Plato’s Symposium is a book of speeches given in honor of Eros‚ the god of love. Aristophanes‚ a comic poet‚ gives the first speech‚ and the second is given by Socrates. The first speech tells a humorous history of mankind and how it became “whole‚” addressing gender issues and sexuality. On a more serious note‚ the second speech addresses the origin of Eros and his use to humans. Before launching his speech‚ Aristophanes warns the group that his eulogy to love may be more absurd than funny
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Russell Lebo The Dark Ages 12/4/12 The period called the Dark Ages is a period of time where Europeans made progress despite enormous difficulties. There are six main things that contributed to calling this time the Dark Ages. They include the fall of Rome‚ a mini ice age‚ The Great Schism‚ plague‚ peasant revolt‚ and the Hundred Years War. The fall of Rome began when a man named Alaric launched his third attack on the city of Rome. Alaric‚ the leader of the Visigoths‚ was forced out of Germany
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artist in a surreal yet realistic setting‚ while O’Keeffe’s focus was on her personal view of the world and a rejection of reality. Forest Pool portrays a forest interior where the sun has penetrated the thick canopy of leaves and shines onto a pool of dark water‚ which also reflects the surrounding trees. The dense forest stretches far into the background of the painting where a patch of light hints at the possibility of a clearing. A lone man appears among the trees and bushes‚ perhaps gathering wood
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The Dark Ages is a period name used in the same breath as Middle Ages. Particularly‚ it refers to that time period when the fall of the Roman Empire began and the rise of the Renaissance period and the Age of Discovery. Approximately‚ the Dark Ages were identified as the time from 400-1500 A.D. The term Dark Ages was initially introduced by Francesco Petrarca‚ an Italian scholar‚ as a reference to the low quality literature and scriptures during the time‚ including the period’s lack of culture
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Dark Matter Astronomy Samuel Research Topic Topic: Dark Matter‚ Astronomy Saul Perl mutter‚ 2011 states “The Universe in made mostly of dark matter and dark energy‚ and we don’t know what either of them is.” The above statement by Saul Perl mutter suggests that astronomers at this age have found this unknown substance by the name of Dark Matter. We chose this topic on Dark Matter as it intrigues us what is beyond our atmosphere and what is it made off. We want to know how Scientists realized
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Analysis of Song Lyrics I chose “Bullet with Butterfly Wings” by lyricists and lead singer of the Smashing Pumpkins Billy Corgan as my song for the poetic analysis essay. I seemed to identify with the song the first time I heard it on the radio. The lyrics describe how many teens felt growing up in the 1990’s‚ myself included‚ hating everything around us and facing adulthood with hopes that some contentment in life will come. “Bullet with Butterfly Wings” is one of those songs that make you
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Why is Dark Chocolate Healthy?: Chocolate is made from plants‚ which means it contains many of the health benefits of dark vegetables. These benefits are from flavonoids‚ which act as antioxidants. Antioxidants protect the body from aging caused by free radicals‚ which can cause damage that leads to heart disease. Dark chocolate contains a large number of antioxidants (nearly 8 times the number found in strawberries). Flavonoids also help relax blood pressure through the production of nitric oxide
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Do the Benefits of Dark Tourism Outweigh the Morbidity Maameegate Zheng Jun Cheston Tay Kai Ren ENG114 – Section 1006 University of Nevada‚ Las Vegas / Singapore Campus Do the Benefits of Dark Tourism Outweigh the Morbidity Introduction Dark tourism encourages people to reflect on mortality‚ bringing them closer to death (Stone‚ 2010). It is a multitude of history‚ heritage‚ tourism and tragedy which plays an important role in delivering information by bringing the past to present (Niemelä
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Response: Intimations of Dark Tourism The study of dark tourism by Foley and Lennon displays a significant amount of research and examples. In pointing out the vast number of dark tourist sites‚ worldwide‚ the two authors validate the importance of dark tourism in anthropology. The manner in which a human views death depends completely on the way in which he or she was socialized from the time he or she was born. Although opinions‚ representations‚ and the ways in which humans cope with
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A Song by Thomas Carew (1595-1640) Themes: Love‚ romance‚ nature and beauty. This whole poem is a tribute to the beauty and brilliance of one mystery lady‚ which uses the most transcendent beauty of the natural world to flatter his subject. It celebrates the possibility of beauty and immortality. Content: Each stanza begins with the phrase ‘ask me no more’‚ which indicates that the poet is not feeling complicated anymore. To begin with‚ the first question posed is of what Jove –the Roman God- does
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