The Plate with King Hunting Rams is a brilliant piece of metallurgy from the Sassanid era of Persia‚ around 5-6th century CE. It was made from silver‚ mercury gilding and niello inlay in the Qazvin region in what is now Iran. The plate depicts an unknown Sassanid King (either Peroz or Kavad I) hunting down a group of rams. It shows the prowess and desired image of the king as well as the cultural divide and influence of the society at the time. Through its use of curvature‚ color‚ and shape‚ the
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Throughout the story Theseus learns a great deal of what it is to be a king. Not just any king but a king that is truthful‚ and loyal to his people‚ a king that has great leadership skills and can protect his people. Theseus also believed in justice and that is must be carried out. At a very young age Theseus quickly gained his leadership skills. This was when he traveled to Eleusis and became king. He quickly learned that Eleusis was a female dominated society and wanted to change their customs
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certain characters. In the film‚ The Lion in Winter (1968)‚ we ae shown the truth‚ instead of fact because of the characters’ portrayal‚ the changes of human nature‚ and the influence of our
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compositions. The Lion‚ The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis uses many of these. It is an example of a modern fantasy novel‚ as the characters‚ setting and storyline match the criteria for the modern fantasy genre perfectly. There are many motifs and common storyline occurrences associated with the modern fantasy genre. Magic‚ other worlds‚ good versus evil‚ heroism‚ fantastic creatures and fantastic objects are the basic modern fantasy motifs‚ and are all used in The Lion‚ The Witch and The
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Stephen King: The King of Terror Stephen Edwin King is one of today ’s most popular and best selling writers. King combines the elements of psychological thrillers‚ science fiction‚ the paranormal‚ and detective themes into his stories. In addition to these themes‚ King sticks to using great and vivid detail that is set in a realistic everyday place. Stephen King who is mainly known for his novels‚ has broadened his horizons to different types of writings such as movie scripts‚ nonfiction
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Lions for Lambs and TTTC Essay War novels can be one of two things: vivid accounts and harrowing tales‚ or instructional accounts and heart wrenching tales. Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried is without a doubt an exemplar of the latter. In parallel with O’Brien’s book‚ philanthropist Robert Redford directs and produces his film Lions for Lambs to this very same end. Lions for Lambs features a similar brand of invocative‚ yet gravely reformative storyline. As a result of these similarities
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Horror King Stephen King Known as the Horror King‚ Stephen King has earned that title with his award winning novels such as Carrie‚ The Dead Zone‚ and The Shining. Stephen King has written more than two hundred works of literature including his novels‚ short stories‚ and poems‚ one hundred and seventy eight of which were turned into works of film. Born on September 21‚ 1947 in Portland‚ Maine‚ Stephen King was raised by a mostly single parent. Stephen’s father “left the house to buy a pack of
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stop. I spun the golden head around my sweaty body‚ revealing my pink‚ exhausted face to the audience after what had felt like an endless lion dance performance. Bowing to the crowd‚ I heard various people yelling‚ “Wait‚ that was a girl?” I felt their surprised expressions and approval shine down on me as the result of the intense training I endured. As lion dancer‚ I never imagined feeling so triumphant. Growing up‚ my family was always there to belittle my sense of worth. My older sister‚ Theresa
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essay is ’A Lion Attacking a Horse ’ by George Stubbs. It was created using oil pants on canvas‚ in 1765. Created in a naturalism style‚ the artwork shows a lion attacking a horse on a mountainous landscape. The horse has a distressed expression on it ’s face‚ while it ’s body is tensed up in pain‚ showing a detailed structure on the horses body. This is what naturalism is: a convincing representation of the real world but it ’s not precisely realism.
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Emilie White Mrs. Barnett Language Arts IV 9 December 2011 King Tutankhamun Tutankhamun‚ better known as King Tut‚ was unwanted by his subjects‚ ignored by his successors and forgotten for more than thirty centuries. Thanks to the discovery of his tomb by Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter‚ he has been reborn as Egypt’s most famous son‚ achieving true immortality. Tut was born during the Amama Age‚ around 1341 BC. His mother was believed to be Kiya and his father was Akhenaten. When Tut was
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