beauty‚ emotion and color‚ highly influenced 20th-century art. Vincent van Gogh was born Vincent Willem van Gogh on March 30‚ 1853‚ in Groot-Zundert‚ Netherlands. His father‚ Theodorus van Gogh‚ was an austere country minister‚ and his mother‚ Anna Cornelia Carbentus‚ was a moody artist whose love of nature‚ drawing and watercolors was transferred to her son. Van Gogh was born exactly one year after his parents’ first son‚ also named Vincent‚ was stillborn. At a young age—his name and birthdate already
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roman republic: he did a lot of conquests and he has always been supported by the Roman populous. He was born in Rome in 100 B.C.‚ from the noble “gens Julia”. When he was eighteen‚ he married Cossuzia under his father’s will. At her death he married Cornelia‚ unleashing Silla’s anger that exiled him. In 69‚ he came back to Rome and took part of the “cursus honorum” and he was appointed quaestor. Afterwards‚ he became propraetor in Spain. Since he was stuck in Spain he could not manage to run for the
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early days‚ he was born into a well-known family. His father‚ a Praetor governing the Province of Asia‚ died when Caesar was 15 years old‚ making him remain close to his mother whom was of noble blood. He then married member of the Popular Faction‚ Cornelia‚ at age 18 which enraged the current dictator at the time‚ Sulla‚ and ordered their divorce. He refused Sulla’s demands after she gave birth to his only
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Twenty-six hundred meters below our world of light‚ through the murky depths‚ resides a world completely alien to our own. It was not until 1977‚ when the first manned submarine was able to enter such depths and explore this oasis of life that resides around the earth ’s nourishing thermal vents. Here‚ a vast community of organisms thrive under very harsh circumstances‚ and most importantly‚ in the absence of life-giving light. How is this possible? Chemoautotrophic microbes. Chemoautotrophic bacteria
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The last paragraph of Katherine Anne Porter’s “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” presents an elderly woman’s journey to her moment of death. In what she hoped would be a time of tranquility‚ changed to a time of grief and anger. Being the impatient woman she is‚ Granny swore that she would never forgive God for dragging her along‚ and then she “blew out the light” (Porter 83). The short story‚ “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall‚” interprets the parting condition of Granny’s soul to be the consequence
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Weatherall‚ where she is spending the last moments of her life. The author is focusing her attention on Granny’s thoughts in form of her own self-monologue. The other characters present in the final scene of Granny’s life are: her own daughter‚ Cornelia‚ Dr. Harry‚ the priest‚ and her grandchildren‚ who are invited to visit their grandmother before she dies. The fact that Granny Weatherall is having a serious illness is concealed from her by the doctor and the relatives. Being close to death Ms
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Note from Mr. O: Remember that when you are writing a DBQ the essay should read the same as a regular essay and the document usage should not disrupt the flow of your argument. Make sure that your thesis and your argument clearly focuses only on the task at hand: to answer the question or prompt‚ to have a clear direct argument with a clearly defined position‚ and utilize as many documents and as much outside information as evidence to support your position. Your evidence‚ whether from the
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Percy Bysshe Shelley was born on August 4‚ 1792 in Horsham‚ England. He is the first of seven children of Sir Timothy Shelley and his wife Elizabeth Pilfold Shelley. When Percy was 12 he enrolled at Eton College which was a boys’ boarding school. He was bullied by his classmates for his eccentric ways and dainty appearance. When Shelley turned 18 he enrolled at Oxford University. He was uninterested toward his studies and barely attended class. Percy instead spent his time writing a novel called
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Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch man who was born on 30 March 1853 in Zundert‚ Netherlands. His full name is Vincent Willem van Gogh. His father was named Theodorus Van Gogh‚ who was an austere country minister‚ and his mother was Anna Cornelia Carbentus‚ who was an artist with love for drawing nature. One interesting fact about Vincent Van Gogh is the fact that he had the same name as his dead brother. Interestingly‚ van Gogh was fluent in French‚ German‚ Dutch‚ and English. At the young
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The distinguished painting‚ Samson Tells a Riddle at his Feast‚ by artist Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn‚ interprets the knowledgeable scene of a biblical figure‚ Samson‚ and his wife at their wedding feast. Judges 14 of the Bible details the background story of the painting – how Samson met a Philistine woman and chose her as his wife. Before he can take his new bride’s hand in marriage‚ Samson is withheld by a dangerous lion. Samson‚ however‚ is determined to join his lady and slays the beast. Oddly
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