetrators were two students who attended Columbine High School: Eric Harris,18, and Dylan Klebold,17. Young Harris and Klebold killed 12 students, 1 teacher and wounded more than 20 others. The weapons utilized by Harris and Klebold for the attack consisted of; a Hi-Point 995

Cause – Effect      Even since the shooting at Columbine High School caught the attention of America and all the world on April 20, 1999, high school shootings and other forms of violence at schools has been plaguing America during the last ten years. It is also found that most of the violence that occurs in high schools is caused by young men. Students aren’t feeling safe at school anymore and parents are enraged that students could bring the weapons to school in the first

It is sad to think that the first few people on earth needed no books, movies, games or music to inspire cold-blooded murder. The day that Cain bashed his brother Abel’s brains in, the only motivation he needed was his own human disposition to violence. Whether you interpret the Bible as literature or as the final word of whatever God may be, Christianity has given us an image of death and sexuality that we have based our culture around. A half-naked dead man hangs in most homes and around our necks

Black Sabbath are a very controversial band which was criticized because of the messages they were said to send. As Graholm claims in his article “Ritual Black Metal Popular Music as Occult Mediation and Practice”, “Black Sabbath had a certain flirtation with darker occult themes, apparent in the name of the band itself as well as in image and lyrics” (Granholm 13). Their name was one of the reasons why they were considered devilish. Nevertheless, their original name was “Earth” and the choice

luckily, did not ignite. While both teenagers cowardly committed suicide in the school library, questions started to rise about what their motive was. The music that they listened too was the first thing to be blamed. Metal and “dark” bands such as KMFDM and Rammstein were blamed, but it was the likes of Marilyn Manson that received the most heat. Claiming that that his music and imagery were indeed, the sole motivation for their actions. This was just the first, of many incidents that have occurred