... are as follows: (1) What is the artist trying to do?, (2) How well does the artist do it?, and (3) Is it worth doing? The preceding questions could be answered in aim of the painter, actor, director, scene designer, make-up artist, and so on. In analyzing “Curse of the Starving Classes” with Goethe’s questions, I will keep my focus on the playwright, Sam Shepard. His is a story that I don’t come across very often. I believe Mr. Shepard wrote this play to bring a variety into the theatre, as well as writing about something he knows and has lived through. Just the fact that this story is his life memory brings feeling and passion to the script. Perhaps I’m d ...

... for people of all races to enjoy the many aspects of hip hop. Hip hop was spurred in the late 70’s. The man credited as being the first rapper ever, DJ Afrika Bambataa, was the first to “talk” to his music. His unorthodox style quickly became very popular in the disco and funk clubs. For the lack of a better word, rap” was the term given to the music. As more and more rappers came about, the term MC, or Master of Ceremonies, was associated with rappers. Break dancing actually originated a few years prior to DJ Afrika Bambataa. Break dancers (B-Boys and B-Girls), would dance during the breaks in the music while steady beats were played. Eventually rap and br ...

... face. People often sympathize with the President because he was unfairly accused. Not true. He was formally charged with a sexual harassment civil lawsuit. Kenneth Starr began his investigation and realizes that Bill Clinton has a history of making sexual advances to his employees. As he questioned witnesses, he stumbled across a young woman named Monica Lewinsky. Monica was quickly summoned and gave accurate testimony. Bill Clinton was also examined. When he was interrogated about his and Ms. Lewinsky's relationship, he was quick to lie under oath. This is simply perjury. Others may argue that Mr. Clinton did not actually perjure himself. They believe ...

... the exact situation which they had fled from England. Later, it would take the gathering of American thinkers to deduce what liberties were guaranteed and which were not, to avoid mistakes made by puritans and others in history. The Forefathers of the United States conjured up the Bill of Rights which illustrated which rights were endowed to the people of the United States. They adopted the Bill of rights, which was drafted for political motivations, and it evolved into a document which shelters American people's civil liberties. When the Bill of Rights was adopted, political motivations superceded libertarian views. James Madison claimed that this "nauseous ...

... Kingdom in Egypt. Henettawy wears a plain three-part wig, with two sidelocks and elaborate funerary jewelry of her era. Hennetawy's tomb is symmetric and relatively balanced out. There is use of foreshortening in her feet and face. One can tell that this work of art is Egyptian. Her arms are crossed, and her eyes enlarged in accordance with all Egyptian coffins. One might overlook that the whole coffin is engulfed in hiractic writing, soundly designating it as "Egyptian". Some lines of hiratic writing read, "Beginning of the instructions"(Coffin), which is the traditional opening formula for "didactic writings"(Coffin), reflecting its relatio ...

... League record (Babe Ruth Museum 2). The next year (1920), as a member of the New York Yankees, he outdid himself as he hit an astonishing 54 home runs (Creamer 219). The pattern continued as he hit 59 home runs in 1921 (Creamer 239). His pace slowed down a little for the next few years, but his pace picked up again. In 1927 he would hit his famous 60 home runs which was a record at the time and would last until 1961 when it was broken by fellow Yankee Roger Maris. He also made the first Major League Baseball All-Star Game memorable when he hit the first ever All-Star Game home run at Comisky Park in 1933 (Babe Ruth Museum 4). Babe Ruth had many glorious seaso ...

... their body carved out of stone. That was were the spirit would live after the man dies. They used stone because it was the strongest material they could find. Longevity was very important. The bodies are always idealized and clothed. Figures are very rigid, close-fisted, and are built on a vertical axis to show that the person is grand or intimidating. Most of the figures were seen in the same: profile of the legs, frontal view of the torso, and profile of the head. Like most civilizations, Egyptians put a lot of faith in gods. The sky god Horus, a bird, is found in a great amount of Egyptian art. Little recognition was ever given to the artists. The emphasis was on ...

... New ideas frequently require considerable time to gain public approval, especially when religion is involved. Galileo’s heliocentric theory of the sun revolving around the earth directly contrasted Ptolemy’s 600-year-old precedent of geocentricism. This was looked upon as an act of heresy, and Galileo was nearly burned at the stake. Thus, when a schoolteacher in the south decided to stray from the norm by teaching a new and controversial theory of evolution, it was no surprise that there was considerable backlash from religious groups. The supporters of literal interpretation of the Bible were alarmed at Darwin’s theories because it showed humans in an unf ...

... the disease, and the doctors concluded that it was a mutated version of a disease. But it turned out that that was the first patient to suffer the HIV virus. If this situation was taken as an important matter, they could have taken that patient to a special institute so that the patient would not be capable of transmitting the disease. For the other patients who also contracted the virus, they could have also taken them to a special institute. Even when the government knew that there was a serious disease that was going to spread, they did not do anything about it. The reason for this is because they needed scientific evidence that the virus was deadly. Instea ...

... will ever know of his life or deeds, yet he dies a hero. Rick is a cynic, tossed into a chaotic yet romantic world, and comes forth victorious. In Casablanca, we emerge with a feeling of hope, and joy, that the forces of good can win, and that eventually we will triumph over our enemies, wherever or whatever they may be. While slochky and romantic, Casablanca is a touching movie, and probably one of the best ever made. 1984 on the other hand, is a deep psychological thriller. In the world of utter thought-control, we find that even a strong hero such as Winston, is struck down by the party, for simply being alive, and that th ...