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    ideas of Jennet Kirkpatrick’s The Prudent Dissident. In this work‚ Kirkpatrick argues that not only is Ismene a “duplicitous character” who is more than a shadow of her intense sister‚ but that she is also directly responsible in the mysterious first burial of their brother Polyneices. While Kirkpatrick’s views on Ismene are at best controversial to many analyzers of the play‚ there is small credibility to her words‚ and to an extent‚ I believe Ismene is more than what the play projects her as (weak

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    Sample essay on Newgrange Nestled in a ridge near a bend in the Boyne River in Ireland is one of the most amazing examples of ancient monuments that can still be seen today. This monument is called Newgrange. It is a megalithic passage tomb that predates Stonehenge by roughly 1‚000 years‚ according to carbon dating done at the site. The area surrounding Newgrange is rich with ancient Irish history and Newgrange is no exception. Newgrange was built around 3200 BC. Experts believe that it would

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    Myths Laid to Rest: Death‚ Burial‚ and Memory in the American South The performance of distinctive rituals associated with the burial of the dead establishes a basis for the creation not only of a cultural identity‚ but also of communal memory. For the enslaved population in the antebellum South‚ the burial of fellow slaves provided a means of cultural expression. Nonetheless‚ funeral services for deceased slaves created a source of contention between slaves and slave owners—not simply because

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    the scene at hand. The voice behind this essay is one of false hope‚ careless remorse‚ general pity and in some cases materialistic snobbery. “Marrakech” starts as a third person account describing a scene in which a corpse is being carried to a burial site in a cloud of flies. The scene continues with detailed descriptions of why the flies are in fact so attracted to the corpse and the dryness of the earth that will soon cover the body in a nameless oblong site. The third person account describes

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    It is easy for modern American’s to take for granted all of the advantages we have. Taking for granted what our predecessors had to endure for us to have these daily benefits. In this poem a man carries his deceased child to give him a respectful burial. In 1936‚ just after the depression‚ times were tough for all American families. The land was described as so hard that even in less difficult years the unforgiving land would snap the head off a shovel. He had to steal a post from his landlord’s

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    funerary services. Cremation costs much less than a traditional funeral service and burial. For example‚ a traditional funeral and burial service can cost in excess of $7‚000 at a minimum‚ while many crematoriums offer cremation and a container for the ashes for around $1‚200 (Hutchins 18A). In light of changing social values with respect to funeral services‚ cremation also offers a modern alternative to long‚ drawn-out burial services that often take a heavy emotional toll on the loved ones of the deceased

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    Defining behavioral modernity depends on the consideration that behaviorally modern traits are based off of records derived from Western Europe during the Middle Paleolithic and Upper Paleolithic eras (Nowell 2010: 440). Therefore‚ they are not universal and there has been considerable protest against applying them universally because these traits do not hold true for Africa at this same time period. It is because of this distinction that this paper will focus on behavioral modernity in the genus

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    stoned village and thee ancient houses that was buried. Another massive stone monument was the burial mounds that were also discovered around this time‚ they include dolmens which are slab of stone used to support the vertical slabs creating support for all the stones that were placed on top of the mound. Dolmens were used for single burials‚ passage graves for communal burials. Another type of burial ground introduced around this era was the Newrange which was a kidney shaped mound covering one

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    Bruial of the Dead

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    Life and Death: Burial of the Dead The only thing in life that is one-hundred percent certain is death. Humans go through life ignoring this ultimate fate until the day they are confronted. What a civilization does with their deceased tells a lot about their culture and beliefs in an afterlife. Whether a person is cremated or the body is preserved‚ whether they are buried in the ground or placed in a tomb‚ and how their final place is decorated all show their cultures values and beliefs and what

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    remains until they should be reburied unless they need to extend their research. Archaeologists have always been fighting to stop reburial to have more time to research them or display them in museums whereas groups such as Neo-Druids have said that burials should never be buried in the first place. But although it is respectful to rebury them‚ there have been situations where valuable research has been lost such as with Kennewick man. This situation is a good example of how reburial has been controversial

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