At the age of 9 he met for the first time the eight-year-old Beatrice Portinari‚ who became in effect his Muse‚ and remained‚ after her death in 1290‚ the central inspiration for his major poems. Between 1285‚ when he married and began a family‚ and 1302‚ when he was exiled from Florence‚ he was active in the cultural and civic life of Florence‚ served as a soldier and held several political offices. Summary The Inferno follows the wanderings of the poet Dante as he strays off the rightful and
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Wildlife Conservation Efforts in India Introduction The Indian subcontinent boasts of serving as the natural habitat of a large and varied wildlife. The sub-continent with it’s varied geographical spread from the Himalayas in the north to the Cauvery basin in the south and the Kutch region in the west to the plains of Assam in East present a diverse range of environmental conditions for some of the most magnificent as well as the rarest wildlife species of the world in India to exist. The beauty
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new baby boom in China in the following dragon year‚ the estimated figure for Beijing city is more than 200‚000 new births. Different from the Chinese one‚ the European dragon is usually portrayed as a huge fire-breathing or poisonous‚ scaly and horned dinosaur-like creature‚ with bat-like wings (sometimes leathery)‚ lizard legs and a long
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Abstract Young Goodman Brown portrays a common disaster a young Christian experiences when he/she allows him/her self to stray from the familiar paths prescribed by the Bible and other mature Christians. The journey of Goodman Brown parallels many who have attempted to walk the Christian path and somehow strayed into dangerous territory. The story is about a young man named Goodman Brown who goes on an errand of evil intent taken place in the darkness of a forest. Upon arriving‚ brown encounters
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goddesses of Minoan times; the statuettes were found in house sanctuaries suggesting that they were kept in households and worshipped as part of daily Minoan rituals. The snake goddesses are often associated as symbols of the renewal of life‚ as serpents shed their skin periodically‚ and this interpretation is also present amongst other ancient civilisations. However‚ W. Burkert noticed that snakes were represented as the protectors of the house‚ which later appears in Greek religion. This links
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Many of the demons of the underworld also embody a counter feminine ideal. The Erinyes guard a tower near the Gate to Dis. We see Beatrice as a calm symbol of love‚ but the furies are “hellish and inhumane” (ix.34)‚ with “horned serpents [that grow] from their heads like matted hair” (ix. 37-38). They are so far from the feminine ideal that Dante’s only description of them that identifies them as female is skeptical: “Their limbs and gestures hinted they were women” (ix. 35).
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Gir Forest National Park – Only home of Asiatic Lions Posted on March 10‚ 2011 by Admin Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (also known as Sasan Gir) is a forest and Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat‚ India. Founded in 1965‚ whose total area is 1‚412 km (about 258 km fully protected area (National Park) and 1153 km Sanctuary‚ the park is located 65 km south east of Junagadh. Home is the only pure Asiatic Lions (Panthera leo persica)‚ and is considered one of the most important protected
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as well as face paint and wore different styles of hair. The Indus Valley people worshipped many Gods. Based on the many seals and terracotta figurines that have been found‚ their deities included the Mother Goddess‚ Pashupati Shiva‚ Rhallus‚ Horned Deity‚ Bull and Pipal. There have been many implements and pots found buried along with their
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Response to Literature Essay “The Horned Toad” ‘Your little Juan is safe with God‚ my son’ she [great-grandmother] comforted.” (pg. 4‚ paragraph 8). The realistic short story‚ “The Horned Toad”‚ written by Gerald Haslam‚ is awe-inspiring. In “The Horned Toad”‚ taking place in the mid 1940’s‚ in Oildale‚ California‚ a young boy learns how to be a companion with his great-grandmother. The narrator finds a horned toad that changes his perspective about his great-grandmother. In life‚ sometimes
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1. Given the following parental genotypes‚ show all possible gametes that each could form. Circle each gamete. Note: different gamete types are separated by commas in the table below. Genotype Gametes: AA A Aa A‚ a Bb B‚ b bb b cc c AABB AB AAbb Ab Aabb Ab‚ ab AaBb AB‚ Ab‚ aB‚ ab AaBbCc ABC‚ ABc‚ Abc‚ AbC‚ aBc‚ aBC‚ abC‚ abc 2. In summer squash‚ white fruit color (W) is dominant over yellow (w). If a squash plant homozygous for white is crossed with one homozygous for yellow‚ what will be the apearance
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