This painting is called Madame Grand (Noël Catherine Vorlée‚ 1761–1835) and it is oil on canvas. The artists name is Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French‚ Paris 1755–1842 Paris). It is a representational painting of a lady is sitting on what looks like a chair and is looking off and up to her right. She has a giant blue ribbon on the top of her hair that matches the bow on the front of her dress. She looks as if she is thinking of something that will make her happy or as if she was looking out
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Indian Legend of Lovers’ Leap There are many different stories of Lovers’ Leap’s around the world. This Cherokee Indian legend took place many years ago in Rock City‚ Tennessee. According to the legend‚ the Chief of the Cherokees had a beautiful daughter named Nacoochee‚ which means “Evening Star.” Sautee was a handsome‚ strong brave from a rival Indian tribe. He and Nacoochee fell in love the first time they saw each other. He was determined to be with her‚ and she longed to be with him‚ despite
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Introduction Problem Statement Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise (CLL) is unable to translate its world’s most spectacular natural surrounding into profits. The many issues facing CLL today include the declining Asian tour group market‚ due to the 1997 Asian economic crisis‚ the concentrated‚ summer and winter‚ seasonal demand‚ and the emergence of Internet‚ which empowers customers to make short-term decisions. The analysis below will present several key elements that will potential increases CCL’s
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Statistics are showing however that the “equal” part of the opportunity principle in America is becoming less and less true. Specifically higher education is becoming a more complex goal among lower income families and minorities. In the article‚ “For Poor‚ Leap to College Often Ends in a Hard Fall” by Jason DeParle‚ the journey of trying to get through and to manage the college lifestyle is detailed through the lives of three Texas teenagers. In the article DeParle gives the personal accounts of young
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Frank Lloyd Wright: A Life By: Ada Louise Huxtable Penguin Books 2008 Andrew Pate Prof. Richard Irwin History 202 17 November 2011 Ada Louise Huxtable’s Frank Lloyd Wright: A Life is a thoroughly detailed biography with noteworthy insight into the astoundingly topsy turvey life of one of America’s greatest architectural geniuses: Frank Lloyd Wright. Currently the architectural critic for the Wall Street Journal‚ Ada Louise Huxtable hails from many other prestigious positions and accomplishments
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A life postponed from freedom and individuality is a life that Louise Mallard lived in The Story of an Hour written by Kate Chopin. Activated by veiled hints of her husband having perished in a tragic work accident‚ Mrs. Mallard’s recovery of the news was not just signs of anguish but she also showed signs of categorical opportunities for her forthcoming future. She is given the news from her friends and family. Locking herself in her room she welcomes the feeling of grief for her husband. She goes
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The African-American Story In 1619‚ twenty Africans were brought to Virginia and forced into slavery. By 1790‚ there were 700‚000 slaves in the United States and in the 1800s‚ African-American slaves were 40% of the Southern part of America (Brunner). Africans were not slaves before they were brought to America. They were kidnapped and shipped to the U.S. where were made into slaves. African-Americans have struggled for hundreds of years to gain equality. They staged boycotts‚ had marches‚ and
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Mary Louise Pratt describes an authoethnography in her work‚ “Arts of the Contact Zone: A text in which people engage with representations other have made of them…Autoethnographic texts are representations that the so-defined others construct in response to
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Written Task 1 IB English Language and Literature Rationale word count: 300 words Total word count: 932 words Rationale: In the first semester of my International Baccalaureate English course‚ we analyzed Mary Louise Pratt’s “Arts of the Contact Zone”. Pratt discusses the implications of contact zones and transculturation by utilizing Guaman Poma’s example of learning Spanish to successfully write a letter and persuade the King of Spain. In this written task‚ presented in the form
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Perspectives 14 Sep. 2014 Dual Sides of Femininity in Louise Bennett’s Poem “Jamaica Oman” “Oman luck mus come!” (48). These words demonstrate Louise Bennett’s view that Jamaican women are liberated and share the same level of respect as men‚ who used to be regarded as superior. No matter their races or social classes‚ Jamaican women rise from discriminated groups to be the heads of households and successful leaders in all kinds of professions. Louise Bennett herself was actually one of these rising
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