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    History of Sculpture Prehistoric Periods Much surviving prehistoric art is small portable sculptures‚ with a small group of female Venus figurines such as the Venus of Willendorf (24‚000–22‚000 BC) found across central Europe;  the 30 cm tall Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel of about 30‚000 BCE has hardly any pieces that can be related to it. The Swimming Reindeer of about 11‚000 BCE is one of the finest of a number of Magdalenian carvings in bone or antler of animals in the art of the Upper

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    the object or person and making the otherwise insignificant subject a meaningful part of the story which can help you analyze the true symbolic value of the subject. An example would be the White Sphinx; it is a meaningless statue but Wells brings it into the story to show that there is meaning. The Sphinx represents the barrier in between time‚ an obstacle he must destroy to go back to where he belongs. The Time Traveler went through many stages of emotional troubles throughout the novel. At the

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    but when he did so‚ he had not known she was his mother. He married Iocaste when he saved Thebes from the curse of the Sphinx. He was crowned king of Thebes and was acknowledged as a wise man rather than a sinner by the people of Thebes. No one knew of his biological parents and neither did Oedipus. He should not be blamed for what he did not know of. As for the curse of the Sphinx‚ Oedipus solved the riddle and was honored by the people of Thebes. Although he did know of the prophecy‚ it would be

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    red‚ and black. These colors suggest eeriness and mystery. The color red suggests anger and rage‚ which is possibly felt by the main character at some point in the novel. The four graphics on the cover are a sphinx‚ a pyramid‚ a temple and the close up of a man’s face. The sphinx and the pyramid immediately grasp hold of the reader’s attention because of the brightness and location of the images located right in the middle of the text. Also‚ these images show that the story is set in Egypt

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    mixed modern and archaic features have been found in every corner of the world. The mere existence of these fossils is evidence enough to prove that human evolution was far less cut-and-dried a process than the advocates of the replacement model of human evolution would like to suggest‚ and‚ in fact‚ rather astonishingly complex. It is useful before discussing the individual fossil specimens to to preface with what exactly is meant by the terms “modern” and “archaic” in reference

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    Free will is something that has always been questioned from the beginning of time. Do we really have the option of free will‚ or are we all destined to fate? The ancient Greeks believed in fate and that the gods had complete control over our lives. That concept is also believed in modern day society; Christianity believes that God has a plan for us and that our futures are already preordained. We see throughout the play that Oedipus’s life was prophesied from the beginning and as much as he tries

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    Over time‚ a culture’s art will change or improve in some way. Some characteristics may remain the same while other characteristics change drastically. Art in the Archaic era and the Classical era had no emotion and unrealistic features‚ but the Classical era brought a sense of anatomy and movement to its art. In the Archaic era and Classical era‚ emotion was not present in art. Characters had plain expressions on their faces; their eyes told nothing‚ regardless of what they were doing. The

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    Often in literature a main character descends from their throne. Most commonly due to tragic flaws that a character posse’s. Oedipus the almighty king of Thebes arrogant in his ways was awarded the throne after rescuing the people of Thebes from the sphinx. Although held in high reverence Oedipus downfall was alike to many other tragic heroes who fell from their powerful thrones due to the startling arrogance of their ways‚ also their absence of fear for the gods for these two reasons led to his heart

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    The myth of Oedipus originated in 500 BCE in ancient Greece. It examines the relationship between Oedipus‚ king of Thebes in Ancient Egypt‚ and his parents. In 1899‚ Sigmund Freud coined the term “Oedipus complex” referring to the psychoanalytic theory that a male child desires sexual involvement with his mother‚ and tends to feud with his father. The disorder is given its name because Oedipus married his mother and killed his father (www.britannica.com/topic/Oedipus-complex). Laius and Jocasta

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    colours‚ we can know that there is going to be mystery‚ anger and rage revealed in the novel. The distinction between the light and the dark gives a sense of mystery and foreboding. The four main images are a temple‚ a sphinx‚ a pyramid and the close up of a man’s face. The sphinx and the pyramid immediately grab the reader’s attention‚ because of the brightness‚ and location of the images right in the middle of the text. These two images show that the story is set in Egypt. The temples at the top

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