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Question: What if anything might the philosopher Aristotle have found of value in a seaside holiday.
(End of Course Assignment - Option 3)
Answer: A seaside holiday is many things to many people. It is essentially...
- Subject: The arts past and present
- Course: AA100
- Level: Degree
- Year: 1st
- Mark: 83%
- Words: 1913
- Date submitted: March 03, 2011
- Date written: Not available
- References: No
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 3653
Question: To what degree is an understanding of historical context important in evaluating the work of Jacques-Louis David and Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
Answer: Jean-Jacques Rousseau was an eighteenth century philosopher and his material, although written...
- Subject: History
- Course: AA100
- Level: Degree
- Year: 1st
- Mark: 83%
- Words: 1268
- Date submitted: January 26, 2009
- Date written: September, 2006
- References: No
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 352
Question: TMA 03 Part 1 Stalin 82%
Look at Plate 1.5.8 in the Illustration Book and then answer the following
Question in no more than 600 words:
How does the myth of Stalin being presented by this image from 1939 differ from earlier and later mythic presentations of Stalin?
TMA 03 Part 2 Plato Questions 1-4
Answer: Myths, surrounding Stalin have played a major role in the construction of...
- Subject: English Literature
- Course: AA100 The arts past and present
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 82%
- Words: 1466
- Date submitted: January 30, 2015
- Date written: December, 2012
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 6303
Question: The autobiographical novel “Hidden Lives” by Margaret Forster.
An assessment of the use of language to convey different moods.
Answer: In this extract from her autobiographical novel “Hidden Lives”, Margaret Forster uses...
- Subject: The arts past and present
- Course: AA100
- Level: Degree
- Year: 1st
- Mark: 81%
- Words: 512
- Date submitted: January 26, 2009
- Date written: August, 2000
- References: No
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 336
Question: A discussion of the differences between the main sections of the movement using the musical terms introduced in unit 3.
Answer: The third movement from Haydn’s thirty-third symphony falls into two different sections...
- Subject: Music
- Course: AA100
- Level: Degree
- Year: 1st
- Mark: 80%
- Words: 330
- Date submitted: January 26, 2009
- Date written: August, 2004
- References: No
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 344
Question: 'To My Books', a sonnet by Caroline Norton (1808-77). A critical analysis.
Answer: The sonnet is an extremely powerful and well-constructed form of poetry with...
- Subject: English Literature
- Course: AA100
- Level: Degree
- Year: 1st
- Mark: 80%
- Words: 500
- Date submitted: January 26, 2009
- Date written: November, 2003
- References: No
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 343
Question: TMA 01 Part 1 Cleopatra
To what extent do Roman depictions of Cleopatra appear to have influenced how she has been depicted on TV and in film? (Words 543)
TMA 01 Part 2 Christopher Marlowe
Doctor Faustus -Read the following passage from Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus. What does this scene tell us about Faustus’s state of mind? Pay particular attention to Marlowe’s use of language. (Words 544)
Answer: Part 1 - For many years, Hollywood has depicted Cleopatra as the...
- Subject: English Literature
- Course: AA100 The arts past and present
- Level: Degree
- Year: 1st
- Mark: 77%
- Words: 1087
- Date submitted: January 30, 2015
- Date written: December, 2011
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 6302
Question: An analysis of Mark Rothko’s Subway Scene (1938).
Answer: In his painting Subway Scene, Mark Rothko uses a variety of artistic...
- Subject: The arts past and present
- Course: AA100
- Level: Degree
- Year: 1st
- Mark: 76%
- Words: 448
- Date submitted: January 26, 2009
- Date written: November, 2008
- References: No
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 340
Question: According to the author of this extract, what aspects of Faraday’s life and work contributed to his reputation? How does the picture presented here compare to the picture of Faraday’s reputation in his own lifetime presented in Book 1, Chapter 4?
Answer: Various aspects of Faraday’s life and work contributed to his reputation. The...
- Subject: The arts past and present
- Course: AA100
- Level: Degree
- Year: 1st
- Mark: 74%
- Words: 533
- Date submitted: March 08, 2012
- Date written: March, 2011
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 4021
Question: Reworked Assignment - TMA 01 What does this scene reveal about Faustus’s state of mind?
Answer: The scene specified is a soliloquy; one that acquiesces a monumental insight...
- Subject: The arts past and present
- Course: AA100
- Level: Degree
- Year: 1st
- Mark: 72%
- Words: 779
- Date submitted: May 02, 2014
- Date written: January, 2011
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 5658
