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    1. “Movement of Colored Lines- By: Sophie Taeuber‚ pg. 38‚ ch.3. The word I chose to describe the orange line at the bottom right of the piece‚ as silly. It instantly struck me as being something one would discover drawn on the walls or sidewalk by a child having a good time. The lack of strict vertical or horizontal lines aids in this decision. The lines is loopy and random seeming to have no sense of direction. There is no obvious structure‚ as if the intention was like a child’s; to have fun making

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    iambic pentameter pattern. Throughout the poem‚ Shakespeare has used figurative languages such as metaphor‚ simile and oxymoron and schemes like alliteration to give the poem more depth. The metaphorical title‚ “All the world’s a stage” compares the world to a stage. On this stage‚ each man plays the drama of his life and the poem describes this drama of life through seven stages. The first stage is of an infant who is being carried by a nurse. The infant cries and vomits all the time. In the second

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    Women’s Roles in World War One In June 1914 Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated by a Bosnian Serb nationalist. After months of tension in Europe‚ this event finally lead to an outbreak of war. This war‚ which was thought to be "the war to end all wars‚" is commonly known as World War One. When people talk about WW1 they think of the soldiers‚ weapons‚ and violence involved. But another major factor was women’s war efforts. Before World War One‚ women’s role in society was basically

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     It’s like a whole new world is in  that hotel.  5. The external and internal areas are not that attractive‚ because  it’s paved with white concrete and no a lot of light can come in  the hotel.  6. The author of the article interprets that there will not be a  resistance to capitalism because there’s nothing to do in this  building and it’s dull with cheap shops. There’s no threats on   ii. Sydney Opera House  1. Australia. Created by Jorn Utzon.  2. “Masterpiece of late modern architecture” Part of World Heritage 

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     ​ he caused pain and suffering to many innocent people.  Adolf Hitler was a bitter man  not caring what he did or what his soldiers did to these people.  Adolf Hitler was the cause of  World War II. ​  ​ September 1‚ 1939 was the start of a tragic war that killed‚ mutilated and hurt  many due to Hitler wanting world domination and the need for everyone to be the same‚ German.  The Prime Minister of England Neville Chamberlain and the Prime Minister of France  unsuccessfully tried to stop Hitler f

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    Assignment 3: “World War II Through the 1970s” Student Name: Ashley Helton Instructors Name: Karen Lewis Course Title: History 105 Date: May 25‚ 2012 In this essay I will go into detail explaining two major historical turning points that occurred during the period of World War II through the 1970s‚ and the effect they had on today’s society‚ economy‚ politics and culture. I will also give you two reasons why Americans in the late 1930s wanted to remain out of the European conflict. I will

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    Sophie’s World is a story focused around the subject of philosophy‚ as told from a child’s perspective. Sophie Amundsen is a fourteen-year-old girl living in Norway in 1990. She lives with her cat Sherekan‚ her goldfish‚ a tortoise‚ two budgerigars and her mother. Her father is a captain of an oil tanker‚ and is away for most of the year. One day Sophie is walking home from school with her friend Johanna. They have been discussing the human brain. Johanna thinks that people are robots; Sophie on the

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    Sophie’s World is regarded as one of the most innovative ways in which philosophy has been presented to a wider audience. Its story is deceptively simple: a teenage girl receives anonymous letters from a philosophy teacher names Alberto Knox that offers her a course on philosophy. It is part-book‚ part-experience and it take philosophy to new heights. The novel boasts an impressive feature‚ that in which understanding the basic concepts of philosophy have been easier than ever before. No longer do

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    Explore how Scott uses negative language to convey his attitude towards war.Use examples from the poem to support your answer. The poem ‘The drum’ is about how men were persuaded to go to war by the recruitment methods which suggested that war is glorious. The drum accompanied the men as they marched off to war and was associated with this sense of glory. The poet shows how this idea of glory is false and that the reality of war is horrid. Therefore‚ he hates the sound of the drum because it reminds

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    REACTION PAPER OF THE BOOK SOPHIE’S WORLD ( Chapter I-XI ) Submitted By: Submitted To: The Garden of Eden The first chapter of the book was entitled “The Garden of Eden” the story was well written‚ I was able to imagine the environment and I was able to see how Sophie would react on those given situations. The first questions that Sophie receives make her think about who she is and where the world came from. These questions are easy to ask and almost impossible to answer‚ but what is

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