first glance turn out to show the greatest beauty. People cannot always define comeliness as a well-proportioned face‚ long‚ silky hair‚ or a slender body; it can come in the form of hard work‚ emotional strength‚ humor‚ or intelligence. The Samurai’s Garden‚ written by Gail Tsukiyama‚ features a theme of finding underlying beauty and splendor in people and objects typically viewed as ugly or unattractive. Many parts of the world view scars as more than just a memory of pain. In Africa‚ tribal leaders
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The Secret Garden By: Frances Hodgson Burnett Frances Hodgson Burnet Frances Hodgson Burnett | | | | | Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was an English playwright and author. She is best known for her children’s stories‚ in particular The Secret Garden (winner of the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1959)‚ A Little Princess‚ and Little Lord Fauntleroy. Born Frances Eliza Hodgson‚ she lived in Cheetham Hill‚ Manchester. When
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! ! ! ! Art History 70B! MW 6:30-7:45! ! Essay #1 – Description of a Work of Art! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! I have chosen Hieronymus Bosch Garden of Earthly Delights (open). It is a triptych with each wing measuring in at 7’2 ½” by 3’2” and the center piece is 7’2 ½” by 6’4 3/4”. It was painted with oil on wood panel. Bosch painted it starting 1505 and finished it 1515. The painting can be found at Mueseo del Prado‚ Madrid. ! ! The left wing of the triptych
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The first allusion that I’m going to bring up is ‘The Garden of Eden’ in Genesis 1-3. In the Garden of Eden everything is perfect. There are fruit trees‚ cool breezes‚ and rivers. People walk around naked‚ without shame. And talks to mortals‚ but suddenly you are whisked away from paradise‚ and banished. Well that’s what happed to Adam and Eve. After Eve ate a piece of forbidden fruit with Adam‚ even though God told them not to‚ they were ostracized. Next is the story of Echo and
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Bailey Krasovec Garden of Love Explication When considering the many works of William Blake‚ the poem “The Garden of Love” withstands to me as one of his best poems‚ and one that can be interpreted in a vast number of ways. After reading literary criticism on this poem‚ it was interesting how differently the author of the article critiques the piece‚ in comparison to how I myself had originally perceived it. In my opinion‚ William Blake is a poet of great complexity‚ who before his time had
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FICTION CRITIQUE Fiction Critique The Garden of Forking Paths By: Jorge Borges Zaabalawi By: Naguib Mahfouz Carlen Moore June 29‚ 2009 Two very different stories have such great meaning behind them both. I have seen loyalty‚ honor‚ persistence‚ hope‚ and respect for elders‚ our selves and for our culture in both stories. There were also differences in the way they both were told. The Garden of forking paths is based upon a German spy sacrificing
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The film “Garden State” is an eccentric drama‚ romance comedy with a slew of complex‚ innate cast of characters‚ each deeply entrenched in profound emotional and psychological scars‚ ascending from the regrets of their past. It is a musing‚ on finding oneself after years of aimless confusion. Writer/Director Zach Braff‚ stars as the films main character‚ Andrew Largeman. In James Berardinelli’s movie review‚ he said: “Garden State is one of those movies that fails to stay with the viewer for an extended
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Couple in the Garden by Eduardo Carrillo: A Formal Analysis In visiting the Pasadena Museum of California Art‚ I was introduced to an artist previously unknown to me. I walked into the gallery space with intent of finding the most visually interesting work of art specifically for this analysis. My first encounter was a painting hung at the entrance of a space without any other visitors around. The painting did not impress me. The style was impressionistic‚ heavily smudged all around. Its colors were
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Kirsten Retherford Mrs. Nelson Art 1113 February 12‚ 2013 Plum Garden at Kameido The media used to create this piece of art is woodblock print. In this work of art there are many different things that you see such as‚ a flowering plum tree‚ along with a few others in the background‚ a garden‚ a fence‚ and many human figures. In this print there are many different types of lines. You can tell that the people in this art work are portraying vertical lines‚ compared to the tree branches which
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In Our Mothers Garden‚ Alice Walker describes her favorite person. Walker introduces readers to her mother and her mother’s habits. We learn Walker’s feelings toward her mother‚ we learn her own mother’s happy place. It is with this‚ that I introduce my own favorite person in the entire world. This person is none other than my own baby sister‚ Lyanna. Lyanna is the craziest‚ loving‚ and caring person ever. Lyanna is barely four-years-old‚ but she holds a massive character within the little body
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