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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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    Tall (Nature) In my family all four of them are short. My parents are about 5’5 and my sisters are about 5’3‚ while I am about 6’1. I don’t know where I get my height from‚ but when I look at my cousins from my dad’s side every single one of the guys are just about 6’0 or higher and the tallest being 6’6. I have about 30 male cousins on my dad’s side. Also my grandfather from my mom’s side is 6’1‚ so I guess I got some of the height from him also. I actually

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    Alex Upton “1954” by Sharon Olds is a poem displaying the horrors of an instance of rape and murder of a young girl by a man named Burton Abbott in 1954. Olds uses a frantic and horrified tone highlighted by a careful choice of diction to express her messages that any ordinary-looking person can disguise evil and the current justice system has a hypocritical eye-for-an-eye mindset that only ends up destroying human life. The structure of “1954” is built on enjambment and broken sentences. This

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    Speech Sound by Octavia Butler affirms Descartes Reason as the essence of Humanity “ I think therefore I exist”. Descartes argues that humans do not need to speak nor hear to actually think but they need to think to be actually human.  This is interpreted through his statement In Speech Sound Rye‚ and Obsidian are both sick. Rye cannot read but she can speak and Obsidian can read but not speak. They both are missing a “human” characteristic but according to Descartes they don ’t need those characteristics

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    Existential film is shaped by the central themes and overall narrative that draw strongly from existential beliefs and questions. Directed by brothers Joel and Ethan Coen‚ No Country For Old Men is an existential film as it reveals the idea of the existential concept of absurdity — anything may happen to anyone at anytime without any rational explanation. The three protagonists in the film‚ Llewellyn Moss‚ Anton Chigurh‚ and Ed Tom Bell‚ all experiences certain existential absurdity and amorality

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    Leading a multitude of people to find the "truth" about a village’s most respected townspeople is Abigail Williams. She was the finger that accused dozens of people‚ who in all likelihood were innocent of the crimes brought against them. Abigail was not the single candle that showed the judges of Salem the way but merely the candle that lit the others. Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible" makes Abigail the conveyance of everything the Puritans would have thought as evil. She had committed sins that

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    In On The Subway by Sharon Olds the narrator contrasts two worlds to develop both portraits by comparing a white wealthy woman to a African American young man. By doing that she uses imagery by describing the appearance of both characters. Also she uses tone to explain the fear the white woman had because she felt threatened by the black man. He also uses organization to reveal how the white woman changed her mind from the beginning of the poem to the end. Olds uses imagery for the readers to imagine

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    BUTLER LUMBER COMPANY CASE REPORT Francis Davidson Tanguay Paula Zalba Dounia Tazimezalek Carl Helou Applied Corporate Finance Larbi Hammami McGill University‚ Montreal Tuesday‚ May 14th‚ 2013 1. Problem 1.1 Why was sales growth so robust‚ but net income growth anemic at best? 1.2 Does Mr.Butler need additional funding to fuel his growth? 1.3 Why does butler lumber have a cash shortage problem to begin with? 1.4 Could the cash flows of Butler Lumber support additional debt? 1.5 Should butler lumber

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    James Butler hickok‚ better known as wild Bill Hickok ‚ was a well known folk hero of the old west. He is best known for his work across the frontier as a drover‚ Wagonmaster‚ soldier‚ spy‚ scout‚ lawman‚ gunfighter‚ gambler‚ and showman. He earned a great deal of fame in his time‚ most of it because of his over exaggerated and often outlandish stories that were fabricated up of unrealistic circumstances. Which leads us to wonder what events of his life are real or just fantastic stories. It is a

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    Act 1 One of the main characters of the play The Crucible‚ Abigail Williams‚ is the villain of the play‚ even more than Parris or Danforth. In Act One her skills at manipulation are very noticeable. John Proctor‚ who has dumped her after his wife found out about this sinful affair‚ “Abby‚ you’ll put it out of mind. I’ll not be comin’ for you no more.” Since she was also dismissed from her job at their house‚ Abigail becomes increasingly envious of Elizabeth. Abigail always has a different story

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