Narratives play an important role in the creation of the world, making sense of our lives and constructing the ideologies and values we live by. Narratives are a significant playing a powerful role in conveying ideas and values by forcing us to consider ourselves and the world around us. The purpose of a narrative is to simply tell the audience...
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For the last 30 years, rap music has become a medium for artists to use powerful lyrics to send secure messages through self-expression. The rap genre has become a means of expressing themes of solidarity, freedom of speech, tolerance, and outrage against social injustices. Rap music is a source of self-expression that artists use to deliver meaningful messages through tone,...
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Rap music is a popular type of genre that is listened to in today’s society. Rap music emerged from other kinds of music to become what it is today. Most people still enjoy listening to rap music. Some prefer new school rap over old school rap. The new school rap is known to have way greater quality. It’s listened to...
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There have been many great composers over the last few centuries who have written amazing works. However, when I think of the all-time great composers widely known today, I think of Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frederick Handel. Both born in the Baroque period, Bach and Handel discover many new elements of music and contributing to what is known as...
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‘Al Shak Al Qatel’ and ‘Othello’ are two films depicted from William Shakespeare’s play ‘Othello’. ‘Al Shak Al Qatel’ is an Egyptian television film that was released in 1954, directed by Ezz El-Dine Zulficar. While ‘Othello’ is a British television film, released in 2001 and directed by Geoffrey Sax. Both films touch upon themes, such as suspicion, jealousy, loyalty betrayal...
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Music allows artists to convey their trauma, feelings, thoughts, beliefs, and emotions through not just words, but through rhyme, symbolism, rhythm and beat. The result is two songs instead of one: the explicit and the implicit. An example of this is seen in Marshall Bruce Mathers III, professionally known as Eminem, with a history of being completely transparent and raw...
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Popular culture is everywhere, from adolescents to adulthood. Popular culture impacts us and lives on through different forms of media, memory and nostalgia. However, it is important to note that culture making is a social process: all meanings of self, of social relations, all the discourses and texts that play such important cultural roles can circulate only in relationship to...
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Although Kubrick does use many aspects of filmmaking, like cinematography as well as editing, there is no doubt that the most vital of all is his use of sound. Throughout his movie ‘The Shining’, Kubrick uses both diegetic and non-diegetic sound cues to control and guide the audience. This is often shown even from the opening scene of the movie...
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Throughout many years films have taught audiences what domestic violence looks like. Big movie stars have taken action upon this situation to bring awareness to show what it looks like, and show the importance to what an audience witnesses onscreen. Many believe that in the movie ‘The Shining’, directed by Stanley Kubrick, silently conveys domestic violence within it. The movie...
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‘The Shining’ is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The film is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel of the same name and stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, and Danny Lloyd. 40 years since the initial release of ‘The Shining’ in 1980, it’s still a part of mainstream culture, but what exactly happened...
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In her book ‘Beethoven and the Construction of Genius: Musical politics in Vienna, 1792-1803’, Tia DeNora attempts to interpret Beethoven’s primary success and ‘the construction of genius’. The main concern she brings up is that “the crux of the problem with most Beethoven literature as it addresses the composer’s reputation is that, to varying degrees, that literature consists of retrospective...
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Beethoven is one of the most well-known and influential musicians of all time, if not, the most. He has been credited for bridging the gap between the classical period and the romantic period, and he has drastically changed the way music is played in a lot of ways. To put it bluntly, he effectively made the romantic period. Biographical Facts...
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Introduction Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the most influential composers in Western classical music, lived during a time of significant political upheaval. The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a defining event that reshaped the political landscape of Europe and had a profound impact on many artists of the time. Beethoven's work is often seen as embodying the revolutionary...
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Billie Holiday was a powerful vocalist, a jazz singer, and an African American woman with a short tragic life for a voice that transcended time. She became a cultural icon known for her soulful voice and for her iconic 1939 protest song ‘Strange Fruit’, a controversial performance that shook all of America as she made a political stance against the...
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Music is an infinite art, there is no limit to what one can create. Man has traced the history of music further back than 1500 BC, to the most primitive forms of human music. Art has evolved throughout the years as well, through the developments of human language and the vast new technological frontiers that we still have yet to...
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Johann Sebastian Bach was conceived March 31, 1685, and passed on July 28, 1750, he is a German arranger and organist. A few people observe Bach's birthday on March 21. Other individuals light the candles on March 31. The right date relies upon whom you inquire. Bach was conceived in Thuringia in 1685 when the German state was all the...
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Many past composers’ works are what modern society analyze and look at to identify how music was written during that era and how it has evolved over time. Just like any piece of history, the decisions that composers choose to make when writing music, the ideas are always changing and can have a very serious impact on how music was...
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Introduction Eminem, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III, is a name synonymous with both the evolution and the mainstream success of hip-hop music. Emerging from Detroit's underground scene in the late 1990s, his rise to fame was meteoric and transformative. Eminem not only redefined the potential of rap music but also challenged societal norms with his candid and often controversial lyrics....
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Active ignorance is described by Mills as lacking confinement to those who are uneducated, but is cultivated in the highest positions of power and is presented as simply knowledge, since those in the positions of power have the privilege to be so ignorant of issues that do not affect them (Mills, 2007). Gadsby uses her Netflix special, ‘Nanette’ to deconstruct...
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Let’s be honest, we all love celebrities. As fans, we can’t enough of their activities, likes, and everything else. Some people are actually really crazy about their favorite celebrities and follow them everywhere. But there’s much more to a celebrity’s life than getting all dressed up and flaunting their luxury accessories or giving some nice interview and hitting the stage...
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“Look. If you had… One shot, or one opportunity. Would you capture it? Or just let it slip?”. Does it familiar to you? Does it remind you anyone? This was a part of Eminem’s famous song, ‘Lose Yourself’. His stage name ‘Eminem’ was formed from the sound ‘M and M’, which referring the initials of his true name ‘Marshall Mathers...
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As known, the narrative clarity rules dominated the cinema industry since 1910. One of the most important rules is the 180-degree rule, which is used to illustrate the relation between the characters or a character and an object. It says that the camera should remain on the same side of an imaginary axis (the axis of action) to keep the...
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Art works as a vehicle as a means of bringing awareness, change, and self-expression. Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’ shed light on the maltreatment of the African American community which revolutionized the way the public perceived the issue. From cruel backlash to public appraisal, ‘Strange Fruit’ made a lasting impression. Jewish communist, Abel Meeropol, wrote ‘Strange Fruit’ under the pseudonym Lewis...
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Music has influenced people for centuries and keeps on doing so today. Musicians have an excellent way of expressing their feelings, thoughts and opinions in their music. Because of this wonderful talent, musicians can impact their listener’s feelings, thoughts, and opinions. A great example of opinions being expressed through music is the song ‘Strange Fruit’ (1939) by Billie Holiday. The...
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Considered by many to be the greatest jazz vocalist of all time, Billie Holiday lived a difficult and hard life. Her singing expressed an incredible depth of emotion that spoke of hard times and injustice. Although her career was short, she left behind a body of work that is still touching people today. Holiday rose to fame in the 1930’s...
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Eleanora Fagan, also commonly known as Billie Holiday and Lady Day, was an African American jazz singer. Born April 7, 1915, she was a major singer and influencer in the jazz community from 1933 to 1959, when she met an unfortunate early death. Holiday grew to be a rather big blues singer in the 1930s, despite having a rather rough...
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Beethoven’s political ethos was liberal; however, he did at times seem to express views that were quite conservative and could also be interpreted as ambiguous. He was not afraid to express his political views through music. Examples of which could be heard in the opera ‘Fidelio’, about the unjust imprisonment overcome by a heroic individual. Also, in his cantata on...
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Being a single mother is doubling the work, the stress, the tears, but most importantly doubling love and care. In 1970, Afeni Shakur, Tupac’s mother, was pregnant with Tupac, while she was on bail after being charged with conspiring to set off a race war. The following year, she was acquitted after defending herself in court. Tupac Shakur, an Africa...
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For my poem analysis task, the poem I selected to analyze was ‘The Rose That Grew from Concrete’ by Tupac Shakur. Born as Lesane Parish Crooks, Tupac Shakur was one of the most notable rappers of all time. Not only was he a phenomenal rapper, but an outspoken artist whose words impressed the lives of countless people. During his years,...
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For many people, she is an idol, the best, most inspiring person ever. She went from being a farm girl and collecting insect eggs from her family's farm to performing her own songs worldwide in front of big audiences, inspiring many people, including me. Taylor Swift is the queen of pop and a big role model to people around the...
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