Free essays on culture are academic essays that explore the unique characteristics, beliefs, and practices of different cultural groups. These essays may cover a wide range of topics, including the history of a particular culture, cultural diversity and social norms, the impact of culture on society and personal identity, and the intersection of culture with other fields such as art, literature, and religion. These essays are often used as resources for students, researchers, and educators seeking to gain a deeper understanding of different cultures and their significance in the world today.
California Light And Space Movement
In world of visual arts, we often think of artworks in the form of paintings and sculptures. But in the 1960s, a group of southern Californian artists moved away from the familiar traditions of art-making. Moving away from the traditional frame work, artist like Robert Irwin, Doug Wheeler and James Turrell focused their art work on the experience of light and space. This new movement in contemporary art did not require a frame, or wall to hang on. The experience…...
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Formal Analysis Art
In today’s society, luxury and necessity are in a constant battle with one another. We live in a time where luxury items are being valued higher than what is actually essential to human survival. Artists are able to convey these type of political and societal messages in their art, whether it be a painting, sculpture, music, theatre, and many more. The work of art that I analyzed was a sculpture from the spring of 2014. Its artist is my sister…...
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Worldview Paper Outline
In this outline you will learn about who God is, and the nature of our universe. Does us living in this world have a purpose, or is it Just wasting our time? Growing up we are set around a worldview of beliefs, and stories, and are set to believe that those are true. This world allows for a diversity of worldviews, but which one is correct or incorrect? 1 . Who is God and what are His characteristics? God is…...
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Silent Night Mary Higgins Clark
The following sample essay on in this report I’m going to analyze Silent Night by Mary Higgins Clark in terms of plot, theme, style and message. The book is considered to be the classics of suspense. The plot of the book is complicated but clear and comprehensible. It is very tense and absorbing, menace and thrilling, exciting and vivid. On the Christmas Eve the main character of the story, Brian, is standing with his mother Catherine and his elder brother…...
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Arts And Crafts Movement Essay
In this essay I will describe the Arts and Crafts movement and how it evolved. It began during a period of unrest within Britain in the post-industrial revolution times. The movement served to bring basic crafts, which we take to be artist skills today, to a level of the fine arts of painting. We accept that crafts such as textiles, ceramics, metalwork, jewellery making and woodwork are large areas of art on the same level as painting and sculpture. This…...
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Language Limits Thought
The following sample essay on "Language Limits Thought": in this essay author attempts to answer the question, “Does language determine or limit thought?” I intend to explore the ways in which language limits (or determines) thought and the ways in which language empowers thought. To begin with, I will try to give a brief explanation the nature of language. Language doesn’t only include spoken words but can also be body language, signals such as semaphore, or codes even animals -although…...
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An Advantage for Artists and an Obstacle for Scientists
In this essay I shall attempt to answer the question, “To what extent is the subjective nature of perception regarded as an advantage to artists but an obstacle for scientists? ” The first issue of knowledge exists in defining the “extent” to which the subjective nature of perception is regarded as an advantage for artists but an obstacle to overcome for scientists. This is quite difficult, instead I intend to explore (/see) to what extent may the subjective nature of…...
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Hitlers First Photograph
In the second poem “Hitler’s first photograph”, Szymborska is mulling over the infinite opportunities with which a child is presented. She, and we, know the outcome for this particular child, but the persona in the poem is unaware; this is why we call this type of poem a dramatic irony: “Will he grow up to be an L.L.D.?”, “Where will those tootsy-wootsies finally wander?”. She uses this to make us think that had he developed differently, the world might have…...
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John Agard Half Caste Poem Analysis
In the poem “half-caste” John Agard uses a variety of metaphors. He refers to things that are multicoloured to get his point across “yu mean when Picasso mix red an green is a half-caste canvas” John Agard is trying to tell his audience that Picasso doesn’t just use one colour in his paintings, he uses a variety of colours, which makes the painting more interesting. This relates to John Agard because he is a mixture of two colours, which makes…...
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How To Eat A Poem By Eve Merriam
In the poems ‘How to Eat a Poem’ by Eve Merriam and ‘Introduction to Poetry’ by Billy Collins, important ideas are presented about how poetry should be experienced and enjoyed. The poets used the techniques extended metaphor, repetition, metaphors and personification to show me how these ideas is important. In ‘How to Eat a Poem’ by Eve Merriam, the author describes how poetry is to be experienced. Poetry doesn’t need any manners and has no rules. “Don’t be polite /…...
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The Poem “Blessing” by Imtiaz Dharker
In the poem "Blessing", Imtiaz Ali bases the poem on a situation in which water is a very rare commodity and describes the scene that is created on the special occasion when water is available in plenty.The title of the poem is short, but not straightforward. When a reader initially reads the title ‘blessing’, the reader has no clue as to what the poem will be about. The first thing that came to my mind when I read the title…...
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“The Secret Sharer” by Joseph Conrad
The following sample essay on "The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad" is about a piece by a Polish-British author. The story was adapted for a segment of the 1952 film Face to Face. In The Secret Sharer, a captain escapes his ship where he was held captive after murdering a member of the crew. He swims to another ship and admits the whole truth to the captain. Both captains have bad relationships with their crew and they empathise with each…...
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Motorcycles And Sweetgrass
In the novel “Motorcycles and Sweetgrass,” author Drew Hayden Taylor is concerned with aboriginal community politics, identity, mythology, and intergenerational legacies. It is written in an adventurous perspective on aboriginal life and traditions. The characters respond to change and they embrace it. this is shown by examining the actions/ roles of the characters in the novel such as Maggie, Wayne and Sammy considering the purpose of this book is to connect the experience of aboriginal life through the characters from…...
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The Wassily Kandinsky Trees
The following sample essay on The Wassily Kandinsky Trees. In the 19th Century, paintings were very structured. Artists painted what they saw. Knowing this is what the public expected, Wassily Kandinsky began his abstract painting in a way in which others could still distinguish features such as his most recurrent subjects such as mountains, villages, trees and churches. I feel Kandinsky was trying to fulfil what the public wanted rather than fulfil his own needs as an artist in the…...
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Sympathy By Paul Laurence Dunbar
In the 1890s Paul Laurence Dunbar composed a literary work named “Sympathy” where the speaker’s attention is on a cage bird. This poem perhaps was the result of Dunbar’s after high school experience operating an elevator cage. That was the only job he could find because he was denied positions in business and journalism because of his race (African-American). And by this literary work it can be inferred that he felt trapped at this job, because of his race and…...
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Say Hey Kid Lyrics
In our technologically advanced and ever-changing world, we get more ways to personalize our outfits, devices and even ourselves, yet all of this customization is banal and has become the norm. Children are taught from a very young age what society’s expectations of them are and what they must do in order to fulfill them and become another sheep in a heard of six million. It has become part of our culture to obsess about a brand of clothing or…...
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This Be The Verse Analysis
In Philip Larkin’s poem, “This Be the Verse,” he uses strong language to get across his message of that no one should have children. The title already gives hints to the attitude of this poem. The title “This Be the Verse” sounds like the Larkin is stating that this is the guide that we should all live by. Specifically, “verse” gives off a very biblical feeling making it sound official and used by people centuries ago. Also the defined article…...
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The Grammatical Function Hierarchy
The following sample essay on The grammatical function hierarchy. In linguistics, a great deal of work revolves around phrase structure and comprehension of that phrase structure: ‘decoding’ it, if you will. This is something that concerns many different linguistic specialists, from syntacticians to translators, and in order to examine the phrase structure (noun phrase {NP}, verb phrase {VP} etc.) it is vital to understand the elements that make up such a phrase structure and how they interact with one another.…...
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Phrase Structure and Its Understanding in Linguistics
The following sample essay is about the structure of a phrase and its understanding in linguistics. Read the introduction, body and conclusion of the essay, scroll down. In linguistics, a great deal of work revolves around phrase structure and comprehension of that phrase structure: ‘decoding’ it, if you will. This is something that concerns many different linguistic specialists, from syntacticians to translators, and in order to examine the phrase structure (noun phrase {NP}, verb phrase {VP} etc.) it is vital…...
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No Telephone To Heaven
In Michelle Cliff’s novels, Abeng and No Telephone to Heaven, she writes about a society where your place is defined by your skin color. Race and identity are questions raised in her novels. Clare, the main protagonist, comes from a family being fairly white, in particular, herself and her father, that enjoys a quite favorable status in Jamaica. Elaine K. Ginsberg’s text, “Passing and the Fictions of Identity” widens the definition and representation of “passing” to one that describes different…...
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Confucian Dynamism
In my essay I will hope to discover the true essence of Guanxi. What it means. Where it came from and how crucial it really is when conducting business in China. My aim is to bring together the views and opinions of a cross section of people and interpret them into my own understanding. After analysing the topic in question I will go on to conclude, ‘The significance of Guanxi’. With foreign trade in China totalling US$509. 77 billion in…...
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Kana Preface of Kokinshu
In his famous Kana Preface to the Kokinshu, Ki no Tsurayuki, one of the editors of the anthology, introduces the aesthetic value and core functions of Japanese poetry. As the seed that grows into a flower, Japanese songs, or waka, take human heart and flourish as myriad leaves of words. (Shirane 148) As the master poet, Tsurayuki advises his successors to appreciate the beauty of life, rather than understanding it. One of the functions of waka, Tsurayuki asserts, lies in…...
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Fashion Trends: Cycles and Patterns
In his article “I’m Not a Dork; I’m Ahead of Today’s Fashions” Alan Ehrenhalt asserts that trends in fashion come and go in repeated cycles (which he calls Dork Cycles). According to him, past styles in clothes, shoes, hairdos etc are often considered by many people as inappropriate and unacceptable until they suddenly and usually for no apparent reason become popular and attractive again. Based on the author’s experience, these repeating changes in fashion occur every fifteen years or so.…...
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Jan Van Eyck Arnolfini Wedding
In comparing Masacio’s Holy Trinity and Jan Van Eyck’s Arnolfini marriage, we are able to analyze many similarities and differences. We notice the innovative Renaissance techniques as well as these two paintings being pivotal pieces not only in these artists careers but also as pioneering artists in history. If we compare these two painting with Gothic art, we observe that these artists techniques have much evolved. These evolved techniques include a focus on naturalism and individualism. These two elements distinguish…...
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Costa Rican Dance
In Costa Rica, dance is a very popular past time Costa Ricans find themselves doing throughout the year. The dances and type of music performed depends on the many cities you’ll find yourself in. Each region has its own popular dance; from traditional folk dance to current American influenced dances like pop and disco music. In the city of Guanacaste, it is found that traditional folk dancing is more popular. Traditional folk dancing is a type of dance in which…...
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The White Devil Analysis
In act 2, playwright John Webster uses a framed narrative to portray the deaths of Isabella and Camillo, creating a psychological horror rather than a graphical one. Through the use of a conjuror, Webster manages to show deaths via ‘sophistic tricks’ from the ‘nigromancer’. By using this character as another narrator, a certain distance is created between the audience and the actions on scene, allowing the minds of the audience to wander, questioning the events that led up to the…...
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Settle For Half
In A View From The Bridge, Arthur Miller aimed to write a modern tragedy involving ‘the common man’. He wrote in 1949 for the New York Times that ‘the common man is an apt a subject from tragedy in it’s highest sense as kings were. He thought that tragedy ‘is the consequence of a man’s total compulsion to evaluate himself justly’ and that most of us are willing to remain passive when our dignity and our image of our rightful…...
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A Golden Age Tahmima Anam
In “A Golden Age,” by Tahmima Anam, the story is centred around Rehana and her struggle to keep her family and nation united during the Bangladeshi war of independence. The story describes Rehana’s bravery and how she manages to keep her family together despite the tumultuous occurrences of the Bengali people from before partition to the formation of a distinct nation. The trauma as described in the novel are primarily centred around Rehana’s loss of her husband and the separation…...
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Heaney’s Follower Poem Analysis
In ‘Follower’ Heaney presents us with a very vivid picture of his father as he appeared to the poet as a young boy. We learn a lot about both the relationship that existed between them and the way Heaney saw his family. The father is, more than anything else, an energetic and skilled farmer. He is ‘An expert’ with the horse-plough and Heaney as a little boy would simply get in his father’s way. The poem is full of admiration…...
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My Biographical Essay About Me
I’m Dmitry. I’m 22 year’s old. I’m a very popular footballer in Moscow region. I want to read the essay About me essay is an exercise that is given to students so that they can learn writing on different topics. It is the first step of writing, when you will learn to write about yourself, you will also learn about writing other topics. For writing about me essay, all you have to know is your own self. The essay about…...
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Summary of the Christmas Carol
I think this is very noble of him because Bob Cratchitt would’ve been very grateful to him and this also would have changed the rest of the Cratchitt’s family, especially Mrs Cratchitt (who expressed her great dislike of Scrooge on Christmas day) perception of him. However Scrooge does not want this glory because it defeats the object of sending the turkey – he wishes to remain anonymous. He also learns that Christmas is a time for forgiveness and for being…...
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Bud Holman: A Retrospective at Mulvane
I went to the Mulvane Art Museum on Tuesday, September 13th. I chose to look and write about the Bud Holman: A Retrospective art exhibit. Bud Holman was born on a farm in Topeka, in 1926 he first worked as a Regionalist, painting and drawing the landscape and neighborhoods where he grew up. His art exhibit tells the story of one man’s life in paint; I thought this was really neat. I chose this exhibit because as I looked around,…...
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Importance Of Organizational Behavior
I want to define “what is Organizational Behavior? ” and after that we can understand why it’s importance. Organizational behavior studies the influence that individuals, groups and organizational structure have on behavior within organizations. (Robins & Judge, 10th,p. 2). From this definition, we can say if we learn Organizational behavior, it will help us understand and predict human behavior in an organization. There are many reasons make Organizational Behavior become important in an organization. First of all, we have to…...
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Cultural Universal Examples
I have chosen to write about why cultural universals pose a problem for moral relativism in this paper. I will begin by defining cultural universals (CU). Then, I will cite examples of such theory and continue by applying them to situations In which these slmllarltles can be seen. Next, I will discuss how we can convince ourselves that a given standard of behavior Is In fact a cultural universal. I will then define moral relatlvlsm as well as provide examples…...
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The Amusing Nacirema Body Rituals
I initially found “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema” to be amusing, especially upon realizing (with a little help from Wikipedia) that “Nacirema” is “American” spelled backwards and the hero “Notgnihsaw” is really “Washington. ” However, I couldn’t help but to be a little put off by Miners mocking approach even if it was written as an anthropological satire. Perhaps this was Miners point, but I felt that one could turn any custom or ritual upon its head with the right…...
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Daily Mirror Target Audience
I have decided to compare two newspaper articles, one from the tabloid “The Daily Mirror” and the other from the broadsheet “The Guardian”. Both papers on Friday January the 13th 2006 covered the tragic story of the 345 deaths, caused by stampede at the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Since the story is relevant to current issues, I believe it will conjure an array of diverse language. The comparison of language usage will be predominantly achieved through my analysis of…...
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Sport Unites: True or False?
I believe this is both a true comment and a false comment. The fact that people are brought together through sport especially like the Olympics is true. The event does bring a mass of viewers around the world through TV and other commercial use and every 4 years there always seems to be a new face in the form of a country competing with the top countries in the so called “biggest sporting event in the world”. With this Baron…...
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Environmentalism As Religion
I agree Robin’s opinion. Like religion, environmentalism has difference tribe, environmentalist like a missionary, environmentalism and religion both have food taboos and they also both no logical bases. In today’s world have many kinds of religions, and environmentalism also has difference tribe, we may hear some difference sound form environmentalist. Rubin says, “Original religions were tribal rather than universal. Each tribe had its own god or gods, and the success of the tribe was evidence that their god was stronger…...
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HW: Road to Hell Analysis
HW: Road to Hell Read the case study and answer 3 questions below. Submit a hardcopy (2 pages maximum) of your answers at class time. 1 . Identify at least 2 major mistakes Baker made in the final interview with Rennalls. Explain why they were mistakes and what he might have done instead. A: ?2 major mistakes, 1) Baker knew a lot about Rennalls’s political views and racial issues sensitivity, but Baker made a mistake building his interview from his…...
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Yahwist Creation Story
How many people have ever noticed that there are two stories of creation in the Bible? The sources of the Genesis story, which I will analyze below, is that of the Priestly (P) source and of the Yahwist (J) source. Upon hearing there are multiple accounts, various sources, etc. it is tempting to automatically assume there are contradictions and discrepancies. This does not have to be the case. As such, I will describe differences between the two sources below and…...
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