Essays on Kiss

For most academics, the story of Sir Gawain is centred on the three hunting versus bedroom scenes in the tale. Notably it is a binding of similarities and differences between these linked passages that has been fodder for academics to banter over for many years. The tale goes that the lord and Sir Gawain rise around dawn to set out on their hunt and then return with their kill. Immediately after the lady tempts Sir Gawain in the privacy of his bedroom. Then Gawain joins the lord to celebrate their morning kill. The story repeats itself three times, the ...

Abstract

The separation processes in industry are a common practice especially in the developed countries as well as in the developing world. As a result, it is a good step to improve the separation techniques to ensure a better process for the production of the finished commodities. The classification of the distillation columns and the packed bed columns together with an analysis of their ability to perform efficiently in the industry is vital. Therefore, the paper entails an analysis of each group of distillation columns, taking into account their ability to carry out their duties, as well as the reason ...

Fairy tales and folklores are nothing but the reflections of the society. Authors and artists depict the world through their lens to highlight social elements. The Company of Wolves by Angela Carter is a fairy tale built on the theme of the Little Red Riding Hood. In a very subtle way it depicts the patriarchal structure of the society and what it means to be a liberated woman. In an interesting way she has shown what a feminist means, as it brings harmony and order into an otherwise sexist and chaotic society. Carter’s Company of Wolves might not ...

At the brink of war, America, which has distinguished herself as a world leader and a responsible country knew that she would be at the center stage of the showdown. The war eventually came with anxiety and patriotism contemporaneously looming across the country. The media shifted interest in the war. Countless patriotic books and artistic artifacts were born during and after the time of war, but nothing has done much for the history of war than the picture taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt at times square after the war. The image quickly found its way to magazine front pages and ...

IDENTIFY AND DISCUSS THE PREDOMINANT THEMES OF ROMEO AND JULIET

Introduction Kenneth Branagh’s, 2016 play, presents Romeo & Juliet in a brilliantly new and expressionistic manner. The play starts with an assumption that live cannot exist without hate, and according to the many critics this indeed does not signify two opposites but the notion becomes merely depicted as two sides of a coin (Rowe, 2008). The opposite of this peculiar union is exactly the opposite of love and hatred, which is known as indifference. Indifference perhaps is the theme less explored in the play since Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet comes with the notion of fate and its tragically beautiful ...

Shrek is an amazing animation movie, what could be enjoyed not only by children but also by adults all over the world. This fascinating cartoon is a fictional story directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, who brilliantly portrayed a green, smelly and ugly ogre called Shrek and his adventures. This cartoon has a really deep sense that is hidden in it and it can be understood not by all individuals. The story starts quite originally, once upon a time there lived an evil ogre, Shrek and it was considered to be cruel and disgusting. Later on, he becomes ...

  Fashion can carry significant meanings about culture, tradition and the outlook of people around the world. Fashion not only encompasses many social issues but also individual backgrounds of people, and it can be a very useful tool in expressing one’s personal identity. According to Barber, "Fashion has also been used in reference to language usages, literature, food, dance music, recreation, indeed the whole range of social and culture elements" (Barber, 1993). Throughout history it has been evident that, fashion has revealed itself during the evolution and revolution of many aspects of issues, including but not limited to class ...

Soundtracks to movies appeared even before we could actually here the actors. The music, which accompanies the scenes, help the view feel the film better and grasp the emotions on screen. Three pieces of music were chosen to go with a particular fragment of the movie Rob Roy. First Selection: Beethoven's 5th Symphony, 1st movement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7pQytF2nak The music is to start playing from the moment the main hero grabs the ropes. The singular notes already played by a group of strings to create the sounds of a chord perfectly represent the dramatic atmosphere of the moment. Moreover, the syncopation ...

Movie Review.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a movie where Charlie, a freshman in high school is the main actor. Charlie has had mental illness in the past, in school, he makes friends with two senior students Patrick, who is gay and Sam who is a stepsister to Patrick after they meet at a school dance. Mr. Anderson, a literature teacher, also becomes a friend to Charlie and lends him a book. Charlie falls in love with Sam after they spend time studying together, as he helps her study for her SATs, so she can get into Penn State ...

[I was sitting alone on that bench along the streetside café..staring at the setting sun and thinking about my recent failure of giving up on the most desired jobit seemed like the end of my world.]

Dejected and crestfallen I was sitting alone on the bench,

It really seemed like the end of my world, with no aspiration left. I had no hopes of sustaining in this world, I had no dream to fight for,

Maybe I lost it all, My destiny deprived me of it all by staging the perfect theft.

A loud thud behind me dragged me back to the real world, Saw people running, They all ran to a spot where a girl was lying bathed in blood, most of her parts ...

Sony is an electronics and entertainment large size organization based out of Japan. There have been two major hacks against Sony. The first one was in 2011where an unknown user hacked the play station network accounts and accessed all the user IDs and passwords. This was a very big risk for the users as there was a threat of access to other personal information like credit cards, email and physical address, telephone numbers etc. Second was according to a published work by Biddle, (2014), there is a very famous and big hacking ‘tragedy’ with this company. In the year ...

At 4:00am, my alarm clock begins to go off. Still exhausted from the night before, I begin to rise out of bed. In the middle of winter, it’s dark outside. The house is freezing. I take a deep breath and get out of bed to begin my day. As a single mother raising three children, I work two jobs just to make ends meet. I am due to report to my first job, at the local hotel, at 6:00am sharp. It’s minimum wage and physically grueling work, but it’s a job that puts food on the ...

Reading through the story Giovanna’s 86 Circles by Paola Corso, one only notices the potential that exists within a person. The story of Giovanna is one that shows the potential and capabilities of this old woman who defied all odds and gave so much to society more than anybody else could. The same is replicated in the lives of these young lovers who are not sure they know how to kiss, or express affection towards one another. But in the end, they can kiss not like licking a postage stamp, but allow their hearts resonate through a moment ...

After more than two hundred years of the first publication, the heroic poem about the adventures of Beowulf is still of high interest to the public. Not only do the scholars investigate Beowulf as an example of Old English literature, but a wider audience also finds this epic poem an important representation of Scandinavian culture. What attracts them is the fact that Beowulf is the only complete surviving text dates from the 8th and the early 11th century. The poem is indeed written in Old English language, but the stories take place in Denmark and Sweden. England is not ...

Introduction:

Let us begin with a famous quote by Criss Jami, “In an extrovert society, the difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that an introvert is often unconsciously deemed guilty until proven innocent” which shows how judgemental a society can be. But first how do we define a norm? Norm is defined as expectations or rules of a behaviour that develop out of values. Social norms grow out of social values and serve to differentiate human social behaviour from that of other species. Norms are the means through which values are expressed in behaviour. Social norms are values ...

It was perfectly normal for Gustav Klimt to work in his study the whole day, without taking any break. It was in the year 1907 that he began work on one of the most famous pictures in the history of art-“The Kiss.” Österreichische Galerie Belvedere museum in the Belvedere, Vienna displays the painting, which is considered a masterpiece of the early modern period (Der Kuss 1908 2016). The theme of the artwork was two lovers united through a kiss. Many people wonder about the identity of the woman portrayed in “The Kiss” (Gustav Klimt -The Kiss2016). The artwork ...

It is known that expectations play important role in the field of formation of our thoughts, opinions, and positions towards certain things and phenomena. Consequently, there is a need for analysis how it looks on practice. In this paper it will be have to answer three main questions so as to better understand the role of expectations. At first, we should deal with two terms, which are used interchangeably, though they have different nature and meaning, namely gender and sex. It has to be highlighted that the former is a biological category, which is defined by two main elements: ...

Homosexual Couples’ inability to express

Their love in public Homosexuality has been a topic of much heated debate and it still is in the world today, the controversy is still in the hearts of those who feel strong about it whether they are for it or against it. Despite the fact that same-sex marriage is legal, there are a lot of gay couples coming under fire for certain activities that they are doing or not doing and it has gotten to the point where some of those couples feel as if their very livelihood is threatened from a social perspective because people have a ...

Representation of Women in Disney Films

Proper representation of the society in films is essential as it enables the viewer to generate an accurate understanding of the community. In fact, lack thereof leads one into making erroneous judgments of the people represented in the film. With this in mind, it is worth acknowledging the fact that the representation of gender roles in Disney films has undergone constant developments over the years with relation to the changing roles gender roles in the concurrent society. Precisely, women have evolved from the lesser powerful and weaker entities described through conventional tales to stronger and independent individuals in the ...

The short story The Company of Wolves was written by Angela Carter and is the story about the Little Red Riding Hood because it has a similar plot. He protagonist of the story is a young girl, merely a teenager who is on her way through the woods to visit her grandmother. It is winter, just before Christmas and this area is inhabited by wolves and werewolves. People live in hard conditions in this place and they always carry a weapon with themselves in order to protect themselves from the wolves. This story is about fear and how it ...

With the technological advancement in the contemporary world, the pop culture has become available to everyone and one of the most influential genres regarding romantic relationships. Pop love songs have integrated various streams of information to enhance the emotionally engaging experience for the audience. The pop culture uses chords, melody, dynamics, lyrics, and instrumentation among other components of the song to producing an intriguing and appealing music percept. As a result, the pop culture has established an electric flavor to the lives of the audiences, especially the younger generation. Sex and love are the main themes portrayed by the ...

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My First Kiss

Everyone dreams of their first kiss and what it would be like, often practicing in the mirror or on our hand, longing for someone else’s sweet lips to touch our own and wonder what it would feel like when it happened. When I was 14, my parents sent me to my grandmother’s home on vacation. I remember, it was a hot summer. It was so hot that you could feel the sweat drip down your body and there was no means of air circulating. However, I felt the boredom kick in day after day ...

“The Last Kiss” is an artwork created by the Chinese style Feng, depicting Chinese signs and a Chinese mother giving away her baby, which indicate that the action takes place in China. This essay will analyze the painting based on its subject, interpretation, style, context and emotion. The subject matter suggests a scene of a mother placing her baby in a baby box. The sign above the baby box, where the mother puts the baby indicates that there is an office, or an official institution that takes the baby from the mother. Next to the baby box, close to ...

BIOGRAPHY AND THE BEGINNING OF CREATIVITY

One needs to learn about the key moments of Marilyn Manson’s life and work in order to understand whether he is a real Antichrist superstar. He is known as an American musician, founder, and leader of one of the most successful rock bands of the nineties. The most controversial rock singer, idol of thousands of teenagers, and the real horror for their parents, the forbidden fruit called Marilyn Manson. Brian Warner (a real name of the singer) was born on January 5, 1969 in the United States in the city of Canton, Ohio. The Warner family, according to ...

Compare and Contrast Robert Frost's Mending wall to john Keats Ode on a Grecian Urn

The “Ode on a Grecian Urn” was written by Romantic poet John Keats in 1819 and is known for its profound meditation and conclusions on the nature of beauty. It highlights the issues of beauty, truth and eternity. It portrays Keats’ attempt to understand the eternity of sculpture, an art form. Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall” was written in 1914 and depicts how two men meet on terms of civility to repair a wall between them. This paper will try to compare and contrast “Ode on a Grecian Urn” with “Mending Wall” with regards to form, structure, and themes.

Keats’ “Ode ...

Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy

Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy is a freeverse poem written in the first person. The voice seems to be that of the poet, speaking to her lover. However, the poem is universal in that the ‘I’ and the ‘you’ characters featured could be of either sex. On the surface, the poem is about the presentation of an unusual gift on St. Valentine's Day. However, the deeper level explores the love between two individuals. Valentine uses the onion as a strong central image and metaphor for love. This concept is then expanded on throughout the poem. Duffy uses the poem’s ...

The Wife of Bath is undoubtedly one of the most interesting characters in the entire collection of Canterbury Tales. She is interesting not only to the readers, but also to the writer himself, Geoffrey Chaucer. The Wife of Bath is the only character to have a prologue longer than their tale. The wife of bath begins by saying that what she is about to say is all meant for entertainment and that no one should take offence. Throughout her tale, she consistently and repeatedly reveals that she is a sly and crafty liar. The reader may question the authenticity of her ...

Comparison of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) to Love's Philosophy (P.B. Shelley)

Romanticism is the element of classic English literature that is evident in the products of early The French Revolution. It is embedded as the fundamental of an individual that triggers alienation with the power of the spirit that demand change as violent obsession. The poets, philosophers and writers of the age of romanticism can be evaluated by comparing the constituents of emotions, passion and rationality. The same pattern will be used to perform a comparative analysis of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) to Love's Philosophy (P.B. Shelley)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was the founder of the ...

- I have always been a fan of the science fiction genre. The reason is that it opens the mind and imagination to whole new experiences. No matter how far out of the ordinary it is, there is a little bit of intrigue that gets people to wonder if any of what they see can be real, in the future. For example, a person that is watching shows, like “Lost in Space” or “Star Trek”, show space travel. That led the continued advancement in the area of space travel. Also, the tricorder were able to inspire the idea of the ...

Shot in 1946, the spy thriller “Notorious” by Alfred Hitchcock is a beautiful love story in the frames of real historic events. The movie is the first mature work of the director where his style and specific features form in the manner of shooting and conveying the message to the audience. “Notorious” was nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Original screenplay at the 19th Academy Awards in 1947. The beginning of the movie coincides with the immediate introduction to the main characters, Alicia Huberman and T.R. Devlin. When the audience hears the judgment of the court and the ...

Introduction:

On page 41 of “Gawain and the Green Knight” the poem speaks more of metrical romance. In this context the poet brings the theme of hunting and seduction. This is in relation to the frequently distinguished corresponding flanked by the three consequent hunting panoramas which are followed by the three seduction scenes. This clearly highlights the correspondence of the scenes that actually does arise when the lord goes out hunting. In this context the scene that does arise is the one which is illustrated by the lord rising early in the morning and goes deer hunting.

In these ...

Communication Style, Greeting, Gestures, Dining and Gift Giving Etiquette

The Institutional Affiliation COMMUNICATION STYLE AND PACING, GIFT GIVING AND RECEIVING ETIQUETTE 2 Kuwait Customs 1. Communication style and pacing Kuwaitis spend a lot of time communicating and making acquaintance. They prefer to have anything to do with people they know well. Interlocutors usually try to present themselves at their best, mention educational degree, demonstrate good manners, etc. Kuwaitis usually stand closer to each other than people in Western countries do while communicating. It is not acceptable, however, for members of different sex to touch each other during the conversation while opposite sex members can easily ...

The painting ‘The Kiss’ (original Der Kuss) is Klimt’s most famous work of art among his golden pieces of work. The painting also happens to be Austria’s most famous piece: In Austria it is a treasure - one without a price (Brijbassi 1). Its current location is the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere museum and is specifically housed in the Belvedere palace, in Vienna, Austria. The Belvedere owns 22 of Klimt’s pieces and in all of them, ‘The Kiss’ has received the most of everything, from attention to criticism to praise and respect accorded to the painter. Klimt’s creation ...

Introduction

The community shapes the life of its members by promoting certain activities within the society. The essay describes how the following short stories applies in a real life setting: “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas,” 2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut, “Truth or Consequences” and the “Arts of Contact Zone” by Mary Pratt. The thesis statement is behaviors that develop into an immoral society. A short by Ursula K. Le Guin, “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” bases it claims towards the pursuit of Righteousness. The author states that, “for an individual to stay happy, he or she must ...

Biographical sketch

Egon Schiele is an important representative of the Klimt school of painting where grotesqueness and crudity come to the fore. He came from a humble background and was born in 1890, in the town of Tulln, that is situated in the state of Lower Austria. Since Schiele’s father worked with Austrian railways, the young Egon was fascinated with trains and began drawing at a feverish pace. Unfortunately, his father did not approve of his new hobby and tore up most of his sketchbooks thus making the artistic world lose a substantial body of early work by Schiele, since this would have ...

Nowadays education sources as much scarce as they used to be 20 years ago. Sex education is not an exception as well. Sex and all the matters related to it have stopped to be a taboo in a public discussion. It is being discussed in the most popular magazines and TV shows without even mentioning the Internet, where in order to learn what sex is you do not have to go further than Google. Although, my gay years of childhood were not marked with such a great freedom, and getting sex educated was not so easy. Early childhood years marked my ...

Today many talk about how cloud computing is changing the way we view the world. New technologies that simplify our lives, increase operational efficiency, reduce costs and eliminate the headaches are constantly emerging. In fact, today we have so many of them, so it becomes increasingly difficult to keep abreast of them and select the most helpful for themselves. According to Winter, Raynolds, and Kiss (2014) cloud computing can be defined as a model that provides ubiquitous and convenient network access on demand to the common pool of configurable computing resources (for instance, data networks, servers, data storage devices, ...

Business etiquette

Introduction Brazilian business people are free-spirited and friendly. They are very creative and risk-oriented. They take advantage of any business opportunity that comes along. Due to the courage and aggressiveness they have, they invest in different businesses even if the opportunity is too risk. They thus maximize their marginal utility of wealth. Roman Catholic dominates Brazil country and takes 73%. Due to the tight and strict doctrines of the Roman Catholic, Brazilian business people engage in their businesses honestly. Furthermore, Brazilians have large families as their religion does not restrict the number of children one should get. Most ...

AP English IV BLOCK

Imagery in Ben Jonson’s “Song: To Celia” Ben Jonson was one of the most popular poets of the Renaissance period in England, and he became famous during his lifetime and was awarded the title of the Poet Laureate of England. He remained remembered as a writer consistent in his inconsistency, and varying in his images as a Jacobean Jonson, Regency Jonson, and Romantic Jonson – a diverse and multi-dimensional product of his age (Lockwood 10). Though Jonson was most famous for his comedies and plays, such as Volpone or the Fox, The Alchemist, etc., he is also credited for writing lyrical ...

Chaucer’s, “The Miller’s Tale” is a classic comedic piece that tells a remarkable story. However, the language in the original story can be discouraging to the modern reader. Therefore the writer hopes to present the tale in a modernized version that will help individuals to better understand the story without losing the true meaning of the story. In addition, there is the hope that readers of all ages will be able to understand the modernized version of the story. The writer hopes to tell the legend and life of the carpenter and his wife. After the knight told his story, ...

Future success of rock and roll

The four artists I believe will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in about 25 years are Beyonce, Chris Brown, Katy Perry, and Taylor swift. This may be supported by their contribution, endurance (remaining relevant), popularity, and success in the music industry. Beyonce has achieved tremendous success in her solo music career since 2002 when she released the album Dangerously in Love (Lamb n.p.). The album reached the number one spot in both the U.S. and the U.K. The album has since sold more than 4 million and 8 million copies in the U.S. ...

First Grade

My cropped hair was too short for them to pull so they decided to make fun of my eyes instead. With eyeglasses since I was five, I had to wear them to school even during playtime. The other boys played rough, so I had to do my best to avoid rough-housing with them. But being the new student and looking much different than the rest, I was an easy target. “Chinky eyes”, “small eyes”, and “yellow skin” were my first few names in school as they referred to my eyes and skin. They always chased me around in school ...

In the 21st Century, technology is developing at a rapid pace and private information is easily available. Despite this, we are still in complete control of our lives. In regard to technology, tremendous advancements have been realized as evidenced by the creation of new software, applications, and high tech equipment. These technological advancements are admired by many, but, are they really good for us? Are these advancements a necessary part of our lives or are they wittingly taking control over our lives and privacy? Corporations such as Apple Inc that deal with personal computers, online services, computer software, and consumer ...

Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales” is a selection of stories that pilgrims use to tell stories that occurred as they traveled to a holy shrine in Canterbury. At first reading, “The Miller’s Tale” and “The Knight’s Tale” appear inconsistent and incomparable. Nevertheless, a closer reading of the two stories shows that the both stories are similar. The elements in the “The Miller’s Tale” reflects those in “The Knight’s Tale”. Arguably, the characters’ identities are different, yet the romance in both tales remains the same to an extent. In essence, the characters are basically the same in the two ...

Introduction

Brazilians are free-spirited and gracious with an unbelievable enthusiasm for life. Predominantly, they are very creative and risk-oriented. In Brazil, families are often large that they used to have extended family members. Socioeconomic, family and education backgrounds are significant towards Brazilians (Bertsch and Ondracek, 2010). Generally, firms’ handshakes are exchanged among men. Typically, a female associate kiss other female on cheek but on the other hand women extends her hand first to a male. As long as they avoid the subject of politics, self-effacing meeting people are typically getting down to the reason of a meeting. There are many aspects of business ...

Upon watching 50 advertisements late in the evening last night, I noticed several similarities, and I categorized the patterns into five groups. The firstare cars. The second arethe animals, and the third is family. Next are the visual ads and the last are the sexy ads. These are based on the image and identification stages of decoding advertisements. The first object, cars, is quite evident in its use. The ads are basically selling car brands. Thus, the ad frames are mainly composed of the car brand swiftly running on long-winded highways and the surroundings becoming blurry (“Hyundai Elantra ...

The issue of freedom of speech has been around for a number of years. The establishment of democracy in recent times led to the way people looked at the events in the country and share these events with the world. In the world, there is always the freedom of speech, and the yet there is the need to express information that could be kept from the world at large. Through democracy, freedom of the press and freedom of speech have become an integral part of the society and the way of life of these citizens. In fact, many citizens, and ...

According to the dictionary definition of hero: A hero is a person who has distinguished ability or courage and is admired by other people for the brave deeds as well as noble qualities displayed by him . Being a hero does not necessarily mean the same as it is considered by other people and not by one’s own idea of a hero. There are certain traits that makes a person distinguishable from the rest of the people. These traits may make a person a hero or a villain depending on the nature of the traits. A person is hence considered a hero only if a majority of other ...

Both Mise-en-scene and Cinematography were used in the Film "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967) in the following manner:

The Actors

The film features Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. The duo is notorious criminals of the early 1930s. They grew to form a gang named Barrow Gang, which became famous for the well-publicized crimes that mocked the authority in place. Although they act as criminals, the two appear as passionate, glamorous and full of love. They create the contrast that is necessary to depict a film with same actors playing different roles. They are able to engage in criminal activities robbing banks and at the ...

The world can be a dangerous place. The invention of civilization was how human beings escaped from the constant danger of the wilds and began to live in lives of comfort and protection. But the natural has never been fully escaped. Woods border our cities and wild lands where there is the impression that danger lurks in the night. The poet Robert Frost wrote poetry that often explored this danger in the wilds. This is called Frost’s “Theory of Circle Of Security.” Everyone within a civilization lives within a circle of security. This essay explains the worlds within Frost’s circle ...

Venus Revenge

The house perched on a cliff overlooking the bright blue bay. The channel that ran under the house had risen from the tide that came in, in the early evening. The water kissed the floor of the little house and made a slurping sound. Venus stirred in her sleep. She rolled over on a large, hard bed and felt the handle of her sword pressing in the small of her back. She jumped with a start as she feared it was the hands of her enemy. His fingers had felt like that when he tried to caress her soft, supple skin. She shook ...

Introduction

The use of kinesics in communication is called body language. Its usage may be deliberate or involuntary. The researcher went on field trip to observe the usage of these non-verbal cues by individuals in a social setting, classify them and determine their effectiveness. The researcher chose a local restaurant and sat in strategic corner near the entrance where most of the clients in the café were visible. After observing the patrons’ body language without necessarily hearing what they were conversing about, the researcher realized that it was possible to deduce the type of relationship existing between the conversing persons. It is ...

The continuous technological innovations have been changing the society ever since and covers a broader aspect of the existing technologies used by humans. The television and film mayhem which continued to bring fun and entertainment into the faces of the movie goers is constantly undergoing a process of change and innovation. In the early years since the invention of the camera and television, many filmmakers and producers have tried to produce films for the society’s entertainment and also as a replacement for the traditional vaudeville and theater plays. Cinema had become a greater advantage since it attempts to portray the real world ...

Is there a significant difference in changes in mean power output during the 30 second Wingate test between active and passive recovery?

The 30 second wingate test, which requires the athlete to cycle for 30 seconds, was conducted for 10 participants for the purpose this study. The results of the test for all 10 athletes were collected, and the same have been discussed here.

The results of the test collected for the 10 athletes were as follows:

As can be seen from the results contained in this table, there are significant differences in the performance of the ten athletes in the two phases of the test.

The following chart shares the details of the Wingate test from the passive phase of the test:

During Test 1 in the passive phase ...

Religion of Rome is represented by several forms and has evolved through several stages. Initially, the Romans were pagans worshiped mainly Greek and to a lesser extent the Etruscan gods. Later mythological period was replaced by the pagan cults. Finally, the end of the evolution of religious beliefs in the ancient Rome was marked by the arise of Christianity, mainly by political reasons. This religion, in the IV century, after the division of the Roman Empire into the Eastern and the Western, has taken concrete shape of Catholicism with its unique philosophy and religious views. Ancient religious ideas of ...

It is no secret that America is the most wasteful nation in the world, according to EPA an American discards approximately 7 pounds of trash a day which translates to 236 million tons of garbage a year, this is a shocking statistic. The throw away culture is characterized by; overconsumption, excessive wastage, no recycling and of course huge mountains of garbage. Just what is the cause and evidence of this culture of waste? Many commentators point to manufacturers who use the ‘planned obsolescence’ strategy, the ever growing culture of consumerism and the obsession with convenience which have led to increasing amounts of ...

Christianity is a religious tradition that is practices in almost all parts of the world. Whenever anything religious oriented happens in the world, people tend to link it with the happenings in the history of their beliefs. It is from this point of view that some people believe that the movie, The Matrix is a messianic movie. This is due to the fact that there are a lot of Christian ideas in this movie therefore leading to conclusions that indeed, there is a Christ like figure in it, Neo, who has a mission that he is supposed to accomplish, which is serving as a savior ...

Introduction

The novel “Dracula” narrates how he attempted to shift to England from Transylvania in the midst of a tussle between him and a group of men and women. In the context of the novel, several scenes define thematic expressions that reflect the current world and it moral values and culture. Dracula’s character is one of the major trends in the current times where people have adopted supernatural beliefs and differentiated themselves from other human beings. Sucking of human blood, magical appearance of Dracula in several places is sign of how the world has evolved to accommodate such categories of people. ...

Analysis of Allusions, Metaphors and their interpretation in Christopher Marlow’s “Hero and Leander”

Many people have heard of William Shakespeare as he is required reading in high school classrooms across the world. However, far fewer people have heard of Christopher Marlowe who was a great influence upon William Shakespeare (Bakeless, 12). During the time that he was artistically active, Marlow was one of the most widely known playwrights of his day, as popular if not more popular at the time of Shakespeare. To this day, there are different theories of his death. Though he lived relatively short, his influence is still felt today in both his influence on Shakespeare among other playwrights and ...

GENDER REPRESENTATIONS IN BOLLYWOOD CINEMA: exploring heterosexuality in Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) and queerness in Dostana (2008)

Introduction

In India’s populist film industry, mostly known as Bollywood, male sexual friendships and depictions are still fairly new. usually, the female is the primary focus of lust and sexual attention (resulting in an extremely male gaze), but since the arrival of handsome, chiseled actors like Amitebh Bachchan in the 1990s this has started to change. The concepts of yaar and yaari now play an important role in the fabric of Bollywood buddy comedies; the yaari is a kind of relationship that ...