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    which you are in a panic even worse‚ which could drive you to do things you wouldn’t normally do in order to survive. In “Lord of the Flies is still a blueprint for savagery” by Eleanor Learmonth and Jenny Tabakoff‚ the crewmembers on the Medusa‚ a small‚ raft-like boat started to uncontrollably tear each other apart at nightfall. Dozens of people were dying one way or another each night. Another example from that same article was that of the Belgica trapped in the Antarctic ice. When one man died

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    underscored the moral message of patriotism. Jacques-Louis David was a French painter who is considered to be one of the creators of Neo-Classicism. When on a trip to Rome‚ he saw classical art for the first time and was inspired. His work “Oath of the Horatii‚” is inspired by the forthcoming French revolution‚ the mood of self-sacrifice is illustrated rather than self-indulgence. The new age of stoicism art was a form of propaganda for the republic. Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres was a star pupil

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    New World Ghosts (Henry James‚ ‘The Jolly Corner’) You might remember the image from the first lecture on the module: 70th birthday portrait (1913) of HJ by John Singer Sargent in the National Portrait Gallery. PP2 Five years earlier‚ ‘The Jolly Corner’ was published in the English Review (December 1908). HJ first had the idea in August 1906. There are different definitions of the short story. But if we follow The Complete Tales of HJ‚ ed. by Leon Edel‚ it was HJ’s 108th published

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    city and declares that Jesus is the true God of Israel with the construction of the temple. Richter believes he is important because all other kings before and after are compared to him. His loyalty guaranteed that there was always a descendant of David’s on the throne. After discussing the five main characters in the Old Testament‚ Richter moves onto the main locations that are important. The first area chosen is Mesopotamia. This was home to the most advanced ancient civilization. It was where

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    audience in Belgium so piercingly and directly that they suddenly broke into mobs‚ stormed out of the opera theater and joined the street riots that eventually led to Belgium’s secession from the Kingdom of the Netherlands! Similarly‚ Henze’s ‘The Raft of the Medusa’ in 1968 in Cuba nearly ended in a riot

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    Heggel Akame Description Paper English Composition I 10/15/2014 Nature has inspired great works of art throughout generations. Man uses the beauty around him as an inspiration to portray a wonderful environment. Theodore Gericault’s; “Evening: with an Aqueduct”‚ landscapes capturing the vastness of the great out door; Childe Hassam’s; “Surf‚ Isles and Shoals”‚ portrays strong wind blowing from the crashing tide‚ and Giovanni di Paolo’s; “The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise”;

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    you know it’s not human‚ it’s a Gorgon. The idea of Gorgons dates back all the way to the Greek times. The Gorgons can be found in Greek art and are included in epics often‚ Medusa was the most common out of the Gorgons but there are many discrepancies about who she was‚ and Perseus was ultimately the one to defeat Medusa. The Gorgons were monsters of Greek mythology‚ showing up in culture at different points in history‚ adding on to the last description. Gorgons show up in as more of a major figure

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    Davidic Covenant and Calling I thought the Davidic Covenant was a major covenant throughout the Hebrew Scriptures. It is a promise between God and David and his descendants. Samuel anoints David in the first book of Samuel from chapter 16 but Nathan is the prophet who really tells him about the covenant. It’s an unconditional covenant that promises David and all his descendants the rightful kings of Israel. “When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your ancestors‚ I will raise

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    You have probably met and known many different people in your life. Most of them may simply be acquaintances‚ while others you might consider friends. Of these‚ there may be only a few that you would consider close friends. Then‚ perhaps‚ there is that one person who is as close to you as a brother or sister or perhaps‚ as the Bible says‚ “is a friend that sticks closer than a brother” (Prov. 18:24)‚ someone in whom you can confide and trust‚ and with whom you can share your hopes and dreams. A friend

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    Comparative Commentary on “Salome” and “Medusa” Both “Salome” and “Medusa” are poems written by a poet called Carol Ann Duffy‚ which have similarities and differences based on various aspects of poem analysis. To begin with the poem “Salome” has a slightly different audience than the poem “Medusa”. The audience in “Salome” is unconfident and oppressed women who do not believe in their power and what they can do‚ men who underestimate women and people who discriminate others based on their sex

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