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    Bruce Dawe's Poetry

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    that many people face in today’s society and also a matter that relates to his interests; his fascination with the ‘underdog’ character and how he provides a voice for certain individuals. ‘The Raped Girl’s Father’‚ ‘The Family Man’ and ‘The Sadness of Madonnas’ are three poems by Bruce Dawe that relate to the themes‚ portraying realism in how loneliness and oppression affect people in the world. An example of a poem related to the subject of loneliness and oppression is ‘The Raped Girl’s Father’

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    naturalism. Duccio’s work would be greater improved upon on later throughout Renaissance by various other artists during that era. Duccio would make a link between what he imaged in the spiritual world and real world of the viewer. Duccio’s painting‚ Madonna and

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    Piano and Half Past Two

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    Half Past Two‚ Piano and Refugee Mother and Child share a common theme of childhood. In Half Past Two‚ the author talks about remembers about the feeling of simplicity and timelessness during his childhood. In Piano‚ the poet expresses his feelings towards the loss of childhood in comparison to his present. In Refugee Mother and Child talks about the loss of a child and the misery they all have to go through. In Half Past Two‚ by U.A. Fanthorpe‚ we are taken into the past from the very start with

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    inquires as to why Olivia is sad‚ and after finding out it is due to her brother’s death and ascension‚ he responds with‚ “The more‚ fool‚ madonna‚ to mourn for your brother’s soul‚ being in heaven. Take away the fool‚ gentlemen” (5.1.68-70). Feste is jesting‚ however he has a twisted point. Additionally‚ Olivia seems to find his jest therapeutic with regards to her sadness‚ inquiring‚ “... Doth he not mend?” (5.1.71-72)‚ and later defending him against

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    About the Poet Chinua Achebe (pronounced /ˈtʃɪnwɑː əˈtʃɛbeɪ/ born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe on November 16‚ 1930) is a Nigerian novelist‚ poet‚ professor at Brown University and critic. He is best known for his first novel‚ Things Fall Apart (1958)‚ which is the most widely read book in modern African literature. Raised by Christian parents in the Igbo town of Ogidi in southeastern Nigeria‚ Achebe excelled at school and won a scholarship for undergraduate studies. He became fascinated with

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    Dealing with Death

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    Dealing with death: the effect of love on death    Death‚ an event that cannot be avoided is often paired with tragedy. Poem at Thirty-Nine by Alice Walker shows a daughter grieving for her dead father‚ Mother in a refugee camp tells the story of a mother’s care for her dying son‚ and Rosetti looks at a dying woman wanting her lover to forget her and move on in Remember. Death has been taken on by many poets from Thomas Hardy to Seamus Heaney‚ and whilst they explore death’s effect from different

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    Abortion

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    times higher for women who have had abortions when compared with women who have given birth. An April 1998 Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology study on men whose partners had abortions found that 51.6% of the men reported regret‚ 45.2% felt sadness‚ and 25% experienced depression. Studies also show that abortion has a link to breast cancer. It is common medical knowledge that a full-term pregnancy‚ especially before the age of 32‚ acts as a protective mechanism against breast cancer. Therefore

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    A Comparison of Two Paintings from the Renaissance Period Introduction This paper will compare the themes found in the paintings "Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and an Angel" by Domenico di Bartolomeo Ubaldini (Puligo) and "Madonna Enthroned" by Giotto. Both paintings deal with fables from the Christian faith but were executed during different periods in art. The Giotto painting was created around 1310 and the Puglio painting was executed between 1518 – 1520. Here‚ these two

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    Feral Child

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    Madonna‚ The Feral Child I’m sure you may have heard of wild or wolf children‚ also known as feral children. These are human children that have been neglected and raised with little to no human contact. Some have been raised in the wild by animals‚ mostly by dogs‚ wolfs‚ or large cat breeds. Other feral children have been locked up or left alone since birth. These children mostly confined and denied all social interaction with others. There are hundreds of cases of wild children from around

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    depiction of Madonna as he says that The idea of having so-called works of art in which people are throwing elephant dung at a picture of the Virgin is sick. (Giulani:1999) This shows that the offensiveness of Ofili’s Madonna‚ seems based largely in its use of materials‚ the notorious elephant dung. The artist’s respectful use of elephant dung was taken as an insult to the image of the Madonna. In the same journal another MHC art professor Michael Davis differs with Giulani’s perception of Madonna as she

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