Welcome to Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. 4‚282‚574 articles in English Arts Biography Geography History Mathematics Science Society Technology All portals From today’s featured article Trinity Test of the Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project was a research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946‚ the project was under
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Miguel Barnet’s Biography of a Runaway Slave: Testimonial Literature as History Few documentary sources exist from the Caribbean islands and the Latin American mainland written by Africans or their descendants that describe their life under enslavement. In Brazil‚ two mulatto abolitionists wrote sketchy descriptions of their personal experiences‚ and one autobiography of a black man was published before emancipation. In contrast‚ several thousand slave narratives and eight full-length autobiographies
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Summary: the picture of Dorian Gray CHARACTERS Lord Henry (Harry): he had a thin face and clever‚ dark eyes. His voice was slow and beautiful. People listened to him when he talked. Dorian Gray: His face was pale and beautiful. His eyes were bright blue. His hair was blond. Basil Hallward: He had black hair and strong‚ intelligent face. He was a successful artist. He worked hard and painted many pictures. Sibyl Vane: She was small and beautiful‚ with shining brown hair. She worked as an actress
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Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray: Mortality Not Art Art for art’s sake. The saying originated from the French phrase l’art pour l’art from the nineteenth century French philosopher Victor Cousin. Art in this sense was not meant to be concerned with social‚ political‚ and moral subjects. Instead it was to concentrate on beauty‚ which would re-word the phrase to "art for the sake of beauty and its elevating effects." No matter the wording‚ art for art’s sake became central to the British
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The Martyrs’ picture by Durante Alberti represents the relationship between the 3 separate beings of the Holy Trinity: The Father‚ The Son and The Holy Spirit. It also tells us about Jesus through His blood‚ the weeping angels and hatless priests and bishops‚ and lastly‚ the temple. First‚ in the picture God the Father is sitting on his throne and the dove which is the Holy Spirit is above Jesus. The spirit is transcending from the Father and the Son. The Son is in crucifixion position while He
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20th century and his work is still famous today. Picasso went through many time periods‚ but his most famous ones are the blue period‚ the rose period‚ and cubism. Pablo Picasso was born in Màlaga‚ Spain‚ in 1881. Picasso was raised by his mother Doña Maria and his father Don Josè Ruiz Blasco. Picasso’s father was an art teacher and started teaching him how to draw as a child. "By the time he was 13 years old‚ his skill level had surpassed his fathers" ("Pablo Picasso Biography"). Attending school
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Biography of Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson‚ the third president of the United States‚ is recognized for his many accomplishments during the 18th century. Not only was he a president‚ but Jefferson was the author of The Declaration of Independence‚ a founding father of the United States‚ and the founder of the University of Virginia. Jefferson was a brilliant political writer who used his writing skills to separate the United States of America from Great Britain and to protect the rights of
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essay. This essential character in the story is none other than Nick Carraway‚ the antithesis of Gatsby and a peripheral narrator of the book. Nick is the quintessential model of a character that plays a significant role not only in the development of other prominent characters‚ but also in the central theme of the novel-- the corruption and fallibility of the “American Dream.” Nick’s close relationships with Jay Gatsby and
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Nick Carraway- He is the narrator and main character of the novel The Great Gatsby. After Nick graduated from Yale and served in World War I‚ he moved to New York City to learn how to sell bonds. He then moved to West egg‚ which is a fictional area in Long Island to sell bonds. He soon becomes friends with his neighbor‚ Gatsby. Jay Gatsby- He is the character that the novel is titled after. He is a wealthy young man who lives in a mansion in West Egg. He is well known for the parties he throws every
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Jeanette Flager: The Biography “So Grandma‚ tell me about your childhood‚” I asked. “Um‚ not good‚” she replied. “Tell me why.” My grandmother‚ Jeanette Flager‚ answered this way because of her stressful childhood. Moving several times while under a certain age can be hard. But‚ when those hardships passed‚ she was starting fresh with her family. Jeanette Alice Flager was born December 17‚ 1947‚ in Deadwood‚ South Dakota. She was the first of 7 kids. She moved from Deadwood to St. Onge‚ South
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