Pollice Verso by Jean-Leon Gerome Pollice Verso‚ latin for Thumbs Down‚ is a realistic painting by Jean-Leon Gerome depicting a gladiator battle in the ancient Roman Coliseum. The scene is of a Gladiator standing over his defeated opponent and looking towards the audience‚ most likely a group of Vestal Virgins‚ waiting for their order of whether to kill his opponent or let him live. The Vestal Virgins are seen with their thumbs pointed down‚ which was the order to kill him. Despite living
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12:30-2:30 Chapter 4: 1. What i make of the fact that Emma is seen sewing up during the days and unraveling it at night is that she is extremely bored about everything in her life. She finds herself falling for leon also. 2. Everyeone’s reaction to this is that both emma and leon must be lovers because when it states " Why did the doctor’s wife give the clerk presents? It looked queer." Madame Homais‚ Monsieur Homais‚ just and the children it gave the apperance that they were lovers. 3. Emma
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longing. “The more Emma became aware of her love‚ the more she suppressed it. She would have liked Leon to guess at it...” [p. 86] This quote shows the change is Emma’s character from part one due to the fact that in part one she only longed for such a relationship and what she read in books and took pity on herself while now she has taken action by committing adultery. When Emma first meets Leon there is a spark and common interests emerge unlike between Emma and Charles. This is seen in the quote
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tradition for all the boys to help fundraise‚ causes shock and admiration. Another example is Archie getting the Vigils involved with the chocolate sales‚ something in which was never part of their policy and causing some disarray within the group. Brother Leon also‚ by raising the number of chocolates and doubling its price‚ breaks the tradition of the school’s sale and increasing its pressure to be successful. It is also due to tradition that The Vigils and the other various sales conducted by the school
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to look forward to the day when the fog lifts and they can finally be as smart as the rest of the world. Leon Tolchinsky in search of the Zubritsky family who advertised for someone to educate their daughter‚ Sophia. At first‚ Leon seems overwhelmed by the task ‚ especially when he learns that the curse extends to anyone who stays in town longer than 24 hours. The clock starts ticking as Leon realizes he is developing feelings for Sophia and he is committed to saving her by breaking the curse without
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Fountain of Youth: History and Contribution to Society Abstract The fountain of youth was believed to be a myth to modern society‚ but some explorers had actually ventured out to find it. Explorers such as Juan Ponce de Leon had explored Florida‚ but other leaders claimed that they had fountain. According to different religions‚ the fountain of youth has had many different forms of blessing people with youthfulness. But‚ in popular culture‚ this myth can be found in various
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aesthetics from theEncyclopædia Britannica aesthetics‚ also spelled esthetics ‚ the philosophical study of beauty and taste. It is closely related to the philosophy of art‚ which is concerned with the nature of art and the concepts in terms of which individual works of art are interpreted and evaluated. To provide more than a general definition of the subject matter of aesthetics is immensely difficult. Indeed‚ it could be said that self-definition has been the major task of modern aesthetics
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He now has to face Brother Leon and tell him no which soon gives him insight in to the teachers’ feelings. "His eyes gave him away. His face was always under control but his eyes showed his vulnerability."(Cormier 92) Jerry realizes that Brother Leon is struggling with the candy sale and that he is trying to hide his anger for Jerry’s’ refusal. Jerry knows Brother Leon’s hate for him and his fear of failure with the chocolate sale. "He had met Brother Leon in the corridor late one afternoon
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Leon and Ken perceived that they needed water for Teofilo to quench his thirst and will be able to send them rain clouds. As Leon knocked on the door he noticed carved lambs; representing the Christian way of symbolizing God. “…I only came to ask you if you would bring your holy water to the graveyard” (Silko 256). Father Paul then tries to covert his beliefs and the Christian’s tradition of a funeral. The ceremony leads to the change of both characters; Leon and Father Paul comprising
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science. His remains were buried at the Church entrance when he died. In 1820‚ the censorship of Copernicanism was withdrawn by the Holy Office‚ taken on the discoveries made by two Italian astronomers.Between 1789 and 1792 in Bologna‚ Giovanni Battista Guglielmini proved Earth moves in a twofold motion by making measurements and observing bodies moved slightly to the east‚ proving Galileo right. He also gave proof of Earth’s rotation
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