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...simple style, which developed partly as a reaction to the complexity and artifice of the Italian opera aria with its elements of display and its international star singers. One important factor in this development was the influence of folk-song, an influence which was also important in Goethe's writing. One of Goethe's mentors as a student was Johann Gottfried Herder, who...

...simple finale of Mozart's Piano Sonata in B flat, K333. The second is a hypothetical version of my own, similar in some respects but, as you will hear, quite different in effect. Activity 2 Listen carefully to the recordings of the two passages below, following the music in Examples 1 and 2 also below. The examples are marked with roman numerals to identify the chords...

...simple distinctions somewhat. For example, The Dark Knight version of Batman is less clear cut, and the two groups of X-men can be seen as more about assimilationism v radical approaches to activism. However, audiences may well not pick up on such nuances. An additional binary and hierarchical consideration in Superhero movies is needed. Characters are male or female,...