Discussion 1: Tombs and Monuments Question: Compare an aspect of the tomb of Emperor Shihuangdi with the burial tombs of other cultures‚ such as Egypt or Mesopotamia. Answer: The Tomb of Emperor Shihuangdi The tomb of Qin Shihuangdi‚ who died 210 B.C.E.‚ lies about 30 kilometers from modern Xian in China. There is a pyramid shaped tumulus over the actual burial chamber which originally was 400 feet high and now stands 165 feet and has a circumference of about one mile. The mausoleum
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Entry 1: Today while I was with Bellingham‚ Wilson‚ and Dimmesdale‚ Pearl and Hester showed up. Everyone began to tease Pearl by calling her a bird and a demon-child. They also ask her why she was allowed to keep her child. Wilson tries to test her child‚ who is only three-years-old‚ about religious subjects. Hester begged Dimmesdale to talk to Pearl and her child. Dimmesdale says that God sent Pearl and that the child was seemingly meant to be both a blessing and a curse. This did convince Bellingham
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On September 26‚ 2014 I visited the Dallas Museum of Art. I walked through the exhibits looking for something that would stand out from all the other art. In the European Art Collection one particular piece caught my eye‚ it was the “Seaside Cemetery (Seefriedhof)” that was made by Adolf Hiremy-Hirschl. Hirschl’s painting represents the imbalance of power between mankind and nature. He shows the helplessness of man in the face of nature. Hirschl is able to do this by his use of dark colors‚ tenebrous
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Butterflies Amidst Cemeteries The black‚ rusted gate towers over me‚ prone to toppling over at the slightest breeze. It creaks as I force it open‚ rust coating my hands as the gate howls in pain. The smell of stale dirt and rotting carcasses invades my nose as I tentatively creep forward. CRUNCH!. Stranded branches and crumbling‚ dead leaves grind into the floor under my foot‚ echoing like gunshots in the dead of night. Gnarled hands of naked bark nag at my clothes and hair‚ grasping for a brush
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invisible‚ a few selected memories are allowed to be presented in the landscape while other relevant historical details are ignored. This kind of selective memory is actually a kind of forgetting history. A prime example is the “Southern Heritage Cemeteries” in the American South‚ which honor the heroic sacrifice of Confederate soldiers while overlooking the fundamental cause of the Civil War - the institution of slavery‚ prompting reflections on the
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Arlington National Cemetery “Let us here highly resolve that these honored dead shall not have died in vain”(Ashabranner). These words from our 16th President Abraham Lincoln exemplify the meaning of Arlington National Cemetery. Arlington National Cemetery is a sanctuary to mourn those who have served and sacrificed their lives for our freedom. Former Presidents‚ war heroes‚ and other brave soldiers that have fought for this country are buried throughout this crypt within the rows upon rows of ivory
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“In The Cemetery where Al Jolson is buried” by Amy Hempel uses the word masks throughout the story to convey guilt‚ fear and unacceptance of death. The first mention of the word mask is in the beginning of the story. We are just beginning to understand that Hempel is describing two people in a hospital‚ the narrator is visiting her friend who is sick. They are both wearing masks‚ the narrator checks to make sure that she is still breathing and that she is not “ used to the mask yet.” The friend has
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Brianna Velasquez U.S. History ll Since 1876 Peter Hacker 4/14/2014 Freedmen’s Cemetery Memorial One thing I have to say about this particular memorial is that it’s far more emotionally involving. The Freedman’s Memorial is architecturally classic and emotionally wrenching. It does what a true memorial is supposed to do: it makes you feel the pain and sacrifice of the people it memorializes. The Freedman’s Memorial is a mixture of park and sculpture garden. A wrought-iron fence surrounds most of
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Longfellow in his poem ‘The Jewish Cemetery at Newport’‚ opens the scene with a cemetery in a “sea-port town” (Line 2). He instantly creates the imagery of an ocean and waves coming into the shore‚ much like how emigrants from the old world would come upon the shores of America. Longview describes these waves as “moving up and down” (Line 4) similar to the Jewish people’s long history of struggle; on occasions they enjoy peace: the ups‚ and then there is persecution: the downs. In his second stanza
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Matt Cingari E 110 February 11‚ 2010 Sharon Olds’ “Leningrad Cemetery‚ Winter of 1941” is a very sad and dreary poem. This is because Olds writes about the Battle of Leningrad‚ a 900-day siege of Leningrad during World War II‚ and the lifelessness that is going on afterwards. Olds’ word choice throughout the poem is very important to the meaning of this poem. The way that she writes about this battle paints a very clear picture in my mind of what she is describing. Many times thorough the
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