Biography of Leona Florentino Leona Florentino was a Filipino poet in the Spanish and Ilocano languages. She is considered as the "mother of Philippine women’s literature" and the "bridge from oral to literary tradition". Born to a wealthy and prominent family in Vigan‚ Ilocos Sur‚ Florentino began to write her first verses in Ilocano at a young age. Despite her potential‚ she was not allowed to receive a university education because of her gender. Florentino was instead tutored by her mother
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Psychoanalytic Critique of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds In the late nineteenth century‚ Sigmund Freud developed the first framework for psychoanalytic theory expressing that our unconscious mind is truly responsible for our thoughts‚ desires‚ and overall emotions. His theory establishes that childhood experiences are crucial in individual development and sexual or aggressive drives shape all of our basic needs and feelings (Summers‚ 2006). Of course humans do not directly recognize that their
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1931‚ Cather accepted honorary degrees from the University of California Berkeley and Princeton. She is the first woman to receive such a degree from Princeton”. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1938 (“Willa Cather Biography”). One of Cather’s greatest awards was in 1944‚ when she received “the gold medal for fiction from the National Institute of Arts and letters‚ an award given once a decade for an author’s total accomplishments” (“Willa Cather.”). It is believed
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March 15‚ 1767 to Andrew and Elizabeth Hutchinson-Jackson. “His birthplace is presumed to have been at one of his uncles’ houses in the Waxhaws region that straddles North Carolina and South Carolina‚” CITATION BioJackson \l 1033 (Andrew Jackson Biography). He grew up without a father figure as his father had died three weeks before he was
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Biography Julius Caesar was a politician and general of the late Roman republic‚ who successfully extended the Roman empire. Julius Caesar was born in Rome on 13 July 100 BC into the prestigious Julian clan. His family was closely linked with the Marian faction in Roman politics. Caesar progressed himself within the Roman political strict system‚ becoming quaestor ‚ aedile and praetor. In 61 and 60 BC he acted as a governor of the Roman province of España (Spain). Back in Rome in 60‚ Caesar made
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reasoning skills.” It was all to increase understanding.” (eric biography). He always sought to make a sort of Mathematics cheat code‚ a way that anyone could join in on the fun. The Venn Diagram originally developed from John Venn was modified by Charles (St. Andrews). The Diagrams boundaries were made more linear and brought in “colored counters that could be moved around to signify class contents”(Dictionary of Scientific Biography‚ 1971‚ p. 137) His method has been forgotten though‚ the Venn
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there is a scene with the hotel’s disturbing proprietor Norman Bates that challenges gender roles and shows the weak positions of power that Hitchcock gives each character in the film. Marion begins the scene by listening in as Norman fights with his mother. She peers out her window at the menacing house and hears the loud voices coming from it. Afterwards Norman brings some food down to Marion. They settle in his parlor‚ surrounded by a collection of stuffed birds. Norman alludes to the connection
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November 19‚ 2011 Intro to Hum Artist‚ Writers‚ and Composer Goya was most important Spanish artist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. His full name was Francisco José de Goya‚ Born in Fuendetodos‚ he later moved with his parents to Saragossa and‚ at the age of fourteen‚ began studying with the painter José Luzán Martínez who live from 1710 to 1785. Goya came to artistic maturity during this age of enlightenment. The painter brothers Francisco and Ramón Bayeu y Subías
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Just like a roller coaster‚ horror films have brought a sense of excitement into ones personal enjoyment. Horror films tap into the fears of many by using certain phobias such as Arachnophobia‚ Ophidiophobia‚ Acrophobia and Agoraphobia. Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock was one of the few horror films in 1960’s to become a classic. Psycho tells a story of a woman who steals forty thousand dollars in order for the man whom she loves can afford a divorce. However‚ not all goes as plan. She is killed by a
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Bobby Flay Biography Chef (1964–) Quick Facts Name Bobby Flay Occupation Chef Birth Date December 10‚ 1964 (age 50) Education French Culinary Institute Place of Birth New York‚ New York AKA Robert Flay‚ Bobby Flay‚ Full Name Robert William Flay Zodiac Sign Sagittarius Synopsis Bobby Flay’s frequent appearances and shows on the Food Network have made him one of America’s best-known chefs. Bobby Flay - Mini Biography (TV-14; 02:22) A short biography of Bobby Flay‚ an internationally renowned
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