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    men or women’s appearance they too can have an ideal family if they buy the product. Just about everyone wants to be successful‚ physically attractive and even have power and prestige in society. In the article “The Social Construction of Gender” by Judith Lorber examines gender as a process of creating a distinguishable social status in our institutions. The author believes that gender is learned through social interaction and then is acted and reacted‚ when she states‚ “Every day gendered interaction

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    viewing the painting he did I found that the two people featured displayed the message that they are not being treated fairly. When looking at where they are‚ I think that not having equal rights is shown. This is so because they are walking in a private area‚ I believe it is made just for blacks and African Americans. I say this because in the nineteen sixties African Americans and blacks were forced to live in a private area. An example of these areas

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     Yee Yee it’s my essay  Check this An Island Like You‚ by Judith Ortiz Cofer is about a bunch of teens who live in the barrio of New Jersey. The short stories you read throughout the book will show you how they come of age and learn values and connect to their heritage. One theme that I like is be thankful for those who keep bad influence away. This theme is portrayed in the stories of bad influences and catch the moon. "Bad Influence" details a summer in the life of a young Puerto Rican girl

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    Dutch artists each created a respectable body of work in the Renaissance period as well: Pieter Gerritsz and Pieter Claesz. Their works consist of primarily still-life paintings; those commonly placed in monographs include Gerritsz ’ Still Life of the Paston (Yarmouth) Collection and Claesz ’ Still Life with Turkey-Pie. The painting by Gerritsz‚ now found in the Castle Museum in Norwich‚ England‚ portrays an uruly accumulation of both exotic and domestic items gathered by Sir William Paston throughout

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    Q. Which words and images are the most striking in the poem? How do they have this effect? A. ‘Hunting snake’ is a simple poem about a simple moment. However‚ there is a powerful message behind it as well. A very striking aspect is that something as trivial as a snake can be the focus of someone’s life at a particular moment. The diction used in this poem creates contrasting images‚ which are both positive and negative. This is the law of nature as well‚ nothing is entirely good and nothing is entirely

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    Scene 1.1 In the beginning of this scene it starts off with Orsino who is Duke of Illyria‚ and he listening to music‚ he then talks about how the music gets him in the mood for love. Right after he is saying how music gets him in the mood‚ he tells the musicians to stop playing and to get lost. Curio who is a gentleman attending to Orsino asks him if he wants to go hunting for deer‚ but Orsino explains to Curio that the thought of killing a deer reminds him of the time he first met Olivia. Valentine

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    Penitensya‚ 1982 Amihan‚ 1980 Likha ng mga Kilalang Pintor Fernando Amorsolo * Tinikling in Oil - Oil on canvas. Farmers dancing the traditional bamboo dance‚ named after the field birds that jump about with their long legs. This oil painting on canvas depicts a rural scene where a group of people are shown celebrating a fiesta in Antipolo. The main focus is on a pair of dancers in the field surrounded by revelers both young and old.  * Harvest - The rice planting means‚ to remember

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    Like in the picture “Banner of Washingtion’s Life Guard” she watches the man leave her behind as he goes to war. She is in a dress and is holding on to American symbols behind her which shows that she will be waiting for him to come back. Another painting that shows how women were expected to be is “Liberty in the Form of a Goddess of Youth Giving Support to the Bald Eagle”. She is giving life to the bald eagle by feeding him and crushing the British symbols with her foot. She is holding firm to her

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    Renaissance Humanism came into being. The works that have been created by artists in the 14th and mid 17th century had reflected the change from religious to more secular ideas that became prevalent throughout this era. More specifically‚ Botecelli’s painting‚ The Birth of Venus‚ had echoed the growing interest in Greek and Roman culture and myths‚ much less the departure from the idea that all human beings are sinners. Another piece of work that had reflected the Humanistic ideas of this time was “Hamlet”

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    Heinämaa’s formulation of what a woman is cannot be properly understood until the ideas that makes up its groundwork are understood. The first idea is that the normative way of thinking about sex being determined by biological factors alone is unfounded because “…the studies pertaining to the relationships between genes‚ hormones‚ and anatomy only prove correlations‚ not causal links‚” (Heinämaa 298). She then explains the implications of this by saying‚ “The evidence allows for the presumption that

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