The outside smelled liked autumn. The wind was gentle. As my friend and I walked‚ the leaf crunched below our feet. When we reached the park it transformed. One playground became the ice castle. That had snow guard guarding all around the castle. The ponds sparkle from the sun that was surrounding the castle. As for the other playground lit up with fire‚ from stone to stone. I raced the fire queen to my castle. She always would try to take my kingdom. Perhaps she was jealous of my kingdom. My kingdom
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of the position. The second‚ Cleopatra‚ would rule fourteen centuries later. She was the daughter of Thutmose I and his Great Wife‚ Queen Ahmose. She had one full sibling‚ her sister Neferubity‚ who perished in infancy. One of the other women in Thutmose’s harem was Mutnofret‚ possibly the daughter of Ahmose I. She bore him four sons; Wadjmose‚ Amenose‚ Thutmose II‚ and Ramose. Thutmose I began grooming Wadjmose and Amenose for the position of pharaoh‚ but they both died before
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of Hatshepsut’s reign with a positive outlook. In addition Hatshepsut consistently integrated Egyptian culture and religion into her building program. The most noteworthy monuments erected under her rule were four large obelisks made of red granite. ‘I have done this with a loving heart for my father‚ Amun […] It was he who led me’ is inscribed on one of the obelisks‚ glorifying Amun and bringing to light his significance in Egyptian society. By making Amun the focal point of the obelisks ‚ Hatshepsut
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Both sources 5 and 6 tend to disagree with the idea of the king wholly surrendering his power to the Cardinal and instead state that the king still had some control in government matters. Source 6 states ‘I thought it best not to allow anyone else to bear this message’ when writing to Cardinal Wolsey in 1520. This is supported by the knowledge we have on the king giving partial power to Wolsey‚ however when making decisions on important cases Henry was always to have the final decision showing that
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The mother‚ whom the story is about and also the narrator of the story‚ is‚ because of a friend of her son’s recent death‚ recalls on a event which had a huge impact on her life – the death of her own brother. The story revolves around the places in time‚ her childhood and present. The story is told with 2 different stories that in the end become clearer that the 2 stories have a tremendous resemblance. The first story is about the narrator’s childhood‚ where the children of the neighbourhood get
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The unicorn tapestries is the title given to a set of six full tapestries‚ as well as three fragments of an additional tapestry‚ that depict the hunt of a unicorn. The tapestries are currently being housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tapestries have a long and complicated history‚ of which much is left in the dark. The tapestries were woven in the Southern Netherlands around the year 1500 (Colburn 2010‚ 97). Five of the seven unicorn tapestries were speculated by James J. Rorimer to have
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Undeniably‚ art is shaped by its cultural background. The region in which it is found‚ the race/ethnicity/nationality of the people who created it‚ the politics surrounding its creation‚ the time in which it was created‚ and numerous other factors contribute to what we know about history’s greatest masterpieces. Located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ the Large Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut (a.k.a Kneeling Hatshepsut) is no exception to this fact. For approximately twenty years‚ female pharaoh
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Queen Elizabeth was a strong and independent leader she new how to rule her country and from the beginning she knew what she need and wanted to do as queen. She had a strong mind set and as a queen would have to be prepared for almost anything thrown her way. She seemed to deal with money well she had her personal income of 250‚000 pounds per year in the year 1558. Queen Elizabeth has her favorites of the people and knows what she wants as a favorite. She had her mind set on what she wanted and what
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Elizabeth Short known like “The Black Dahlia” was a lovely young lady born on July 29‚ 1924 in Boston Massachusetts. The third of five daughters their parents were Cleo and Phoebe Short. Cloe left and Phoebe had to be a solo parent. Cloe abandoned the family when she was five. By the age of fifteen she had already dreamed of being an actress and made it one of her goals. She would always wear all black. She quit school on her sophomore year. Elizabeth moved to Los Angeles at the age of
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the Voices and Visions series. The video provided extensive and unique insight into Elizabeth’s early life and how it affected her poetry. It discussed her personal relationships as well as her family‚ travel and literary accolades. In this paper‚ I will respond to the most interesting and unique aspects of Elizabeth Bishop’s personality‚ early life‚ and poetry. Elizabeth was born‚ and only 3 short months after‚ her father died. Only a few years later‚ her mother was committed in a sanitarium
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