The Spectator

"It acquired its name from the giant bronze statue that Nero had commissioned of himself to resemble the Colossus at Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World." The Romans used different materials in building this amphitheatre. They made concrete by mixing volcanic materials with stone, sand and limestone. Other materials used were marble, travertine, tuff, tile, bricks, cement and lime. These materials were “very durable, as is shown by the present condition of the blocks in the…

expose the questions of philosophic nature in the exploration as to why we watch the terrible fortunes that develop upon tragic heroes. Let us examine the three salient attributes of the tragic hero as defined by Aristotle. First and foremost, the spectators grow an emotional attachment…

The Wall Street Journal article sheds light on a community of buyers who want to prepare for the worst case scenario. In the article very wealthy buyers want a sense of safety should a natural or man-made disaster occur. The buyers of these underground condos sight growing concern over health scares, sever weather and terror attacks. It should be noted that these condos don’t just provide the basic necessities, but they also provide the best amenities money can buy. The motivation of their…

a member of the extracurricular football team since he was a freshman. The team, composed of twenty-five players, is called the Greenleaf Patriots with the name emblazoned on their uniforms as well on the School’s athletic field and stands where spectators sit to watch home games. In August 2015, the football team’s coach, Hugh Field, started “Midnight Madness,” a voluntary pep rally that takes place on the athletic field on the last Sunday evening in August, going into the next morning. At…

sports are perceived compared to how our fathers watched sports back in the 60’s and 70’s. Individual achievement has become a significant part in how athletes as well as how spectators view themselves in society. The social aspect of sports has gone through a wild ride full of scandals, doping, and crime. Nowadays, we as spectators are able to witness faster, stronger athletes participate in sports, but at a price. In today’s society, we live in a prima donna world where everybody is more…

Why Batting Cage Nets Is Important In Softball In the past, softball team never take batting cage seriously, they have always think it is useless and of no benefits. However, in recent times, softball players have seen the important of batting cage. This is because of the fact that it gives opportunity to players for more practice. Generally, players that have batting cage tend to improve their softball skills faster and derive pleasure for playing the game. If the practice is done regularly…

to direct the audience with your words and body language in such a way that they never suspect manipulation. More than a simple sandwich routine, this is a lesson in audience management. Effect Have a card selected and returned to the deck. The spectator places two Aces together in the middle of the deck. The selected card travels invisibly from the middle of the deck to between the Aces, all while held firmly in an audience member’s hands. Set Place a pair of Aces face down on top of the…

Gender and representation In Marleen Gorris’s ‘A Question of Silence’ During the mid 1970s and into the early 1980’s, feminists critiqued ideologies and the system of beliefs in the patriarchal society. Feminist filmmaking became key to portraying fairer representations of women in film denied to them in Early Hollywood, whilst also using experimental techniques to give authorial voice to women filmmakers. Marleen Gorris’s Dutch film ‘A Question of Silence’ (1982), is considered one of the…

An implication of amateur wrestling becoming a more spectator sport the USA, which is a change in the nature of wrestling, has lead to athletes form all over the world going and competing is tournaments in America to win price money. Also as wrestling is continuing to be watched on TV, such as the fight network, has seen wrestlers get sponsors. This has impacted wrestlers as they can now support themselves financially. This is a positive economic impact on people involved in wrestling.…

the men on the screen are the ones that look and who spectators identify with and “enjoy vicarious control and possession of the women” (Mulvey 1989). In Mulvey’s theory she states that there are three sets of looks in cinema: (1) the camera’s look at the pro-filmic reality (2) the audience’s look at the final film product, and (3) the character’s look at each other. The way in which narrative cinema is made is used to make the spectators forget that there is a camera and the fact that they…