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Why Spanish America was Fragmented into Many Countries

INTRODUCTION After navigating across the Atlantic Ocean Christopher Columbus was able to see an island in the Bahamas, he thought that he had arrived in Asia. This significant event, backed by the Catholic Kings of ...
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Nationalism through Music and Art in Chopin and Delacroix

Introduction Chopin was an important composer and was also responsible for developing the piano. He wrote many distinct types of piano music. From Polonaises to complex nocturnes with a deep romantic value. Poland at the ...
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“Two Oruguitas” from the Movie Encanto: History of Colombia through Music.

Introduction “Two Oruguitas” from the movie Encanto was composed by the New Yorker with Puerto Rican descent Lin Manuel Miranda and sung by the Colombian Sebastián Yatra, this is an inspiring song that touches the ...
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Solitude in Two Contemporary Authors

Introduction Throughout history we have seen different conditions of the human being. These conditions have led him to act in particular ways. Circumstances, environment, culture, people, influence the thoughts and the decisions that someone can ...
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Eros In Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra

Introduction   Shakespeare holds an enduring legacy as a master of English literature and romantic themes. Many of his lines about love are well known even to this day, like: «Love is not love, which ...
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Educación, Humanismo y Humanidades

Actualmente el ser humano se ve sumergido en una cultura dominada por la exacerbada ideología del consumismo. El hombre busca tener y poseer más y más, y cuando es capaz de poseer todo, sigue sintiéndose ...
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El valor de la verdad en Edipo Rey, de Sófocles

The Blind Oedipus Commends his Family to the Gods, by Bénigne Gagneraux, 1784, National Museum of Sweden Edipo Rey es una de las siete tragedias de Sófocles que aún se conservan. El ella, el autor ...
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Narrative music as seen in Limenius and Wagner

Introduction From the very beginning of Western musical history until now, music has been used to convey narrative. Various pitches are played in succession as well as in unison to construct melodies and harmonies that ...
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