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    Comparisons of the Renaissance and Baroque Periods Western Governors University Comparisons of the Renaissance and Baroque Periods It was the 14th century and Europe was shrouded in creative and intellectual “darkness” as a result of corrupt and oppressive religion. People lived with the burden of twisted theological rules that permeated both business and personal lives. In a small town in Italy‚ a group of educators and philosophers started re-examining the Classical

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    Jose Rizal and the Revolution: Revisiting Renato Constantino’s “Veneration without Understanding” By Chris Antonette Piedad-Pugay When we open the pages of history books in the Philippines‚ it is not surprising to see texts about the martyrdom of our most celebrated hero-- Dr. Jose Rizal. In fact‚ it seems that his name already occupied a permanent and prominent place in every publication that has something to say about the Philippines. Truthfully‚ there is nothing wrong about immortalizing

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    Document Analysis: Apartheid Regime in South Africa: Document 1: A) Describe what is happening in this photograph from the Apartheid era in South Africa. * Shows an entire street of houses having their belongings being packed on trucks at the same time. * The people being moved are black South Africans * They are being organised and assisted by white men. B) Use document 1 and your own knowledge to explain the process this action was part of and the reasons the South African

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    While perhaps no longer relevant with more notorious groups like ISIS or Al-Qaeda‚ be it in current activity or geographic location‚ the Provisional Irish Republican Army serves as a good example of a more tightly knit terrorist group that covers only a small geographic region. The Provisional Irish Republican Army is a paramilitary group located in Northern Ireland‚ who used to operate throughout‚ Northern Ireland‚ the Irish Republic‚ Great Britain‚ and Europe‚ with their tactics consisting of the

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    R v Blaue Criminal Law 01: Actus Reus Facts The defendant inflicted serious stab wounds on the deceased who‚ knowing she would be likely to die as a result‚ refused a blood transfusion because she was a Jehovah’s Witness and accepting another’s blood was against her religion. The defendant claimed that her refusal to accept the blood transfusion broke the chain of causation between his conduct and her death. Extract There have been two cases in recent years which have some bearing

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    SHIRIN NESHAT Shirin Neshat is an Iranian Photographer and videographer born in 1974 who captures female and cultural/religious stereotypes in her works. Neshat’s work is that many of her images are endowed with a sense of empowerment. Her photographs include - Hands holding hands‚ forming a sense of solidarity‚ women in the possession of weapons‚ subverting traditional notions of gender roles and power. In the B&W photograph “Faceless” from the 1994 “Women of Allah” series Neshat can be seen wearing

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    In Jack Kerouac’s novel‚ On The Road‚ main protagonist Dean Moriarty symbolizes an "almost" immortal flame of youth that embodies the rebellious generation of uncertainty that describes 1950s Beat culture. Desirable of everything at the same time‚ from his numerable fixations with drugs‚ his incalculable romantic entanglements with women‚ or his superficial preoccupation to be seen as an intellectual‚ we get to know Dean’s liberating and pioneering personality as the "Holy Goof" as well as an apparent

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    Intro: Trigonometry is a branch of mathematics that studies triangles and the relationships between their sides and the angles between these sides. The field evolved during the third century BC as a branch of geometry used extensively for astronomical studies. It is also the foundation of the practical art of surveying. Trigonometry basics are often taught in school either as a separate course or as part of a precalculus course. Fields that use trigonometry or trigonometric functions include

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    His silence amidst the turmoil of the tortured Christians. Endo uses pristine imagery of the surrounding environment‚ the vivid description of the senses and the psychological battles within the characters to demonstrate the pain that accompanies martyrdom of the Christians‚ particularly when God seems to be absent. Rodrigues says “There was the sea that swallowed them up‚ the sea... that stretched out endlessly with unchanging expressions. And like the sea‚ God was silent. His silence continued.”

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    Spaniards did to the Pilipino peoples by writing two books titled Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. You would also see how corrupt priest use religion as a shield to do bad things like how they rape Filipina at the first 10 or 20 minutes of...The martyrdom of Gom-Bur-Za inspired Rizal to fight the evils of Spanish tyranny and redeem his oppressed people * Rizal dedicated the El Filibusterismo to Gom-Bur-Za Imprisonment of Teodora Alonzo * As the mother of a perceived enemy of the Spanish authorities

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