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    My favorite page of the Tony DiTerlizzi version of "The Spider and the Fly" was the illustration of the spider and fly at the entrance to the parlor. I liked this picture in particular because I thought that the warning signs for the fly to not go into the parlor were less obvious than other parts of the book‚ even though it was at the climax point of the fly making her decision to accepts the spider’s original offer or not. The subtle images in the picture are the butterfly wing curtains and the

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    25 November 2013 The Black Widow Spider What is a black widow spider? Black widows are notorious spiders identified by the colored‚ hourglass-shaped mark on their abdomens. It is very small‚ females are about 15 mm and the males are only 7 mm‚ not including the legs. Its venom is 15 times stronger than a rattlesnake’s. The most dangerous for humans is the American black widow spider. These spiders are found in many areas of the world‚ but are found mostly in the Western Hemisphere‚ particularly

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    in a relationship than our time‚ so even though the audience of this period of time may see Stanleys abusive actions as destructive and out of order‚ in the 60’s these sort of scenario’s would’ve ’happened already’. Whereas‚ in Iain Banks’s‚ “The Wasp Factory”‚ the writer presents disturbing behaviour in a similar way‚ but from a different perspective. Iain Banks similairly presents Frank to have an unusual animalistic yet‚ predator-like behaviour to portray a different kind of character. Tennessee

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    thrusting his spear into a monstrous spider. The man is naked surrounded in a pool of blood and red mist. Like many of Frazetta’s works the protagonist is very muscular and stern. He seems very hardened as if fighting is all he knows and it is a heavy burden upon

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    When people think of Alexander the Great how do they think of him? Do people interpret him as great or just a big jerk? History wrote Alexander the Great down as‚ well great‚ but is this really the truth? Or are most of the time people with these self proclaimed titles just jerks with over inflamed egos? In social studies class‚ we watched three very different videos about Alexander the Great. Each video portrayed Alexander in different ways.  One of the videos portrayed him as vain‚ but very powerful

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    Josie’s Departure Hilary Clinton said‚ “We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.” Society is the collection of people living together in a more or less ordered community. There is so much hostility happening in societies that people are aware of. The Day it Happened by Rosario Morales proves that society condones domestic violence‚ teaches decision making‚ and promotes social interactions. Society teaches continual domestic violence especially in

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    Alexander tried to make the Macedonians and Greeks to perform Proskynesis which was a traditional Persian practice where they prostrated down before him and worshiped him. To the Greeks and Macedonians‚ getting down on their knees bowing was an unacceptable behaviour. From their point of view‚ these acts were only allowed in front of a god. Alexander wanted the support of the Persian nobles and Persian citizens as he wanted to form a unified empire and required support from the Persians‚ therefore

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    Kiss of the Spider Woman Reflective Statement Through every oral I am able to learn something new about Puig’s novel. This time‚ it was my own that had me discovering a facet of the book I had not yet unearthed. During one of Molina’s many breaks from telling the panther woman story‚ Valentin voiced the opinion that “...It’s just like an allegory‚ and really clear too‚ of the woman’s fear of giving in to a man‚ because by completely giving in to sex she reverts a little to an animal.” I thought

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    In Manuel Puig’s novel Kiss of the Spider Woman‚ Molina and Valentin use fantasy as a way of escapism. Firstly‚ Molina uses the films he tells in the cell to escape his unfavorable and lonely life by creating a preferred reality through the fantasy he creates in them. Secondly‚ the setting of the cell itself provides Molina with a sanctuary from the outside world‚ allowing him to escape from the gender roles in which he is confined in and fantasize about taking on the feminine role with Valentin

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    The circulator system of spiders * Spiders are arthropods and they have an open circulatory system. * The open circulatory system is a system in which the organs are directly bathed with nutrients and oxygen. The blood flow is not restricted as much as a closed circulatory system. * The spider’s heart is a simple heart‚ a tube surrounded by muscle with a one-way valve at each end. * It is located in the abdomen a short distance within the middle line of the dorsal body-wall‚ and

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