Fig. 34. A Roman marble sarcophagus of Bacchanalia - (Notice Pan’s presence to the right center carving on the coffin) The sarcophagus (210-220 B.C.) pictured occurs as an enshrinement for a small girl that belonged to a wealthy senatorial family. In addition‚ there appears numerous ancient coffins with the festival of Bacchanalia carvings on them (various ones have sexual acts – including sodomy). Unfathomably‚ this lifestyle persisted as being casually accepted as the norm‚ allowing the display
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The Parthenon Marbles‚ known also as the Elgin Marbles (pronounced /ˈɛlɡən/‚ with a hard “g”)‚ are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures (mostly by Phidias and his pupils)‚ inscriptions and architectural members that originally were part of the Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis of Athens. Thomas Bruce‚ 7th Earl of Elgin‚ the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1799–1803‚ had obtained a controversial permission from the Ottoman authorities to remove pieces from the
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how Lupe Medrano felt in the story “The Marble Champ” by Gary Soto.Lupe is good at mostly anything except for sports.She has won several spelling bees‚has never missed a day of school (Except for when she got stung by a bee in Kindergarten)‚and she has her own shelf in her room built for all of her awards that she had won.Then on a rainy day‚she wanted to win something to do with sports.Lupe said “I wish I could be good at something‚anything‚ even marbles!”Lupe knew she would have to keep going and
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Documentary Style: 4 Little Girls vs. Bowling for Columbine Two documentaries that use two different styles of portraying bombings are 4 Little Girls and Bowling for Columbine.4 Little Girls by Spike Lee is a documentary on the 1963 Birmingham bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. This bombing is infamous for the killing of 4 innocent little black girls. Spike Lee uses his style to portray the feelings of the families of these girls as well as influential leaders during this time. Bowling
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After reading the commentary on “Dual Federalism” by James Bryce and “The ‘Marble Cake’ Theory of Federalism” by Morton Grodzins. In which it discusses Bryce’s concerns about the national government. Mr. Bryce is a professor of history at Oxford‚ a member of Parliament‚ and a British scholar who visited the United States around the 1880’s. James Bryce gives his compact description of dual federalism and later between the dates of (1907-1913) he makes his appearance by returning back to the United
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The Grave: Redemption and Coming of age Everyone has that one person that they look up to as a child. In the short story "The Grave‚" a young girl named Miranda grew up without a mother and is considered to be a tomboy. Her older brother‚ Paul‚ is that person she looks up to. She has a sort of epiphany after playing and digging through dirt in her grandfather’s old grave with her brother and finding a gold ring which gears her into discovering her femininity. The author‚ Katherine Anne Porter
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of the Youth in Nation Building The role of the youths towards the nation building First of all we have that the youths are the period between childhood and adulthood. Secondly‚ the nation is a country considered as a group of people living in a certain territory under one Government. Thirdly‚ we also have to know “Building” here means not masonry constructed‚ instead the development of the nation‚ the future of our country. The vision of our country lies in the hands of our youths. They are
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Girl by Jamaica Kincaid Jamaica Kincaid relates the relationship between a mother and daughter in her poem‚ “Girl”. The poem is about how a mother prepares her daughter to become a woman. She gives her a litany of valuable lessons to shape her behavior and character according to what is acceptable to their culture. Kincaid cleverly dropped hints throughout her poem suggesting that the culture being referred to is the Afro-Carribean culture. The Afro-Carribean culture is a blend of music‚ dance
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Compare the two texts‚ commenting on they ways in which they reflect differences and similarities in Talk in Life and Talk in Literature. In your answer you must explore the relationship between context‚ audience and purpose and the ways in which speakers’ attitudes and values are conveyed. Text A is an extract from Educating Rita‚ a play by Willy Russell‚ which immediately highlights the fact that this text is crafted speech‚ meaning it will show a lack of spontaneous utterances‚ as Russell will
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He youth of today is the driving force of tomorrow. It has some responsibility towards its country‚ which it must acknowledge and practice. Instead of blaming the system‚ youth should come together and mould the nation for a better tomorrow. YOUTH HAVE some responsibility towards their country. We need to learn from yesterday and live with hope for a better tomorrow. We can learn from our past how the young warriors shed their blood for the country. - See more at: http://www.merinews.com/article/role-of-youth-in-indias-development/140606
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