Who Where Why Punishment The Opportunists the vestibule of Hell In life‚ they never chose sides‚ and instead always switched from one side to the the other as it benefitted them. These are forced to eternally chase a banner through the vestibule of Hell. Their souls have dimmed so that they are unrecognizable. While they chase the banner‚ wasps and hornets pursue them and sting them‚ causing pus and other nasty fluids to flow out of their bodies. Maggots and other creepy crawlies are underfoot
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s Tale of Two Cities – Study Guide Questions 2008 Use these over the course of your reading. They are very helpful if you use them!! Book I: "Recalled to Life" Book I‚ Chapter 1: "The Period" 1. What is the chronological setting of this opening chapter? What clues enable us to determine "The Period"? 2. How does Dickens indicate the severity of social conditions in both France and England? 3. Who is the "king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face"? 4. How does Dickens
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Neoclassicism‚ an 18th century art and architecture movement‚ looked to Greek and Roman art for models of harmony‚ idealized realism‚ and reason and drew on Enlightenment thinking. Neoclassical art‚ therefore‚ closely resembles the art of classical antiquity. Neoclassical Literature • Neoclassical playwrights turned to subjects based on classical myths and adhered to classical unities of time‚ place‚ and action. Neoclassical theater was characterized by grandiosity and opulence; this was reflected
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Greek Mythology Greek Mythology IINTRODUCTION Greek Mythology‚ set of diverse traditional tales told by the ancient Greeks about the exploits of gods and heroes and their relations with ordinary mortals. The ancient Greeks worshiped many gods within a culture that tolerated diversity. Unlike other belief systems‚ Greek culture recognized no single truth or code and produced no sacred‚ written text like the Bible or the Qur’an. Stories about the origins and actions of Greek divinities varied widely
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TEXT‚ PERFORMANCE AND FILM: AN INTERMEDIAL READING OF ANTUNES FILHO´S THRONE OF BLOOD/MACBETH Liana de Camargo Leâo (UFPR) Mail Marques de Azevedo (UNIANDRADE) “Shakespeare´s plays‚ with their inherently flexible structure and openness of style‚ positively invite distinctive re-interpretation on performance.” John Russell Brown Throne of Blood/Macbeth‚ the title of Brazilian director Antunes Filho´s staging of the Shakespearean tragedy‚ refers explicitly to Akira Kurosawa´s film‚
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Art From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the general concept of art. For people named Art‚ see Arthur. For other uses‚ see Art (disambiguation). Page semi-protected Clockwise from upper left: a self-portrait from Vincent van Gogh‚ an African Chokwe statue‚ detail from the Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli and a Japanese Shisa lion Art is a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities; this article focuses primarily on the visual arts‚ which
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A Alpha; the uppercase form of the first letter of the Greek alphabet. See A by itself with citation tips (best for bookmarking). Abacus Abakes A portion of a column of the Doric Order; the uppermost member of a capital beneath the architrave; simply stated‚ the abacus is a slab forming the top of the capital of a column. See Abacus by itself with citation tips (best for bookmarking). Abae The site of the oracular shrine of Apollon in Phokis (Phocis) near the city of Delphi. See Abae by
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CLA204 Lecture 1 Notes What is myth? - mûthos (ancient Greek) – “story”‚ “plot” of a narrative - myth – “a traditional story of collective (social) importance” – character‚ plot‚ temporal and special setting - mûthos (story) + logos (account) = “study of myth”‚ mythology - set in distant past or time so long ago when humans did not exist - mythical place – ie. garden paradise‚ world of the dead‚ etc. Circulation of Myth: oral (Orpheus‚ Homer‚ Hesiod) literary (Ovid‚ Euripides) artistic
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There is something fundamentally‚ radically unhealthy about all this. We do not seem to be seeking more exuberance in living as much as staving off failure‚ putting off dying. We have lost all confidence in the human body. ~Lewis Thomas‚ The Medusa and the Snail‚ 1979 In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired. ~Author Unknown A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ. ~John Steinbeck The best six doctors anywhere And no one can deny it Are sunshine‚
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Dialogue on the threshold and diatribe: construction mechanisms of the individual ’s self-consciousness / Diálogo no limiar e diatribe: mecanismos de construção da autoconsciência do sujeito Aurora Gedra Ruiz Alvarez* Lílian Lopondo** ABSTRACT This paper is about the dialogue on the threshold whose origins are in the Socratic dialogue and the diatribe (a dialogued internal gender)‚ both understood as privileged mechanisms in the construction of the main character of Dostoevski´s novel
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