At the Philadelphia Museum of Art‚ I have selected “The Last Drop.” The painting was painted by Judith Leyster on 1609. It is done in oil on canvas and the size of the painting is almost the same like any others that about a foot wide‚ length and width. The condition of the painting seems to be in a new condition‚ as if the painting was never touched at all. The texture of this painting have a smooth and rigid touch to it. The painting is consisted of one man is sitting on a chair binge drinking
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community” (Damio p.13). To a young girl this is real exciting because it makes her feel like a responsible adult and that she has gained her family’s trust. The most important privileges for a young lady is to wear makeup‚ date‚ and make adult decisions. Judith Ortiz Cofer relates to this in one of her articles by stating “she was instructed on how to act like a proper sen᷇orita and were encouraged to look and act like women and dress in clothes that made them look more mature” (Cofer 39). Wearing makeup
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gives us an another view to a problem of abortion. Mostly‚ Judith Jarvis Thompson protects pro-choice side‚ and she says that abortion is not immoral‚ and that it is logically correct action. However there are a lot of anti-abortion philosophers who are not agree with it. So Judith Thompson gives an arguments to proof her sides correctness. She says that mother has all rights to do anything with her body and things in her body. Judith Jarvis Thompson also believes that fetuses are not persons‚ and
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Upon reading “A Drowning”‚ I thought this story was a very enlightening story opening readers’ eyes to reality. The usual stories that we are exposed to‚ always end with a happy ending where the protagonist was able to help and save the day. However‚ although unfortunate‚ this story depicts the speaker put in a position where he was unable to do anything to save the person from drowning. This comes to show the reality that there are times when you are placed in similar situations where‚ no matter
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Hunting Snake by Judith Wright First of all remember that we would never know what exactly the poet is trying to mention and non of the comments can said to be ‘wrong’ Great black snake represents the aborigin people in Australia and the person who gets scared of this snake is an English occupier. The word ’black’ is simply you can understand that it means black people and snake is a wild animal who lives on their own land but humans are the occupiers and the writer at the same time fears and
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A Journey Through the Holocaust “We must remind ourselves that the Holocaust was not six million. It was one‚ plus one‚ plus one…” (Miller) this was said by Judith Miller about the Jewish people who were killed during the Holocaust. Parallel Journeys by Eleanor Ayer is a true story of a Jewish girl and a young boy in the Hitler Youth who have extremely different lives during the Holocaust. Alfons heck is a young boy who is highly respected in the Hitler Youth‚ he would die for his country. Helen
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Within the Beveridge report specified that all the people who worked must pay weekly contributions from the wage these contributions were used by the government to help people who were sick‚ retired‚ widowed or unemployed. In the 19th century the benefits were also helped the unprivileged people to meet their basic needs. After the Beveridge report there were a lot of schools build for children‚ there were more medical facilities
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What can we learn when we journey through life? Journeys and experiences can help us evolve to overcome fears‚ losses‚ and help gain wisdom. Experiences that were gained through life and journeys were written in the story "Volar" by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail‚ and the poem “12 (From ‘Gitanjali)”. In “Valor” the narrator dreams of herself being a superhero in the world she wishes to break free from her real-life limitations. The narrator learned and went
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The Imagery in “Conjoined” Poets use imagery to capture the emotion and feeling in the poem in which they are writing. Judith Minty‚ in her poem “Conjoined‚” uses imagery to truly depict the meaning and emphasis of that work. Through the images that Minty paints in the minds of her readers‚ the essence of the poem is revealed. One can strongly see and feel the emotion that this poem possesses. The images are distinct and bold‚ and through the first‚ second‚ and third stanza‚ the images can be easily
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that forces us to. Although there are many scientists‚ sociologists‚ doctors and psychologists who have contributed to the study and works of Queer theory‚ the four that this essay focuses on are Jacques Derrida‚ Michel Foucault‚ Alfred Kinsey and Judith Butler. Derrida‚ Foucault and Kinsey all contributed separate theories‚ and Butler brought them together to give us one of the most basic understandings we have of Queer Theory today. First‚ Jacques
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