Gray‚ Burns‚ and Blake: The Transitional Poets It was the mid-eighteenth century and poets were tiring of the neoclassical ideals of reason and wit. The Neoclassic poets‚ such as Alexander Pope‚ "prized order‚ clarity‚ economic wording‚ logic‚ refinement‚ and decorum. Theirs was an age of rationalism‚ wit‚ and satire." (Guth 1836) This contrasts greatly with the ideal of Romanticism‚ which was "an artistic revolt against the conventions of the fashionable formal‚ civilised‚ and refined Neoclassicism
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Many factors contributed to the downfall of Othello in William Shakespeare’s‚ Othello‚ the Moore of Venice. Everyone knew Othello as noble and full of pride‚ but when the jealously beast took hold of him the image was changed. His weakness’s came out and more then ever. Traits that were thought of as different and extraordinary were now qualities no one wanted. Othello slowly began to self-destruct when his pride was stripped‚ his insecurities were shown‚ and he believed his wife was a cheater.
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February 1st. This is known a The Feast of Saint Brigid’s Day. In making the cross‚ many rituals are involved. Traditionally‚ the Saint Brigid’s Cross protects a home from fire and evil. It is hung the kitchens of Irish homes for this very purpose. New crosses are made each Saint Brigid’s Day. The old one is then burned to keep fire away from a
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English Advanced Assessment Task 3 Critical Study of Poetry If thou must love me‚ let it be for nought Except for love’s sake only. Do not say ‘I love her for her smile-her look-her way Of speaking gently‚ -for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine‚ and certes brought A sense of pleasant ease on such a day’- For these things in themselves‚ Beloved‚ may Be changed‚ or change for thee‚ -and love‚ so wrought‚ May be unwrought so. Neither love me for Thine own dear pity’s wiping
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their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents’ strife. The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love‚ And the continuance of their parents’ rage‚ Which‚ but their children’s end‚ nought could remove‚ Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage; The which if you with patient ears attend‚ What here shall miss‚ our toil shall strive to mend. SYNOPSIS The play‚ set in Verona‚ begins with a street brawl
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husband’s lechery and as a result he resolves to “please her” which shows repentance for his actions‚ his ‘sin’ and his desire to not wrong his wife in such a way again. Her perseverance causes Proctor to confess to Hale that “the children’s sickness had nought to do with witchcraft” which leads to his admission “I have known her” [Abigail]. He publicises his wrong-doing in an attempt to make amends for his mistakes and earn the forgiveness of Elizabeth. He initially says “I have been thinking I would confess
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true-breeding garden peas for his experiments Mendel first worked with single-character crosses Mendel’s single-character crosses led him to propose the principle of segregation Mendel could predict both classes and proportions of offspring from his hypotheses 12.1 (cont.) Mendel used a testcross to check the validity of his hypotheses Mendel tested the independence of different genes in crosses Mendel’s research founded the field of genetics Sutton’s chromosome theory of inheritance
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The Lamentation over the Dead Christ Rembrandt (1610-1612) 31.9 x 26.7 cm The subject matter is the Christ on the cross. The painting looks very depressing because of the dead people and Christ and the thieves on the crosses. “The theme of the Lamentation is traditional‚ although it is not described in the Bible. It shows Mary‚ the mother of Jesus‚ Mary Magdalene and others‚ weeping over his body after the Crucifixion. Rembrandt’s picture is carefully constructed to connect with other episodes
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Name __________________________ Date _____________ Period _______ Expected and Observed Results 1. Mendel made the following crosses with pea plants. For the pea plants round seeds (R) are dominant over wrinkled seeds (r). Complete the Punnett squares and answer the questions about each cross. a. b. c. d. 2. He crossed a round pea (R) plant with a wrinkled pea (r) plant. His results were 126 round peas and 122 wrinkled peas. Which of the Punnett squares
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to trust in. But often time‚ some believe their religion is more superior than other religions. That is when violence occurs. Now the two religions can get along‚ but sometimes they can’t. Why are there crosses in the battle field? The crosses were means of torture and painful deaths. The crosses were kept up not to represent Jesus‚ but what Jesus did once. Through visions‚ Constantine sees Jesus‚ and he decided to put the cross on shields. The cross represents that your lord and savior died for
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