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    have taken place between the sculpture of the late archaic period and that of the early Classical period. Note how these imply a change in relationship of the viewer to the work of art. Throughout history‚ sculptures have developed significantly. The Western tradition of sculptures began in Ancient Greece along with Egypt and many other ancient civilizations around the world. Greece is widely seen as producing great masterpieces in the archaic period and as time evolved into the classical period

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    helps to improve diction‚ organize what they want to say and focus on the main points of interest. Poetic diction describes the range of language used in poems. The decision to use an archaic diction might thus be thought a central part of spenser’s particularly protestant poetics. The decision to use an archaic diction might thus be thought a central part of spenser’s particularly protestant poetics. The choir had very good diction‚ which enabled the audience to hear nancy bush’s words clearly

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    Tone Of The Second Coming

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    "The Second Coming " By William Yeats The poem "The Second Coming" by William Yeats was written in 1913‚ after the great horror World War I brought upon the world. Yeats uses very stunning and violent imagery throughout. The attitude and tone of the poem is set from the start. The poem mentions the way things in the "old world" are falling apart only to make room for change. The speaker has a very anxious attitude towards this "second coming" he believes is on the way. The second coming is described

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    In Oedipus The King‚ all characters can share blame for the tragedy that ends up unfolding at the end. Initially‚ the oracle could arguably have initial blame for setting all events of "Oedipus the King" into action by prophesying what would happen in the first place‚ but it was not actually her that just made it up. The oracle simply and merely just did her job and tried to warn to what would happen in the future. It was up to the gods what would happen‚ not to her‚ she was simply a messenger. The

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    The poem "The Second Coming" was written by William Butler Yeats in 1919. Yeats was an accomplished Irish poet and was known for the socio-religious ideas he emphasized in his poetry. In "The Second Coming‚" his ideas unfold in three significant metaphors. The first metaphor relates a falcon and its falconer to the destruction of society. The metaphor has two possible interpretations. One view may be that the falcon represents society and the falconer represents God and morality. By saying "The

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    Homework Questions Please answer in your notebook. Due _________________ 1. What is the dramatic purpose of the prologue? 2. How does Oedipus characterize himself? 3. What is his attitude toward the suppliants? 4. What conditions in Thebes does the Priest describe? 5. What request does the Priest make of Oedipus? 6. According to Creon what did Apollo say must be done in order to cure Thebes of its pollution? 7. What is Oedipus resolved to do after hearing from Creon? 8. What is the reaction

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    multiple animals: the body of a lion with a tail that ended in a snake’s head‚ two heads one of a goat and the other of a lion. Her father was the giant Typhon and her mother the half-serpent EcThidna. She had as brothers Cerberus (the hound of Hell)‚ Sphinx‚ Hydra (the nine-headed water snake)‚ and Orthrus (another multi-headed dog). The term chimera has also come to mean‚ more generally‚ an impossible or foolish fantasy‚ hard to believe. Greek Myth Homer’s brief description in the Iliad is the earliest

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    Ancient Greek Art: Archaic‚ Classical‚ and Hellenistic By: Catherine Marten CLA3114 sect. 02D3 Spring 2013 Art is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination‚ usually through visual forms. Art in ancient Greece went through a variety of changes throughout its history‚ especially from the Archaic to the Hellenistic periods. These changes are mainly due to the different views in Greek society that developed throughout these periods

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    Archaisms and historisms

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    Introduction We often hear about words being added to dictionaries as they become part of everyday vernacular‚ but have you ever heard about any words that get removed? Some people argue that if a word has existed at some point in time then it merits a place in the dictionary. After all‚ who knows when someone may come across it in an old text and need to look up the definition? Others say that dictionaries should reflect the language that we use here and now‚ and so those words which have become

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    them‚ but her car barely ran any more. When they got to the grandpa’s house he explained that there were on the hunt for a artifact that was very important. In the path of finding the artifact they met the sphinx‚ a powerful person that has been alive since the dinosaurs. After they met the sphinx they found out Vanessa was a traitor and they were locked out of their own house. Now it is a race to find the

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