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    small town in Northern Wales – is largely insignificant. It lacks a sign on any road‚ so is very isolated and nobody knows where it is. On top of this it is miserable and grey‚ and almost always raining. Everybody is dull and reserved. Overlooking the town is a large‚ grey mountain which formerly served as a slate quarry. Therefore‚ all the houses have this grey slate on top of them. Even the children at the local primary school‚ when asked to paint their area‚ used only grey. It is a depressing and

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    an Old Woman caught my attention instantly. This Roman copy of a Greek work depicted an elder woman that is less popular to be portrayed compared to depictions of youths. This is most likely because artists wanted to capture an eternal youthfulness of portraits. According to the description tag‚ the sculpture was actually a Roman (14-68 AD) copy of a Greek sculpture‚ dated to around the second century BCE. Marble Statue of an Old Woman‚ was a pentelic marble sculpture. Marble Statue of an Old Woman

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    An Old Woman- Arun Kolatkar A modern Indian poet ‚ Arun Kolatkar comments on contemporary society through this poem. The poem is simple in language and theme. The poet uses a very simple common image-a beggar‚ in this case‚ an old woman‚ who is found begging outside the horseshoe shrine . In India this is a common sight as common as our reaction to a beggar besieging us pleading for alms. This sight is particularly common around holy places and pilgrim spots.hey can be extremely persistent

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    The Grotesque Old Woman‚ by Renaissance painter‚ Quinten Metsys illustrates an old and unattractive woman of the 16th century. Her voluptuous‚ weathered breasts are on displayed and her headdress is one of astute fashion of an earlier German period and her eloquent dress and corset are fashionable to Italy in this time period. Her aged hands hold a small and delicate red bud‚ a symbol of engagement‚ and her slightly lifted chin is of poised position. All of this beauty and detailed is over shadowed

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    Why did Tim O’Brien wrote this book: This novel is very different from the others that I have read. Tim O’Brien wrote this book to show how it was at Vietnam and what soldiers have to go thru. However he wrote this book under the genre of fiction because this way he could write things that were not true and still make it billable to the reader. Rather than him just saying things as they are. Perhaps if he told things as they really happen then the reader might not be interested of what was going

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    or archetypal image whose origin reside in universal consciousness. [2] Where‚ in the Jungian psychic diagram‚ does the collective consciousness lie? (p.1) In the lowest position [3] What is the relationship between the Wise Old Man/Woman and the hero? (p. 2) The Old Man/Woman is a guide or helper of the hero. It can sometimes be a double and both positive or negative [4] What is a scapegoat and how is it applied to the Other? (p.4) It is an animal or person whose death supposes the end of sins. Scapegoats

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    “And I must ask the forgiveness of your mother and of all my people. Never again will I demand that the old people of our village be sent to the mountains to die. Rather‚ they will be treated with the respect and honor they deserve and share with us the wisdom of their years.” The folktale “ The Wise Old Woman” was Written By Yoshiko Uchinda Is a story that takes place in medieval Japan. The story starts when a young ruler makes a decree that all people over the age of 71 must be sent to the mountains

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    attitude. They also give a good outlook on life when they decide to tell life experiences or stories. Most people understand older people differently‚ sometimes it is hard but then again it is as easy as the alphabet. I observed my ninety year old grandmother. She has changed a lot over the years. I noticed the different ways she move around and the way she dresses. My grandmother moves slow as if she was racing a snail. She uses a cane to walk and sometimes stops while walking. Before she could

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    Karen‚ Pa-highlight naman ng mga nakuha mo ng subj kasi sa enrollment form mo dito. Hindi ka nagsulat ng mga subj. kaya nahihirapan akong tapusin yung tor mo. Tsaka nga pala ang binigay mo dito sa school ay hindi transcript of records. Kundi copy of grades lang.. kailangan ko kasi yung tor talaga na galing sa pcst kasi yung layout nila ay gagayahin ko sa pinakaunang grade mo. Itong kasunud nitong sulat‚ yan yung mga subj na kinuha mo sa pcst. PhilAsia Center for Science & Technology

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    The Wife of Bath’s Relation to the Old Woman The character of the Wife of Bath in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales takes a special interest because of her powerful character and points of view at a time when women were meant to be passive and undermined. When reading the Wife of Bath’s prologue and tale‚ several similarities as well as modifications can be found between the Wife of Bath’s character and the character of the old woman in the tale. Some apparent similarities are how both are depicted

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