Steptoe Mr. Souders 4th period 5 October 2012 Antigone v. Susan B Anthony In the play Antigone by Sophocles‚ the main character defies the king and the civil law of Thebes to follow her heart and put her brother‚ Polyneices‚ to rest. Most people know the name Susan B Anthony; she exhibited civil disobedience in the form of illegally voting in the 1872 Presidential elections. Many people will be surprised to find out
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Did you know Susan B. Anthony made a huge difference on women’s rights but did not live to see the change that she had made? Many women get jobs that men have and usually work just as hard‚ or harder to achieve their dreams. America´s gift to my generation is women’s rights and empowerment. Women get a lot of opportunities in the working field but are still cut short of equal pay in certain jobs. Women have many opportunities for colleges and jobs. Now‚ in the United States‚ more than two
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The Life of Saint Dominic De guzman was so inspirational that his life was made a film by the Dominican community of the Philippines. Through the aid of divine providence‚ this team was able to shoot a magnificent film in a country whose culture far differs from theirs. His life‚ filled with values of‚ self-sacrifice‚ mercy‚ humility‚ and love for god‚ was a stepping stone for the growth of Catholic population in Rome. Through an apostolic crusade to change the world‚ he and a couple of monks ventured
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St. Joan’s Fire The Hundred Years’ War brought to fame one of the most famous heroines in history. This heroine was a teenage girl who later became a warrior and then a saint. Also known as the Maid of Orléans‚ Jeanne‚ also spelled as Joan‚ d’Arc fought during the Hundred Years’ War in the Lancastrian phase and first rose to prominence when she helped to end the siege of Orléans only nine days after her arrival at the city. She was captured by the Burgundians at a later time and handed over to the
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Byzantine Halo’s VS. The Gothic Angels & Saints In the wake of considering the style and impacts of Gothic and Byzantine workmanship on Renaissance craftsmanship‚ I felt as though one had a more prominent effect on Renaissance workmanship. After just looking and considering which one impacted Renaissance craftsmanship‚ I felt that Byzantine workmanship had a more preponderant amount of an impact for three particular reasons: the topic of Renaissance workmanship‚ the humanism part of Renaissance
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Interpretation of the Poem “Them and [uz]” In his poem “Them and [uz]”‚ written in 1987‚ Anthony Harrison envisages his personal struggle against the compulsions of his RP-speaking environment. He elucidates how he was compelled to substitute his natural accent by Received Pronunciation and describes the process of his later recalling to his language roots. The poem consists of two parts‚ each of which indicated by a Roman numeral and separated into various stanzas. In the first paragraph‚ Harrison
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On the left is Last Judgement (c. 1120- 1146). It is from Autun Cathedral in France. On the right is Aspe of Saint Climent de Taüll (c.1123). It is located in the church of Saint Climent de Taüll. During this period‚ every church has its own relic. It was believed that it could heal the sick and could offer blessings that might even shorten ones time in purgatory if one came and paid homage and prayed to them. The Autun Cathedral was built specifically to house the relics of St. Lazarus. Lazarus
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Soto 1 Brenda Soto 10th Honors L.A. 16 October 2010 Merman of her dreams? Or Nightmares? Cin Forshay-Lunsford’s “Saint Agnes sends the Golden Boy” is a short story about a teenage girl waiting for Saint Agnes to reveal her true love. Maddy discovers the shortcomings in her boyfriend and dreams of Golden Boy‚ gorgeous merboy that haunts her dreams‚ filling her with awe and dread at the same. Was she right to trust so blindly? This story includes imagery and symbolism‚ which all together add
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The Little Prince‚ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1947) “All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.” There is a link between Neverland and Asteroid B-612‚ from The Little Prince created by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Peter Pan. The innocence of childhood lies in the literary world shared by both characters. Entrenched in their universe‚ they frozen the time to prevent them to be corrupted by the experience. The Prince left his world in research of adventure and found in
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It takes place in Brooklyn‚ New York. I think it takes place during the 21st century. Anthony bonano (Antsy) is a teenager. He is a friendly‚ easygoing‚ and always sticks up for his opinions and his friends. He is very observant of his surrounding and others He is also very caring and will do anything to help his friends. He sympathizes with others easily and feels guilty when he hurts someone‚ whether it was intentional or not. His personality is more confident and louder than the Schwa’s‚ meaning
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