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    One of the greatest Italian Renaissance artists is Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi‚ who we simply know as Donatello. He was born in Florence around 1386. He was the son of a Florentine wood carder‚ Niccolo di Betto di Bardi. How he began his career as a sculptor is undetermined although it is known that Donatello was educated in the residence of the Martelli Family and got his first artistic training at a goldsmith’s workshop and from one of the sculptors working at the cathedral of Florence in

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    Metho Drinker

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    has suffered from an addiction‚ and knows the effect that it has on not only the addict‚ but their families. It also highlights the ignorance in today’s society‚ as many are unaware of their sad existence. Main Idea The poem Metho Drinker by Judith Wright tells the story of a homeless man and his addiction to Methylated Spirits‚ an addiction which is slowly killing him. Living in winter’s harsh conditions “under the death of winters leaves he lies” he hides away from society. He is alone and

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    Judith Beveridge is an Australian poet well known for her skill in illuminating humanity through the means of the natural world in poems such as The Two Brothers and Fox in a Tree Stump. Beveridge uses techniques such as personification of nature to show the contradictions of how innocent yet destructive humanity can be. As a feminist poet‚ Beveridge commonly expresses the characters in stereotypical roles in a manner of females being innocent and kind whereas males are destructive and harsh

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    Judith Character Traits

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    Yet‚ the story of Judith is only a part of the Hebrew bible and mentioned in the Catholic Old Testament. It is not recognized in Protestant Christianity‚ the religion that requires women to be subservient to the men in their lives; “Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness

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    Judith – Old English and Vulgate Versions Upon looking closely at the Old English and Vulgate versions of Judith‚ one can catch a glimpse of how culture was during the time they were written by comparing and contrasting the elements of the story that are presented and modified. The distinct differences that can be found between the Old English and the vulgate versions of Judith provide a clear view of what the Anglo-Saxons considered to be important‚ and what they felt required respect. When comparing

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    Ordinary People

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    The definition of a sense of identity is the condition of being oneself and not another. In Ordinary People‚ Judith Guest refers to Conrad Jarrett as "A newborn fawn without his mother (46)." Ever since Conrad lost his brother‚ Buck‚ in a tragic boating accident‚ he feels guilty and that he is to blame. He loses his sense of identity‚ but with the help of Jeannine‚ Dr. Berger‚ and Calvin‚ he is able to reevaluate himself and become an "ordinary person" once again. Con’s definition of himself changes

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    Antigone through the lens of Judith Butler’s “Survivability‚ Vulnerability‚ and Affect” Introduction Antigone is tied by two key sentances to the message in Judith Bulter’s “Survivability‚ Vulnerability‚ and Affect”‚ “It has been since at least the time of Antigone‚ when she chose openly to mourn the death of one of her brothers even though it went against the sovereign law to do so. Why is it that governments so often seek to regulate and control who will be publicly grieved and two will not

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    Another disadvantage Judith had to endure was the inability to make her own decisions‚ including but not limiting‚ rights to the money which she had collected‚ and the husband in which she would marry. Woolf expresses the weight of Judith’s opinion about her marriage‚ “Soon‚ however‚ before she was out of her teens‚ she was to be betrothed to the son of a neighboring wool-stapler.”(47). Woolf explains what would happen if Judith were to refused the arranged marriage‚ “the daughter who refused to

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    Topic of research: The comparison of the portrayal of the females figures within the paintings “Judith slaying Holofernes” by Caravaggio and Artemisia. Caravaggio (1571–1610)‚ was the greatest and most influential painter of the Baroque style. He was also a quick-tempered Bohemian who was often jailed for brawling and was forced to flee from the law and his enemies‚ escaping to Naples‚ Malta‚ and Sicily at various times. His "travels" helped to spread his extraordinary style‚ which was soon imitated

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    our friend judith

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    that Judith is cold and distant‚ that she stands back and observes people like insects in some Biology experiment. But even through she’s uncomfortable stepping out from that safe observational position‚ she still does. She is engage by those around her. She is complex‚ not just a stereotype. She is not English spinster‚ or a bohemian. She is Judith and she seems to be doing just fine. The story shows how that the balance between self and society can me made. It could be argued that Judith is cold

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