Everyday Life in the Patas of Kalighat A.K.M. Khademul Haque Assistant Professor Department of Islamic History and Culture University Of Dhaka The word Pata (pronounced as ‘pot’) means picture in general‚ but it is particularly ascribed as a kind of picture painted on cloth. Since the mythical age‚ a community of artisans in rural Bengal used to make a kind of painted scroll depicting a series of stories and earn their livelihood showing them in public as well as narrating the story. The
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The Invisible Man centers on an ambitious‚ contemptuous student of optics named Griffin‚ who discovers the means to render objects invisible by radioactively reducing their refractive index to that of air. In a desperate moment‚ and a desire to assume advantage over his fellow man‚ Griffin impulsively subjects himself to the process and becomes invisible‚ “teeming with plans of all the wild and wonderful things (he) now had impunity to do.” Griffin uses applied science “to transcend magic;”
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what helps bring it to life and make it realist. The different personalities and traits can be categorize as Round (Round characters are fully developed so that they seem realistic)‚ Flat (Flat characters are one-dimensional. Often‚ they seem like caricatures or stereotypes; they may show only one facet of their personalities)‚ Dynamic (Dynamic characters are those who change and develop over the course of the story. They learn something or undergo a revelation that changes them in some fundamental way)
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in the 1600’s. The hostility with which black people were treated in Nelson Mandela’s time was apparent. Everything from the way other races treated them‚ and the way they spoke to and about them. Even their meager portrayal in the media was a caricature‚ they were misrepresented in every way possible. They refused to hire black people for these roles and white people portrayed them while in “blackface.” And when they finally acquiesced to hire black people for these roles‚ according to a paper
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fashion‚ music and lifestyle. Traditionally skinheads were a group formed in order to fight for the working class rights. Phil Cohen (1972) also did research on skinheads. Cohen mentions that the skinhead’s way of dressing represented both a ‘caricature and reassertion of solid male‚ working-class toughness’. This was due to many factors linked to decline in working-class communities. One example was that large scale immigration into these areas by poorer Asians who were perceived as destroying
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In many different types of novels and works of literature‚ the author uses an abundance of literary devices to embellish their central themes. In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth‚ the author uses themes such as supernatural and ambition to describe the importance of three secondary characters in the play. This will be shown through an analysis of the theme ambition for Lady Macbeth‚ the supernatural for the witches and suspicion for Banquo. Firstly‚ the ambition of
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When the Vichy season ended‚ Chanel returned to Moulins‚ and her former haunt "La Rotonde". She now realized that a serious stage career was not in her future.[14] First patrons[edit] Balsan and Capel[edit] Chanel and Arthur "Boy" Capel‚ caricature by Sem‚ 1913. Gabrielle Dorziat modelling a Chanel hat‚ May 1912. Published in Les Modes. It was at Moulins that Chanel met the young French ex-cavalry officer and the wealthy textile heir Étienne Balsan. At the age twenty-three‚ Chanel became
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Candide Written by Voltaire‚ Candide‚ is a story heavy with political satire. Meant to critique the philosopher Leibniz‚ Candide‚ explores optimism through humor‚ caricature‚ and satire. Candide is the story of a man (Candide) who is exiled from the Baron’s castle for having an affair with Cunegonde. The story follows Candide as he journeys through vastly different geographies interacting with a series of supporting characters. The book ends with the main cast of characters having survived a series
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This essay will assess to what degree the invention of the printing press has contributed to the spread of the ideas and ultimately the success of the Reformation in England and Scotland during the Tudor period. The impact of print has been studied by several historians and conclude that the Reformation was ‘virtually unimaginable without the invention of the printing press’. The movable type printing press invented circa 1450 by Johann Gutenberg in Mainz. In 1517 Martin Luther’s nailed his Ninety-Five
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The concept seemed appealing to me: taking an evildoer and giving her a second chance‚ a makeover if you will. I had never seen the original movie Sleeping Beauty‚ but I knew full well who Maleficent was‚ even if I could not remember her name half the time. I sat through the movie and remember not being incredibly impressed with the plot line or story telling style. The original concept had intrigued me‚ but for whatever reason‚ the development of the character and expansion of the plot seemed to
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