Essays on Ledge

Thematic Elements in Two Works of Romanticism

During the late 1700s and 1800s, the Romantic Movement among writers, poets, and painters evolved -- partly as a revolt against Industrialism and partly as a counter-movement in response to the zeitgeist of Neoclassicism. In two distinct works, strong thematic elements of the Romantic Movement are represented. In the painting, The Wanderer Above The Mists 1817-1818, Caspar David Friedrich depicts the raw beauty of communion with nature, solitude, as well as the inevitable passage of time. Similarly, in William Wordsworth's poem, "Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey", key elements of the Romantic Movement are expressed, such as nature, aloneness, and travel ...

Concerning Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh,

Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia v. Singapore) The present decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) deals with the sovereignty of three land features located at the mouth of the straits of Singapore, between Malaysia to the north and Indonesia to the south. Sovereignty is defined as supreme power or authority and determining which state has that power over specific locations is a topic within international law. Figure 1 illustrates the location of the three land features, which will be called Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Putech (translates to “White Rock” from the Portuguese and Malaysian, respectively), Middle Rocks, ...

Suicide note is a poem written by Janice Mirikitani. This poem reflects on the life of a young Asian American college student who later committed suicide by jumping through the dormitory window to end her suffering. The teenager left a suicide note written in poem form with her last words, thoughts and feelings at the time she committed suicide. The poem explains to the reader what triggered the girl to end her life and all the sufferings she had been through with her parents. The college girl was so desperate and tired of her parents’ criticizing her and she could no longer ...

Wikis refers to a collection of Webpage that the users can easily access and be able to edit as well as adding the extra information. They are a combination of interlinked web pages that can be expanded easily to access information in many databases. The use of wikis in language is increasing very rapidly making it an issue of concern that needs close monitoring. The contain drilldown capabilities so that the user can collect as much as possible information relating the subject or topic of study. Wikis are inherently simple to operate making sharing and access of information easy. An example ...

I watched a clip called “Is there a Bomb?” from the film Man on a Ledge. The director is Asger Leth. The production designer is Alec Hammond. The art director is David Swayze.

Directors turn the script into the action on screen (“Film Director”). Directors are responsible for “casting, script editing, shot composition, shot selection, and editing” (“Film Director”). Directors must have creative vision regarding bringing the story to life. Casting the right actors to bring characters to life is crucial. Actors must be believable in their role. Editing the script to make the story flow better helps audiences understand the message ...

A complex society and a classical society and their effect to the world

The world societies have been transforming since the beginning of history. The earliest forms of societies were of a rather complex nature. These eventually gave way to more classical societies that later paved way for the current modern societies. Several factors which included in most cases political and economic contributed to the transition inherent in these societies. The complete change of government structures from the complex to the classical societies could not go unnoticed. This change had a rather significant transformation to the human society as a whole. This paper will analyze two ancient societies, Mesopotamia a complex society and the Roman ...