Friday, February 10, 2012

Assignment 1! Exploring an Artist

The asignment:

Black Music influences Pop Music in the rhythms - and we have a lot of new stuff breaking into the charts

Black Music is now dominant and when you’re looking at it, you’re focusing on that rhythm - the layers, the amount of percussion, etc.

We are going to form a group (can be small), to explore a particular artist from pre-1980.

You choose any band or performer or singer and prepare a little something on that performer. Kind of like what I just did with rhythm and black music with Elvis

Looking for:

History
Bio info
Sound, style, attitude, etc
What’s in the music
Why popular?
Samples to show/listen to
Who came after?
Who was influenced by?
Show videos, audio, pics
Do some comparisons - other performers who are/were similar

Bob Dylan - Beatles - Led Zepplin - Kiss - David Bowie - Alice Cooper - Rolling Stones - The Who - The Eagles - The Band - Conway Twitty - Porter Wagoner/Dolly Parton - Pink Floyd - Jimi Hendrix - Yes - Emerson Lake Palmer - Genesis - Rush - ELO - Miles Davis - Thelonious Monk - Charlie Parker -

Create a section on your blog
Presentation with videos and stuff
Do a presentation
Show why this performer should still be listened to OR why they shouldn’t

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Essay for the exam!

Topic choices I have chosen is:

What is it about Macbeth and Victor that depicts evil?

OR

How does each book deal with evil characters and events? How is evil shown, defined, used or presented in the books?
Notes:

- they both go against god
- the are both selfish
- selfishness is the root of all evilness because it may hurt other poeple around you
- they are both disloyal to there loved ones
       --> Macbeth goes against his own king, and his responsibilities as a thane, and as a host, and a kinsman
       --> Frankenstein goes against his own creation (child) the monster, he rejects it, and refuses to take on the responsibility of guiding, teaching, etc, he doesn’t take responsibility for his creation’s murders and he takes no steps to help his own family when they are “under attack” from the monster

- Victor could have accepted the monster and been a good “parent” figure, which would have stopped the monster’s rampage
- Victor could have followed the monster’s demands for a “wife”
- they both suffer from HUBRIS - which means they both had a huge sense of their own importance (pride) and this is why each challenged God
- they both wanted to “take” or usurp God’s power in some way

Thesis -
The main characters in both novels depict evil, they depiction of evil is different but the same. These ways are they both go against god, they are both selfish and they are disloyal to there loved ones.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Frank Questions - Ch. 3&4:

Paracelsus - Nationality-Swiss, Gender-Male, Occupation- physician, chemist, philosopher
Paracelsus was one of the most colourful characters of the Renaissance period. He influenced Galen who had attempted to apply Aristotle's physical theories to medicine. He challenged traditionally held scientific and medical beliefs and criticised the alchemists, whom he saw as spending their time trying to turn base metal into gold. His original ideas, made chemistry more suitable to understand the mysteries of nature.

Cornelius Agrippa - September 14, 1486 – February 18, 1535) Is a German writer, alchemist, theologian, astrologer and magician who studied the occult which is a deeper spiritual reality that that goes beyond reason and physical sciences. He studied a deeper truth than what is seen on the surface.
Natural Philosophy - a social science education before modern science was invented that studies nature and the physical universe.

Albertus Magnus - was an advocate for peaceful existence between science and religion.

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