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    major characters. The passage in chapter 7 of Book II: The Queen of Air and Darkness containing the unicorn hunt represents many themes in the novel. The use of a unicorn itself symbolizes purity and beauty; unicorns are “graceful… [dainty]” and “glorious” (253) creatures. Unicorns identify so much with all things pure that they will only lay their head down on the lap of a virgin. The color of unicorns‚ white‚ is also often synonymous with purity. The stark contrast between the pureness of the creature

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    Animal Captivity Whether in the zoo or the circus wild animals produced in captive breeding programs are almost never released into the wild; instead‚ they are doomed to life in captivity. Holding animals captive is just as bad as holding people captive‚ which is horrible. Animals‚ just like humans‚ have emotional feelings‚ and no matter the reason‚ captivity should never be an option. Captivity and imprisoning should only be allowed for criminals and guilty people‚ but never innocent animals.

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    While reading the Narrative of Captivity and Restoration of Mrs Mary Rowlandson‚ I noticed that every time that a remove usually begins by stating that the Indians were starting to move to another place‚ which frequently happened since they know that the English men were tracking them down. As being a woman living on the frontier between the English and the Indians with a husband that is in the religious matter (preacher). I would say that she had a noble relationship with the Indians that there

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    Puritan and Indian cultures collide in Mary Rowlandson ’s " A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson." This is a Puritan woman ’s account of her captivity during the King James ’s War in the Indian raid on Lancaster‚ Massachusetts. A leading Indian family held her in captivity for eleven weeks before she is returned to her husband. She wrote about her experiences‚ she describes traveling from one "remove" to another with her Indian master‚ experiencing hard work and

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    Animals should not be kept in captivity at zoos Many of us have been to a zoo at least once in our lives before. Zoos are premises for the captivity of animals‚ where they are studied and displayed for the public to see. Have you ever stopped to think of the trauma that the animal went through while being taken from its family and its home‚ to be locked behind a cage for the rest of his life? Do you remember leaving the zoo that day knowing a whole lot more about animals than you did before? Although

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    introduction of Module 10 gives you a brief explanation of the positive effects of a free art market. What might be the down side to such a system? Why would some artists have preferred to work for as established patron such as the Church or Monarchy? Artistically‚ in my opinion‚ there is no down-side to a free market. Again‚ some additional “positives” include the ability for anyone to follow their passion‚ art‚ in whichever shape and form they viewed it. The

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    Yes I believe that the state of Florida should be ban animals in captivity. Reason why I believe this is how animals in amateur zoos are being treated miserably in the zoo. According to the source #1 "Zoos: Myth and Reality" animals spend mostly of their lives in cages and in amateur zoos people sell the extra animals to other people fore their own needs for money. In some zoo the animals habitat is not even for the animals but for the entertainment of people. In source #3 " Danish zoo kills giraffe"

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    Man has been creating art for over 30‚000 years. There are cave drawings‚ sculptures‚ Egyptian art‚ Greek Art‚ Modern Art and plenty more but to many‚ the Renaissance Art period is considered to be most important. Never had so many geniuses in art lived at one time and never had so many pieces of cherished art been produced. Two examples of Renaissance paintings are Cigoli’s Adoration of the Shepherds and Moretto da Brescia’s Entombment. Both paintings posses the attributes that were popular during

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    of their lovely appearance and high intelligence‚ many people began to keep them in a zoo or at sea world. This changed dolphins a lot. Although they are the same animals‚ actually‚ there are many differences between dolphins in the wild and in captivity. To distinguish them from appearance is difficult. They look really alike‚ with similar gray back‚ lighter colored belly and smile-like mouth line. In fact‚ they have the same physical characteristics. In addition‚ their instincts will never change

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    within a work of art‚ and a work of art may reflect more than one theme. A theme is an “idea” thread running through the entire history of art. There are many threads." - Chapter Three   For this discussion board choose at least two “thread” categories from what is listed below. Check Chapter 3 for the textbook’s examples of what art and environments fit within these categories‚ then think of your own examples of what would be “ sacred” art‚ political/social order inspired art‚ etc. Write a post

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