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    Characters of Troy(Movie)

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    Julie Christie as Thetis - Mother of Achilles.  Ken Bones as Hippasus - Adviser of Menelaus.  Julian Glover as Triopas - King of Thessaly.  Nathan Jones as Boagrius - Thessalian champion.  Siri Svegler as Polydora - Spartan entertainer.  Adoni Maropis as Agamemnon’s officer.  Jacob Smith as Messenger boy.  Retxed Karpintero as Old Spartan fisherman.  Lucie Barat as Helen’s handmaiden. Trojans  Eric Bana as Hector - Prince of Troy and the best warrior among the Trojans. Eldest son

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    HUMN303 - DeVry University- April 21‚ 2013 Venus de Willendorf vs. Barbie With Time‚ Brings Change HUMN303 - DeVry University- April 21‚ 2013 Venus de Willendorf vs. Barbie With Time‚ Brings Change Introduction Venus de Willendorf is a statuette that first appeared during the Upper Paleolithic period. The exaggerated carvings of the body parts were how the artists of that time viewed women‚ fat and fertile. History often takes from the past to reinvent the future. Today’s society has

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    genetic engineering (Resta). A more ambiguous reason for genetic engineering is the elimination of common defects that vary in seriousness‚ such as sensory impairment. Dozens of chromosomes linked to hearing impairment have been located (Ruben‚ 33). Although treatment for such conditions initially looks promising‚ as the elimination of complete blindness or deafness would alleviate hardships caused by these disabilities‚ removing serious sensory conditions and actually raising sensory ability

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    Being a Hero

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    as much grief as it does splendor. Aeneas is the son of Venus. This fact alone brings about much of the hero in him. Venus‚ a concerned mother‚ always looks out for her son. She does everything she thinks will help to ensure his safety and success. At the beginning of his journey from Troy‚ she prevents his death at sea. Juno has persuaded King Aeolus to cause vicious storms‚ rocking Aeneas’ fleet and nearly killing all of them. Venus then goes to Jupiter and

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    Mercury: Roman Gods

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    craters and completely dry. There is no possibility of life on Mercury. Mercury has no moons. Venus Venus is called after the Roman Goddess of love and beauty. Venus is 0.72 AU from the Sun. The diameter of Venus is 12‚104 kilometres‚ or 7‚521 miles. Venus’s average orbital speed is 35 km/s. Venus orbits round the sun in 224.68 days. A day on Venus would take 243 Earth days. The atmosphere of Venus is mostly

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    Sandro Botticelli

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    itself and/or nature illustrated by the changes of seasons. Botticelli most famous figure was that of Venus‚ the goddess of love. She was incorporated into two of his most famous works‚ The Birth of Venus and Primavera. Most of Botticelli’s women had that typical hourglass figure to them . During the time period in which these works were created‚ women with the physical characteristics of Venus were considered to be the ideal feminine figure. These women were considered to be ideal because during

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    planet is a terrestrial body consists mainly of silicate or metal [3]. Some known rocky planets with substantial atmosphere such as Venus‚ Mars and Earth has a very different composition of atmospheric gas [4]. These planets experienced very different condition that causes the formation of current atmosphere. This essay will focus on the evolution of atmosphere on Earth‚ Venus‚ and Mars and compare the current atmospheric conditions of these planets. Furthermore‚ how the Earth’s atmosphere can sustain

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    Serena Williams

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    the age of five. Serena and her older sister Venus began daily two-hour practices with her father. Her father home-schooled Serena and her sister Venus and to this day‚ Serena Williams remains coached by both her parents. In 1995‚ when Serena was in the ninth grade‚ her father pulled both Serena and Venus out of school‚ and began coaching both of his daughters at their home. Subsequently‚ Serena turned pro that same year‚ and‚ along with her sister Venus‚ enjoyed a run of prestigious victories. Two

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    Female Figurines Analysis

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    communication‚ and once established made it easier. Through this form of communications‚ it is possible that the people in this era used the Venus figurines as a symbol of female interaction and mating. Although the fertility theory is understandable it does not fully apply to all Venus figurines. Some of the figurines have big chests‚ hips‚ and abdomen‚ while others like the Venus of Eggendorf am Walde has a smaller chest‚ waist‚ and a bigger hip area‚ leaving it to be missing the pregnant like abdomen. There

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    history of obesity. The history is dated back to the 1700s. "Throughout much of the 1700s and 1800s‚ women were expected to be full-figured‚ in the manner of the nudes painted by seventeenth-century Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens" (2) express the authors. The women in Rubens’ paintings were bigger girls. The girls were not real skinny and they had some fat on them. Society has different views on each century of obesity. Society goes back and forth on views. Women would want to have thin bodies and

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