imprisoned within a fascist jail in the 1920s.2 Creating a sexist doctrine that rules over early societies it filters itself into the pages of some of the most renowned historical pieces of literature. The Iliad by Homer‚ the Oresteia Trilogy by Aeschylus‚ the Old Testament‚ and Decameron by Boccaccio can all be studied from a feminist viewpoint in criticism of their show of masculine hegemony. Eternally famous playwright and innovator of our English language William Shakespeare is the first author
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WORLD HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY Early Humans Australopithecines1st to grow the opposable thumb Homo Habilis“Man of Skill”‚ Traits‚ 2.5-1.5 million BC‚ Brain size = 700 cubic cm Achievements Made tools from lava rock‚Use tools to cut meat and crack bones‚ Homo Erectus‚ “Upright Man” Traits‚1.6 - 30‚000 million BC‚ More intelligent and adaptable‚ Brain size 1‚000 Cubic cm Achievements Used intelligence to develop technology Neanderthal Traits‚ 200‚000 – 30‚000 BC‚ Brain size 1‚450 cubic cm Powerfully built
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instead‚ the Egyptian noodle made carnal embrace with the enemy who burned the great library of Alexandria without so much as a fine for all that is ... Oh‚ Septimus!--can you bear it? All the lost plays of the Athenians! Two hundred at least by Aeschylus‚ Sophhocles‚ Euripidies--thousands of pawns-- Aristotle’s own library bought to Egypt by noodles ancestors! How can we sleep for
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The Safe Way Is The Best Way Reducing the risk of fire is critical to commercial resilience. The potential risk to human life‚ costly disruption to services‚ lost production‚ increased insurance premiums‚ mean that fire prevention should be a key feature of any business risk management strategy. A sizable fraction of ignitions of structures are due to electrical faults associated with wiring or with wiring devices. Surprisingly‚ the modes in which electrical faults progress to ignitions of structure
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Prometheus//Greek mythology According to the ancient Greeks‚ Prometheus was considered a transformer of culture because he stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans. He tricked Zeus and because of this‚ he was considered a trickster. Today‚ trickster might imply someone who is dishonest‚ but here and in many other tales‚ it’s more like a Robin Hood. Someone who takes from the rich and gives to the poor (rich being Zeus and poor being mankind). He tricked Zeus in order that mankind could
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Theatre History 1. Theatre and men are as related as mirror and reflection as self and shadow and study theatre of a particular era‚ and you learn the religious‚ social‚ political and economic influences of that time and also learn people’s desires‚ ideals and needs and gain insight into the present from what has gone before. 2. A) drama means to do or act B) Drama was born out of the dance of primitive man‚ when his instinctive rhythmic movements evolved into pantomimes that told or showed
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460s Ephialtes and Pericles presided over a radicalization of power that shifted the balance decisively to the poorest sections of society. This was the democratic Athens that won and lost an empire which built the Parthenon‚ that gave a stage to Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ Euripides and Aristophanes‚ and that laid the foundations of western rational and critical thought. Classical Athens was a direct democracy. Democracy in Athens lasted for less than 200 years. . For the next 2000 years‚ the birthplace
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The Athenians would enjoy festivals throughout the whole year and devoted several days of each month to them. There was an extremely diverse variety of festivals to cater for different parts of the population. Festivals were very important to Athenians in particular for many reasons. The Athenians were very proud of their festivals and they became a way in which Athens attempted to show off and prove her prominence and importance to other Greek states. Firstly‚ they allowed a way to honour the gods
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were 2 kinds of new dramatic theatre: sentimental comedy and domestic tragedy. The fist playhouse was in the American colonies was built in Williamsburg‚ Virginia. In 1741 the greatest British actor was born and his name was David Garrick. Aeschylus wrote the first major playwright and multiple contests. "The Orestria" was the last remaining tragic trilogy. Sophocles pioneered painted scenery and added the third choral leader‚ wrote "Antigone." Euripides went against popular belief
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of Oedipus. His father sent him to Athens in hope that Sophocles would get a good education. During his life‚ Sophocles received numerous awards for his tragedy. In 468 BC. Sophocles won first place for his tragedy over the best tragedy writer‚ Aeschylus. Many may not know but he is the one that invented scene
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