Drip drop‚ drip drop… the young blonde haired woman was slumped on the fresh‚ bottle green grass in her local park which was bleached in sunlight; she felt the sizzling summer heat as tiny droplets of sweat trickled down her face. She lazily turned her face upwards to see the fierce August sun glaring down at her from the cloudless sky. Urgently trying to find a way to avoid the scorching sun‚ her eyes locked onto a monstrous tress with its branches twisted like distorted limbs reaching out to her
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Maps depict the geographical features‚ cities‚ towns‚ and landmarks as well as indicate where groups held power in different points of history. Museums exhibit historical and cultural artifacts from different points of history. However‚ do both maps and museums only tell part of the story? In Eavan Boland’s “That the Science of Cartography is Limited‚” she conveys how a certain map‚ specifically a map of Ireland‚ does not adequately express the history of Ireland. While in her poem “The Dolls Museum
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prominent backgrounds in the 15th century‚ a difference that makes the painting visually appealing is her arms and body at the lower half of the painting create the base or heavier part of a pyramid that points up to the angelic face of the mysterious gaze of the lady. Leonardo created the technique called ’sfumato’ as well which in italian means blended‚ this technique was a new way to layer translucent color to create depth‚ volume‚ and form. Sfumato creates a very smokey background in the painting
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Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world‚ The blood-dimmed tide is loosed‚ and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction‚ while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. In the above mentioned stanza Yeats has stated that the falcon is turning in widening gyre and is so far away from the falconer now that it cannot be heard. Yeats has
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Jerome Bixby’s ‘It’s a Good Life’ is a short story following an unusually gifted‚ three-year-old boy named Anthony Fremont. In spite of his age‚ Anthony has the capacity to transform other people or objects into anything he wishes‚ think new things into being‚ teleport himself and others where he wishes‚ read the minds of people and animals and even revive the dead. If either citizens or animals of the area do not comply with Anthony’s capricious whim‚ grim consequences occur‚ often Anthony placing
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As my feet echo through the vast white corridor halls‚ my mind echos throughout my skull. In my sleeve I can feel the light of the single feather‚ warming my hand‚ and the softness of it tickling my palm. I know without looking at it‚ that the colors are swirling and shifting with my touch. It is a thing of beauty‚ but even more so‚ it is a sign. This one single feather‚ is a sign of something to come; of what I know not. Solid black door‚ after solid black door passes by me as I continue on my
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“I disagree with your interpretation of the main idea.” Kim said to Austin as they sat on the cement stair in Austin’s backyard and discussed about their short story analysis work from English class. It was just after rain‚ the sky was still filled with gray clouds‚ but at least the temperature had cooled down a little bit. Kim secretly felt bad for Austin‚ that now he was stuck with her for this “working buddies” thing in English. Why would someone stupidly arrived class late and became my deskmate
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Competence in interpersonal communication can be assessed both through general interpersonal interactions and non-verbal communication. Both general competence and non-verbal competence are very important to the way that we communicate and have great influence on the message that we relay to those with whom we communicate. After watching the conversation recorded between Matt and I‚ I have realized that although there are some areas in which I am a competent communicator‚ there are areas where I
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makes it enjoyable to read. In the essay‚ Bordo shows how one is located as subject or object and in the moment of vision. The section‚ “Rocks and Leaners”‚ Bordo shows an argument that gaze and position of men in advertizing give off a message of masculinity (Or feminine‚ submissive). As described in her essay the gaze or stance of a man in a particular ad can show dominance. The male models are the objects in the advertisement and are meant to create a certain reaction depending upon their position
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The legacy of racism seen in Thom’s painting J. Marion Sims: Gynecologic Surgeon‚ continues to create an unfavorable dialogue on Dr. Sims unethical experiments and keeping it silent. Harriet Washington’s requested from Pfizer executives to use Thom’s painting for her book cover Medical Apartheid‚ but was denied after they read the requested chapter and outline discussing Dr. Sims unanesthetized surgeries on slave women. However‚ Mary Jenkins Schwartz‚ a white woman was granted permission to use the
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