Roman philosopher Pliny the Elder writes on the origins of painting in the encyclopedia Natural History. The legend tells the story of Dibutades‚ a young Corinth woman who was heartbroken to farewell her lover. Regnault depicts this scene in his painting The Origin of Painting: Dibutades Tracing the Portrait of a Shepherd. The woman reclines‚ facing away from her lover to trace his profile on the side of a tomb with a coal. As she draws‚ it is as if she cannot bear to see him‚ knowing she may lose
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inert like something wanting to be kneaded. Answer: Idea – The appearance of Megan fuelled by Paul’s lust and desire. He only discovers the truth after he sleeps with Megan. He sees her as needy and selfish. He also realises that he truly loves Rosie (she is genuine unlike Megan). Finally‚ he realises that he is still only a boy. Megan is actively creating her own illusion of Paul to allow herself to sleep with him. Techniques - Simile - Descriptive language - Figurative Language Page
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The novel "so much to tell you” by john Marsden‚ explores the concept of change and growth of the main character marina. The novel is about her personal struggle to become whole again after the tragic events that have occurred prior to the beginning of the novel. We see this through‚ the contrast of marinas character at the beginning to the end. We trace her personal journey and her healing through the novel and are given more insight as she develops. John Marsden has written this novel in the first
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based on one’s actions‚ but the moral character of that person. We can see that deep down‚ he is a very caring person. However‚ sometimes his actions do not display the truth of his personal moral character. Next is Doris Murphy‚ who is played by Rosie O’Donnell. This character best portrays ethical formalism because of the constant intent to do good deeds. For the most part‚ she would conduct herself in a positive way to everyone. For example‚ when her teammate‚ Mae‚ was upset because of the
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Animal Farm Essay 2nd Period Rosie Tran Establishing common enemies‚ manipulating facts‚ and using force‚ intimidation and fear can lead to complete undeniable dictatorship of a community. However‚ there is still a vital factor to fully and effectively govern a population: the attitudes of the people. If a person can make use of these elements productively‚ they can have the power to gain control of a nation. At the beginning of Chapter 7‚ Napoleon manipulates history by telling the animals
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on the silver dollar. Further down the line‚ women used feminism to break away from their traditional gender roles as matrons of the house‚ as females all across the country went to work in the ammunitions factories while the men were at war (think Rosie the Riveter). These concepts were seen as first-wave feminism‚ essentially the foundation for both second-wave and third-wave feminism‚ both of which go hand-in-hand. These particular ideals are founded upon the notion that women should have the same
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Germany is usually seen as the society that was controlled by their government‚ but America’s government had the same kind of control over it’s people . Although it seems America had a lot less‚ it’s because they enforced ideals considered today as correct . Both had almost complete control on media with propaganda‚ along with programs to improve people the way they wanted. The Hitler Youth has often been called indoctrinating. With the continual use of Boys State to this day and since I have gone
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People can talk in many ways to show their true nature. In Toni Cade Bambara’s story‚ “Raymond Run”‚ the characters speak in many different and unique ways. From how Squeaky and the characters talk‚ the readers can figure out what type of person he/she is and what his/her life is like. Squeaky is interesting due to how they talk about slang‚ rhythm‚ and the variety of sentences they use. In this story‚ Squeaky uses a lot of slang when she talks to show us about herself‚ and with that‚ we can see
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Heart of the Aztlan In the novel Heart of the Aztlan written by Rodolfo Anaya I found many interesting comments or cultural beliefs that I could relate to. I found this book to be easy reading there weren’t many difficult vocabulary words to stumble over and it was interesting to read because of the words that were thrown in the story that were written in Spanish. Coming from a Chicano background‚ I was able to relate to some of the characters and what they were going through. This
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campaigns were also used. However‚ they were a little different than those of decade previous. These campaigns targeted race‚ culture‚ and gender. With an influx of males leaving the country‚ women were encouraged to work in factories to support the war. “Rosie” became a symbol of female strength‚ unity‚ and support. The propaganda didn’t stop with women; children were also used. Photographs were
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