The story tells how Judith saved her people by seducing and killing Holofernes‚ the Assyrian general. Judith explains what occurs when she utters “Approaching to his bed‚ she took hold of the hair of his head‚ and said‚ Strengthen me‚ O Lord God of Israel‚ this day! And she smothe twice upon his neck with all her might‚ and she took away his head from him” (Judith‚ 13:7-8). Gentileschi is able capture the domination of Judith through conveying her anguishes and wants for
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slightly above the most Hollywood productions of the same genre‚ “The Wave” deserves merit whenever renders claustrophobic atmospheres‚ but it’s not so strong when it comes to the drama itself‚ which proved slick and too familiar. Roar Uthuag (“Cold Prey”‚ “Escape”)‚ directing from a script by John Kare Raake and Harald Rosenlow-Eeg‚ explores a real possibility - there’s currently 30 unstable mountains in Norway - and gives wings to his imagination.
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In an excerpt from her book‚ Gender Trouble‚ Judith Butler discusses the enigma that is gender identity‚ while clearly distinguishing between gender and sex. Claiming that gender is a “fabrication”‚ Butler is able to deconstruct the typical gender notions. Over two decades later‚ this theory is now being broadcasted to thousands of viewers each week via the popular television show‚ I am Jazz. The reality television series I am Jazz has boomed in popularity since its premiere in 2015 and follows the
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the structure in which the author chooses to write their ideas in and simply the love an author conveys through their work. Judith Wright‚ an Australian poet and environmentalist expresses these thoughts with her 1950’s poems ’Sanctuary’ and ’South of My Days‚’ which both tell of the Australian landscape and Wright’s thoughts and feelings on the country she grew up in. Judith Wright presents vivid and forward-thinking imagery in her poems‚ using light and dark tones (both figuratively and literally)
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Judith Butler questions the notion that certain gendered behaviors are a result of learning the performance of gender behavior‚ that which is associated with masculinity and femininity. She argues that it is a social construction that is only true to the extent of it being performed. Gender as defined in Undoing Gender is a “practice of improvisation within a scene of constraint‚” which is within a social context. The stylization of the body‚ gestures‚ movements and enactments create these
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The notion that gender is socially constructed is an idea that Judith Butler argues against‚ instead she suggests that gender does not exist. Butler states that gender cannot exist until performed‚ these acts that are performed are merely repetitions of pre-established behaviour. Instead we impersonate what we believe to be gender and gender appropriate‚ these gender conventions that are impossible to maintain as every person is different. (Butler 2009) It is these learned behaviours that establish
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Appraisal of Lotka-Volterra Predetor-Prey Model Did the person adequately address all the questions they were supposed to answer in part #2? What did you learn about their model? Summarize the results they found for their model. Yes‚ I do believe the individual answer the questions from part 2 adequately. From the research he/she did‚ I was able to grasp the basic concept of the the Lotka–Volterra Predator-Prey equations. My understanding is that it illustrates a pair of first-order‚ non-linear
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The new Latin American empires of Spain and Portugal maintained special contacts with the West. Western forms were imposed on indigenous cultures as the militarily superior European invaders conquered their lands. Latin America became part of the world economy as a dependent region. The Iberians mixed with native populations and created new political and social forms. The resulting mixture of European‚ African‚ and Indian cultures created a distinctive civilization. Indian civilization‚ although
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abstract verbal noun. The infinitive is used in Latin‚ as in English‚ as a noun: Errare humanum est = To err is human. When so used‚ the Latin infinitive is an indeclinable neuter noun. The infinitive is also used in Latin‚ as in English‚ to complete the meaning of another verb (complementary infinitive): Possum videre = I am able to see. Unlike English‚ Latin rarely uses an infinitive to indicate purpose. The infinitive is most widely used in Latin in Indirect Speech (Oratio Obliqua)‚ which combines
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selection that organisms with the best suited traits for their environment survive through reproduction and they pass down those qualities to the next generation. Predator and prey share the same ecological community and they evolve together. Predation is the interaction wherein one species consume another kind of specie. The prey is essential to the predator’s environment because the predator will die if it does not have a source of food. A successful process of predation
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