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    Abstract Expressionism began in the periods of the 1940s and 1950s in New York. "It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academic painting. However‚ there is no such thing as good painting about nothing." which is described by Mark Rothko‚ who was an early abstract expressionist. Its development started back to the 1930s which were being shaped by social‚ political and geographical calamities: internally

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    Myths‚ rituals‚ and symbols are very important in the Islamic religion. One of the most important myths is the Isra and Mi’raj‚ which are the two parts of a Night Journey that Muslims believe the prophet Muhammad took in one night around the year 621. It is considered a physical and spiritual journey. It is written in Sura 17 of the Koran and the Hadith‚ which are supplemental writings about the life of Muhammad. In this journey‚ Muhammad travels on the steed Buraq to the farthest mosque where

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    Symbols In A Doll's House

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    Author Henrik Ibsen was a very brave man during his time period. He dared to be different and wrote about what people did not want to or desired to discuss because it was not the cultural norm. He mainly focused on women’s rights and their roles due to his startling upbringing and wanted the world to know that‚ in reality‚ everything was not always hunky-dory‚ especially when it came to women. This led to and fueled him to write in the Realism format which discussed real life issues. In his work

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    Signs and symbols are the foundation of visual language‚ just as the alphabet is the foundation of written language. Examine this statement with reference to a range of artists and artworks. Even before a young child can read or write they learn the alphabet as the beginning of interpreting the process of reading and writing. Equally a small child can generally recognise popular signs and symbols‚ such as the “M” for McDonalds or the Coke symbol before they can read. Just as society associates signs

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    Programming Language

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    A language translator is a program which translates programs from source language into an equivalent program in an object language. Keywords and phrases:source-language‚ object-language‚ syntax-directed‚ compiler‚ assembler‚ linker‚ loader‚ parser‚ scanner‚ top-down‚ bottom-up‚ context-free grammar‚ regular expressions A computer constructed from actual physical devices is termed an actual computer or hardware computer. From the programming point of view‚ it is the instruction set of the hardware

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    the birthmark is a “visible mark on earthly imperfection” (Hawthorne‚ 304). Aylmer tries to remove something perfectly natural by using science in form of a fatal elixir. By looking at the opposing forces of nature and science as seen through the symbols of the birthmark and the contrast between Aminadab and Aylmer‚ we can see that Georgina’s natural beauty is becoming an experiment for Aylmer‚ which leads

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    Importance of Symbols in “The Thing in the Forest” In many fairytales‚ we are given characters who set out on an adventure to better themselves whether they know that they are on one or not. In A.S. Byatt’s “The Thing in the Forest” we are taken on such an adventure‚ but this is more than just a children’s fairytale. Through figurative language we are shown that the main characters‚ Penny and Primrose‚ are dealing with more than just a creature in the forest‚ and that with this use of symbols as a way

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    Abstract This research examines how men and women communicate using body language and why does it matter. Studies from various psychological and medical centers have shown that your body moves can tell more about someone than the words he or she speaks. People never realize the movements they make and how the people around him or her would interpret those moves. Lately‚ body language has been a topic very important psychologically and how it affects somebody emotionally and in other areas. Through

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    lLearn Japanese Kanji Symbols Kanji | |   | Kanji are the most popular Japanese script out of 3 writing. These characters are called "Ideographs"‚ "Ideograms" or "Pictograms" in the world‚ because a Kanji Symbols‚ character express an idea‚ and represents meaning in a visual way. For example‚ some kanji characters are developed like this:You see‚ both the ’Sun’ Kanji and the ’Tree’ Kanji look like the things they represent. However‚ this is NOT always the case. There are some kanji

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    Modes of Language

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    Discuss the modes of language art in relation to their communicative‚ cognitive and social purposes. Language Arts refers to a complex system for creating meaning through various conventions. (Malyday‚ 1978).Language is a systematic means of communication by using words either spoken or gestured with hands and structured with grammar. Language is the most important form of human communication‚ we communicate our thoughts and feelings through language and it plays an important role in our daily

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