I have chosen the artwork Judith Decapitating Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi in 1620. The reason I chose this painting is because of the graphic nature and the history behind the painting. The painting is 6’ 6 ⅜” x 5’ 3 ¾” oil on canvas located at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence‚ Italy. The painting shows two women (Judith and her maidservant) holding down and cutting off the head of Holofernes. This is clear because of the sword that Judith is holding near his neck and the blood that is painted
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The autobiography Black Boy‚ written by Richard Wright‚ displays Wright’s thoughts on society during the 1940s. His resistance towards black mistreatment‚ and his constant yearning for equality shows Wright’s hatred of racist mistreatment. However‚ as we approach the mid 2000s‚ the fight for equality has created many equal opportunities for African Americans. Wright was born before the civil rights movement and after the civil war. If Richard Wright were writing his autobiography today in 2017‚ he
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How Urban Legends Work In this essay the author Tom Harris tells us how urban legends effects us on how we live‚ the stories that are told can either give us a lesson to be learned or it gives us a warning‚ some stories can be horrific as in the story about the traveling sales man who met a women in Las Vegas and had a few too many drinks and had be drugged and had his kidney removed by a body organ harvesting gang and woke up in a bathroom tube covered in ice and a note to call for help before
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Wright needs to seriously consider the drawbacks to agreeing to sit on Mega’s board of directors. Although this proposal seems like a prosperous deal for all involved‚ Wright may be setting himself up for failure if he agrees to join the board. The following are disadvantages facing Wright: • 8 of the current board members have been on the board for more than 14 years • Within two years‚ Wright must invest $100‚000 in Mega stock • Declining stock price • Off balance sheet defined benefit
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Block 4 Personal Legend Narrative What is a personal legend? A personal legend is the path we decide to take that fills our hearts with enthusiasm; it is the path of our dreams. My personal legend has changed overtime. I have been influenced along my journey. I have also been faced with many obstacles‚ but I have still made movement with them there. I have learned many lessons along my journey‚ and I will continue to learn more. This is my personal legend‚ read on. When I was a young
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they went.The white community abused of their power and treated them as animals. In consequence of this‚ Richard Wright created Native Son. The book is about of all of the Biggers Richard Wright had encountered when he lived in Chicago and Bigger represented all of them and how being a black person meant in this time. While many others wouldn’t agreed of Bigger’s action‚ Richard Wright‚ the author of Native Son illustrates the struggles of a
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it has also the power to blind‚ imprison and destroy. -Ralph Elision- Education is not a product: mark‚ diploma‚ job‚ money -- in that order: it’s a process‚ a never-ending one. -Bel Kaufman- During last week‚ I read 2 excerpts from Richard Wright and Malcolm X’ autobiographical writing. The interesting part is the authors both got self- educated by reading books while they were in tough situations because of racism. Although the way they accessed to education was different‚ they had a strong
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Throughout history many legends and myths have been introduced to society. A legend can be defined as a traditional story popularly regarded as historical but unauthentic. Robin Hood has become a legend commonly well known to the twenty first century. The legend of Atlantis is one that has been debated upon over the years to whether or not it is fictional. An unreliable amount of geographical evidence supports a non-existent Atlantis. Plato’s writings of Atlantis are the only known existence of the
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There are four main qualities to the ANZAC legend: an independent spirit‚ bravery‚ mateship and spirit of the bushman. The ANZAC’s defined their nations’ reputation during World War I through their display of these qualities. The ANZAC’s were known as independent and free spirits. They were rebellious and didn’t act like orderly corps‚ although they were very loyal and followed commands when ordered. During the Gallipoli campaign the men were known to be slightly disrespectful towards the British
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Whenever I have some free time‚ I would enjoy spending by it playing my favorite online game‚ League of Legends. I enjoy playing League of Legends because of the heart pounding adrenaline rush when I am in team fights or when I am running for my dear life. In this game‚ I feel as if I am one with the champion or character I am playing as. This feeling gives me multiple roles as well as a sense of significance‚ along with abilities and powers that are beneficial to the team. I feel important while
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