Each character experiences the competing impulses that exist within all human beings: the instinct to live morally, act peacefully, follow the true and the good or the instinct to satisfy one's immediate desires, act violently and enforce one's will. ... He is also the character who has the greatest appreciation of the gods that are the basis of civilised life. ... The language of the characters reflects either the degree of either their civilisation or their savagery. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Vision of a Sustainable Society The Rio Conference on the Environment (1992) will live on in mankind's history as the occasion which put an end to obsession with economic development. That "development" was no more than misrepresented growth of wealth along with a corresponding frantic squand...

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The dedication with which they tried to spread their point of view, the willpower and strength of character, they called upon to convince others of their beliefs as well as the utter committment to their cause and the way they devoted their lives to the realization of their dream of a better society without being discouraged by harrassment or cruel twists of fate really impressed me. ... Especially the character of Vera Pavlovna, in her distrust of the state and ruling classes and her ideal of a free association of producers, inspired Emma profoundly and prepared her for the anarchist views. ...

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RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY AVANT-GARDE The avant-garde way of life prospered in Russia directly following the Revolution of 1917, generating one of the most awe-inspiring art movements of the twentieth century. Assembling an entirely new government, the Bolsheviks gave free reign to the Russian avant-garde to create a new culture and thus a new society through art. For this brief time, the culture of the avant-garde was synonymous with official cultural policy of the Soviets. Its leaders were empowered to establish government-sponsored art schools, and an entire system that espoused some of...

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The human characters wore contemporary clothing, and the fairies were outfitted in outlandish garments that conveyed an otherworldly feeling through the prism of contemporary sexuality. ... This was a choice that clearly was an outgrowth of being in my early twenties, and while I would approach the text extremely differently were I to direct it now, I feel confident in the fact that this youthful, and admittedly simplistic approach, greatly served the cause of helping younger, less sophisticated audience members relate to the play's main action. To further this cause, I changed the chara...

• Word Count: 10314
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate