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    The Last Supper depicts the final meal of Jesus and his Apostles before his crucifixion. The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci was an oil and tempera fresco located inside the Santa Maria delle Grazie‚ in Milan. The fresco was created in 1495-1498 during the High Renaissance. It was supposed to be see at Christ level and to be able to experience the perfect perspective lines‚ this is why it would have been about fifteen feet up in the air. Leonardo’s artwork is full of many symbolic references‚ giving

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    works The Female Body by Margaret Atwood and The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin romanticizes the view of women in their own opinion‚ emphasizing ideas such as women being portrayed as common housewives‚ objects‚ emotional delinquents‚ and submissive individuals. The similarities include both authors has their own distinct

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    The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood is a dystopian novel centered around the protection and imprisonment of women in a society named Gilead. Although‚ there are many differences between modern society and Gilead‚ the most significant difference is the type of freedom given to women. The contrasting aspects of the two types of freedom is best described by Aunt Lydia‚ who believes‚ “There is more than one kind of freedom. Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of the anarchy it was freedom to

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    “The Last Supper” is exemplary of the High Renaissance and the mastered work of Leonardo Da Vinci. The fresco in the church refectory (cafeteria) of Santa Maria della Grazie in Milan was finished between 1495 and 1498. Although the subject matter of “The Last Supper” is not new‚ the way that Da Vinci depicts it at the height of the revelation of betrayal is original which allows Da Vinci to discover how to emotionally divulge each apostle’s reaction and personality. The naturalism in Da Vinci’s

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    on its own that carries the beliefs of a massive following. At the center of the artwork Jesus is depicted. In the Christian religion he is know as the savior of the people because he sacrificed his life for the salvation of the sinners. The Last Supper is the last meal of Jesus before he is betrayed by Judas to authorities and crucified. The Apostles‚ his closest followers‚ gather around the table.The apostles show various expressions‚ from adoration to grief‚ as Jesus claims that among them is

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    and explains it is what keeps the female gender weak throughout history. Atwood convinces the readers to abduct this old view of females and understand the importance of education. She does this through appalling sensual images‚ attitude shifts and connotations to the reader and describes a volcano eruption with clear sensory language‚ making this poem one of the most powerful poem in history. The shocking impression Atwood uses to portray the tormented women in history is given more strength by

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    Rat Song Introduction ”Rat Song” is a poem written by Margaret Atwood and is part of Selected Poems from 1976. What is interesting about the poem is that it is written from the point of view of a rat. And by looking through the eyes of a rat (which many people see as a primitive and inferior animal) the poem shows how judgemental‚ hateful‚ hypocritical and “unnatural” the human race is. The poem furthermore advocates that humans are a much greater parasite than the rats they are so desperately

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    Margaret Atwood’s novel “Oryx and Crake” is a thought provoking speculative fiction novel‚ published in 2003. Margaret Atwood was born in Ontario‚ Canada‚ where she was raised with her mother‚ a nutritionist‚ and her father‚ an entomologist. As a result of her father’s continuing research in entomology‚ Atwood spent most of her childhood in the backwoods of Quebec‚ reading Dell map books‚ or Grim Fairy-Tales and comic books. With such an early interest in literature‚ she began writing at a young

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    Oppression is a recurring theme in mankind’s societies; the oppressors often subject the oppressed to unjust treatment. Although it is important to investigate the dynamics between the oppressor and the oppressed‚ it is also essential to analyze how the oppressed react and relate amongst themselves. Martin Luther King describes the relationships amongst the oppressed in a manner contrary to the unrealistic belief that they would be united in comradery and redemption. In fact he says‚ “The ultimate

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    In “Bread‚” Margaret Atwood takes a concrete object‚ bread‚ and views it through multiple lenses. The story has five different sections‚ each that asks the reader to think about bread in a different way. In the first section‚ Atwood conjures actual bread before the reader by undermining her own directions — first she asks the reader to “imagine a piece of bread” then she says‚ “you don’t have to imagine it‚ it’s right here in the kitchen‚” and describes it. Atwoods descriptions and the second person

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