Essay Database

… about how artists can make use of new technologies to open up new possibilities in their work, about how communication technologies can help us break out of geographical isolation - imposed by visa regimes like Schengen and by financial dependency on…

… Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler, and Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe , one can easily note the similar situations that face the protagonists. All three have the burden of oppression to bear. Yet what separates Meursault, Rubashov,…

… born in 1936, in Aberdeen, Washington. She studied with Anna Halprin, another famous dancer, while a dance major at Mills College. Trisha Brown went to New York in 1960, and in 1962 became a founding member of the Judson Dance Theater. A few years…

… The year is 1945. Strapped on his back are tripods, sleeping bags, a tent, and a couple of large view cameras. He has been traveling for days without seeing another person. His old dusty station wagon is parked miles away. He climbs the smooth…

… the 1929 stock market crash. First I will give a brief summary of the crash and then I will compare it to the stock market today. I will also give examples of how people today are more cautious with their money and what was learned from the…

… today’s modern society? One might think so. The truth, however, is the opposite. Ballads have thrived throughout many centuries and have influenced many types of music. Punk, Ska, and Hardcore bands such as Operation Ivy, Less Than Jake, H2O and All…

… Mourning” comes to the same conclusion as seeing the poem as a whole. They see Donne’s theme as an appreciation towards a love that holds its strength even through separation. Most also recognize the poem’s equal relation to body and soul. Although,…

… masterfully manages to interlay humor and terror, comedy and tragedy, and reveals in the process the perversions of the human character and of society gone mad. The first stroke of Heller's deft touch is his presentation of outrageous characters, acting…

… forever. The Globe broke rules of ownership, class standards, and promoted the greatest playwright ever, William Shakespeare. Throughout its history the Globe Theater has produced the best of Shakespeare and his amazing plays and when it was closed…

… of color provides a sense of connection to a time long since past. It tells a tale of times best forgotten. Three dead bodies lie cold on the beach and a lone American solider covered with mud, stands with his back to the camera with a gun in hand,…