The famed Medici family of Florence produced 4 Popes‚ 3 queen regents of France‚ and engaged in countless acts of assassination and subterfuge. This was representative of the Italian society where Baldassare Castiglione wrote his masterwork‚ The Book of the Courtier. Italian politics and culture was shaped by the fact that Italy consisted of many autonomous city states that each had their own royal courts‚ standing armies‚ cultures‚ and rulers. This divisiveness in politics helped to foster an extremely
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Title: Divergent Author: Veronica Roth Biographical information about the author: 1. She married Nelson Fitch in 2011. 2. She was born August 19‚ 1988. 3. She grew up in Barrington‚ IL. 4. She attended Carleton College in Minnesota for one year‚ and then transferred to Northwestern University in Chicago. 5. She graduated in 2010 with a degree in creative writing. Date of Publication: April 25‚ 2011 Genre: Young Adult Fiction/ Science Fiction Characteristics of the genre: Based on scientific principles
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Why do whales beach themselves? By Anda November 8 2009 Environmental Science Instructor: Why do whales beach themselves? The Scientific American article “Why do whales beach themselves?” published on June 1‚ 2009‚ bring the polemic and controversial reasons about the phenomenon observed in the last years when more than Fifty-five false killer whales were stranded on a South African beach over the weekend. The scientists still do not fully understand why mass stranding happen‚ and if
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In Barbara Klingers essay‚ “The Road to Dystopia: Landscaping the nation in Easy Rider‚” her quote portrays two different viewpoints of what the world was like in the 1960s. She explains that in in the Movie “Easy Rider”‚ both conflicting viewpoints were discussed. The idea of the Old West 1960 America that represent hippies and freedom verses the “nightmarish portrait of small towns‚ cities‚ and the end of the frontier” (Klinger‚ 199). These two opposing views were shown throughout the film as the
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Dīghanikāya- ṭīkā The book entitled “Dasabodhisattuppattikathā Aṭṭhakathā” (Dbk-a) is of one hundred and thirty six (136) pages. The author of the above work‚ Ven. Medagampitiye Wijithadhamma‚ professor in pali at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura‚ himself introduces that it is a pali commentary. The Dbk-a was published by S. Godage and Brothers (PVT) LTD‚ Colombo 10‚ Sri Lanka in 2017 in two scripts; Sinhalese and Romanized. The introduction and the back cover of the book assert that the author’s
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Have you ever seen a giant bus-sized whale covered in barnacles fly out of the water? Probably not. In the next few paragraphs you will learn about the Humpback Whale‚ everything from what it eats to what its threats are. Description The Humpback Whale is a blue-black whale with a pale or white underside. They are known for singing‚ to communicate and get mates. When they dive‚ they hunch‚ making a hump on their back. That’s how they got their name. They grow up to about 48-62 feet long and weigh
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of society is putting on the facade of being happy; often using technology to maintain such a big lie. In Fahrenheit 451‚ Bradbury conveys the themes of unhappiness and technology through the use of elements like motifs‚ symbolism‚ and archetypes. Throughout the novel‚ the audience can see the use of elements such as motifs and symbolism to convey a theme of technology. A motif being a dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition. Certain sequences in the novel show how technology manipulates
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of reading a children’s book‚ themes of sex‚ desire‚ and gender differences do not often come to mind. However‚ analyses of favorite children’s books such as Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland‚ the fairytale “Sleeping Beauty”‚ and L.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan‚ have proven that these themes actually do occur but in a hidden manner. It is only by critically reviewing these “children’s” texts do these so-called inappropriate themes appear. Lissa Paul wishes to address this theme of sex in her article “Sex
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There are a number of important themes in The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Themes not only occur frequently throughout The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ but are connected in various ways. Inequality and Christianity in terms of its true values within the institution of Slavery are prominent themes in Douglass’s narrative. Primarily‚ one of the most prominent themes in The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is inequality. Douglass attempts to show how African
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How did it come into existence? In Genesis 1:11‚ it offers insight into these questions and many more. It sets the foundation on how I view the world. Do I believe in a creator or creation? Do my values and morals line up with the word of God? The book of Genesis can offer us much truth and understanding as we go back through history to learn about the natural world‚ human identity‚ human relationships‚ and civilization. “In the beginning there was no earth. Only a formless mass without shape” (Genesis
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