inferred that her own personality‚ her denied rights of affection from her parents and other people’s perception of her drove Marguerite to undermine social norms for women in the medieval ages. The text With A Sword In My Hand‚ written by authors Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem and Pat van Beirs‚ is explored through the perspective of Marguerite‚ Countess of Flanders. The text suggests that Marguerite’s natural personality of being outspoken‚ stubborn and strong willed‚ her desire to be loved by her family
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Candace Clark‚ Moeve Ford PHL/464 Annotated Bibliography Professor Farshad Sadri 9/25/2014 Sweet land of... conformity? Americans aren’t the rugged individuals we think we are By Claude Fischer June 6‚ 2010 www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/06/06/sweet_land_of_conformity American individualism is far more complex than our national myths‚ or the soap-box rhetoric of right and left‚ would have it. It is not individualism in the libertarian sense‚ the idea that the individual
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Scene Analysis Frankenstein David Gonzalez Vargas October 7th‚ 2014 Dr. Jeremy Citrome English 2851 Introduction to Film Theory and Film Form Word count: 1425 Scene Analysis Frankenstein James Whale’s 1931 iconic film‚ Frankenstein‚ is an open door to the world semiotics. In the film‚ each frame has a series of audio-visual elements that signify certain messages intentionally placed by Whale in order to be decoded along with the narrative of the film. A scene that is of paramount relevance
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For as long as I can remember‚ water lilies have always been a sign of peacefulness to me. This is one of the reasons I have always been drawn to Claude Monet’s Bridge over the Water-lily Pond (1905). The green hues in this piece bring me a feeling of happiness. The Bridge over the Water-lily Pond has a sense of calmness and tranquility. There exists such expression and emotions from the impasto in this piece as well. The foreground is filled with beautiful water lilies floating atop a peaceful
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The Hanging of Angélique‚ The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal‚ written by Afua Cooper‚ is the story of not just Marie-Joseph Angélique‚ a black slave in 18th century Montréal accused‚ tried and hanged for arson‚ but gives insight into the entire African slave trade and brings to the forefront the thousands of African slaves here in Canada‚ a fact that has been “bulldozed and ploughed over” (P 7)1‚ while we ridicule our southern neighbours for their involvement in
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EMILE ZOLA LIFE AND FAMILY: Emile Zola or Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola was a French writer‚ the most important exemplar of the literary school of naturalism and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. Zola was born in Paris in April 2‚ 1840. His father‚ François Zola (originally Francesco Zolla)‚ was an Italian engineer. His mother is Alexandrine Zola‚ the family moved to Aix-en-Provence in the southeast‚ when Émile was three years old. Four years later in
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and explain the effects that colonization and imperialism‚ or the extension of power into other nations‚ have on people and nations. Post-Colonial criticism will be applied to the play Old Story Time by Trevor Rhone and the poem “The Lynching” by Claude Mckay 1 To ensure that the concepts of Post-Colonial criticism is fully understood emphasis will be placed on the historical development‚ the purposes‚ assumptions and practices. a In the analysis of post-colonial criticism it is rather critical
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Questions with Slides 1. (Slide: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Umbrellas‚ Japan and United States) (figs. 1-2; pp. 9-10) The Umbrella Project is a typical artwork by the collaborative team: a) Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt b) Christo and Jeanne-Claude c) Herbert and Dorothy Vogel d) Ron and Nancy Howard Answer: (b) 2. (Slide: Albert Bierdstadt’s Rocky Mountains) (fig. 3; p. 11) Bierdstadt’s picturesque view of the Rocky Mountains combines a representation of an American vista with his:
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Ford & General Motors in Russia In July 2002‚ Ford Motor Company officially opened its first Russian car factory near St. Petersburg. The factory‚ which cost some S150 million to build‚ is 100% owned by Ford and represents the first wholly owned investment by a foreign carmaker in Russia. The factory is tiny by international standards; it will employ 800 people and initially will produce 10‚000 Ford Focus cars a year. By comparison‚ a typical auto plant in the developed world produces 200‚000
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famous for the 1955 American Flag painting. His innovative modern art pushed boundaries that none had experimented with in the 1950s as he began to paint numbers and maps of America. In my opinion‚ the best artist within the European Art exhibit was Claude Monet. His paintings found in gallery 161 of the Water Lily Pond and Bend in the Epte River near Giverny found in gallery 157 displayed an excess of color like the pinks and greens of exotic flora and fauna. Overall‚ I enjoyed this assignment and
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