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    Art Appreciation 9

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    their work. There were three particular paintings that depicted those dark times and they are: Eugene Delacroix‚ Liberty Leading the People c. 1830‚ Ernest Meissonier‚ Memory of Civil War (The Barricades) c. 1849‚ and Gustave Courbet‚ Burial at Ornans‚ c. 1849. Eugene Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People c. 1830 This detailed painting depicts a battle which took place during the Revolution in July 1830. The painting is very realistic. In Paris‚ on July 27‚ 28

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    that she is a Tragic hero because of the flaw they see. The most commonly recognized flaw would be her loyalty to the gods‚ and going against creans decrees against proper burial rights for her brother Polynesus. . Antigone’s most recognizable flaw is that she disobeyed Creon’s decrees to not let Polynesus have a proper burial because he was fighting to take over the throne instead of waiting for creon to die to gain his power over thebes. Antigone was not afraid to hide her crimes. Her devotion

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    Kenneth Slessor

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    Poem 1: Beach burial Kenneth Slessor wrote the poem Beach Burial whilst he completed his occupation as the official Australian Correspondent in the Middle East. Due to Slessors observations of the war at close quarters he soon learnt about the horrific horrors of war. During Slessor’s stay in El Alamein a small village found on the Egypt Mediterranean coast he wrote the poem to describe the realities of war and what realistically happens after heroes are killed. Kenneth Slessor has used imagery

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    Roman Funeral Beliefs

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    After the procession‚ the body was taken to the burial place or the Forum. The son or other close relative would say the eulogy‚ which usually stated the virtues and achievements of the dead. In later times‚ the honor of saying the eulogy went to the Imperial family. More ceremonies would occur at the

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    The Pyramids of Egypt

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    THE PYRAMIDS Pyramid (architecture) ‚ ceremonial structures used as tombs or temples that were built by the people of certain ancient civilization ‚ notably the ancient Egyptians ‚ the Aztecs ‚ and the Maya ‚ and certain other ancient peoples of the northern Andean region of South America . The Pyramids of Egypt are of an exact pyramidal form ‚ having four triangular sides that meet at a point at the summit . Pyramids in Central

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    dialogue and flashbacks create the perspective of two women looking back on their memories and experiences of World War 2. Similarly‚ Kenneth Slessor uses distinctively visual elements to aid the description of mateship and death in the poem “Beach Burial”. The Shoe Horn Sonata‚ written by John Misto‚ recounts the experiences of two women‚ Bridie and Sheila‚ as they come to terms with their past war experiences and how it relates to their present. While dealing with their past‚ they each discover

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    was written‚ but because of the citizenship laws enacted in through the Athenian state‚ the manner in which females were portrayed publicly began to change. David K. Roselli undoubtedly proves this point using historically documented difference in burial mounds as well as art and literature during the time Antigone was written. For example‚ the “Periclean citizenship law of 451 B.C which stated those not born from two citizens should not share in the Polis.” This led Athenian families to display female

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    project are highly unlikely to have emerged from an egalitarian society where no one person has say over another. Another sign of social complexity is seen in the burial of a man that became known as the Amesbury Archer‚ because of the artifacts with which he was buried. Burials are signs of the importance of a person in life‚ and in this burial site were a number of valuable stone arrowheads‚ precious metals‚ and even‚ “On his forearm was a black coloured sandstone wrist-guard‚ or bracer. This both protected

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    Egypt and Sociology

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    enter the afterlife‚ a well functioning body was necessary. Thus‚ to protect their bodies and reach the afterlife‚ a set of burial customs needed to be followed. These rituals included mummification‚ spells‚ and the burial with certain goods needed in the afterlife. These rituals became the responsibility of the family to carry out with the assistance of priests. The burial process developed and changed over time‚ however the main elements of preparation of the body‚ the magical rituals‚ and the

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    Odyssey Research Paper

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    Odysseus guest gifts and transportation. Another practice of ancient Greek culture is the requirement of a proper burial for the dead‚ so that their soul may rest peacefully. In the Iliad‚ Patroclus burial was devoted to an entire chapter which a great celebration and games in his honor. However‚ when Achilles kills Hector‚ he refuses to give Hectors body back to his father for a proper burial and instead proceeded to drag his body across the battlefield back to the Greeks camp. It wasn’t until Hectors

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