Please answer all questions"Middle East in Turmoil" Please respond to the following:In the wake of the Arab Spring and its aftermath — the unrest in the Middle East and regions around it — there a

Please answer all questions

"Middle East in Turmoil" Please respond to the following:

In the wake of the Arab Spring and its aftermath — the unrest in the Middle East and regions around it — there are a number of critical developments to watch and discuss.

• Explain whether you believe that democracy has worked in Iraq and Afghanistan. Provide support for your response.
• Discuss the progress Iran is making in their attempt to implement a democratic election process. Next, speculate on two (2) challenges you believe Iran will face in accomplishing this task. Justify your response.

• Week 5 Discussion  Opera and Society

  Please respond to each of the following questions, using sources under the Explore heading and the textbook as the basis of your response:

1. Using the text as a source and/or the web links listed below, choose an opera by Verdi, or Wagner, or Puccini, give a brief description of the plot and characters.   What changes  would you make to the plot or characters or storyline to update this opera make it more interesting? 

Opera and Society

• Chapter 30, Wagner and Verdi; (pp. 1133-1134), Puccini; review the Week 5 “Music Folder”
• Huizenga article and audio selections at http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2012/04/11/150420827/talk-like-an-opera-geek-how-verdi-wagner-and-puccini-got-their-grooves
• Wagner video of a stage production (Tristan und Isolde) at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAEkTK6aKUM
• Verdi video clip of stage production (Rigoletto) at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5NEOh-XhyA
• Puccini video clip of stage production (Tosca) at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sSoKbv46zc
• An overall website about operas:  https://www.theopera101.com/  (copy and paste the link into a new tab or window to make it live) 

2. Person of the week:   This week your choices are between Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson, American writers and poets, and Claude Monet, the artist who broke new ground in France with his painting techniques. Look at the pictures and information in our text and online and then tell us which person you feel is more important and why