This paper is a formal analysis‚ treating Peter Paul Rubens’ 1612 masterpiece‚ Massacre of the Innocents. The oil painting stands at approximately 150 x 200 cm‚ a size offering the viewer a window-like gaze into a historical scene of twisted‚ bloody carnage. Formally‚ there is much cohesion with the overall disastrous theme of human chaos and disorder. On a compositional whole‚ the anguish and psychological suffering compliments scattered lighting‚ vivid color‚ and clustered space. The painting is
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Civilians are innocent bystanders in war. Civilians do not change anything during total war‚ soldiers are the only people who can affect war. Civilians have no reason to be targeted during total war. These statements are false. Civilians‚ in fact‚ play a big role for a country at war. Civilians should be targeted in total war conflict. Total war has no limitations on the destruction it brings. Total war is defined as a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used‚ the territory or combatants
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Daisy Buchanan was one of the most ironic characters in the book The Great Gatsby. She appeared to be a nice‚ pure‚ and innocent woman in the beginning‚ but her true colors came out later near the end. Her words and actions began to show who she really was‚ making her major characteristics and physical attributes ironic. Daisy Buchanan showed a great lack of morality through her carelessness and recklessness‚ which was mainly because of excessive amounts of money and a lack of roots. One way in
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RUNNING HEAD: Abortion: The Horrible Killing of Innocent Children Abortion: The Horrible Killing of Innocent Children Naomi Kilpatrick Northwestern State University Abortion: The Horrible Killing of Innocent Children "When a bystander can see a fetus flinching at the moment of intentional killing‚ there is no to close to infanticide about it‚ it is infanticide."(Williams 2002). Abortion has been a controversial issue‚ ever since it was first legalized. This paper will explore the different
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What goal do you think Pope Innocent VIII was trying to achieve when sanctioning the writing of the Malleus Maleficarum through his papal bull‚ Summis Desiderantes‚ in 1484? Pope Innocent VIII could have had obviously had many goals in issuing Summis Desiderantes; however‚ in my opinion‚ one goal is much more evident than the rest. Pope Innocent VIII had one of the most corrupt papacies on record (atheism.about.com/library/ glossary/western/bldef_innocentviii.htm). Also‚ during the time of his
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Daniel Hadden Ms. Carey English 11A 6 October 2012 Is Elizabeth Innocent Elizabeth Proctor was proven innocent‚ but she is not what everyone thinks she is. Elizabeth is the catalyst of the trials because of her relationship with Abigail Williams and how Elizabeth treated her husband. John Proctor has fights in which Elizabeth starts that make her look bad. She also had acted very poorly to Abigail after her affair with John that kick started a lot of events that lead to the trials. “I know
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Quyen Tran WR 121 January 23‚ 2012 Summary Response #1 Summary In “Innocent Afield” Buzz Bissinger says that high school sports has grown to be only about winning in too many places in America. High school sports create social barriers from athletes to non-athletes. High school athletes are more competitive than college athletes or professionals. An issue arose was that many coaches are being paid too much‚ close to $90‚000 a year‚ without having to teach a class. Rather than using private
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I’m going to give you two quotes and I just want you to think about them while you read this paper. One is quite long and the other is rather short because it’s just a part of the quote. "This innocent country set you down in a ghetto in which‚ in fact‚ it intended that you should perish. Let me spell out precisely what I mean by that‚ for the heart of the matter is here‚ and the root of my dispute with my country. You were born where you were born and faced the future that you faced because you
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that had their lives changed forever. One person that was involved was just a teenager struggling to survive from the Nazis. Tat teenager was Anne Frank along with many other people who were innocent victims. Anne Frank Childhood Anne Frank was an innocent victim of the Holocaust along with many other innocent victims that had no idea or clue what was happening to them Anne Franks full name was Anneliese Marie Frank she was born in Frankfurt‚ Germany‚ on June 12‚ 1929. Anne’s Father moved to Amsterdam
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afraid of growing up‚ it is made evident by his unwillingness to mature. Instead he expresses his resistance to becoming an adult by fabricating the adult world into a place of ‘phony’‚ dishonest and shallow people‚ in comparison to the honest‚ innocent and ideal world that the children live in. Throughout the novel Holden attempts immensely to try and preserve the innocence in both him‚ and everyone he comes in contact with. He believes that the adults have already taken the path
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