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    may have been like to be a young Roman conqueror exploring through the jungle. He would have had to deal with “…cold‚ fog‚ tempests‚ disease‚ exile‚ and death...” Marlow mentions how the soldier would have had a “fascination of the abomination” . Later in the book this same fascination overcame Kurtz after his long time in the Congo‚ “he hates sometimes the idea of being taken away” . Even when Marlow finds Kurtz‚ he can’t “break the spell – the heavy mute spell of the wilderness – that seemed to

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    However‚ the Parisan Surrealist works of the late 1920s through early 1940s‚ which‚ with their violent dismantling and erotically charged distortion of the human form surpassed others in their level of distinctiveness. As such‚ the Surrealist fascination with the automaton‚ especially with the element of disturb as produced by their irresolute animate/inanimate status‚ laid the path for the enthusiastic reception in France for Hans Bellmer’s mutated‚ often mutilated dolls. Working in similar idea

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    Concerning Human Understanding”. Molyneux’s question as stated by John Locke‚ in his book‚ is: “Suppose a Man born blind‚ and now adult‚ and taught by his touch to distinguish between a Cube‚ and a Sphere of the same metal‚ and nighly of the same bigness‚ so as to tell‚ when he felt one

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    focus on an owl‚ showing its many aspects and various characteristics as well as the poet ’s fascination through the several literary devices used in the poem. Through out the whole poem the poet uses enjambments even in the title itself. "Owlis my favourite"It is not a common way to start of a poem maybe contributing to the unusualness of the Owl‚ making him unique creature and an object of fascination. This continuation can also signify the constant flying and searching the Owl goes through in

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    Walking through the ruins of the Coliseum‚ I was filled with awe. How could a society that existed 2500 years ago plan and construct something so structurally stable‚ with the ability to outlive architecture created using advanced technology? Amongst the concrete jungle of the twenty-first century stands Rome‚ a glorious‚ immutable imprint of the past. Ancient History is the foundation of our society and its influence is inescapable‚ whether we look to politics‚ theatre‚ religion‚ philosophy or language

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    Aeronautical Engineering My long-standing fascination with aircrafts began with my favourite toy helicopter. Since then I have made a model plane of a radio controlled spitfire Mk2 and managed to fly it. My fascination has been followed up with literature and resources; further developing my understanding and interests in the architecture of an aircraft. Books such as ’The Aerospace Chronology’ provided some insight into technological advances that have produced safer‚ faster and more agile planes

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    1. After reviewing the Romanticism resource page‚ list three characteristics of Romanticism. Also‚ identify three authors of the Romantic period. Three characteristics of Romanticism include idealism‚ passionate nationalism‚ and a fascination with the supernatural. Great authors of this period are William Cullen Bryant‚ Edgar Allan Poe‚ and Washington Irving. 1. Using the Transcendentalism resource page‚ list three characteristics of Transcendentalism. Three characteristics of Transcendentalism include

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    present in the patriarchal society. The woman’s obsession with the yellow paper becomes a reflection of her desire to break free from the male dominant society. Isolation causes the women to focus exclusively on the yellow paper and create a fascination with what is behind it. The narrator’s initial dislike of the wallpaper can be described as being a critical interior decorator. However‚ as the story progresses she becomes obsessed

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    people younger than him‚ whether they are male of female. He cares about them so much‚ becuase they haven’t lost their innocence‚ unlike adults who are all "phonies." There are three main things he does and talks about‚ that shows his concern. His fascination to save innocence‚ erasing profanity‚ and Allie’s baseball glove. The first thing he constantly mentions is the loss of innocence. Holden seems to gravitate toward children; he shows them respect more then anyone else. He backs this up by mentioning

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    purposes. The photographer‚ Peppe‚ was requested by Dalton to proceed “into the wild part of Singbhum and Keonjhur” and to essentially take images of “some of the most primitive of human beings [Juang].” This request from Dalton highlights the fascination‚ and possibly fetishism‚ that British society had towards Indian natives. Dalton would come to compile the Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal – upon this knowledge‚ it is not unusual that Dalton would request images that not only represented culture

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