the Sistine Chapel: the Last Judgment. This piece represents the Second Coming of Christ and the eternal judgment by God of all humans. It took Michelangelo five years to paint the Last Judgment‚ from 1536-1541. This piece is arguably the most impressive work of art done by Michelangelo because of its detailed work and because
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Africa’s dictators. The Last King of Scotland‚ by Giles Foden is a true story set in the 1970s‚ about a young Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan. He comes to Uganda to assist in a local hospital; soon he meets President Idi Amin who offers him a senior position as his personal advisor. Amin soon shows his true colours and refuses to let Nicholas go home‚ Nicholas is forced to make crucial decisions that could mean his death if Amin finds out. The film version of The Last King of Scotland‚ was directed
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"My Last Duchess" is a poem by Robert Browning‚ frequently anthologized as an example of the dramatic monologue. It first appeared in 1842 in Browning’s Dramatic Lyrics. The poem is set during the late Italian Renaissance. The speaker (presumably the Duke of Ferrara) is giving the emissary of his prospective new wife (presumably a third or fourth since he Browning could have easily written ’second’ but did not do so) a tour of the artworks in his home. He draws a curtain to reveal a painting of
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“Analyze a theme” In the story “The Last Dog” far in the future a teenager named Brock goes outside of a dome that most people stayed in because they said the outside was dangerous. Brock left the dome to go explore and while he was out he found a dog which was the last dog on earth. He took the dog back to the dome‚ but the scientists said they were going to do experiments on it. He pretended like the dog had rabies and brought it back outside to run free. I liked the story because he followed
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Custer’s Last Stand well you guys all know of the story “The Battle of little Bighorn” right? Well if you don’t you probably know it as “Custer’s Last Stand”. . . You still never heard of if ok then here’s a quick summary. . . Custer’s Last Stand June 25‚ 1876 On the morning of June 25‚ 1876‚ lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer and the 7th Cavalry charged into battle against Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Indians. Custer’s orders were to wait for reinforcements at the mouth of the Little
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people had experienced during the Western Expansion. Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait painted a painting called The Last Shot. The picture represents how they felt and what they did. The Natives weren’t pleased with the encroachment on their land. They weren’t glad that all the americans were on their land. The painting The Last Shot shows the Native trying to kill the American. It was called the last shot because the American only had one shot left in his gun and if he couldn’t kill the Native then he would
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The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimoore Cooper is one of the most acclaimed and best-selling books about the American Frontier to be ever written. It is and was hailed as a masterpiece due to its more human characterizations of the Native American warriors and tribesman for that time period. The Last of the Mohicans is viewed as the first popular book that portrayed Native Americans in a more positive manner rather than as crude savages who were resolutely determined on killing ‘the white man’
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In the film “Last of the Mohicans” there are a lot of inaccurate things Native Americans are portrayed as like they are‚ traitors ‚violent‚ and uncivilized. In”The Last of the Mohicans”natives were shown as traitors ‚Magua would be a good example . Magua tricked the british by thinking he was on their side ‚ when he was “leading” them to Fort Henry when he was really there to attack the troops. This portrays a bad image on the Natives because it makes them look like they cannot be trusted (add more)
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the cards we are dealt‚ just how we play the hand.” -Randy Pausch The Last Lecture can teach a lot about the importance of life. Randy Pausch found out he only had so long left to live and through his last lecture and this book he shows how important it is to live every moment as it is the last because it just might be. He was asked to give a last lecture as many professors are‚ except he wouldn’t need to pretend it was his last because he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Throughout the book
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The Last Of the Dogmen The social problem this movie portrays is a very old problem. It is coupled by fear of the unknown and acceptance of each other as human beings with differences. These differences stem from a lack of understanding of race‚ culture‚ customs‚ and religious beliefs of societies. It is well know through out history that the Indians posed a problem for white settlers. Many Indian tribes were for the most part friendly and willing to share the land and its produce with everyone
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