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    Performance Review on The Ghost Sonata While reading one of our assigned plays, The Ghost Sonata by August Strindberg, I found myself confused throughout most of the play, for this reason, I attended one of the performances at Tulsa Community College’s Southeast Campus in the Studio Theatre. I was present for the Friday show, October 7, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. The play was directed by, TCC’s Coordinator of Theatre Faculty Chair of Visual and Performing Arts and Assistant Professor, Mark Frank. The

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    Concert program: The creative development of Robert Schumann Introduction One of the unique features of the 19th century composer Robert Schumann's output is the degree to which the verbal mediums of literature (such as poetry and drama) affected his musical output. While many operas have been inspired by great literature, Schumann's expression even in his piano compositions and non-verbally oriented musical works show a literary flair. "Many of his compositions allude to characters or scenes

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    The Cask of the Amontillado and Sonata for Harp and Bicycle had a few noticeable similarities and differences. The two elements that I have chosen for the stories were “Mood” and “Foreshadowing”. The elements can easily be pointed out while reading each of the stories. There was multiple examples of foreshadowing, and mood, which have been quoted in this essay. “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best as I could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.” (Page 1), was a

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    Shoe-Horn Sonata

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    techniques such as body language, symbolism, lighting, music and photographic background slides create distinctively visual images same with themes that are being used within the texts such as truth which is evident in the dramatic text ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ by John Misto, the song ‘Lose Yourself’ sang by Eminem, and the film ‘The Eye’ directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud featuring Jessica Alba. These three texts demonstrate how the responders are impacted and what is

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    Key Signature and Beethoven

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    Outline Title: Life and Works of Ludwig van Beethoven and His Achievements Thesis Statement: Beethoven is one of the greatest composer in the history of music. He played a big role in the world of music. He was the one who initiated among his co-composers the freedom to express themselves. Some of his masterpieces were Eroica Pastorale, Fideleo and the religious composition entitled Missa Solemnis. I. Introduction II. The Man and His Music A.

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    Beethoven Fifth Symphony

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    theme and development. I had experienced that but now is different than the last time. This reminded me how I felt when I was trying to overcome alone the adversity, but, at the end that victory is different with God´s help. The first movement is in sonata form and contains the elements: exposition, development, recapitulation and coda. The tempo of the symphony is allegro con brio. The movement is marked with contrast. The dynamics vary the note motive and also has a dramatic change. The majority of

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    Told from two alternating points of view THE SPELLBINDER’S SONATA, features two tortured souls in a modern fairytale where the beast is beautiful and the phantom hates opera. It’s 1902, and piano virtuoso, Griffin Dunn has traveled to the Byrons estate on Millionaire’s Row in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to win a benefactor. He delivers the performance of his life. Jiggory Underhill, Griffin’s manager, promises penniless Griffin that the Byrons adored him–they’ll both be back in England soon enough

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    Count Antonio's Monologue

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    characters in each of the readings provide sufficient evidence to confirm Taylor’s belief: Hamlet is porous in Hamlet, Mr. Wickham is buffered in Pride and Prejudice, Count Ugolino’s sons are porous in Inferno, Pozdnischeff is buffered in “The Kreutzer Sonata” and Ivan is buffered in “The Death of Ivan Ilych.” The characters of Count Ugolino’s sons are porous because they never blame their father for their terrible fate even though it is all his fault and they try to do what is best for their father

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    Through his grief Anthony seems allowed to the crowd to see him seem to be fully saddened by his friend Caesar. Citizens believe there is a 'there is much reason’ in what he says, and that ‘there’s not a nobles man in Rome than Antony’. Their statements during his pause for the effect assure him that they are with him now. It remains only for him to ignite them on the verge of madness and this is achieved when he reveals the fact that Brutus deeply implicated in the criminal conspiracy against Caesar

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    Titanium- This song relates specifically to the scene at the end where he stands up for himself by refusing to give back his signature. They attempt to coax him into handing it over and signing it in order to convict the other people holding out. Then at the last moment he takes a stand for himself and the others by defying the court and being hanged… He let there empty threats ricochet of him as he stands defiant against the evil and corruption of the court. When he answers, “I did not” when asked

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