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    The marriage bed symbolizes the strength and commitment of the relationship between Penelope and Odysseus. Its’ very construction has great significance in portraying these deep bonds between them. In this paper I intend to discuss the importance of the marriage bed in The Odyssey and what it represents to both Odysseus and Penelope. Marriage is the union between two people who are in love and very committed to each other. It not only affects the two people that are bonded together‚ it also affects

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    ‘My Bed’ by Tracey Emin is a installation piece created in 1998 and is an incredibly open piece about herself and her emotions at the time of creation‚ it was created to show her thoughts and feelings but also how they effected the way she lived. ‘Branded’ is an oil painting by Jenny Saville created in 1992 to portray society judgement about larger women. Lastly‚ ‘Study for a self portrait’ is a triptych painting created in 1980 by Francis Bacon. It conveys his thoughts on his own image and shows

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    BUSINESS PLAN OF HOTEL FOOD Executive Summary The Enchanted Vineyard Bed & Breakfast is a charming bed and breakfast (B&B) located in the Lorane Valley‚ outside of Eugene‚ OR. The valley is well known for its beauty and concentration of vineyards. The B&B will be set up as a sole proprietorship of Missy Stewart. The B&B will reside in The Stewart’s newly renovated home. Their home is the center piece for the entire B&B experience. Each of the five rooms have their own private bath. The facility

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    believe Atkinson County Middle School should go on a tour of Lava Beds National Monument! This interesting and beautiful landscape would be a remarkable vicinity for students to travel. Lava Beds National Monument is a breathtaking site that all undergraduate students should be able to experience in person. Lava Beds National Monument is located just shy of California and Oregon’s border. A trip from Atkinson County to Lava Beds National Monument would be an approximately 40 hour drive. I fully

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    “Thank you‚ David‚” said Joan‚ pulling the boy down toward her and embracing him. He gave her a light‚ hesitant squeeze‚ then stood and ran off. Joan and Carina stood and ran for Return Road as quickly as their feet would carry them. When the two arrived at the roadside‚ several dozen people stood there‚ all with anxious looks on their faces‚ waiting to learn the fate of their king. Dozens more people arrived‚ and before long‚ the crowd swelled to hundreds‚ then hundreds more. Grumbles of concern

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    Joan of Arc was a French lady who asserted to have gotten dreams of Archangel Michael. This drove her to secure the triumph of France against the English’s endeavor to overcome France amid the Hundred Years War. Be that as it may‚ after she was caught by the English‚ she was put on trial for an assortment of charges including blasphemy. Thus she was scorched in question. Two or three years after the execution‚ the trial was reconsidered and individuals understood that she was pure. She was announced

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    Portrait of a Priestess By: Joan Breton Connelly The historical figure referred to as the “Oracle of Delphi‚” in ancient writings by Aeschylus‚ Aristotle‚ Diogenes‚ Euripides‚ Herodotus‚ Plato‚ Plutarch‚ and Sophocles‚ was the “Pythia‚” or “Priestess” of the temple of Apollo at Delphi; located in a cave on mount Parnassus‚ beneath the caspian Spring. The Pythia was a respectable position for a women among the ancient greeks. Several women were selected to succeed the position of Pythia over the

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    Joan Didion’s book‚ Slouching Toward Bethlehem‚ takes place in California during the 1960s. She opens the book with a different feel from what most people would have imagined California to be like today. People picture California as a beautiful place full of sunshine and happiness and make it out to be the ideal life. However‚ Didion describes how terribly wrong that visualization of California is. During the 1960s‚ it was a place of “love and death in the golden land‚” and it held “seasons of suicide

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    station and turned up the volume. She plugged in the hot Iron and placed it on the nightstand. Alivia sat on the edge of her bed‚ staring at Erica as she threw a blanket over the mirror. "I want to surprise you when I’m done‚" Erica said. A lump formed in Alivias’ throat and she swallowed. Erica picked up a white bottle of nail polish off the quilt and opened it. She sat down on the bed facing Alivia with one

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    GENERALS DIE IN BED – Charles Yale Harrison JR’s TEACHER NOTES Explain and speculate what the title of the novel is inferring about the Generals. A. The title is a pun or is having a go at the generals. Generals die in bed while the soldiers die on the front lines. Generals don’t fight. Instead they command soldiers from a safe distance behind the frontlines The title suggests that there is a total lack of respect for generals or for people in positions of power/ authority. If this happens in

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