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    Byzantine art demonstrated by the Hagia Sophia’s Theokotos impacted Western Art forever‚ proven through Berlinghieri’s St. Francis Altarpiece and the duration of the Renaissance. Sprawling over most of North Africa to the Levant‚

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    Francis Ford Coppola Early Life • Born on April 7th‚ 1939 in Detroit‚ Michigan to Carmine and Italia Coppola. • Coppola had a sick childhood as he caught a disease called polio and was paralyzed on his left side. He learned puppetry and mastered home movies since he was bedridden. • He graduated from Hofstra University with a degree in drama and then moved on to UCLA and did some graduate work in filmmaking. Francis also received an M.F.A in Film Production from the University

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    Importance of Ignatius of Loyola Topic Question: Why was Ignatius of Loyola important? Thesis Sentence: Ignatius of Loyola was important because‚ he founded the Jesuits and they would soon put their focus on the education and missionaries. Ignatius also was important through his spiritual writings; he did this by writing the Spiritual Exercises and Constitution. I. He founded the Jesuits A. Education B. Missionaries II. Spiritual Writings A. Spiritual Exercises B. Constitution In the year

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    The History of the Double Helix In our study of the sociology of science‚ reading James Watson’s account of the discovery of the structure of DNA in The Double Helix gives us an insight into how science works as a "collective activity." To illustrate how the norms of science work through this description of events I chose specifically to look at the system of hierarchy among the scientists‚ how the scientists share information between labs‚ and how credit is allocated when the findings are published

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    Another example of an auteur remaking a film and giving it his own distinct look and feel is Martin Scorsese’s film Cape Fear. In this film “Scorsese paid complicated attention to why and how Max Cady was framed… De Niro’s edgy performance and Scorsese’s restless camera capture much of this contemporary tension in what is still a ‘classical’ Hollywood narrative.” This is a very different remake that has many of the same touches that tie it to the original film (including the fact that Robert Mitchum

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    The essay “To what extent was Francis Fukuyama’s ‘The End of History?’ premature?”‚ focuses on how “The End of History” was written under the assumption that no other major life changing events could occur. In doing so‚ Darie MacFadden approaches his essay by examining history as it unfolds between the years of 1989-2001 and 2001- to the present. MacFadden narrows down his topic by focusing specifically on how history prevailed before and after the horrific September 11 attack. Furthermore‚ he asserts

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    the Chairman of the Drake School Board” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Is a letter that Vonnegut wrote to the chairman of the Drake School Board to address the burning of his books. Throughout the letter he uses logos‚ pathos‚ and ethos to give the audience reasons to emotionally and logically to agree with his side of and argument. The books were being burned because of the bad language in his book and also they convey sexy and wildness to the students. He wrote this to tell the Drake School board how hurt

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    Tia Conover 9/26/12 Period E Summary Francis Bacon was a writer during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries‚ who wrote a classic essay called “Of Studies.” The main purpose of his essay is to explain to the reader why study‚ or knowledge‚ is important. He writes about the practical uses of knowledge and how they can be applied‚ along with the benefits and uses of reading and writing. He immediately delves into the main ideas of his essay in the opening sentence‚ which states

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    HRE4M1(unit1) Step 1: Introduction 1. The trial that Jesus offers us to this 1st century young man in this Markan account is that he wants to teach the young man what really is important in life. Having many objects as treasure does not mean that it is something you have to have. The challenge to me and the rest of the youth as a student in the 21st century is that the different kinds of objects are seen as something very valuable. The most valuable things in life to treasure is your family and

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    THE stage is more beholding to love‚ than the life of man. For as to the stage‚ love is ever matter of comedies‚ and now and then of tragedies; but in life it doth much mischief; sometimes like a siren‚ sometimes like a fury. You may observe‚ that amongst all the great and worthy persons (whereof the memory remaineth‚ either ancient or recent) there is not one‚ that hath been transported to the mad degree of love: which shows that great spirits‚ and great business‚ do keep out this weak passion.

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