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    Comparative Analysis of Les Demoiselles d’Avignon and The Dance The Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907‚ Museum of Modern Art‚ New York)‚ is an oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso. This is an image of five nudes grouped around a still life. Of the five figures‚ four of the figures are facing the viewer. There is a disjunction in the fifth figure as she is crouched on the floor‚ her back away from the viewer‚ while her face‚ or mask‚ addresses the viewer. This vertically aligned painting measures

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    me as you please; but help me first to carry him home. I only ask that of you." Upon examination of Les Miserables‚ it is clearly evident that the elements of Forgiveness‚ Self – Sacrifice‚ and Courage are only a few of the main themes Hugo wanted to develop. <br> <br>First off‚ is the element of forgiveness. In a book of mistrust‚ poverty‚ and hate…forgiveness thrives in the world of Les Miserables. The first example of this was at the very beginning‚ when Jean Valjean stayed with the bishop. Valjean

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    Discuss the relationship between the form and the content in Les Demoiselles D’Avignon The relationship between the form and content of ‘Les Demoiselles D’Avignon’ is one of intense complexity. The two are inherently reflective of each other; the instantaneous repulsion and horror of the form conveys the horrific nature of its content. However‚ what is so definitive about ‘Les Demoiselles’ is its eventual precedence of form. Picasso rejects the reality of the image in favour of the image perceived

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    Gawain and the Green Knight” by The Pearl Poet. In the story “Le Morte d’Arthur” written by Sir Thomas Mallory‚ shows that during Gawain’s battle with Launcelot‚ Gawian would not give up until his death. There is more than one reason as to why Sir Gawain is a better‚ more courageous knight in “Le Morte d’Arthur” than he is in “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”. The first way Gawain shows that he is a better‚ more courageous knight in “Le Morte d’Arthur” is by what he says to Sir Launcelot. After their

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    Delving Deeper: The Missing Pieces of Jean Rouch’s Les Maitres Fous (1955) Untrained as a filmmaker and educated in the field of ethnography‚ Jean Rouch spent much of the 1940’s and 1950’s exploring the colonialized areas of West Africa. He spent his time immersing himself in African culture‚ eventually taking a camera along to film what he witnessed. The footage he collected would later be edited in to several short amateur pieces. Over the next several years‚ Rouch would emerge as an unsuspecting

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    Brittany Adelhardt Book Report: The Miserable Mill 10/24/10 Junior English‚ B3 The Miserable Mill The story of The Miserable Mill‚ is the sequence novel to Series Of Unfortunate Events By Lemony Snicket. It is the story about the Baudelaires’ three misfortuanant children who have been moving to different family membors and now what would be the Lucky Smells Lumbermill‚ there "new" home. While traveling with Mr.Poe‚ they see a building in the shape of an eye. When the Bauldelaires’ arrive at

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    Zerbinette In the play “Les fourberies de Scapin” by Moliere a brilliant in tricks server named Scapin lies and plays the other characters against each other to help two young couples‚ his masters son and their neighbors son‚ convince their fathers to not break apart their engagements. One character I found entertaining is Zerbinette who is the young girl Leandre is engaged to. Zerbinette was kidnapped at the age of four and raised by gypsies living on the streets. At the end of the

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    environment with people to match with it‚ has a seemly perfect portrayal on the surface until Omelas’ darkside is revealed. Knowing the foundation of the society reveals that every society and its ethics should be questioned‚ including our own. Ursula K. Le Guin’s choice of wording in her short story‚ brings not only the mysterious city of Omelas to life‚ but serves as a source of enlightenment. The reader is given an active narrator in the story and is left with many broad uncertainties about Omelas

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    Jeremiah Gates The Good Life Inter 135 10/18/13 A miserable Specimen In chapter eight of the Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks the author Rebecca Skloot named it “a miserable specimen”. I believe this an accurate title for the reading because throughout the chapter they talk about how miserable Henrietta Lacks was. She always had to come back to the hospital complaining of pain and every time the doctors would always tell her that was she was fine and that they didn’t see anything. Then a few

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    Limited is a British Manufacturer of automobiles‚ founded on the 18th of January 1919 by Walter Own Bentley. In the First World War‚ Bentley was known because of their rotary aero-engines. After the war Bentley designed and produced cars that won the Le Mans race in 1924‚ 1927‚ 1928‚ 1929 and 1930. Bentley presented Queen Elizabeth II with an official State Limousine to celebrate her Golden Jubilee in 2002. Bentley believes that it is a high end luxury car‚ which has tradition and ultimate class

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