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A tragedy according to Aristotle's Poetics, "is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself; in appropriate and pleasurable language;... in a dramatic rather than narrative form; with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish a catharsis of these emotions" (Poetics). Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a play written by August Wilson, that takes place in a studio in the 1920's over the course of an afternoon. The core of this play is the band

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom insists on the equation of whiteness with terror with another oral narrative about the white assault against the black. Cutler, the guitar and trombone player, shares with the other band members the story of Reverend Gates, who, having missed the train when he was looking for an outhouse at a station, is deserted in a small town. Soon a group of white men close in on him and order him to dance for them: That’s the only way he got out of there alive ... was to dance. Ain’t

Introduction A large portion of where Californians get their water from is the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (also known as the California Delta). In fact, this delta supplies almost two thirds of Californians with both drinking water and water for agricultural land (“Bay-Delta Levees”, 2007). The California Delta is located inland of the San Francisco Bay, and is the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. Currently the vast delta is home to not only fertile farming land, but

Rainey’s Black Bottom by August Wilson, there is a great conflict between one of the main characters, Levee, and the band he is to play with. His style of musical expression is Jazz, but he is playing in a blues band. Toledo and Levee are the two main characters used to convey the personification of blues and jazz music, respectively, throughout the play. Before considering how Toledo and Levee act as a symbol for these different styles of music, both blues and jazz must be covered. Blues music

Abstract Hurricane Katrina, one of the worst natural disasters in American history, struck the city of New Orleans on Aug 29,2005. It was a categorised as level 3 storm with wind speeds of up to 127 mph after making landfall. Approximately 80 percent of the city was submerged under 20 feet of water. Levees have been built around the city of New Orleans to keep the rising water level at the bay. However, it also kept out the silts and sediments. Without the renewal of these sediments, New Orleans

Introduction On the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina battered the central Gulf States, namely Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the cyclone of the Category 3 storm, which was rated according to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, traveled through the southern Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana with a maximum wind velocity of 125 miles per hour. Furthermore, over eighty percent of the metropolis of New Orleans was

On the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina battered the central Gulf States, namely Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the cyclone of the Category 3 storm, which is rated according to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, traveled through the southern Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana with a maximum wind velocity of 125 miles per hour. Furthermore, over eighty percent of the metropolis of New Orleans was inundated by

and was able to harm anyone do to the failure of the levee system and the lack of preparation to the levee system and the sudden change of the storm’s category. The United states Geological survey scientists have walked on levee ruins in the aftermath of the hurricane. What they saw shocked all of New Orleans; There was a flaw towards the design and the Army Corps of engineers were discovered to be way behind schedule in the completion of the levee system in New Orleans. The flooding caused major damage

Prostitution and Women Rights in Chicago. This research paper discusses social issues related to prostitution in Chicago, a city along route 66 and is divided into four sections. In the first section, definition of prostitution is discussed. Also different forms of prostitution are listed. It should be clearly stated there 's no one accepted definition of prostitution. The term "prostitution" is controversial. Sociologists are still debating on how prostitution should be defined. Moreover, prostitution

August Wilson’s highly acclaimed play Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is set in Chicago in the late 1920’s. The main character, Ma Rainey, is an African American blues singer, and she is managed by a white music producer named Irvin. Levee, the youngest of four band members, takes on a surprisingly dominant role in the play. Anyone can open a history text book and learn about the general social issues that were present in the early nineteen hundreds. Wilson takes this history lesson one step further, and