In order for any work of art — for example, a film, a novel, a poem, or a song — to have merit, it must be understandable to most people.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.
Art is something that can take various forms and there aren’t any universal criterion or rubric that lays out guidelines on how to judge art. It is purely subjective. Moreover, I strongly repudiate the notion that any work of art, be it a movie, a novel or even a song, to have merit, must appeal to the masses. The subjective nature of it in fact gives artists the latitude to choose their audiences and only pander to them. To support my argument, I lay out the following reasons.
If you consider cinema, there are multifarious genres that a film can dive into, and not all are appreciated by everyone. For example, sci-fi movies generally appeal to the techies and to people with a keen interest in cosmology. However, to infer that since sci-fi films do not cater to the masses and thus proclaim they don’t have merit will be to ignore the prodigious success and fame attained by Star Wars amongst a particular cohort. Furthermore, this argument isn’t confined to cinema.
Many individuals have a personal choice in music which is intrinsic to them. The songs they listen to are quite esoteric and don’t enjoy the same popularity as songs by musical magnates like Drake or Adelle do, which boast of over a million views on YouTube. Moreover, these individuals in fact cherish the arcane nature of their songs and somehow feel more connected to them. By outright avowing that these songs have no merit would be to undermine these individuals and disrespect their personal choices. Having said that, it may be pertinent to develop a scale to judge and compare art.
If popularity was set as the yardstick for merit, then irrefutably these esoteric art forms which don’t appeal to the masses will have no standing. Perhaps, the reason that some art forms enjoy success and fame is because these art forms are genuinely superior to the less popular and less understandable ones. But to completely disregard an individual’s choice and the subjective nature of art would also be wrong.
In conclusion though, I would say art is something that needs to be celebrated and cherished. It is not something that should be judged or compared in the first place. More importantly, to impute merit to art by setting a standard based on its accessibility to the masses would be to hinder thought and restrict artists to create art which is easily comprehensible. Therefore, the notion of claiming that whether art has any merit is flawed in the first place. Further, to play along with the statement above, even if art is judged and attributed merit, it doesn’t necessarily have to cater to a large audience or be elementary in nature so that it can be understood by all.
| Post date | Users | Rates | Link to Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-23 | Smruti Shah | 79 | view |
| 2019-09-17 | marco.b | 50 | view |
| 2019-09-14 | orlando23 | 62 | view |
| 2019-09-05 | Qwe | 50 | view |
| 2019-06-05 | AMARDEEP KOUR GEDHU | 58 | view |
- The well-being of a society is enhanced when many of its people question authority.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and s 50
- Q1. “All college and university students would benefit from spending at least one semester studying in a foreign country.”Write a response in which you examine your own position on the statement. Explore the extent to which you either agree or disagre 83
- Society should identify those children who have special talents and provide training for them at an early age to develop their talents.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your 54
- As we acquire more knowledge things do not become more comprehensible but more complex and mysterious Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take I 50
- In order for any work of art — for example, a film, a novel, a poem, or a song — to have merit, it must be understandable to most people.Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain you 62
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, furthermore, however, if, may, moreover, so, then, therefore, thus, for example, in conclusion, in fact, in the first place
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.5258426966 123% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 11.3162921348 141% => OK
Pronoun: 39.0 33.0505617978 118% => OK
Preposition: 62.0 58.6224719101 106% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 12.9106741573 31% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2254.0 2235.4752809 101% => OK
No of words: 460.0 442.535393258 104% => OK
Chars per words: 4.9 5.05705443957 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.6311565067 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.78581337201 2.79657885939 100% => OK
Unique words: 235.0 215.323595506 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.510869565217 0.4932671777 104% => OK
syllable_count: 729.9 704.065955056 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 51.0922031541 60.3974514979 85% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.454545455 118.986275619 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.9090909091 23.4991977007 89% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.40909090909 5.21951772744 123% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.83258426966 124% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.257460365948 0.243740707755 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0672046718163 0.0831039109588 81% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0497753203552 0.0758088955206 66% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.134132272978 0.150359130593 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0131016909116 0.0667264976115 20% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.1 14.1392134831 86% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 48.8420337079 105% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.14 12.1639044944 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.71 8.38706741573 104% => OK
difficult_words: 119.0 100.480337079 118% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.8971910112 67% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
---------------------
Rates: 62.5 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.75 Out of 6
---------------------
Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.