Perelandra Setting The setting of this story takes place on the planet Prelandra‚ also known as Venus. This planet consists of many floating islands. The islands are quite beautiful‚ the clouds are purple and the sky is a golden color‚ the seawater is green and drinkable‚ from the distance the water looks like glided glass. The islands are not very stable‚ and they can shake if water hits the mobile islands. All of the islands are mobile‚ except the main island‚ which remains stationary. Maledil
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Historically‚ women have been omitted. By the free verse poem‚ Duffy gives the mythological character Medusa a voice‚ and thereby another chance to speak up. She also challenges the stereotypes of women‚ this character faced. In the poem‚ Duffy explores the position of women‚ and Medusa’s point of view of the story. The word choice in the poem brings the voice of the character out. Because the poem is a dramatic monologue‚ personal pronouns and the repetition of the words “I” and “my”
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1) Meriwether Lewis and William Clark‚ was called upon Thomas Jefferson‚ and went on an expedition to see the land that was west of the Mississippi‚ known as the Louisiana Territory that had been purchased from France in 1803. Lewis and Clark set off on their trail‚ it began near St. Louis‚ Missouri‚in may. There group often called the Corps of Discovery named by the historians faced almost every obstacle that ever was on the planet on their trip. Louis and Clark faced horrible weather they also
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Lewis & Clark Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were sent on an expedition by President Thomas Jefferson soon after the Louisiana Purchase which was the first expedition of the westward Untied States. This was known as the Lewis and Clark Expedition‚ the main objective of this mission was to map the new territory‚ find a route across the western part of the continent‚ and establish American existence in the new territory. Jefferson wanted the interactions with the Indians to be civilized and no
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Lewis and Clark Expedition Thomas Jefferson had many goals for the Lewis and Clark Expedition‚ but the main goal was to find an all water route to the Pacific Ocean. Although they did not accomplish this goal‚ they did accomplish many more of their goals. One of the goals they fulfilled included taking notes of the lands economic potential during their expedition. Also‚ Lewis and Clark‚ both wrote diaries that reported wildlife‚ abundant resources‚ opportunities for trade‚ and other information
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American contributions and is called Black History Month. To honor the people who made wonderful inventions‚ we researched a variety of people and their inventions. The AfrcianAmercian the I research is Lewis Latimer and he is a magnanimous.He worked for 2 people but different times one of them is Thomas Edison. He invented the carbon filament which you guys can’t live without it is the best invention and the useful one any one build. If you guys don’t what is that I will tell you the carbon filament
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One of the greatest American adventure stories started on February 28‚ 1803‚ when President Thomas Jefferson gained approval for his visionary project. This project was to explore the unknown West with a small expeditionary group. President Jefferson chose Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to head this expedition. Both Lewis and Clark had close ties to Jefferson. Meriwether Lewis was one of Jefferson’s secretaries and William Clark was a close friend. The initial idea of the expedition was
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abberwocky‚ written by Lewis Carroll‚ is a poem in witch the meaning lies in how the author uses diction‚ rhyme‚ and imagery. From the very first stanza of the poem‚ Carroll uses strange and confusing words that‚ although they don’t make much sense‚ still evoke feelings‚ images‚ and ideas that the reader cannot easily describe. Portmanteau words like frumious‚ galumphing‚ and chortled can be found throughout the poem. These words were made up for the poem by blending sounds or combining the meanings
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Meriwether Lewis-a US governor and explorer most known for his part in the Lewis and Clark expedition-was found dead on the morning of October 11th‚ 1809. Many have rumored his death to be murder. Many theories have arisen such as assassination yet none of these theories have any substantial evidence‚ only speculation. There just isn’t enough evidence to go along with that theory. Meriwether Lewis was killed in the act of assisted suicide by his servant John Pernier because of pain associated with
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Art History 153 Compare and Contrast Raft of the Medusa vs. Le Dejeuner sur L’Herbe In “The Raft of the Medusa” by Theodore Gericault there was use of the Baroque treatment of light in this painting. There is a physically powerful contrast between the spread-out group of survivors to the movement of the raft itself. There is a sharp contrast of light and dark colors of dynamic poses. There is a black man at the top of the survivors that is waving a rag or piece of cloth
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